From the Book - First edition.
A note about the art (unnumbered page 253) The paintings in this book are classical landscapes by artists long departed. Shawn Harris, the frequent collaborator of this book's authors, added Johannes to each landscape but otherwise left the paintings as they were. Cover & End Papers In the McSweeney's Edition:
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, Landscape near Abcoud, 1860-1870 Rijksmuseum, Ansterdan, The Netherlands
In the Knopf Edition: Berndt Lindholm, Forest Interior, 1878 Finnish NAtional Gallery, Helsinki, Finland pp 8-9 Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, Landscape near Abcoude, 1860-1870 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands pp 38-39 Jacob van Ruisdael, The Forest Stream, ca 1660 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY pp 64-65 Berndt Lindholm, Forest Interior, 1878 Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland pp 100-101 Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña, In the Forest, 1874 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. pp.128-129 Gustave Courbet, La Bretonnerie in the Department of Indre, 1856 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. pp 158-159 Fanny Churberg, Inside the Forest, 1871-1872 Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland pp 192-193 Andre Giroux, Forest Interior with a Waterfall, Papigno, 1825-1830 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. pp 222-223 Ferdinand von Wright, Forest Landscape from Haminalahti, 1880 Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland pp 250-251 William Trost Richards, Quiet Seascape, 1883 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN