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		American Artists II: Signatures and Monograms From 1800. A Comprehensive Directory This second volume contains some 3,500 artists and 4,600 signature examples along with biographical information and reference sources. Hard cover, 525 pages. By John Castagno. Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2007.
		American Artists: Signatures and Monograms, 1800 to 1989 Listing 5,100 artists, with nearly 10,000 signatures, author John Castagno gives approximately 25% more information about artists' full names and birth and death dates than any other directory. By John Castagno. Cloth Hardbound, 843 pages. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
		Artists' Monograms and Indiscernible Signatures II: An International Directory from 1900 This second volume contains some 2,100 artists and 3,000 signature examples with biographical information and reference sources. Hard cover, 283 pages. By John Castagno. Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2007.
		Artists' Monograms and Indiscernible Signatures: An International Directory, 1800-1991 This is the first comprehensive book dealing solely with artists' monograms and signatures that are difficult to identify. This volume includes some 5,200 signatures of 3,700 artists worldwide, with information on nationality and the most up-to-date birth and death dates, and a broad listing of reference sources. Authored by John Castagno. Cloth Hardbound, 558 pages. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
		European Artists II: Signatures and Monograms From 1800. A Comprehensive Directory This second volume on European artists is a continuation of the identification of artists' signatures, with some 2,100 artists and 3,000 signature examples along with biographical information and reference sources. Hard cover, 431 pages. By John Castagno. Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2007.
		European Artists: Signatures and Monograms, 1800-1990, Including Selected Artists from Other Parts of the World Authored by John Castagno, this volume lists more than 4,800 European and 400 Australian, South African, and Japanese artists who worked from 1800 to 1990, with 9,000 signature examples. Five special categories help identify signatures that are difficult to read. By John Castagno. Cloth Hardbound, 896 pages. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
		Abstract Artists: Signatures and Monograms. An International Directory Signatures and monograms of artists who have spent all or part of their careers in abstract art-painters, printmakers, sculptors, and photographers worldwide. This book features approximately 2,300 artists with more than 3,900 signature examples of how they sign their works. Hard cover, 569 pages. By John Castagno. Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2007.
		Old Masters Signatures and Monograms, 1400-Born 1800 Covers approximately 250 sales of Old Masters since 1980, with an average of five listings from each sale. There are 2,700 signature examples of 1,700 artists. Three sections following the main body of this volume offer the researcher easy cross-referencing—monograms and initials, symbols, and alternate names. The appendix includes supplemental signature information on additional artists whose actual signatures were not available, but whose importance could not be omitted. Hard cover, 396 pages. By John Castagno. Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 1996.
		Artists as Illustrators: An International Directory with Signatures and Monograms, 1800-Present With more than 14,000 entries of nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, this book is the most comprehensive international listing of artists as illustrators compiled to date. Authored by John Castagno. Cloth Hardbound, 645 pages. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1989.