John Castagno's Artists' Signatures and Monograms have become the
standard reference source for galleries, museums, libraries, and
collectors around the world. Whether used to identify, authenticate, or
verify signatures and works of both well-known and little-known artists,
Castagno's work has no equal. In the first volume of Artists Monograms
and Indiscernible Signatures, An International Directory, 1800-1991
(Scarecrow, 1991), Castagno provided identification for more than 3,700
artists' signatures, along with biographical information and reference
sources. This second volume contains some 2,100 artists and 3,000
signature examples. In addition to the standard signature entries, the
book features sections for monograms and initials, common surname
signatures, alternative surname signatures, symbols, and Cyrillic
Signatures. Less than five percent of the entries in this volume are
listed in the original volume--and these are included to provide
additional information about the artists. The use of Artists' Monograms
and Indiscernible Signatures II: An International Directory From 1900
provides the researcher a reference tool not duplicated elsewhere--one
that will save many hours of research.