Castagno, a multimedia artist, sculptor, and art researcher, provides a directory of signatures and monograms of 2,100 European artists for readers wishing to identify, authenticate, or verify
them or works. Listed alphabetically, signatures are from 1800 on and include monograms and initials, common and alternative surname signatures, symbols, Cyrillic signatures, and illegible
signatures. Only a small number of those in this volume are listed in the original volume, European Artists Signatures and Monograms, 1800-1990. Some Australian and Asian artists are included.
Signatures are drawn from a number of reference sources, which are listed along with the signatures, and birth and death dates and ethnicity of the artist. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc.,
Portland, OR (booknews.com)
