Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection

Language: English

Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993

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Cloth, xvi, 415 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 27 to June 20, 1993. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. 800 illustrations (176 in colour). *** There's a particularly interesting write-up on The Suffrage Exhibition of 1915, by Rebecca A. Rabinow. *** "A Museum catalogue of glorious Impressionist paintings and other objects amassed by the extraordinary collectors and patrons H. O. and Louisine Havemeyer." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Director's Foreword, by Philippe De Montebello; Acknowledgments, by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen and Gary Tinterow. THE HAVEMEYER PICTURES, by Gary Tinterow. Van der Goes, Portrait of a Man, by Maryan W. Ainsworth. Cranach, Portrait of a Man with a Rosary, by Maryan W. Ainsworth. Veronese, Boy with a Greyhound, by Keith Christiansen. Bronzino, Portrait of a Young Man, by Keith Christiansen. A Portrait and a Landscape by El Greco of Toledo, by Katharine Baetjer. The Havemeyer Rembrandts, by Walter Liedtke. Rembrandt, A Cottage Among Trees, by Helen B. Mules. Rembrandt, Portrait of Thomas Jacobsz. Haaringh, by Janet S. Byrne. Rembrandt, Christ with the Sick Around Him, Receiving Little Children, by Janet S. Byrne. Rembrandt, Landscape with Three Gabled Cottages Beside a Road, by Janet S. Byrne. The Havemeyers and Antoine-Louis Barye, by Clare Vincent. Daumier, The Connoisseur, by Colta Ives. Daumier, A Man Reading in a Garden, by Colta Ives. Chase, Azaleas (Vase of Flowers), by H. Barbara Weinberg. The Havemeyers and the Degas Bronzes, by Clare Vincent. Degas, A Girl Putting on Her Stocking, by Colta Ives. Degas, Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms, by Colta Ives. Cassatt, Helene of Septeuil, by Colta Ives. Four Pastels of Havemeyer Women: Louisine, Electra, Adaline, by H. Barbara Weinberg; The Suffrage Exhibition of 1915, by Rebecca A. Rabinow. THE FORGOTTEN LEGACY: THE HAVEMEYERS' COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE ARTS, by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen. Face of a Pharaoh, by Dorothea Arnold. Statuette of Khnumhotep, by Dorothea Arnold. Roman Glass and Lead-Glazed Pottery, by Joan R. Mertens. Helmet, by Joan R. Mertens. Carved Ceramics from the Arab World, by Marilyn Jenkins. Luster-Painted Pottery, by Marilyn Jenkins. Carpet with a Compartment Design, by Daniel Walker. Favrile Glass, by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen. THE OTHER HAVEMEYER PASSION: COLLECTING ASIAN ART, by Julia Meech. Japanese and Chinese Tea Ceramics, by Barbara B. Ford. Utamaro, A Mother Bathing Her Son, by Hiroshi Onishi. Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings, by Morihiro Ogawa. The Life of Prince Shotoku, by Hiroshi Onishi. The Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Chijang Posal), by Hyung-Min Chung. Spring, A Japanese Screen, by Barbara B. Ford. Japanese Lacquers, by Barbara B. Ford. Dragons and Landscape, by Maxwell K. Hearn. Incense Box, by James C.Y. Watt. Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu), by James H. Frantz. A Group of Incense Burners, by James C.Y. Watt. Covered Ewer, by Suzanne G. Valenstein. The Havemeyer House, by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen; Chronology, by Susan Alyson Stein; Appendix, by Gretchen Wold. Size: Folio.

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Title
Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection
Author
Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney, et al.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Publication year
1993
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Book Type
Collectible
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0870996649
ISBN 13
9780870996641
Edition
1st.
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