Villa Clare

Smith, William Rawson

ISBN 10: 0865549923 / ISBN 13: 9780865549920

Published by Mercer Univ Pr, Macon, GA, 2006

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Macon, GA. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Cloth; Mercer University Press; 2006; . First Edition. 0865549923 . Smith, William Rawson. Villa Clare The Purposeful Life and Timeless Art Collefction of J. J. Haverty. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, First Edition, 131 pages. Illustrated dust wrapper, very good. Grey cloth with copper titles to spine. Very good, light shelfwear to edges. Includes both black & white and colour photographs. Includes epilogue, appenixes, notes, index.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Cloth; Mercer University Press; 2006; First Edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Villa Clare
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr, Macon, GA
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865549923
• ISBN 13: 9780865549920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography, Art, First Editions

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Synopsis

An Atlanta-based writer offers an engaging history of the early years of his city, in particular, the Villa Clare art collection, which was the work of J.J. Haverty and became the foundation for the city's High Museum of Art. As the great-grandson of Haverty, Smith grew up with some knowledge of his ancestor's life and art collection, but of course he came to fuller appreciation with maturity. This book celebrates a passionate self-taught collector's contributions and is part history, part biography, part catalog--with 33 plates, most in color, of works from the collection by Childe Hassam, William Merritt Chase, Helen Maria Turner, and Henry Ossawa Tanner, among others. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)