The William Appleton Coolidge Collection

Sutton, Peter C.

ISBN 10: 0878464530 / ISBN 13: 9780878464531

Published by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1995

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First Edition, First Printing. Published by Museum of Fine Arts, 1995. Quarto. Green cloth boards stamped in gold with tan endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 200 pages. ISBN: 9780878464531. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The William Appleton Coolidge Collection
• Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878464530
• ISBN 13: 9780878464531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

The collection formed by William Appleton Coolidge speaks of a remarkable breadth of taste, of a spirit responsive to works of art of all periods, and of visual discrimination of a high order. Many of the works are intimate in scale, appropriate for domestic contemplation, and it is no surprise that this most unselfish of collectors delighted in sharing his prized possessions with his friends. But he was also keen to benefit a wider audience: for years the finest of them were on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, and before his death Mr. Coolidge had begun to donate masterpieces, including the paintings by Rubens and Signac.
There have been collectors who formed larger and greater collections; however, there were very few who cast their net as broadly as William Coolidge while sustaining such a consistently high level of quality. His catholicity of taste is a characteristic virtue of the Boston past, namely its intellectual curiosity about different times and peoples and its receptivity to good ideas regardless of point or period of origin. There is still much to be learned and enjoyed in such an attitude.

About the Author

Peter C. Sutton is currently Senior Director of Old Master Paintings at Christie's, New York.