This handsomely illustrated book presents more than seventy paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) in Harvard University's collections--one of the most important holdings of the artist's work in the United States. In 1911, the Fogg Art Museum was the first museum to mount a one-man exhibition on Degas and was the only museum to do so during the artist's lifetime. This book examines the history of Degas's reception in the U.S., and in particular the pivotal role that Harvard ...
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This handsomely illustrated book presents more than seventy paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) in Harvard University's collections--one of the most important holdings of the artist's work in the United States. In 1911, the Fogg Art Museum was the first museum to mount a one-man exhibition on Degas and was the only museum to do so during the artist's lifetime. This book examines the history of Degas's reception in the U.S., and in particular the pivotal role that Harvard played.Marjorie Benedict Cohn offers a historical account of the formation of the prized collection of Degas's works at the Fogg. Jean Sutherland Boggs provides an engaging personal recollection of her initial encounter in 1944 with Degas and his champion at the Fogg, associate director Paul J. Sachs, who inspired not only Boggs's later work on Degas but also that of many other art historians, museum directors, and curators.
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As New. Color illustrated wraps. 128 pp., 41 bw and 53 color plates. Contents as follows: Director's foreword--Acknowledgments--L'etoile (Degas, 1876)--Degas at Harvard--Degas, Professor Sachs, and me--Checklist & provenance.
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Very Good. Book 127 pages. Paperback. Texts in English. There is some sunning to the spine and adjacent portions of the covers, with some minimal shelfwear to the edges. Still, the binding is tight, the interior clean and free of markings. Bound in stiff illustrated French fold covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition held from August 1-November 27, 2005. 94 illustrations 53 in color. A range of seventy works by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) of prints, drawings, sculptures, and paintings in the collection of Harvard University.
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Exhibition/Collection catalogue 2005. 260x220mm 127 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Paperback. Very good. From the library of the late art critic John House, with his name on front endpage. This handsomely illustrated book presents more than seventy paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and sculptures by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) in Harvard University's collections-one of the most important holdings of the artist's work in the United States. In 1911, the Fogg Art Museum was the first museum to mount a one-man exhibition on Degas and was the only museum to do so during the artist's lifetime. This book examines the history of Degas's reception in the U.S., and in particular the pivotal role that Harvard played. Marjorie Benedict Cohn offers an historical account of the formation of the prized collection of Degas's works at the Fogg. Jean Sutherland Boggs provides an engaging personal recollection of her initial encounter in 1944 with Degas and his champion at the Fogg, associate director Paul J. Sachs, who inspired not only Boggs's later work on Degas but also that of many other art historians, museum directors and curators. Ask to see our other Degas titles.
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