FREER: A Legacy of Art - Softcover

Lawton, Thomas; Merrill, Linda

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ISBN 10: 0810925389 ISBN 13: 9780810925380

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 1993

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Great book featuring the art collection of the Freer Gallery of Art. 184 color and black and white illustrations of works of art - paintings, sculpture, portraits, decorative arts, Japanese art, Asian art, arts of Korea and China and other works. Includes chronology of the collection and bibliography. Softcover. 272 pages. Measures 9 by 10 inches. Interesting book, nicely illustrated.

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Judging by recent publications, there currently seems to be an interest in and nostalgia for the great collectors of the recent past: Havemeyer ( Splendid Legacy. 1993), Barnes ( Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation , LJ 5/15/93), Morgan, and now Freer. Charles Lang Freer, whose original gift to the nation in 1906 formed the basis of a singular collection of Asian art, realized in his collection a link between East and West matched only in James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room. On the occasion of the opening of the renovated Freer galleries at the Smithsonian, this book is a celebration of the man. It is part biography and part catalog, detailing both the development of a connoisseur and the creation of a collection. Numerous color illustrations give just a hint of the extraordinary scope of the galleries, truly a national treasure. As an excellent introduction and a basis for further study, this work should be part of any art library collection and most large public library collections.
- Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum Lib., New York
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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