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Book Description: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection. Waanders Uitgevers / Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 2001. 128 S. mit zahlr. Abb. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr gutes Ex. - Texte niederländisch/engl. - For the first time the Print Room hosts an exhibition compiled from the collection of a private collector of photographic art. The Manfred Heiting Collection, Amsterdam, ranks as one of the finest private collections of its kind in the world. Manfred Heiting started collecting in the mid-1970s, and in 1995 published At the Still Point, the first of a set of voluminous, privately produced catalogues which uniquely reproduce and present works from his collection. The collection spans the period from 1839, the year photography was invented, to the present-day, and consists of over 5000 items. When the Rijksmuseum began setting up its photography collection in 1996, Heiting generously presented the museum with a number of 19th-century photographic prints of superior quality. Moreover, he has always been willing to furnish us with advice as chairman of the Adviesgroep Fotografie, an advisory committee instigated by the Rijksmuseum. Photography cannot boast a long museum tradition. Private collectors formed the 'avant-garde': defying prevailing ideas, it was they who recognised artistic merit and mastery in the 'mechanical' medium while art historians continued to concentrate on the established art forms. Now that the Rijksmuseum is seriously collecting photography, we are fortunate to be able to draw on the know-how of a connoisseur with good taste and such an eminent collection of enviable museum allure. ISBN 9040095566 Photographie, Sammlung, Kunstfotografie, Porträt. Bookseller Inventory # 941895

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Book Description: Waanders/ Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. 2001. 128 p. Ills. Hardcover/ dustjacket. Bookseller Inventory # 81147

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Book Description: Rijksmuseum. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. 9040095566 VF; AS NEW. Bookseller Inventory # 100875

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