The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J.Paul Getty Museum (Hardcover)

. Bostrom

ISBN 10: 0892369043 / ISBN 13: 9780892369041

Published by Getty Trust Publications, Santa Monica CA, 2008

About this Item

Hardcover. This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum after the deaths of Fran and Ray Stark. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the Museum's new sculpture gardens and installations, which feature twenty-eight works by artists including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Rene Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and American sculpture within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts. Takes readers on a visual tour of the J Paul Getty Museum's sculpture gardens and installations, which feature twenty-eight works by such artists as: Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Rene Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Isami Noguchi, and others. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J.Paul Getty Museum (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Getty Trust Publications, Santa Monica CA
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892369043
• ISBN 13: 9780892369041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum after the deaths of Fran and Ray Stark. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the Museum’s new sculpture gardens and installations, which feature twenty-eight works by artists including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Léger, Roy Lichtenstein, René Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and American sculpture within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts.

About the Author

Antonia Boström is senior curator of sculpture and decorative arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Christopher Bedford is research assistant in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Penelope Curtis is curator of the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, England. John Dixon Hunt is professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.