Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection

First Edition. A bright, clean, tight copy with all text and illustrations clear/unmarked. Book published in conjunction with the 1993 exhibition of the same name, exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. "A legendary assemblage, the Havemeyer collection is famous for its unparalleled groupings of works by Corot, Courbet, and Manet, its great Monets and Cezannes, and its many paintings, pastels, drawings, and bronzes by Degas." PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in full color and black and white photography of the Havemeyer artworks with accompanying descriptive captions. 415 pages. GO2.