A COLLECTION IN THE MAKING. A Survey of the Problems Involved in Collecting Pictures Together with Brief Estimates of the Painters in the Phillips Memorial Gallery. ( signed ) The Phillips Publications Number Five

Phillips, Duncan

Published by E. Weyhe / Phillips Memorial Gallery, New York / Washington, 1926

About this Item

1st edition, 1926. A Very Good copy. Folio., 112 pp., plus 144 plates. Bound in publishers blue cloth with titles in gilt on front cover and spine. INSCRIBED by author inside front cover. Moderate edge wear with micro scratches to cloth. Heavier wear to spines crown and foot. Near fine plates with appropriate light age toning to paper. Founded by art collector and philanthropist Duncan Phillips in 1921, The Phillips Collection has been collecting modern and contemporary art for over one hundred years. Duncan Phillips s former home and additions to it in Washington s historic Dupont Circle neighborhood provides a unique setting for the growing collection of over 5,000 works.

Seller Inventory # 34715

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A COLLECTION IN THE MAKING. A Survey of the Problems Involved in Collecting Pictures Together with Brief Estimates of the Painters in the Phillips Memorial Gallery. ( signed ) The Phillips Publications Number Five
• Publisher: E. Weyhe / Phillips Memorial Gallery, New York / Washington
• Publication Date: 1926
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art