Batik: 75 Selected Masterpieces: The Rudolf G. Smend Collection

Fleischmann-Heck, Isa

ISBN 10: 080483895X / ISBN 13: 9780804838955

Published by KÃ ln/North Clarendon, VT : Galerie Schmend/Tuttle, 2006

About this Item

Paperback, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations (including photographs), 4to. Includes 2 exhibition invitations signed by Rudolf Schmend.; First 35 pages slightly wrinkled, spine slightly discoloured.

Seller Inventory # 354740-WB24

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Batik: 75 Selected Masterpieces: The Rudolf G. Smend Collection
• Publisher: KÃ ln/North Clarendon, VT : Galerie Schmend/Tuttle
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080483895X
• ISBN 13: 9780804838955
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Batik: 75 Selected Masterpieces contains never before published pictures illustrating the exquisite cross-section of the batik production in Java. Featuring textiles from the personal collection of gallery owner Rudolf G. Smend, historic photographs from the Hans van der Kamp Collection, and fascinating text from academic Isa Fleischmann-Heck, Batik: 75 Selected Masterpieces is a rich resource for collectors and lovers of the "golden period" of Java.

About the Author

Rudolf G. Smend is a passionate batik collector and the owner of Galerie Smend in Cologne, Germany.

Isa Fleischmann-Heck is Curator of Textiles at the German Textile Museum in Krefeld.

Maria Wronska-Friend is a well known batik expert, ethnologist and author.

Donald J. Harper is an American collector and dealer of Indonesian batik.