1861. Bouillet, J.-B. Musee de Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome). Clermont: Typographie de Paul Hubler 1861. 212p, no ills. Fair paperbound: institutional library discard, minimally marked. Covers detached, stitching loosening. Housed in card-stock folder. ** First edition of this guide to the recently established provincial museum in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Short introduction, list of..... More
1911. Donath, Adolph. Psychologie des Kunstsammelns. Berlin: Richard Carl Schmidt 1911. (Bibliothek fur Kunst- und Antiquitatensammler, 9) 156p, 188p, 50 ills. + 20p of ads (chiefly art and antique dealers). Good hardcover (covers smudged); no d.j. Half-title page beginning to separate. ** First edition of this early study of collecting..... More
1974. Ebert, John and Katherine. Old American Prints for Collectors. NY: Scribner 1974. 277p, many ills. + several color pls. Good clean hardcover in good shelfworn d.j. (closed tear to rear). ** Informative, well-illustrated introduction to the field; includes related images such as trade cards and other ephemera... More
1899. Fison, Charles F., and Hubert G. Malaher, eds. A Manual for Stewards at Missionary Loan Exhibitions. London: Church Missionary Society 1899. 136p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover (slight cover spotting; no d.j., if issued?). ** Detailed guide to preparing and presenting Missionary Society exhibitions for western..... More
1968. Glaeser, Ludwig. Architecture of Museums. NY: Museum of Modern Art 1968. [20]p, many photos and line ills. Very good paperbound, within larger sheet that folds out to become a poster for the show (torn at center crease, affecting Le Corbusier sketch for his "magic box;" suitable for professional repair)..... More
Chamberlain, John. Judd, Don, et al. The Chinati Foundation / La Fundacion Chinati. Zurich: Bodmer + Weber 1987. N.p., many photos and line ills., some in color. Good paperbound (cover wear, soil). In English and Spanish. One of 3500 copies. ** Introduction to the collection of, and plans for, this..... More
1978. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. L'Art du connoisseur / The Art of Connoisseurship. Exhibition catalogue, 1978. 143p, many ills. Texts by Myra Nan Rosenfield and others. Good paperbound. Text in French and English. ** "The purpose of this exhibition is to show the general public the different methods of..... More
1978. Robertson, David. Sir Charles Eastlake and the Victorian Art World. Princeton University Press 1978. xvii, 468p, 202 b&w ills. + 2 color pls. Very good hardcover (front endpaper creased) in very good d.j. (small edge tears). ** Very comprehensive life of this remarkable man--painter, scholar, private collector, and notably..... More
1976. Rudenstine, Angelica Zander. The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945. NY: Guggenheim Museum 1976. 2 vols., totaling over 700p, over 250 b&w ills. Very good hardcover (edges shelf rubbed; short scrape to one front cover), in poor original glassine d.j. ** Meticulous and important catalogue of the Guggenheim's paintings from..... More
1996. Smith, Elizabeth Bradford, et al. Medieval Art in America: Patterns of Collecting 1800-1940. Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, 1996. 243p, many ills. + 16p of color ills. Very good paperbound (back cover scuffed). ** Over a dozen chapters by various authors on the formation of medieval art..... More
1995. Thomas, Anabel. The Painter's Practice in Renaissance Tuscany. Cambridge University Press 1995. 398p, over 90 ills. + 16 color pls. Very good paperbound (lightly read). ** "Presents a detailed picture of the commissioning, production and marketing of paintings, [such as] the way in which the painter and his business..... More
1947. Wheeler, Monroe; Ruth Olson; et al. The Questioning Public. NY: Museum of Modern Art Bulletin (vol. XV, no. 1, Fall 1947). 20p, several photos. Fair paperbound. Ex-lib., with stamps on front cover only. Short split at base of spine. ** Interesting look at MOMA audiences, their makeup, and their..... More
1975. Zigrosser, Carl. A World of Art and Museums. Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, 1975. 309p. Good hardcover (covers splayed, as often) in good d.j. ** Autobiography of the longtime curator of prints and drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, plus profiles of colleagues and artists. (Published at 20.00)... More
