Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art Tapa dura - 2002

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Art Museums, 2002. Hardcover. NF/VG. Pale grey cloth/boards; silver lettering. Grey dj with sculpture illus. and bw/red lettering. Image of Lois Orswell's personal bookplate on FEP. 387 pp. with 85 color and 117 bw illustrations. Lois Orswell was a pioneering collector of abstract expressionist art and modern sculpture in a time when men dominated the art world. Her collection focused on sculpture and drawings, especially those of Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Auguste Rodin, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, and many others, but most importantly, David Smith. The book highlights the close connection between Orswell and Smith and publishes, for the first time, their correspondence, which sheds important new light on the sculptor's personality and professional practice. Also included is the history of Orswell's collection, which numbers over 340 objects and is housed at the Harvard University Art Museums. - paraphrased from the book's description.… Leer más

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. 2002. Hardcover. May have a remainder mark. Very Good.

Harvard Art Museums. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Cambridge: Harvard Art Museums, 2002. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Minor edgewear to bookplate to front pastedown. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 11.44 X 8.74 X 1.41 inches; 320 pages.

Harvard Art Museums, 2002. Hardcover. New. 11x8x1. BRAND NEW. Still Sealed in Publishers Shrinkwrap.

Yale University Press, New Haven, 2003. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 387 pp., 202 illustrations 85 in color. Hardcover, bound in gray cloth colored cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Tight binding, sharp edges and corners on the boards, bright jacket, now encased in a Mylar cover, and a clean, unmarked interior. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Harvard University Art Museums, at the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge MA 21 September 2002-16 February 2003..

Harvard Art Museums, 2002-10-20. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harvard Art Museums, 2002 4to (28 cm), 320 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "Lois Orswell (1904-1998) was a pioneering collector of abstract expressionist art and modern sculpture. She was notable not only for the quality of her acquisitions but also for her exceptional position as a woman collector at a time when men dominated the art world. Orswell focused her attention on sculpture and drawings, rather than paintings, and her collection features the work of such canonical artists as Kline, de Kooning, Rodin, Calder, Moore, Nevelson, and many others. Of all these artists, none was more important than David Smith, arguably the greatest American sculptor of the 20th century, and this volume highlights the close connection between collector and artist. This work publishes the correspondence between Orswell and Smith, shedding light on the sculptor's personality and professional practice. It also tells the history of the Orswell Collection, which numbers over 340… Leer más