Saved! 100 years of the National Art Collections Fund [published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Hayward Gallery, London, 23 October 2003 - 18 January 2004] / Richard Verdi ... [et al.]

Verdi, Richard

2003, 1st edition. London : Hayward Gallery. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #324534
ISBN: 1857593049

Physical description: 312 pages: illustrations (some color), portraits (some color); 29 cm. Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, 23 October 2003-18 January 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: JPMorgan foreword / Walter Gubert -- Preface / Susan Ferleger Brades, David Barrie -- Introduction: How the National Art Collections Fund works / Brian Allen -- Rebels and connoisseurs / Juliet Gardiner -- The ones that got away / Philip Conisbee -- A century's achievement: celebrating 'the greatest collectors of all' / Richard Verdi -- The future of collecting / Martin Bailey -- Biographies -- Chronology -- Catalogue / Richard Verdi -- Case Studies. Diego Vela ázquez, The toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus') / Lynda Nead; Hans Holbein, Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan / Flaminia Gennari Santori; Auguste Rodin, The burghers of Calais / James Hall; The Girona treasure / Robert Ste énuit; Xie Chufang, Fascination of nature / Roderick WhitfiBeld The free admission campaign / Polly Toynbee. Subjects: National Art-Collections Fund (Great Britain); Exhibitions. Art Collectors and collecting Great Britain. Hayward Gallery exhibition catalogue. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated.

Price: €25.00