British watercolours from the Oppe? collection : with a selection of drawings and oil sketches / Anne Lyles and Robin Hamlyn ; with contributions by Peter Bower, Tabitha Barber and Diane Perkins
London : Tate Gallery, 1997. First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled and slight creasing. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean. Item #448420
ISBN: 1854372408
Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Notes; Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Tate Gallery, 10 Sept-30 Nov. 1997, and touring from Sept. 1998 through June 1999 to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and other venues. Published to accompany the exhibition at the Tate Gallery, 10 September-30 November 1997 and touring from September 1998-June 1999 to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and the National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff. Contents; In Pursuit of the Abstract and the Practical: A.P. Oppe and the Collecting of British Watercolours and Drawings in the Early 1900s / Robin Hamlyn -- The Transformation of the British Landscape Watercolour c.1750-1805 / Anne Lyles -- 'Displaying the Colours to Advantage': The Papers Used in the Oppe Collection / Peter Bower -- A Checklist of Artists in the Oppe Collection. Subjects; Oppé, A. P. (Adolf Paul) (1878-1957) Art collections. Watercolor painting, British 18th century. Watercolor painting, British 19th century. Tate Gallery.
Price: €14.95