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 ...
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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.
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Fair. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Oversized.
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Very Good. 2002. Cloth, dj. Quarto. 388 pp. 85 color illustrations, 117 black & white illustrations. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Art & Graphic Design. )
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Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. 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.
