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A gift to America : masterpieces of European painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection

1994

Format:	Book
Title:	A gift to America : masterpieces of European painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection / Chiyo Ishikawa [and others] ; with essays by Marilyn Perry and Edgar Peters Bowron.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Abrams, ©1994. New York : Henry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994. Japan : [printer not identified] ©1994
Description:	304 pages : 181 illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm
Summary:	"Samuel Kress made an extraordinary gift to the nation of his outstanding collection of paintings and sculpture. This book is the catalog for an exhibition that celebrated this gift by reuniting a number of the choicest paintings that are now dispersed to many museums across the country. There is a compelling introduction that tells the story of the collection and how the Kress gift came to be, followed by a detailed catalog featuring an excellent color reproduction of each painting in the exhibition"--Amazon.
Subjects:	Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955 -- Art collections -- Exhibitions. Painting, European -- Exhibitions. Painting -- Private collections -- United States -- Exhibitions. Painting -- Europe.
Other Author:	Ishikawa, Chiyo. Orr, Lynn Federle, 1947- Shackelford, George T. M., 1955- Steel, David H. Perry, Marilyn. Bowron, Edgar Peters. North Carolina Museum of Art. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Seattle Art Museum. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Other Title:	Samuel H. Kress Collection.
Notes:	"In association with the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco." -- Title page verso Catalog of an exhibition held at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Feb. 5-Apr. 24, 1994; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 22-Aug. 14, 1994; the Seattle Art Museum, Sept. 15-Nov. 20, 1994; and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Dec. 17, 1994-Mar. 4, 1995. Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and indexes.
Contents:	The Kress Collection / Marilyn Perry -- The Kress Brothers and Their "Bucolic Pictures": The Creation of an Italian Baroque Collection / Edgar Peters Bowron -- Catalogue of the Exhibition. Lenders to the exhibition -- Directors' preface / Richard S. Schneiderman, Peter Marzio, Jay Gates, Harry S. Parker III -- Acknowledgments -- The Kress Collection / Marilyn Perry -- The Kress Brothers and their "Bucolic Pictures": The creation of an Italian Baroque Collection / Edgar Peters Bowron -- Catalogue of the Exhibition -- Bibliography -- Indices.
LCCN:	93023102
ISBN:	0810933837 9780810933835 0810925621 9780810925625
Other Number:	28292277
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	1936
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Call Number:	759.94074 Gift to

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