An American vision : Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum / Wendy A. Cooper with the assistance of Tara L. Gleason and Katharine A. John.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art, 2002Description: 214 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 085331859X
  • 9780853318590
  • 0894682946
  • 9780894682940
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Contents:
Winterthur: an American country estate / Leslie Greene Bowman -- Early settlement and sophistication -- East meets west -- A passion for Rococo -- The arts of the Pennsylvania Germans -- American classicism.
Review: "The culmination of Henry Francis du Pont's lifelong vision and passion for collecting, the Winterthur Museum houses the premier collection dedicated to American decorative arts. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Winterthur, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, presents an incomparable selection of masterpieces chosen according to the very principles espoused by du Pont himself: rarity, beauty, historical association and provenance. The result, An American Vision, offers an array of the vast riches of this remarkable museum."--Jacket.
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room NK805 .C678 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000025474

Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Winterthur Museum and the National Gallery of Art, which was on display at the Gallery in Washington, D.C., May 5-Oct. 6, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-196) and index.

Winterthur: an American country estate / Leslie Greene Bowman -- Early settlement and sophistication -- East meets west -- A passion for Rococo -- The arts of the Pennsylvania Germans -- American classicism.

"The culmination of Henry Francis du Pont's lifelong vision and passion for collecting, the Winterthur Museum houses the premier collection dedicated to American decorative arts. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Winterthur, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, presents an incomparable selection of masterpieces chosen according to the very principles espoused by du Pont himself: rarity, beauty, historical association and provenance. The result, An American Vision, offers an array of the vast riches of this remarkable museum."--Jacket.

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Catalog of the temporary exhibit 2002 of highlight decorative arts pieces from the Winterthur Collection exhibited at the National Gallaruy of Art, including 1.Gawen Brown Boston, 1749-1755, Tall Case Japanned Clock , probably his masterwqork, page 58 -- 2. John Paul Jr. Tall Case, PA, 1815, pages138/139 -- 3. Jean-Baptiste Dubuc, Paris, 1804-1817, George Washington, French Mantel Block,page 171 also pages 181

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