Faberzhe (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; ; 366 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm ISBN 9780500016992, 9780884010876, 0500016992, 0884010872 OCLC 34433639 LCCN 95061963 LC NK5698.F3 A4 1996 Dewey 739.2092 ; Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and made possible by Faberge? Co.; exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb. 16-April 28, 1996 and four other art museums, May 16, 1996-May 11, 1997 ; "The outstanding legacy of the Russian goldsmith and jeweler Carl Faberge has captured the public's imagination for many years. During his lifetime, Faberge's extravagant jewelry and objects d'art brought him patronage from the world's most affluent people, and throughout this century his work has been avidly collected by public art institutions and individuals. Published to accompany a travelling exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, this text is dedicated to the works that have been amassed by American collectors." ; Géza Ladislaus Euseb Gerhard Rafael Albert Maria von Habsburg is a Fabergé expert who has published books and articles on the jewellers Peter Carl Fabergé and Victor Mayer. He is the curator of several major international Fabergé exhibitions. Géza von Habsburg coined the term Fauxbergé. ; David Park Curry is a distinguished curator and scholar of American art. He is the senior curator of decorative arts, American painting, and sculpture at the Baltimore Museum of Art. In addition, Curry has served as curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Denver Art Museum, and the Freer Gallery of Art. ; Contents: Foreword, by Harry S. Parker III; Foreword: The Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection of Faberge, by Katharine C. Lee; Sponsor's Statement, by Patrick J. Choel; Introduction and Acknowledgments, by Geza von Habsburg; History of the House of Faberge, by Geza von Habsburg; Carl Faberge and His American Clients: 1900-1917, by Geza von Habsburg; The Legacy of the Czars: 1920s-1930s, by Geza von Habsburg; The Hammer Years: 1930s-1950s, by Geza von Habsburg; Matilda Geddings Gray: A Louisiana Collector, by John Webster Keefe; India Early Minshall: Portrait Sketch of a Russophile, by Henry Hawley; Lillian Thomas Pratt: An Aesthetic Antiquarian, by David Park Curry; Marjorie Merriweather Post: A Collector Discovers Imperial Russia, by Anne Odom; The Postwar Years: 1950s-1970s, by Geza von Habsburg; The Faberge Collection of Malcolm S. Forbes: More Than He Dreamed, by Christopher Forbes; Faberge Collectors Today, by Geza von Habsburg; Appendix I: "Fauxberge", by Geza von Habsburg; Appendix II: Acquisitions by Americans at Faberge's London Shop, 1907-1917, by Geza von Habsburg. ; slight dig on back cover, else FINE/FINE. Book.…