Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection — The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1993
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Substantial, richly illustrated hardcover exhibition catalogue published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in conjunction with the exhibition Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, held March 27–June 20, 1993. The book explores the extraordinary art collection assembled by Louisine and Henry Osborne Havemeyer, among the most influential American art collectors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Features works by Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Gustave Courbet, and many others, alongside decorative arts and objects from the collection. With contributions by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Gary Tinterow, Susan Alyson Stein, Gretchen Wold, and Julia Meech. Extensively illustrated with approximately 800 images, including 176 color reproductions. Publication Details * Title: Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection * Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York * Year: 1993 * Format: Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket * Pages: 415 numbered pages, plus preliminary pages * Dimensions: Approximately 12.5 × 9.5 inches (height × width) * ISBN: 9780870996641 * Language: English Condition Pre-owned hardcover with blue boards and illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket shows visible surface rubbing and handling marks, particularly on the rear, with minor edge wear. Front jacket retains strong color. Interior pages and binding have not been fully inspected. Please refer to photographs for condition.
- Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, T.H.E.
- Year: 1993
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780870996658
- Condition: Very Good
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