Saved! : 100 years of the National Art Collections Fund / Richard Verdi ; with contributions by Martin Bailey [and others]

Verdi, Richard [author]

2003, First Edition. London : Hayward Gallery and the National Gallery in association with Scala. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #403803
ISBN: 1853322342

Physical description; 312 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes; Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, 23 October 2003-18 January 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; JPMorgan foreword / Walter Gubert -- Preface / Susan Ferleger Brades, David Barrie -- Introduction : How the National Art Collections Fund works / Brian Allen -- Rebels and connoisseurs / Juliet Gardiner -- The ones that got away / Philip Conisbee -- A century's achievement : celebrating 'the greatest collectors of all' / Richard Verdi -- The future of collecting / Martin Bailey -- Biographies -- Chronology -- Catalogue / Richard Verdi -- Case Studies. Diego Velázquez, The toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus') / Lynda Nead ; Hans Holbein, Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan / Flaminia Gennari Santori ; Auguste Rodin, The burghers of Calais / James Hall ; The Girona treasure / Robert Sténuit ; Xie Chufang, Fascination of nature / Roderick Whitfield ; The free admission campaign / Polly Toynbee. Subjects; National Art-Collections Fund (Great Britain) ; Exhibitions. Hayward Gallery (London, England) ; Exhibitions. National Art-Collections Fund (Great Britain). Art patronage Great Britain. Art Collectors and collecting Great Britain.

Price: €18.00