Worlds Columbian Exposition Chicago: Official Catalogue of the German Empire

Berlin: Imperial Commission, 1893. Stiff wraps. VG. Some toning to wraps and light wear around the edges. Formerly property of Charles M. Kurtz, Assistant-Chief for Department of Fine Arts, World's Columbian Exposition. Signed on cover and title page.. Octavo. Stiff wraps. Olive cloth with black titles and illustration. 312, 90 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Charles M. Kurtz's name is known to many scholars and students of American art history. To some he is important for his critical writings, others are interested in his management of exhibitions for the Art Union and the American Art Association. Many are aware of him because of his publication of National Academy Notes, which continued for nine years. Still others are familiar with Kurtz in his role as an art administrator for late 19th century art exhibitions like those at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the St. Louis Fair, or for his accomplishments as the first director of the Albright Gallery in Buffalo, New York. Sometimes researchers have become familiar with his name through the sale catalogue for his considerable collection, which was sold at auction after his death in 1909. His career, which encompassed the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century, touched on virtually every aspect of art in America during that period.