Hardcover
1986 · New York
by Weitzenhoffer, Frances
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986. Hardcover. VG/VG. May have name of former owner inside.. Brown cloth with gilt lettering/design, color illustrated dust jacket. 288 pp. 64 color, 103 bw plates, 100 photographs. This is a rollicking, behind-the-scenes account of taste in 19th-century America, of beautiful paintings bought and sold, and of the collecting activities of an extraordinary couple, Louisine and H.O. Havemeyer (from the DJ). More than any other family of collectors, the Havermeyer's were responsible for bringing Impressionism to America. They brought back the first Monet, the first Degas, collected Japanese antiques and assembled a collection so vast that today its components hang on the walls of many museums.
(Inventory #: 21459)