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The artist & the book, 1860-1960 : in western Europe and the United States

Title
The artist & the book, 1860-1960 : in western Europe and the United States / catalogue prepared by Eleanor M. Garvey.
Author
Garvey, Eleanor M.
Publication
  • Boston : Museum of Fine Arts ; [Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard College Library, Deptartment of Printing and Graphic Arts, [1961]
  • ©1961

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TextUse in library MDT (Boston. Museum of fine arts. Artist & the book)Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984
  • Mortimer, Ruth, 1931-1994
  • Zahn, Carl
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, issuing body, host institution.
  • Harvard College Library. Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, issuing body.
  • Meriden Gravure Company, printer.
Description
232 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Summary
"This exhibition is to show, primarily, what major artists of Western Europe and the United States have contributed in book form during the last hundred ... years ... In almost every case, only books illustrated with some original graphic work by the artist are shown"--Introduction.
Alternative Title
Artist and the book, 1860-1960
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 4-July 16, 1961"--Title page verso.
  • Introduction signed: Philip Hofer.
  • "The research for, and compiling of, this catalogue has been accomplished by Miss Eleanor M. Garvey, assistant in the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library. She has had some aid from the writer of this foreword, and from Mr. Ian Strasvogel. Miss Ruth Mortimer, cataloguer for the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, has checked collation, copy and proof. Mrs. Ruth Alexander typed the copy"--Introduction.
  • "Designed by Carl F. Zahn. Type set in Linotype Palatino by Thomas Todd Co., Boston. Printed by Meriden Gravure Co., Meriden, Conn., on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell 80 lb. Bound by Robert Burlen & Son, Inc., Boston"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-227) and index.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975.
Call Number
MDT (Boston. Museum of fine arts. Artist & the book)
ISBN
  • 0878172777
  • 9780878172771
LCCN
61013493
OCLC
715578
Author
Garvey, Eleanor M., compiler.
Title
The artist & the book, 1860-1960 : in western Europe and the United States / catalogue prepared by Eleanor M. Garvey.
Publisher
Boston : Museum of Fine Arts ; [Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard College Library, Deptartment of Printing and Graphic Arts, [1961]
Copyright Date
©1961
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-227) and index.
Provenance
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. DLC
Added Author
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984, writer of introduction.
Mortimer, Ruth, 1931-1994, editor.
Zahn, Carl, book designer.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, issuing body, host institution.
Harvard College Library. Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, issuing body.
Meriden Gravure Company, printer.
Other Form:
Online version: Garvey, Eleanor M. Artist & the book, 1860-1960. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts ; [Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard College Library, Deptartment of Printing and Graphic Arts, [1961] (OCoLC)551414925
Research Call Number
MDT (Boston. Museum of fine arts. Artist & the book)
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