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French sculpture : an American passion

Title
French sculpture : an American passion / Laure de Margerie ; with a contribution by Antoinette Le Normand-Romain ; [translation from French to English, Elisabeth Lyman, Miriam Rosen, Cole Swensen, and Susan Wise].
Author
Margerie, Laure de
Publication
[Ghent] : Snoeck, [2023]
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Additional Authors
  • Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette
  • Lyman, Elisabeth
  • Rosen, Miriam
  • Swensen, Cole, 1955-
  • Wise, Susan
Description
495 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm
Summary
The extraordinary abundance of French sculptures in the United States is indicative of a specific taste for this area of French art, but also of the close proximity of Franco-American historical and artistic relations. The United States is the country outside of France with the largest number of French sculptures and the latter represent by far the majority of foreign sculptures. Once gathered, combined, connected, they weave the story of a taste. Their study makes it possible to detect trends and periods, to identify the personalities of dealers, collectors and curators, and to understand the supply channels of this transatlantic trade, from the place of production to the place of consumption, from the place of creation to place of appreciation. The purpose of this book is to give life and meaning to these works by placing them in their American context.
Uniform Title
Sculpture française. English
Alternative Title
Sculpture française.
Subject
  • Sculptors > France > Influence
  • Sculpture, French > Appreciation > United States
  • Sculpture, French > Collectors and collecting > United States
  • Art, French > Collectors and collecting > United States
  • Art in interior decoration > United States
  • France > Relations > United States
  • United States > Relations > France
Note
  • Jointly published by the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (NHA) and Snoeck Publishers.
  • Published simultaneously with the original French version La Sculpture française, une passion américaine.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-479) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Laure de Margerie -- Introduction / Laure de Margerie -- Politics through Sculpture / Laure de Margerie -- Sculpture as Décor / Laure de Margerie -- Collecting Sculpture / Laure De Margerie -- Collecting Rodin / Antoinette Le Normand-Romain -- Conclusion: An Ongoing Passion / Laure de Margerie -- Appendices.
Call Number
JQG 23-504
ISBN
  • 9789461618276
  • 9461618271
OCLC
1371241611
Author
Margerie, Laure de, author.
Title
French sculpture : an American passion / Laure de Margerie ; with a contribution by Antoinette Le Normand-Romain ; [translation from French to English, Elisabeth Lyman, Miriam Rosen, Cole Swensen, and Susan Wise].
Publisher
[Ghent] : Snoeck, [2023]
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-479) and index.
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Added Author
Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette, contributor.
Lyman, Elisabeth, translator.
Rosen, Miriam, translator.
Swensen, Cole, 1955- translator.
Wise, Susan, translator.
Research Call Number
JQG 23-504
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