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Treasures from the Pierpont Morgan Library : fiftieth anniversary exhibition, 1957.

Title
Treasures from the Pierpont Morgan Library : fiftieth anniversary exhibition, 1957.
Author
Pierpont Morgan Library, issuing body, host institution.
Publication
New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, [1957]

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Book/TextUse in library 0641.6784.71.9Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Adams, Frederick B. (Frederick Baldwin), 1910-2001
  • Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960
  • California Palace of the Legion of Honor, host institution.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.
  • Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, host institution.
  • William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, host institution.
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.
  • Fogg Art Museum, host institution.
Description
48 p. 71 plates (incl. facsims.; part col.); 28 cm.
Summary
This is a catalog of an exhibition created to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Pierpont Morgan Library. The traveling exhibition showcased a representative selection of the library's treasures and was shown at the Pierpont Morgan Library, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum, Kansas City, The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge.
Alternative Title
Treasures from the Pierpont Morgan Library, 50th anniversary exhibition, 1957.
Subject
  • Pierpont Morgan Library > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Pierpont Morgan Library
  • Morgan library & museum (New York, N.Y.) > Catalogues
  • Traveling exhibitions > United States
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts > Exhibitions
  • Manuscripts, Renaissance > Exhibitions
  • Books > History > Exhibitions
  • Drawing, European > 16th century > Exhibitions
  • Drawing, European > 17th century > Exhibitions
  • Drawing, European > 18th century > Exhibitions
  • Art
  • Books
  • Books > History > Exhibitions > United States
  • Manuscripts > Exhibitions
  • Rare books > Exhibitions
  • Art > Exhibitions
  • Histoire du livre
Genre/Form
  • Catalog
  • catalogs (documents)
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
  • Catalogues.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • "Catalogue of the exhibition": p. [9]-47.
  • Introduction signed: Frederick B. Adams, jr.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 48.
Contents
Mediaeval and renaissance manuscripts -- Early printed books -- Bindings -- Literary manuscripts -- Master drawings.
LCCN
56012702
OCLC
  • ocm00670263
  • 670263
  • SCSB-221629
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library