Paul Mellon's legacy : a passion for British art : masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art / essays by John Baskett, Jules David Prown, Duncan Robinson, Brian Allen, William Reese ; with contributions by Cassandra Albinson, Elisabeth Fairman, Lisa Ford, Gillian Forrester, Matthew Hargraves, Eleanor Hughes, Julia Marciari Alexander, Morna O'Neill, Stéphane Roy, Angus Trumble, and Scott Wilcox.
Published / Created:
New Haven, Conn. : Yale Center for British Art and Royal Academy of Arts in association with Yale University Press, c2007.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006036240.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-325) index."This book was produced in association with the exhibition ... organized by the Yale Center for British Art and the Royal Academy of Arts in celebration of the centenary of Paul Mellon's birth. Exhibition dates: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn. (18 April-29 July 2007) and the Royal Academy of Arts, London (20 October 2007-27 January 2008)"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Essays -- Paul Mellon: a remembrance / John Baskett -- Paul Mellon and the architecture of the Yale Center for British Art / Jules Prown -- Paul Mellon and the Yale Center for British Art / Duncan Robinson -- Paul Mellon and scholarship in the history of British art / Brian Allen -- Paul Mellon as a book collector / William Reese -- Gallery of works -- Fine arts -- Book arts -- Catalogue.
Subject Terms:
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 -- Art collections. | Yale Center for British Art. | Art, British -- Private collections -- United States.
Contributors:
Baskett, John. | Prown, Jules David. | Robinson, Duncan. | Allen, Brian, 1952– | Reese, William S. | Fairman, Elisabeth R. | Ford, Lisa L. | Forrester, Gillian. | Hargraves, Matthew, 1978– | Hughes, Eleanor, 1971– | Alexander, Julia Marciari, 1967– | O'Neill, Morna. | Roy, Stéphane. | Trumble, Angus. | Wilcox, Scott, 1952– | Yale Center for British Art. | Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)