The Power of Prints
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The Legacy of William M. Ivins and A. Hyatt Mayor
Freyda Spira with Peter Parshall
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Metropolitan Museum curators William M. Ivins and his protégé A. Hyatt Mayor not only assembled a vast collection of prints, from Renaissance masterworks to ephemeral works, but also expanded the appreciation of prints as aesthetic objects, socio-historical documents, and tools of communication. More radically, by discussing these prints in accessible language, they changed our notions of how art reaches the wider public. Drawing on previously unpublished material, including personal letters and departmental records, this is the first comprehensive exploration of the lives, careers, theories, and influence of Ivins and Mayor. Also included are 120 exceptional prints that represent the breadth and depth of their acquisitions, including works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Callot, Goya, Whistler, Cassatt, and Toulouse-Lautrec.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(01/26/16–05/22/16)
Freyda Spira is associate curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Peter Parshall was formerly the Jane Neuberger Goodsell Professor of Art History and the Humanities at Reed College and curator and head of the Department of Old Master Prints at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(01/26/16–05/22/16)
ISBN: 9781588395856
Publication Date: February 9, 2016
Publishing Partner: Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
Publication Date: February 9, 2016
Publishing Partner: Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
192 pages, 8 3/4 x 10 1/2
169 color illus.
169 color illus.
