The Art of Wealth: The Huntingtons in the Gilded Age
by Bennett, Shelley M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0873282531
- ISBN 13
- 9780873282536
- Seller
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About This Item
San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2013. Cloth, xv, 362 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Ribbon bookmark. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, no dedication. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "'The Art of Wealth' provides a fresh perspective on the complicated mix of public and private motives and models that characterized art collecting and philanthropy in America in the early twentieth-century. The author focuses on four remarkable individuals: Collis Huntington, who started out as a peddler and went on to found a railroad empire; his second wife, Arabella, a woman of great intelligence and taste; her son, Archer, who devoted his life to creating and supporting museums; and Collis's nephew, Henry E. Huntington, who built up an extraordinary foundation and then gave it to the public as an enduring legacy." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119798
- Title
- The Art of Wealth: The Huntingtons in the Gilded Age
- Author
- Bennett, Shelley M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0873282531
- ISBN 13
- 9780873282536
- Publisher
- Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
- Place of Publication
- San Marino, CA
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Patronage / Individual Collectors; American / 4. Late 19th Century;
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