In Flagrante Collecto (Caught in the Act of Collecting)
by Marilynn Gelfman Karp
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0810955407
- ISBN 13
- 9780810955400
- Seller
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HELENSVALE, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Harry N. Abrams, 2006 What do you do with your soap bars when they become too small to use? If you've ever lost a cuff link, what did you do with the one that remained? In In Flagrante Collecto , Marilynn Gelfman Karp explores and catalogues our impulse to collect the incidental miscellanea of the past. In her words There are collectors of things with intrinsic value - gold or diamonds or baseball cards. Then there are a group of people who love the unloved. These are the purest kind. For these collectors, the hunter-gatherers of misshapen pretzels, do t disturb signs, and marbles, there is deep and satisfying value in collecting the arcane objects that most people overlook or forget. This book is a tribute to the realm of those unloveable objects, those that seem banal, common, corny, in bad taste, too familiar, or just invisible. Part observation, part confession, Karp's text takes us on a joyous journey of philosophical musings, cultural history, and personal memoir. Author BiographyMarilynn Gelfman Karp is a Professor of Art in the Department of Art and Art Professions in the Steinhardt School at New York University and the founder of the first Masters degree programme in Visual Arts Administration and Collectin
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- Bookseller
- Graham Toms Fine & Rare Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022457
- Title
- In Flagrante Collecto (Caught in the Act of Collecting)
- Author
- Marilynn Gelfman Karp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0810955407
- ISBN 13
- 9780810955400
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
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