Description

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1962. Paper covers, 53 pp, plus 23 pages of black and white plates 26 cm. Catalog published to accompany an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy and painting from the private collection of John M. Crawford Jr. In acceptable+ condition with some chipping and tearing to the paper over the top and bottom of spine and light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and at bottom of spine. Moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Binding is still sound. Previous owner's name in ink on front free end paper. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. Not Ex-library. Includes essays by Laurence C. S. Sickman, Max Loehr, and Lien-Sheng Yang. This is an abbreviated version of the full catalog co-published by the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Fogg Art Museum (Harvard), and the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (Kansas City) later that year. Contents include: Foreword (Crawford); Chinese chronology; Catalogue of the exhibition; General introduction (Sickman); Chinese painting (Loehr); Chinese calligraphy (Yang); and Plates.