Description
Michael B. Weisbrod, Inc., Published 1986. Paperback, 157 pp.; 25 cm; illustrated with color and black-and-white plates throughout, including 3 fold-out illustrations.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Tan glossy pictorial paper covers with light bumping and creasing to edges and corners, including a soft diagonal crease at head of front cover. Mild shelf wear with some color loss along edges and spine, and fading to spine. A few small spots to lower front cover. Perfect bound, binding tight. Several pages carry ink underlining or a marginal bracket, chiefly at collection references and technical terms; otherwise unmarked. Dealer exhibition catalogue issued for the tenth anniversary of Michael B. Weisbrod, Inc., held at the Carlyle, 987 Madison Avenue, December 2 to 19, 1986. Catalogues 72 works: archaic bronzes, Han and Tang tomb sculpture, Buddhist stone and wood figures, ceramics from Neolithic painted pottery through Qing porcelain, lacquer furniture, and a 12-panel Qing landscape screen after Yuan Jiang. Entries by J. May Lee and Michael B. Weisbrod give dimensions, provenance, exhibition and publication history, and comparative references. Provenances include the Earl Morse Collection and the Hellner Collection, Sweden. Includes an essay, The Collecting of Chinese Art in America. Foreword by Hugo Munsterberg; C.C. Wang inscribed the title label for the 12-panel painting. Contents: Introduction; The Collecting of Chinese Art in America; Chronology of Chinese Periods and Dynasties; Exhibits; Details; Selected Bibliography; Museum Listings.