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Vtg 1977-1978 Impresario Ambroise Vollard Booklet An Art Exhibition Organized By The Museum Of Modern Art Riva Castleman
Vtg 1977-1978 Impresario Ambroise Vollard Booklet An Art Exhibition Organized By The Museum Of Modern Art Riva Castleman
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Vtg 1977-1978 Impresario Ambroise Vollard Booklet An Art Exhibition Organized By The Museum Of Modern Art Riva Castleman
This booklet on the Catalogue of the Exhibition 1977 with the forward by Riva Castleman is from our large collection of fine art books, booklets and catalogues.
This amazing piece about the history of Ambroise Vollard is magnificiant.
Ambroise Vollard:
Born in Saint-Denis, Réunion, he was raised in the French Indian Ocean colony. After his matura (final exams) in La Réunion, he went to study jurisprudence in France from 1885, for a while in Montpellier, then at the École de droit in Paris, where he received his degree in 1888.
During his studies, Vollard converted himself into an "amateur-merchant" by becoming a clerk for an art dealer, and in 1893 established his own art gallery, at Rue Laffitte, then the center of the Parisian market for contemporary art. There Vollard mounted his first major exhibitions, buying almost the entire output of Cézanne, some 150 canvases, to create his first exhibition in 1895.[2] This was followed by exhibitions of Manet, Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh (4 – 30 June 1895); for Gabriel Mourey, French correspondent of The Studio in Paris, this was simply a matter of "Scylla and Charybdis".[citation needed] These were followed by a second Cézanne exhibition (1898), the first Picasso exhibition (1901) and a Matisse exhibition (1904).
Riva Castleman:
Riva Castleman (August 15, 1930 – September 4, 2014) was an American art historian, art curator, and author who is credited with promoting the mediums of printmaking and illustrated books as serious forms of fine art. From 1976–95 she was Director of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
The booklet unfolds to opens to 21 1/2" x 16". Unique format.
On the front of the booklet is Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Vollard, 1938.
Included in the various dates of the exhibition from the 1970's is the Art Gallery of Ontario, Krannert Art Museum, and The Toledo Museum of Art 1977-1978.
It is in fine condition with the exception of a tiny bit of discoloration on the front of the booklet.
A very important piece of art history wonderfully preserved.
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