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Excursions of imagination : 100 great British drawings from the Huntington's collection / Melinda McCurdy ; with an essay by Ann Bermingham ; contributions by Jessie Fontana-Maisel.
LIBRA NC228 .H455 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, author.
- McCurdy, Melinda, author.
- Bermingham, Ann, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
- Drawing, British--Exhibitions.
- Drawing, British.
- Drawing--California--San Marino--Exhibitions.
- Drawing.
- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery--Exhibitions.
- California--San Marino.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [San Marino] : The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens ; London : in association with Lund Humphries, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Over the past century, The Huntington has collected more than 12,000 drawings and watercolors by British artists from the late 16th to mid-20th century. Excursions of Imagination showcases 100 stunning works on paper from this "hidden museum," many of them never published before. This generously illustrated volume features landscape and figurative subjects by the acknowledged masters of the medium-J. M. W. Turner, Thomas Girtin, John Constable, and Henry Fuseli-as well as artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement and such modernists as David Bomberg. An introduction by curator Melinda McCurdy discusses the formation of The Huntington's British drawings collection. An essay by British art historian Ann Bermingham places The Huntington's collection within the context of the historical practice of drawing in Britain"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : British drawings at The Huntington / Melinda McCurdy
- Excursions of imagination : British Drawing from the seventeenth to the twentieth century / Ann Bermingham
- Catalogue.
- Notes:
- "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Great British Drawings, organized by The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens"--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel W. Golden Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781848224483
- 1848224486
- OCLC:
- 1141018781
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