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The Resource A marble quarry : the James H. Ricau collection of sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art, H. Nichols B. Clark ; with an essay by William H. Gerdts

A marble quarry : the James H. Ricau collection of sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art, H. Nichols B. Clark ; with an essay by William H. Gerdts

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Summary
  • James H. Ricau, an individual of great vision and taste, if limited financial means, was one of this country's most serious collectors of sculpture, and ultimately owned one of the largest and most important collections of nineteenth-century American marble statuary ever assembled. It was eventually acquired by the Chrysler Museum of Norfolk, Virginia, and this comprehensive volume coincides with the opening there of a special gallery devoted to these seventy neoclassical masterworks
  • Especially rich in works by Hiram Powers, Chauncey B. Ives, Joseph Mozier, William Henry Rinehart, Thomas Crawford, and Randolph Rogers, it also includes examples by George Grey Barnard, Harriet Hosmer, Frederick MacMonnies, Larkin Mead, Erastus Dow Palmer, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Emma Stebbins, William Wetmore Story, and others - thirty artists in all
  • A biography is provided for each artist; each sculpture is thoroughly documented and illustrated in full color. There are also alternate views and details of the major pieces, as well as fascinating photographs taken by Ricau himself showing the sculptures as they were installed in the magnificent Greek revival temple-front home he bought in Piermont, New York, in 1958, a Northern version of the plantations of his early years in Louisiana and a setting that was essential to his vision of the collection
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
280 pages
Contents
  • Foreword
  • William J. Hennessey
  • A Shared Passion: New York Collectors of Nineteenth-Century American Art in the 1950s
  • William H. Gerdts
  • James H. Ricau as a Collector of Sculpture
  • H. Nichols B. Clark
  • The James H. Ricau Collection
Isbn
9781555951313
Instance
Label
A marble quarry : the James H. Ricau collection of sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art
Title
A marble quarry
Title remainder
the James H. Ricau collection of sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art
Statement of responsibility
H. Nichols B. Clark ; with an essay by William H. Gerdts
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • James H. Ricau, an individual of great vision and taste, if limited financial means, was one of this country's most serious collectors of sculpture, and ultimately owned one of the largest and most important collections of nineteenth-century American marble statuary ever assembled. It was eventually acquired by the Chrysler Museum of Norfolk, Virginia, and this comprehensive volume coincides with the opening there of a special gallery devoted to these seventy neoclassical masterworks
  • Especially rich in works by Hiram Powers, Chauncey B. Ives, Joseph Mozier, William Henry Rinehart, Thomas Crawford, and Randolph Rogers, it also includes examples by George Grey Barnard, Harriet Hosmer, Frederick MacMonnies, Larkin Mead, Erastus Dow Palmer, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Emma Stebbins, William Wetmore Story, and others - thirty artists in all
  • A biography is provided for each artist; each sculpture is thoroughly documented and illustrated in full color. There are also alternate views and details of the major pieces, as well as fascinating photographs taken by Ricau himself showing the sculptures as they were installed in the magnificent Greek revival temple-front home he bought in Piermont, New York, in 1958, a Northern version of the plantations of his early years in Louisiana and a setting that was essential to his vision of the collection
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Clark, Henry Nichols Blake
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
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  • Gerdts, William H
  • Chrysler Museum
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  • Ricau, James H.
  • Ricau, James H
  • Ricau, James H.
  • Ricau, James H. /Sammlung
  • Ricau, James H
  • Ricau, James H
  • Ricau, James H.
  • Chrysler Museum
  • Ricau, James H. <1916-1993>
  • Chrysler Museum
  • Chrysler Museum at Norfolk
  • Chrysler Museum
  • Chrysler Museum
  • Marble sculpture, American
  • Sculpture, Neoclassical
  • Marble sculpture
  • Marble sculpture
  • Chrysler Museum at Norfolk
  • Néoclassicisme (Art)
  • Sculpture en marbre
  • Sculpture en marbre
  • Sculpture en marbre
  • Sculpture en marbre américaine
  • Sculpture en marbre américaine
  • Néoclassicisme (Art)
  • Sculpture en marbre
  • Sculpture en marbre
  • Sculpture en marbre
  • Katalog
  • Sammlung
  • Marmorplastik
  • Katalog
  • Sammlung
  • Marmorplastik
  • Art museums
  • Marble sculpture
  • Marble sculpture, American
  • Marble sculpture
  • Sculpture, Neoclassical
  • Steinplastik
  • USA
  • USA
  • USA
  • United States
  • Virginia
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A marble quarry : the James H. Ricau collection of sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art, H. Nichols B. Clark ; with an essay by William H. Gerdts
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Foreword
  • William J. Hennessey
  • A Shared Passion: New York Collectors of Nineteenth-Century American Art in the 1950s
  • William H. Gerdts
  • James H. Ricau as a Collector of Sculpture
  • H. Nichols B. Clark
  • The James H. Ricau Collection
Control code
36857110
Dimensions
30 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
280 pages
Isbn
9781555951313
Lccn
97015397
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)36857110
Label
A marble quarry : the James H. Ricau collection of sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art, H. Nichols B. Clark ; with an essay by William H. Gerdts
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Foreword
  • William J. Hennessey
  • A Shared Passion: New York Collectors of Nineteenth-Century American Art in the 1950s
  • William H. Gerdts
  • James H. Ricau as a Collector of Sculpture
  • H. Nichols B. Clark
  • The James H. Ricau Collection
Control code
36857110
Dimensions
30 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
280 pages
Isbn
9781555951313
Lccn
97015397
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)36857110

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