Campbell, Sara - Collector without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. A seafoam green hardback with the title debossed in red down the spine. There is a dust jacket with an illustrated front cover and the title printed in blue and yellow text. The spine is the same green as the hardback, and the title is printed in red. The back cover features a black and white photograph. The end pages are a heavy, textured, white paper. Pages: (6), 7-494, (1). There are 2250 illustrations, most of them in color. The American art collector Norton Simon assembled his astonishing collection of more than 8,000 artworks in just thirty-five years. In 1966, with no permanent home for the growing collection, Simon created his "museum without walls" program--lending works to American museums--which continued until 1974, when his collection was housed in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, today considered one of the finest museums in the United States. VG+: A book in excellent condition. Appears as though it was rarely, if ever, removed from the shelf.

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