Author: Grahm, Ron
Title: Obsession : Sir William Van Horne's Japanese Ceramics
Description: Montreal, Kingston Gallery, 2018. Hardcover. Red Boards, Illustrated dj. xii, 195 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, organized and held October 18, 2018-January 20, 2019 at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, and held November 19, 2019-March 1, 2020 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts./ Includes bibliographical references. A revelatory study of a forgotten collection and the most remarkable collector in Montreal's Golden Square Mile. Contents as follows: Cover; Obsession; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Part One; Introduction; The Nation Builder; Van Horne and Friends: Collecting European Art in Montreal's Square Mile; Japan Contained: The Birth of the Asian Collections at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; The "Social Life" of the Van Horne Japanese Ceramic Collection; The Ninsei Tea Bowl; Part Two; Van Horne's Notebooks; Ceramics Catalogue; Case Studies; Bibliographies; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Additional Illustration Credits. Very Good. ex-lib copy. Associated library markings .

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts ; Van Horne Collection ; ; Ceramics - Asian


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