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Charles Lang Freer, Whose Original Gift To The Nation In 1906 Formed The Basis Of A Singular Collection Of Asian Art, Realized In His Collection A Link Between East And West Matched Only In James Mcneill Whistler's Peacock Room. On The Occasion Of The Opening Of The Renovated Freer Galleries At The Smithsonian, This Book Is A Celebration Of The Man. It Is Part Biography And Part Catalog, Detailing Both The Development Of A Connoisseur And The Creation Of A Collection. Numerous Color Illustrations Give Just A Hint Of The Extraordinary Scope Of The Galleries, Truly A National Treasure. Foreword / Milo Cleveland Beach -- Acquired Taste -- The Whistler Collection -- The Asian Tours -- Colleagues And Dealers -- Freer And Fenollosa -- The American Renaissance -- Composing The Collection -- The Late Years -- The Washington Building -- Chronology, Charles Lang Freer. Thomas Lawton, Linda Merrill. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 266-267) And Index.

Author

Thomas Lawton; Linda Merrill; Charles Lang Freer

Publisher

Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution : in association with Harry N. Abrams

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780810925380

Subjects

Art, Memoir, History