The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum
This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Trust by the Fran and Ray Stark Trust in 2005. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the J. Paul Getty Museum's new sculpture gardens and installations, which features twenty-eight works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Ferdinand Léger, Roy Lichtenstein, René Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and American sculpture within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts.
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The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum
This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Trust by the Fran and Ray Stark Trust in 2005. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the J. Paul Getty Museum's new sculpture gardens and installations, which features twenty-eight works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Ferdinand Léger, Roy Lichtenstein, René Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and American sculpture within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts.
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The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum

The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum

The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum

The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum

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This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Trust by the Fran and Ray Stark Trust in 2005. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the J. Paul Getty Museum's new sculpture gardens and installations, which features twenty-eight works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Ferdinand Léger, Roy Lichtenstein, René Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and American sculpture within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780892369041
Publisher: Getty Publications
Publication date: 07/15/2008
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 10.10(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Antonia Boström is Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Penelope Curtis is Curator of the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, England.
John Dixon Hunt is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Christopher Bedford is Research Assistant in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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