Building the Frick Collection : an introduction to the house and its collections /
"First in-depth study of the famous home of Henry Clay Frick, which houses The Frick Collection in New York City. Contains new scholarship by the Chief Curator of the Frick Collection."--BOOK JACKET
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Frick Collection in association with Scala,
2006
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| Summary: | "First in-depth study of the famous home of Henry Clay Frick, which houses The Frick Collection in New York City. Contains new scholarship by the Chief Curator of the Frick Collection."--BOOK JACKET A history of the building at 1 East 70th Street, New York, that served as the home of Henry Clay Frick and his family, and later became the museum known as the Frick Collection. Treats the design, erection and decoration of the Frick home (1912-1915), its conversion to museum (1932-1935) and its expansion to current form (1973-1977). The book, containing 117 illustrations, also discusses successive adjacent buildings housing the Frick Art Reference Library |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm 128 p. : ill. (some col.), plans, ports. ; 26 cm 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm 128 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-124) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index |
| ISBN: | 0912114304 (paperback) 1857593812 (hardback) 1857593812 9781857593815 |