Obsession: Sir William Van Horne's Japanese Ceramics 9780773554764
A revelatory study of a forgotten collection and the most remarkable collector in Montreal's Golden Square Mile.
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English Pages [209] Year 2018
Table of contents :
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
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
- Author / Uploaded
- Ron Graham (editor)
