William M. Ivins (1881–1961)
Auteur de How Prints Look: Photographs With A Commentary
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Œuvres de William M. Ivins
On the rationalization of sight : with an examination of three Renaissance texts on perspective (1973) 24 exemplaires
Francisco Goya: his paintings, drawings and prints. New York, January 27 to March 8, 1936 (1936) 6 exemplaires
The Dance of death : printed at Paris in 1490 ; a reproduction made from the copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald… 3 exemplaires
The artist and the fifteenth-century printer 1 exemplaire
A Neglected Aspect of Early Print-making 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Ivins, William M.
- Nom légal
- Ivins, William Mills, Jr. (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1881-01-13
- Date de décès
- 1961-06-14
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- White Plains, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
- Études
- Columbia University (LLB|1907)
Harvard College (AB|1901) - Professions
- attorney
art historian
museum curator - Organisations
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Courte biographie
- William Mills Ivins, Jr. (1881-1961), a lawyer, first became interested in collecting prints and illustrated books while an undergraduate at Harvard. He studied the history of printmaking through self-directed reading, by looking at prints in the major European libraries and museums, and tried his hand at many of the printmaking processes. While practicing law, he wrote articles and organized some small exhibitions of prints as early as 1908. In 1916, the Metropolitan Museum of Art appointed its first Curator of Prints to organize a Department of Prints and Drawings and to develop its small existing collection. Upon the recommendation of Paul J. Sachs who was unable to accept the position, Ivins was selected. He held the post until his retirement some thirty years later.
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- Œuvres
- 17
- Membres
- 509
- Popularité
- #48,721
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 23
- Langues
- 2