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William M. Ivins (1881–1961)

Teoksen How Prints Look: Photographs With A Commentary tekijä

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Kanoninen nimi
Ivins, William M.
Virallinen nimi
Ivins, William Mills, Jr. (birth name)
Syntymäaika
1881-01-13
Kuolinaika
1961-06-14
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
USA
Syntymäpaikka
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Kuolinpaikka
White Plains, New York, USA
Asuinpaikat
Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
Koulutus
Columbia University (LLB|1907)
Harvard College (AB|1901)
Ammatit
attorney
art historian
museum curator
Organisaatiot
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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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About incunabula (books published before 1500). Many good points about the collector.
 
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dirving57 | Nov 20, 2021 |
MIT paperback edition is unabridged republication of 1953 first edition published by Harvard University Press.
 
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raizel | Mar 14, 2016 |
A useful and pithy collection of photographs of early (mostly) illustration production methods. Ivins' witty and trenchant commentary really makes the book.
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JBD1 | Jul 13, 2015 |

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