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Software for Collectors Art, Antiques Organizer Deluxe: inventory software for art and antiques enthusiasts. Coin Organizer Deluxe: the easy way to organize and manage your coin collections. Book Organizer Deluxe: book inventory software for book collectors. Collectibles Organizer Deluxe: the easy way to organize and manage all your collectibles. Stamp Organizer Deluxe: software for stamp collectors, philatelists, hobbyists, dealers, and clubs. Bestselling and bargain books: Collecting Sculpture * Search bestsellers * Search bargain books * Other books Books -> Collecting Sculpture Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art by: Cohn, Marjorie B. Kianovsky, Sarah B. (Editor) Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Published: October 20, 2002 ISBN: 0300096941 Format:Hardcover Pages:320    Read More, Buy It Book Description William Corbett, Arts Media ...[B]eautifully designed...Carefully annotated...[A] testimonial...reveal[ing] [Orswell's] unique relationship with...Smith...[and]...passion for life and...sculpture... Synopsis Lois Orswell (1904-1998) was a pioneering collector of abstract expressionist art and modern sculpture. She was notable not only for the quality of her acquisitions but also for her exceptional position as a woman collector at a time when men dominated the art world. Orswell focused her attention on sculpture and drawings, rather than paintings, and her collection features the work of such canonical artists as Kline, de Kooning, Rodin, Calder, Moore, Nevelson, and many others. Of all these... read more Book Description Lois Orswell (1904-1998) was a pioneering collector of abstract expressionist art and modern sculpture. She was notable not only for the quality of her acquisitions but also for her exceptional position as a woman collector at a time when men dominated the art world. Orswell focused her attention on sculpture and drawings, rather than paintings, and her collection features the work of such canonical artists as Kline, de Kooning, Rodin, Calder, Moore, Nevelson, and many others. Of all these artists, none was more important than David Smith -- arguably the greatest American sculptor of the twentieth century -- and the book highlights the close connection between collector and artist. This handsome volume publishes for the first time the correspondence between Orswell and Smith, which sheds important new light on the sculptor's personality and professional practice. The book also tells the history of the Orswell Collection, which numbers over 340 objects and is housed at the Harvard University Art Museums. This book is published to coincide with an exhibition at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, from September 21, 2002 to February 16, 2003.   Read More, Buy It Copyright © 1996-2004 PrimaSoft PC, Inc. All rights reserved.