Art Mouveau Glass: The Gerda Koepff Collection
Munich/New York: Prestel, 2004. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with tan lettering on spine, pale green dust jacket with color illustration, red and white lettering, 336 pp, profusely illustrated in bw and color. VG+/VG (small tear to rear of dust jacket, light overall shelfwear to dust jacket, pages of text and illustrations are crisp and clean). Item #177527
ISBN: 9783791330211
"The present volume is a revised edition of the original German book, Art Nouveau Glas: die Sammlung Gerda Koepff, published in 1998"--Title page verso. Contents include: Thoughts on the collection: a conversation with Greda Koepff -- Art nouveau glass: origins, sources, developments / Helmut Ricke -- Paris: between the 1867 and 1900 Expositions Universelles / Eva Schmitt -- Emile Gallé: a brief appraisal / Helmut Ricke -- Emile Gallé, symbolism and art criticism in Germany / Brigitte Leonhardt -- The glass masterpieces of Emile Gallé and their affinity with Japanese art / Nobuo Tsuji -- Daum Frères: stepping out of Gallé's shadow / Eva Schmitt -- Désiré Christian: between Meisenthal and Nancy / Susanne Brenner -- Paris before 1900 -- Emile Gallé -- Burgun, Schverer & Co. -- Désiré Christian -- Vallerysthal -- Daum Frères -- Muller Frères -- Paul Nicolas. Also includes bibliographical references (pages 325-329) and index.
OCLC: 54801852
Price: $120.00