Box 152
Container
Contains 17 Results:
Distribution and sales of Museum's copies of book. Correspondence, 1945-1954
File — Box: 152, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A result of ten years of study, Kimball's seminal book on the Rococo was published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943. Noted art historians Lionello Venturi and Erwin Panofsky praised Kimball and his work in distinguishing the Rococo style from the Baroque and for assigning artists to previously unattributed works. The book's publication and much of Kimball's travel expenses were funded by the American Council of Learned Societies. His dealings with the organization are documented in...
Dates:
1945-1954
Distribution and sales of Museum's copies of book. Sampling of orders, 1943, undated
File — Box: 152, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A result of ten years of study, Kimball's seminal book on the Rococo was published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943. Noted art historians Lionello Venturi and Erwin Panofsky praised Kimball and his work in distinguishing the Rococo style from the Baroque and for assigning artists to previously unattributed works. The book's publication and much of Kimball's travel expenses were funded by the American Council of Learned Societies. His dealings with the organization are documented in...
Dates:
1943, undated
Distribution and sales of Museum's copies of book. Sampling of orders, 1944
File — Box: 152, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A result of ten years of study, Kimball's seminal book on the Rococo was published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943. Noted art historians Lionello Venturi and Erwin Panofsky praised Kimball and his work in distinguishing the Rococo style from the Baroque and for assigning artists to previously unattributed works. The book's publication and much of Kimball's travel expenses were funded by the American Council of Learned Societies. His dealings with the organization are documented in...
Dates:
1944
Mailing lists for circulars and prospectus, 1943, undated
File — Box: 152, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A result of ten years of study, Kimball's seminal book on the Rococo was published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943. Noted art historians Lionello Venturi and Erwin Panofsky praised Kimball and his work in distinguishing the Rococo style from the Baroque and for assigning artists to previously unattributed works. The book's publication and much of Kimball's travel expenses were funded by the American Council of Learned Societies. His dealings with the organization are documented in...
Dates:
1943, undated
Reviews. Correspondence, 1943-February 1944
File — Box: 152, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A result of ten years of study, Kimball's seminal book on the Rococo was published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943. Noted art historians Lionello Venturi and Erwin Panofsky praised Kimball and his work in distinguishing the Rococo style from the Baroque and for assigning artists to previously unattributed works. The book's publication and much of Kimball's travel expenses were funded by the American Council of Learned Societies. His dealings with the organization are documented in...
Dates:
1943-February 1944
Reviews. Correspondence, March 1944-1946
File — Box: 152, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A result of ten years of study, Kimball's seminal book on the Rococo was published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943. Noted art historians Lionello Venturi and Erwin Panofsky praised Kimball and his work in distinguishing the Rococo style from the Baroque and for assigning artists to previously unattributed works. The book's publication and much of Kimball's travel expenses were funded by the American Council of Learned Societies. His dealings with the organization are documented in...
Dates:
March 1944-1946
Reviews. Publications, 1943-1949
File — Box: 152, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A result of ten years of study, Kimball's seminal book on the Rococo was published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943. Noted art historians Lionello Venturi and Erwin Panofsky praised Kimball and his work in distinguishing the Rococo style from the Baroque and for assigning artists to previously unattributed works. The book's publication and much of Kimball's travel expenses were funded by the American Council of Learned Societies. His dealings with the organization are documented in...
Dates:
1943-1949
Requests for printed copies, 1955-1959
File — Box: 152, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A result of ten years of study, Kimball's seminal book on the Rococo was published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943. Noted art historians Lionello Venturi and Erwin Panofsky praised Kimball and his work in distinguishing the Rococo style from the Baroque and for assigning artists to previously unattributed works. The book's publication and much of Kimball's travel expenses were funded by the American Council of Learned Societies. His dealings with the organization are documented in...
Dates:
1955-1959
Captions and introduction. Ms, undated
File — Box: 152, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A collaborative effort between Fiske Kimball and Lionello Venturi, art historian at the University of Rome, the highlight of this book is its high-quality color reproductions done by the Beck Engraving Company. Venturi primarily drafted the descriptions accompanying these reproductions, and Coward-McCann published the book in 1948. With the exception of Kimball's manuscript of the introduction and captions, most of the documentation is correspondence. In addition to Kimball's correspondents...
Dates:
undated
Contracts for reproductions, 1945-1948, undated
File — Box: 152, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A collaborative effort between Fiske Kimball and Lionello Venturi, art historian at the University of Rome, the highlight of this book is its high-quality color reproductions done by the Beck Engraving Company. Venturi primarily drafted the descriptions accompanying these reproductions, and Coward-McCann published the book in 1948. With the exception of Kimball's manuscript of the introduction and captions, most of the documentation is correspondence. In addition to Kimball's correspondents...
Dates:
1945-1948, undated