The Cleveland Museum of Art by William Milliken, Abrams Art book, 1958, signed
$ 26.4
Description
The Cleveland Museum of Art by William Milliken, Abrams Art book, 1958, signed. Book by the well-respected Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1958, and signed by the author. After a 7 page introduction (which begins on page 5) of the Museum and concepts, there follows 51 pages of art. Book by the well-respected Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1958, and signed by the author. Looks like the type of book that would be in the Museum gift shop. After a 7 page introduction (which begins on page 5) of the Museum and concepts, there follows 51 pages of art. This has black and white photos, but also color prints affixed by one edge to page. This arrangement appears to be so these color prints can be easily removed from the catalog, and framed to hang on the wall at home. What a cool idea!! Whoever had this book, however, did not appear to remove any of the pictures, and they are all still intact. Despite the beautiful quality pages, the cover is 1mm cardboard with a sturdy dust jacket, in good shape. Binding is good, except pages from the beginning to page 14 come out together. Overall a wonderful book signed by the influential director William Milliken , who joined the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1919 after being discharged from the Army Air Corps, and worked his way up to serving as Director from 1930-1958. Please see the website of the Cleveland Museum of Art for further detail on this remarkable man. Please note some pages do not have a number, but count out correctly from page 5-62. It looks complete, and I do not know what would have gone in pages 1-4. There is no table of contents.Curiously, one other example I have seen on line also begins at page 5.
