Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Photographs.

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J. Paul Getty Museum.

Title & Author:

Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Photographs.

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Description:

128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Series:

Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Notes:
"Text prepared by Gordon Baldwin [and others]"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of over one hundred thousand images is among the most comprehensive holdings of rare and important photographs in the world. It ranges from daguerreotypes to work by contemporary photographers such as Frederick Sommer and Manuel Alvarez Bravo. The fifty selections in this volume include Walker Evans's Citizen in Downtown Havana, The Whisper of the Muse by Julia Margaret Cameron, and Georgia O'Keeffe: A Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz, as well as photographs by Carleton Watkins, Andre Kertesz, Man Ray, Lisette Model, and many others. Each image is described in detail by the curatorial staff of the Department of Photographs at the Getty Museum.

Resources:
Getty Publications Virtual Library
Publisher description

ISBN:

0892365161
9780892365166
089236517X (pbk.)
9780892365173 (pbk.)

Subject:

J. Paul Getty Museum Photograph collections Catalogs.
J. Paul Getty Museum Collections de photographies Catalogues.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Photography, Artistic Catalogs.
Photograph collections California Los Angeles Catalogs.
Photographie artistique Catalogues.
Photographies Collectionneurs et collections Californie Los Angeles Catalogues.
Collections de photographies Californie Los Angeles Catalogues.
Photograph collections
Photography, Artistic
California Los Angeles

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catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Baldwin, Gordon, 1939-2020.
Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 236711
Call No.: BIB 166551
Status: Available

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