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Brettell, Richard R. & C.D. Dickerson III. From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern.(Brief article)(Book review)
Brettell, Richard R. & C.D. Dickerson III. From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern. Yale Univ. 2010. 456p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-300-14494-9. $65. FINE ARTS
What sets this exhibition catalog apart from others is its emphasis on the individual art collectors who built up the 40 impressive collections from which the 111 art objects in the exhibit derive. Some of the art has already been donated to museums in philanthropic gestures; other pieces are still in private hands and were loaned just for this exhibit at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX. Brettell (art and aesthetics, Univ. of Texas, Dallas) wrote a substantial …
