The Collectible Moment: Photographs in the Norton Simon Museum
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The Collectible Moment: Photographs in the Norton Simon Museum

The Collectible Moment: Photographs in the Norton Simon Museum

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Gloria Williams Sander (Contributor) Therese Mulligan (Contributor)  

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Before the late 1960s, few museums or collectors acquired photographs or considered the medium as an art form. The moment arrived, however, when photography's profile ascended and the medium began to gain widespread acceptance in the art world as an art form engaged with issues that were central to contemporary art. This was precisely the moment of greatest growth for the collection presented here. This catalogue publishes for the first time the 548 photographs in the Norton Simon Museum of Art collection, more than 90 per cent of which were acquired during that fascinating moment of transition in the history of photography, 1969 to 1974. In The Collectible Moment Therese Mulligan outlines the character, quality, and importance of the Norton Simon collection, and Gloria Williams Sander explores the history of the Museum's photography department in the context of the local art organizations in general and community of photographers specifically. First-person recollections by a number of important figures in the world of photography provide immediate and vivid accounts of the period and the photo artists of this important historical moment. Published in association with the Norton Simon Museum Exhibition Schedule: Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (October 13, 2006 - February 26, 2007) 73 b-w + 617 color illus.
Gloria Williams Sander is curator, Norton Simon Museum of Art. She lives in Los Angeles. Therese Mulligan is professor and graduate coordinator of the Master of Fine Art in Photography and director, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology. She lives in Rochester, NY.
  • Contributor: Gloria Williams Sander
  • Imprint: Yale University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780300121001
  • Number of Pages: 344
  • Packaged Dimensions: 241x292mm
  • Packaged Weight: 2313
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Release Date: 2006-09-29
  • Series: Norton Simon Museum (YUP)
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Gloria Williams Sander is curator, Norton Simon Museum of Art. She lives in Los Angeles. Therese Mulligan is professor and graduate coordinator of the Master of Fine Art in Photography and director, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology. She lives in Rochester, NY.

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