Collecting Prints, Posters, and Ephemera
perspectives in a global world
$102.86
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2021
Summary
Why did collectors seek out posters and collect ephemera during the late-nineteenth and the twentieth centuries? How have such materials been integrated into institutional collections today? What inspired collectors to build significant holdings of works from cultures other than their own? And what are the issues facing curators and collectors of digital ephemera today?
These are among the questions tackled in this volume—the first to examine the practices of collecting prints, poster…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501377891 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1501377892 |
| Author: | Dr. Ruth E. Iskin, Dr. Britany Salsbury |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 158mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Contextualizing Art Markets |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Remarkable for its global scope and historical range, Collecting Prints, Posters, and Ephemera is a vital contribution to our understanding of printed images in all their variety and an indispensable guide to how collecting practices have shaped their meaning. * Richard Taws, University College London, UK *
About The Author
Dr. Ruth E. Iskin
Ruth E. Iskin is Professor, Department of the Arts, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Britany Salsbury is Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, Milwaukee Art Museum, USA.
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