Paul Mellon's Legacy: A Passion for British Art

by John Baskett, Jules David Prown, William J. Reese, et al.

Paul Mellon (1907--1999) was an unparalleled collector of British art. His collection, now at Yale in the museum and study center he founded to house it, rivals those in Britain's national museums and is unquestionably the most comprehensive representation of British art held outside of the United Kingdom. This book and the exhibition that it accompanies celebrate the centenary of his birth. Five introductory essays examine Mellon's extraordinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300117469
• ISBN13: 9780300117462
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 5.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 10.0" x 12.4"