The M. I. Hummel Album

by Robert L. Miller and R. Goebel, Wilhelm; Crowe

Reference. The M. I. Hummel Album highlights in words and pictures the history surrounding the world's most famous figurines. More than 100 new photographs have been added, and the effects of recent... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942620135
• ISBN13: 9780942620139
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Portfolio Press (NY)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A "must-have" book for the serious collector....

Exceptional photography by Walter Pfeiffer brings the beloved Goebel figurines to the page in amazing detail, while Joan N. Ostroff and Manfred Arras economize on words to convey the essence of the art so many of us collect. These are the best 320 pages you can own if you simply love looking at Sister Hummel's little children. This is not a price list or catalog, but rather a masterful presentation of the best ceramic figurines anyone could hope to own. The third chapter alone, "The People Behind the Figurines," is worth every penny of the price of this book. The Goebel tradition of fine craftsmanship is articulated in photo essay form. Master sculptors, moldmakers, casters, assemblers, kilnsmen, glazers, and painters are captured like never before, and the complicated and many-stepped process of making the figurines is brought to your study for thoughtful appreciation. As many as forty molds are required to make some of the pieces, shedding light at last on why these beautiful little children can cost more than your new wide-screen TV.If you collect Hummels, you owe it to yourself to buy this book. You'll love it as much as you love any of your figurines.