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Building the Frick Collection : an introduction to the house and its collections
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Building the Frick Collection : an introduction to the house and its collections

Author: Colin B Bailey
Publisher: New York : Frick Collection in association with Scala, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A history of the building at 1 East 70th Street, New York, that served as the home of Henry Clay Frick and his family, and later became the museum known as the Frick Collection. Treats the design, erection and decoration of the Frick home (1912-1915), its conversion to museum (1932-1935) and its expansion to current form (1973-1977). The book, containing 117 illustrations, also discusses successive adjacent  Read more...
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Bailey, Colin B.
Building the Frick Collection.
New York : Frick Collection in association with Scala, 2006
(OCoLC)608025973
Named Person: Henry Clay Frick
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Colin B Bailey
ISBN: 1857593812 9781857593815
OCLC Number: 71655279
Description: 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Responsibility: Colin B. Bailey.

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Offers a study of the famous home of Henry Clay Frick, which houses the "Frick Collection" in New York City. This work examines the history of the house and how it influenced the collection itself.  Read more...

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