From the private collections of Texas: European art, ancient to modern

Abstract

"Imagine being able to view under one roof more than a hundred of the most important works of European art ever to have been collected privately in Texas. This catalogue documents that experience and accompanies an exhibition held at the Kimbell Art Museum that represents the first comprehensive survey of the history of private art collecting in Texas. It tells the stories of seminal Texas collectors and introduces the reader to many of the most important collectors still active in the state." "Sumptuously illustrated, this book includes comprehensive discussions of each of the 113 works in the exhibition many of them never before studied or even published."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents

Director's Foreword / Eric M. Lee -- Acknowledgements / Richard R. Brettell and C. D. Dickerson III -- From Boulevards to Ranch Roads: The Private Collections of European Art in Texas, 1900 to the Present / Richard R. Brettell.