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Body ObjectsBuild and Access the Collection – $250 Whether through direct influences or broader affinities, African, Pre-Columbian, and Indigenous American objects undoubtedly informed the practice of Western artists throughout the 20th century. This catalog, from the inaugural show at New York’s Pace Primitive Gallery, juxtaposes body objects from...Read More |
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Bog-Trotting for OrchidsBuild and Access the Collection – $300 Grace Greylock Niles was a botanist, teacher, collector, photographer, free spirit, swamp-explorer, writer, and nature enthusiast. This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book opens the readers' eyes and mind to a world of natural beauty that few would dare to explore. A native of...Read More |
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Botanical Illustrations from the Adelia Gates CollectionPreserve for the Future – $1,200 Adelia Sarah Gates was intrepid and stalwart in her pursuit of an educated, independent life. Despite many challenges and obstacles, this unusual woman managed to travel the world and met with extraordinary adventure. Gates pursued opportunities for scientific study and training in botany, and in...Read More |
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A Box of SmileBuild and Access the Collection – $500 This multiple was created by George Maciunas, ostensible leader of the avant-garde movement Fluxus, in conjunction with Yoko Ono’s 1971 retrospective This is Not Here at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY. Yoko Ono, artist, peace activist, and widow of John Lennon has used smiles as a...Read More |
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British MineralogyBuild and Access the Collection – $11,500 James Sowerby's British Mineralogy is the first comprehensive illustrated work on mineralogy. Though more than 200 years old, in many ways it has never been superceded. It was issued in parts over 15 years and ultimately contained 550 plates meticulously drawn from actual specimens, engraved and...Read More |
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Brown GoldBuild and Access the Collection – $300 Brown Gold traces the development of African American children’s literature from the 1870s to the 2000s. The book includes literary criticism and pedagogy, as well as literary history and cultural analysis. The author discusses the use and impact of racial terms such as Afro, Negro, African...Read More |
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Burkart's Sammlung der Wichtigsten Europäischen Nutzhölzer in Characterischen SchnittenBuild and Access the Collection – $3,000 Burkart's Sammlung contains a brief text on European species of trees, including pines, firs, yews, oaks, willows, fruit woods, and others, but its glory is the 40 plates one per species consisting of actual wood samples in thin transverse, radial, and tangential cross-sections, held between...Read More |
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The Cabinet of Natural HistoryPreserve for the Future – $950 Botanicals and books on zoology, insect, and marine life are important sources for design and ornament; coloration and patterns from the natural world inspire artists and designers in many ways. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Library has a great collection of these resources...Read More |
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The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural SportsPreserve for the Future – $850 Botanicals and books on zoology, insect and marine life are important sources for design and ornament as coloration and patterns from the natural world inspire artists and designers in many ways. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Library has a great collection of such resources available for...Read More |
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Catalog and Self-Guided Walking Tour Itinerary of Immovable Objects IBuild and Access the Collection – $600 Immovable Objects I was the first of a series of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum exhibitions to showcase architecture and urban design beyond the walls of its home at the Carnegie Mansion on East 91st Street. Project director Dorothy Twining Globus and museum director Lisa Taylor produced...Read More |
