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It shows how little compromise the connoisseur ever made with the picture dealer, and because it illustrates that the element of personality was as strongly felt in the business man as it was later in the gentleman of refined leisure. The Avery Architectural Library at Columbia Univer sity, which was founded in memory of Mr. Avery's architect son, and chosen and catalogued in the most careful manner by the donor himself, was naturally the benefaction nearest to his heart. He made its enlargement a personal care, and found a librarian most inventive in devising helps and conveniences for the student. Every year this gift becomes more valuable. Hardly less a service to the cause of art was that of starting a print department of the New York Public Library. To this cause Mr. Avery gave the large collection of nineteenth-century etchings which he had been accumulating for forty years, and to the day of his death he made it a pleasure to add rare speci mens or to fill gaps in the portfolios. By this one donation the new department gained importance in the world of art - a reputation that subsequent gifts, prompted, no doubt, by Mr. Avery's initia tive, have further enhanced.
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It shows how little compromise the connoisseur ever made with the picture dealer, and because it illustrates that the element of personality was as strongly felt in the business man as it was later in the gentleman of refined leisure. The Avery Architectural Library at Columbia Univer sity, which was founded in memory of Mr. Avery's architect son, and chosen and catalogued in the most careful manner by the donor himself, was naturally the benefaction nearest to his heart. He made its enlargement a personal care, and found a librarian most inventive in devising helps and conveniences for the student. Every year this gift becomes more valuable. Hardly less a service to the cause of art was that of starting a print department of the New York Public Library. To this cause Mr. Avery gave the large collection of nineteenth-century etchings which he had been accumulating for forty years, and to the day of his death he made it a pleasure to add rare speci mens or to fill gaps in the portfolios. By this one donation the new department gained importance in the world of art - a reputation that subsequent gifts, prompted, no doubt, by Mr. Avery's initia tive, have further enhanced.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The full extent of the late S. P. Avery's usefulness may never be known. Conspicuous as his position here in New York was, he gave modestly from the surplus of his collections to many country institutions, ever fostering the love of art in its feebler beginnings. When one recalls that his considerable wealth was made in the sale of pictures, it is remarkable how true his professional conscience remained to his personal taste. The humbug that so often surrounds picture-dealing he was incapable of practising; he would no more have thought of following the more permissible methods of puffery than of practising the baser exploitations of the artist and the public.
To the art dealer who is also a true amateur of the beautiful there must be a constant tragedy in the thought of the beautiful things that have passed if profitably out of his hands.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the life of prominent art dealer Samuel Putnam Avery and his influence in the art landscape of New York City throughout the 19th century. The author examines Avery's early career as an engraver and publisher, but places particular emphasis on his later work in amassing one of the era's finest private art collections. The author details Avery's role as an advisor and trusted resource to his contemporaries and philanthropists like William Vanderbilt. The book also sheds light on Avery's founding of the Avery Architectural Library and his donation of over 17,000 etchings and engravings to the Lenox Library, revealing the passion that led him to make these works accessible to the public. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330144176_0
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