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Cloth Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. A bright, clean, tight copy sans flecks, tears, stains, markings, and discoloration. Book published in conjunction with the 1999 exhibition of the same name organized by and exhibited at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College. From the book's essay entitled: 'Refining the Imagination: A Promise Delivered' by James Mundy, class of 1974: "The exhibition 'Refining the Imagination: Tradition, Collecting, and the Vassar Education,' attempts to demonstrate in an empirical fashion what many people have known intuitively - that the emphasis on honing a student's abilities to discern quality in the world of ideas or the world of art has built a network of perceptive art collectors with something in common - a Vassar education forms the foundation of their connoisseurship. The assemblage of almost one hundred and fifty works of art borrowed from private Vassar collections indicates that the impetus to collect art with such a knowledgeable foundation is a Vassar tradition that will continue into the next century." PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED in full color and black-and-white photographic reproduction of these remarkable artworks (many full page) with accompanying descriptive passages. 331 pages. GC2.…