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The Peacock Room : a cultural biography / Linda Merrill

By:

Merrill, Linda

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, DC : Freer Gallery of Art , 1998Description: 406 p. : illus. ; 32 cmISBN:

9780300076110

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 747.7 MER

Summary: An account of the creation of James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room, it's reception by the artist's patron, subsequent criticism, and ultimate museum installation in 1923. The author also includes details of dinner parties that took place in the room, and attempts to draw out insights into contemporary British culture.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 747.7 MER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		031480

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An account of the creation of James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room, it's reception by the artist's patron, subsequent criticism, and ultimate museum installation in 1923. The author also includes details of dinner parties that took place in the room, and attempts to draw out insights into contemporary British culture.

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