Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Get there first, decide promptly : the Richard Brown Baker collection of postwar art / Jennifer Farrell ; with essays by Thomas Crow ... [et al.] ; contributions by Agnes Berecz ... [et al.] ; and a chronology by Elise Kenney.
Alternate Title(s):
Richard Brown Baker collection of postwar art
Published / Created:
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Art Gallery : 2011.
Physical Description:
372 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Contents:
Introduction / Jennifer Farrell -- Collecting bohemia in post-World War II New York : the Richard Brown Baker collection / Serge Guilbaut -- The onset of the 1960s in the collecting life of Richard Brown Baker : without the taking of risks, a great collection is not formed / Thomas Crow -- A man about town / Robert Storr -- A maverick collector for the 1980s / Jan Howard -- Richard Brown Baker in the 1990s : portrait of an eclectic collector / Judith Tannenbaum -- Artist entries -- Chronology / Elise Kenney -- List of artists in the Richard Brown Baker collection.
Subject Terms:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. | Baker, Richard Brown -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- United States -- Catalogs.
Contributors:
Farrell, Jennifer (Jennifer E.), 1970- | Crow, Thomas E., 1948- | Berecz, Agnes. | Kenney, Elise K., 1934-