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Decorative Mugs adapted from The Four Seasons
Boucher painted The Four Seasons series for Madame de Pompadour, Mistress of Louis XV. The panels were probably designed as overdoors for one of her residences and were purchased by Henry Clay Frick in 1916.

3 12 x 3 12 in.

The Pursuit of Immortality: Masterpieces from the Scher Collection of Portrait Medals
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This catalogue, published to accompany an exhibition of the same name, includes highlights from the Scher Collection, arguably the worlds most comprehensive and significant private collection of portrait medals. The collection, part gift and promised gift to the Frick, dates from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century and comprises extraordinary examples from Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and England. An essay by Aimee Ng traces the development of the art of the medal, providing an elegant and concise introduction to the topic.

Author: Aimee Ng

Publisher: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited

Hardcover, 7 7 in., 64 pages, 40 color illustrations

Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis
This catalogue was published in conjuction with the highly popular exhibition Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis.

Authors: Edited by Lea Van Der Vine with contributions by Quentin Buvelot, Emilie Gordenker, Petria Noble, and Lynn Federle Orr

Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Hardcover, 9 12 x 10 12 in., 144 pages, 110 color illustrations

Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture
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This landmark volume is a comprehensive survey of the portrait drawings, paintings, and prints of Anthony van Dyck, one of the most celebrated portraitists of all time. His supremely elegant style and ability to convey a sense of the sitters inner life made him a favored portraitist among high-ranking figures and royalty across Europe, as well as among his fellow artists and art enthusiasts. Showcasing the full range of Van Dycks fascinating career with more than 100 works, the catalogue, published to accompany a major exhibition, explores the artists versatility, inventiveness, and influential approach to portraiture. With insightful contributions by a team of international scholars, it offers a compelling case for the distinctiveness and importance of the artists work.

"The catalogue entries are exemplary."
Jonathan Brown, The Art Newspaper

Author(s): Stijn Alsteens and Adam Eaker with contributions by An Van Camp, Xavier F. Salomon, and Bert Watteeuw

Publisher: The Frick Collection in association with Yale University Press

Hard and softcover, 9 x 11 in., 320 pp., 278 color illustrations

The Frick Collection Decorative Arts Handbook
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The unique and internationally celebrated atmosphere of The Frick Collection has as much to do with its decorative arts as with its iconic old master paintings. This handbook the first devoted to the decorative arts in the Fricks permanent collection, from rare Limoges enamels and Svres porcelain to French eighteenth-century furniture and extraordinary clocks and watches provides a valuable introduction to this area.

Author: Charlotte Vignon

Publisher: The Frick Collection in association with Scala Publishers, Inc.

Softcover, 6 x 9 in., 160 pages, 188 color illustrations

Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery
Published to accompany the exhibition Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery, on view at The Frick Collection, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Kimbell Art Museum.

Authors: Curators of the Scottish National Gallery

Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland

Hardcover, 9 x 11 in., 72 pages, 53 color illustrations

Leightons Flaming June
A masterpiece of British painting, Frederic Leightons dazzling Flaming June from the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico is a response to one of the most famously erotic images of the Renaissance, Leda and the Swan by Michelangelo. Leighton was a proponent of art for arts sake, and Flaming June demonstrates his dedication to this nineteenth-century pursuit of beauty shared by most of the radical artists of his generation. In this book, published in conjunction with an exhibition, Pablo Prez dOrss discussion of the paintings fascinating history and interpretation is complemented by Susan Grace Galassis exploration of the evolution of this celebrated work through its preparatory stages.

Authors: Susan Grace Galassi and Pablo Prez dOrs

Publisher: The Frick Collection

Softcover, 6 34 x 10 14 in., 56 pages, 27 color illustrations

Fragonards Progress of Love at The Frick Collection
An invaluable and engaging resource on the sequence and meaning of the panels in the series, the book explores the history of Fragonard's Progress of Love from its conception in France to its rediscovery by two great American collectors more than one hundred years later, and tells the story of how the group of canvases found a permanent home in the New York mansion of Henry Clay Frick. The volume offers a window into the complex world of art and architectural tastemakers and patrons in eighteenth-century France, as well as the history of collecting in Europe and America during the two centuries that followed. Rich illustrations include color images of the masterpiece as well as archival and contemporary views of the rooms that Fragonard's series has occupied, plus plans, original sketches, and comparative images.

Author: Colin B. Bailey

Publisher: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited

192 pages, 135 color illustrations

Power Underestimated: American Women Art Collectors
The Frick Collection with Marsilio Editori S.P.A. Venezia and Universit Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2011

Softcover, 231 pages, color illustrations

The Frick Collection Handbook of Paintings
The Handbook of Paintings, now in its ninth printing, is a comprehensive guide to the paintings of The Frick Collection. Established by Henry Clay Frick (18491919), who on his death bequeathed his dazzling New York residence and outstanding artworks to the public, the collection is perhaps best known for its remarkable paintings from the fourteenth through nineteenth century, among them masterpieces by Bellini, Fragonard, Gainsborough, Holbein, Rembrandt, Titian, Turner, Vermeer, and Veronese.

Revised 2016 Edition

Publisher: The Frick Collection in association with Scala Publishers, Inc.

Softcover, 168 pages, 164 color illustrations

Pierre Gouthire: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court
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Published in conjunction with a major exhibition, this is the first English-language monograph on Pierre Gouthire (17321813), as well as the first comprehensive study of his work since 1986. Included are essays on Gouthires life and work, a reevaluation of his style in the context of the development of Neoclassicism, and an exploration of his relationship with Franois-Joseph Blanger, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Louis-Simon Boizot, and other great architects and sculptors of the period. A section of the catalogue is also devoted to the results of the technical study.

splendidly produced publication
Reinier Baarseb, The Burlington Magazine (Feb. 2017)

Authors: Christian Baulez and Charlotte Vignon with contributions by Anne Forray-Carlier, Joseph Godla, Helen Jacobsen, Luisa Penalva, and Emmanuel Sarmo

Publisher: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited

Hardcover, 408 pages, 9 x 11 in., 322 color illustrations

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