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Item Details
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THE PEACOCK ROOM
A CULTURAL BIOGRAPHY |
| By: |
Linda Merrill |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£55.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300076118 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300076110 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
24 September, 1998 |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
105 colour plates, 150 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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