Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent

Chesterfield, Mass: Chameleon Books, 2000. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition which opened at The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge on June 24, 2000 and closed at The Anchorage Museum of History and Art on June 17, 2001. From the collection of noted curator Brenda Richardson, with a gift inscription on title page.

One of the most distinguished art curators and historians of the twentieth century, Brenda Richardson began her career at the University Art Museum in Berkeley (1964-1975), and went on to become the chief curator at the Baltimore Museum Art between 1975 and 1998. An unapologetic champion of contemporary art, she curated well over 70 major exhibitions for the BMA, the high spots being notable stagings for Frank Stella, Brice Marden, Barnett Newman, and Bruce Nauman. She also curated the 1985 exhibition of the Cone Collection, the BMA's prized centerpiece, which contains over 3000 works, including 600 pieces by Matisse, as well as work by Picasso, Cezanne, Gauguin, and others. She has authored and contributed to dozens of books on contemporary art, and John Waters, one of the most significant thinkers in the world of contemporary art, considers Richardson to be his mentor.

Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

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