1997, Chihuly: The George R Stroemple Collection, HBw/dj, SIGNED PLUS PHOTOS ETC

Description: Published by the Portland Art Museum in conjunction with an exhibit of this special collection of glass art produced by Chihuly, The George R. Stroemple Collection. The exhibit took place at the Portland Art Museum from 10/25/1997 to 1/18/1998. The book is in NEAR FINE CONDITION. The dust jacket has light edge wear, no tears or chips, a few scratches seen upper left hand corner on front jacket. Essays by Donald Kuspit and Kathryn Kanjo. Pristine black cloth boards with gilt titling front board and spine. No interior marks in 127 clean and solidly bound glossy pages except for NICE INSCRIPTION, DATE, AND SIGNATURE OF CHIHULY. The inscription is "For Jim". This book was purchased from the estate of Jim Kimsey, co-founder of AOL. From Wikipedia: "James Verlin Kimsey (September 15, 1939 – March 1, 2016) was the co-founder of AOL. He was the first chairman of the company and served as CEO until 1995. Although Kimsey is best known for having helped to create AOL, he also spearheaded many other business, military and philanthropic endeavors." Found in the book were several items associated with Chihuly selling some of his special pieces to Jim Kimsey: 1. 9 printed photos (not photographs on photo paper but rather from a color printer) of special glass pieces that were for sale at a Gallery in Washington DC2. 7 negatives of these pieces in plastic sleeves3. A price list for specific pieces that were shown in the photos and negatives4. A zerox of a note from Chihuly to Jim (see "Dear Jim" salutation) discusses the pieces he is suggesting Jim use for his office or the conference room. Wouldn't it be nice to be in a position consider $50,000 Ikebana pieces for your office... Here's an online synopsis of the book: "As Marcel Duchamp said, 'the creation of art restlessly oscillates between two poles: the artist and the spectator',' writes Donald Kuspit in his insightful essay, 'Chihuly and Stroemple: A Meeting of Imaginations'. He suggests that 'the collector is the ideal spectator.' For Dale Chihuly, George R. Stroemple, may be the ultimate 'ideal spectator' as he possesses more works by Chihuly than any other collector, concentrating on three series only -- the Irish Cylinders, Macchia, Venetians -- and Drawings. In 1997 the Portland Art Museum presented 350 works selected from this collection. In the catalogue accompanying the exhibition Kuspit explores the relationship of artist and collector, noting that 'this exhibition is not only about Dale Chihuly's glass art, but also about George R Stroemple's enthusiastic, if selective collecting of it.' Curator Kathryn Kanjo addresses the creation of these three distinctly different series in her incisive essay, 'Chihuly: Glass Without Limits'. Statements by the collector and his curator, Tracy Savage, who had run Chihuly's Seattle studio at the time of Stroemple's first purchases in 1990, offer intimate insights to this relationship of collector and artist." Kimsey B132

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