Collecting Prints, Posters, and Ephemera: Perspectives in a Global World Iskin Ruth E.
Collecting Prints, Posters, and Ephemera: Perspectives in a Global World Iskin Ruth E. Why did collectors seek out posters and collect ephemera during the late-nineteenth and the twentieth centuries?…
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Collecting Prints, Posters, and Ephemera: Perspectives in a Global World Iskin Ruth E.
Why did collectors seek out posters and collect ephemera during the late-nineteenth and the twentieth centuries? What inspired collectors to build significant holdings of works from cultures other than their own? How have such materials been integrated into institutional collections today?
A wide range of case studies feature collections of printed materials from the United States, Latin America, France, Germany, Great Britain, China, Japan, Russia, Iran, and Cuba. And what are the issues facing curators and collectors of digital ephemera today?These are among the questions tackled in this volume-the first to examine the practices of collecting prints, posters, and ephemera during the modern and contemporary periods. Fourteen essays and one roundtable discussion, all specially commissioned from art historians, curators, and collectors for this volume, explore key issues such as