Colleagues: This is a "Heads Up" to a publication that you might
otherwise miss. I have just seen a copy of the recently published
catalogue of an exhibition that is being mounted at only
two museums in the New York area. It is a handsome publication and
deserves a wider readership and presence in more art libraries than
it is likely to receive by the circumstances of the way it was
published. It is entitled:
A CONNECTICUT PLACE; WEIR FARM, AN AMERICAN
PAINTER'S RURAL RETREAT. It includes essays by Nicolai Cikovsky,
Elizabeth Milroy, Harold Spencer and Hildegard Cummings. Wilton, CT.
Weir Farm Trust, in collaboration with the National Park Service,
Weir Farm National Historic Site, 2000. It has 115 pages with a
number of high quality colored and black and white plates.
It is the catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Weir
Farm Trust and the National Park Service, Weir Farm National
Historic Site and held at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
15 April--4 June 2000, and the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.
17 June-17 September 2000. It includes bibliographical references
and indexes. The OCLC# is 44442053. LCCN:00-130206.
ISBN: 0967814103.
The advertised price is $29.95 but it can be ordered directly from
the trust for just $25.00 including postage. U.S. Mail orders should
be directed to: Weir Farm Trust, 735 Nod Hill Road; Wilton, CT 06897
Attn: Constance Evans. Payment with order is preferred. Should you
wish to call the Weir Farm Trust, the telephone number
is:203.761.9945.
E-mail orders should be directed to: [log in to unmask]
As of this writing, the publication does not yet appear on the Weir
Farm National Historic Site web page:
http://www.nps.gov/wefa/
Thomas J. Jacoby
Art & Design Librarian, U-5AD
Art, Landscape Architecture & Medieval Studies Bibliographer
University of Connecticut Libraries
369 Fairfield Road
Storrs, CT 06269-1005 U.S.A.
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