Dear Linda
Are the drawings numbered, starting with "RS"? We are trying to solve a
mystery here and there is some coincidence. Our mystery is a set of glossy
black and white photographs of 15th century drawings. We thought, at
first, these were part of the Devonshire collection distributed by the
Courtauld Institute. None of these exist in the published catalogues of
the Devonshire collection. So, we are looking at Alinari as another
possibility. We acquired them in 1976.
The plot thickens.
All the best
Diana
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Diana E.M. Cooper 604-822-3943
Fine Arts Reference Librarian
Fine Arts Library
University of British Columbia
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Zoeckler, Linda wrote:
> Greetings ARLISIANS!
>
> Our library has a mystery. When I began work at the Huntington Library
> fifteen years ago, we had a set of high quality reproductions of Italian
> Renaissance and Baroque drawings published by Istituto Alinari from 1976
> through 1980 sitting uncataloged on our folio shelves. The Library of
> Congress treats "Biblioteca di disegni" as a monographic series, and has a
> cat record for each title, recording individual authors. The set includes
> 28 clamshell boxes in brown cloth with leather spines and gold lettering.
> Each box contains a booklet about 40 to 50 pages and a portfolio of usually
> about 40 drawings. Each box is 49 cm. tall. According to LC, there were
> 325 numbered sets published. Our set is numbered, I think, 58. We cannot
> find an acquisition or gift record for this title. According to RLIN there
> are from 8 to 12 copies of this set in RLIN libraries. Do any of you
> remember how you acquired it? I could write to what would have been the
> primary U.S. vendor or distributor to inquire about their sale records. I
> am thinking of writing to the Instituto Alinari to ask them the identity of
> the purchaser of our numbered set. Also, I'm curious as to its worth. One
> savvy librarian says the set could be worth $60,000 to $70,000!
>
> Thanks,
> Linda Zoeckler
> Head, Huntington Art Reference Library
>
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