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To follow up on Rebecca and Peter,
At the time some of the Wierix volumes were coming out, it was explained to me by our dealer that they were the same for both the new and the old Hollsteins, (can’t quite recall exactly why) so we were supplied with only one run. However, that was indicated to be an exception to the case and “old” and “news” would still retain their distinctions as are explained in Rebecca’s msg.
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Mary Wassermann
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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:40:32 +0000
From: "Rebecca K. Friedman" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Hollstein vs. New Hollstein
Peter et al,
I looked into the two series awhile back for a print-related class here at Princeton, and while I did not examine volumes side-by-side, I do recall looking at whatever information existed on the website for the current publisher: Sound & Vision, in Rotterdam. At the time, it said that early volumes were only sparsely illustrated ("only about one-quarter of early prints were illustrated"), and that newer eds. are fully illustrated. The newer volumes are supposed to be revisions of earlier eds. and not identical.
I had captured the following when I worked on this class several years back:
>From publisher: "One of the aspects warranting the revision is that scholarly thinking as to what constitutes a graphic oeuvre has changed. Whereas the execution of the wood or metalwork was long considered the mark of authorship of a print, a new generation of scholars is placing increasing emphasis on the role of the designers, who were not always the executors. The aim is to create an instrument for a balanced investigation of the inventor, the peintre-graveur and the reproductive printmaker and their respective contributions to the history of printmaking. A result of this is a new form of presenting book illustrations in which the book is the leading principle in the organisation of the catalogue: next to the traditional Hollstein number given to each printing form-the plate or block- we have introduced separate numbers for the book and for its illustrations. In this way the accessibility of this material is vastly improved for bibliographers and book historians, without disregarding the art historical interest in the migration of the printing forms."
Just a quick glance in our catalog reveals that many of these volumes appear to be on-site and not yet off-site, as far as I could tell, but I don't know if every one of them has the word "Hollstein" somewhere in the record. I would have to do more searches to determine location, but it looks as if we haven't yet undergone a massive shipment of earlier titles to off-site storage yet.
-Rebecca
Rebecca K. Friedman
Assistant Librarian
Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology
McCormick Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
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From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Blank
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 9:58 PM
Subject: [ARLIS-L] Hollstein vs. New Hollstein
Greetings friends,
Have any of you done a fairly systematic comparison of the Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts to the New Hollstein series?
Same question for Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts and New Hollstein German...
Does the New Hollstein truly supersede Hollstein? Is there any information in Hollstein that the New Hollstein lacks?
Also, and I find this a bit concerning, I note that the Hollstein series volume (v.59) on the Wierix Family, part 1 (ISBN 90-75607-49-0) is identical to the New Hollstein volume on the Wierix Family, part 1 (ISBN 90-75607-98-9). Both dated 2003. (And I suspect I will find the same to be true if I check the other Wierix volumes in the two series.) Any other observations on obvious duplication between the Hollstein and the New Hollstein for either Dutch/Flemish or German?
Are you keeping both the original Hollstein and the New Hollstein in your stacks, or relegating the previous version to your local version of off-site storage?
Any insight into the relationship between these series would be most appreciated. Please share any and all comments with the list.
Regards,
Peter Blank
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