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New Catalog and Lecture Series to Spotlight the Huntington's French Art Collection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 26, 2008 CONTACTS: Thea M. Page, 626­405­2260, [email protected] Susan Turner­Lowe, 626­405­2147, [email protected] NEW CATALOG AND LECTURE SERIES TO SPOTLIGHT THE HUNTINGTON’S FRENCH ART COLLECTION San Marino, Calif. — A new authoritative and richly illustrated catalog focusing on The Huntington’s important collection of French sculpture, paintings, and decorative art is being released this month. Published by The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in association with Yale University Press, French Art of the Eighteenth Century at The Huntington is edited by Shelley M. Bennett, senior research associate at The Huntington, and Carolyn Sargentson, head of the research department of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The book’s release will be complemented by the French Art at The Huntington lecture series, beginning March 4 with a talk by Rosalind Savill, director of the Wallace Collection, London, and continuing with Alastair Laing, curator of paintings and sculpture, National Trust, London, on April 2; Anne Poulet, director, the Frick Collection, New York, on April 30; and Bennett on June 19. (See below for more on the lecture series.) While The Huntington’s significant holdings of late­18th­century British art have been researched and documented in the earlier publication, British Paintings at The Huntington (Yale University Press, 2001), French Art of the Eighteenth Century at The Huntington is the first comprehensive catalog of The Huntington’s French art collection, which is considered remarkable for its depth and quality and spans the entire period from the reign of the “Sun King,” Louis XIV, through the French Revolution. Arranged in sections by media, with chapters on furniture, gilt bronzes and clocks, porcelain, textiles, paintings, snuff boxes, and sculpture, the book presents essays on the social, cultural, and artistic context of the objects, as well as detailed studies on individual artworks in the collection, how they were produced, and the manner in which they were used. Researched and written by an international team of experts, the 496­page catalog represents six years of interdisciplinary investigation of a broad range of issues concerning 18th­ century French art and civilization. The project brought together, among others, Colin Bailey, chief curator of the Frick Collection, New York; Martin Chapman, curator of European decorative arts and sculpture at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Michael Hall, curator to Edmund de Rothschild (private collector); Jeffrey Weaver, assistant curator of decorative arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Florian Knothe, research associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Charissa Bremer­David, associate curator of decorative arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum; Carolyn Miner of the sculpture department at Sotheby's, London; and Malcolm Baker, former head of the research department of the Victoria & Albert Museum and recently appointed art history professor at the University of California, Riverside. Visitors to The Huntington will be able to see the French art collection displayed in newly designed gallery spaces when the renovated Huntington Art Gallery reopens on May 28, 2008, after a $20 million project to renovate the historic Beaux­Arts mansion. Essential funding for research, conservation analysis, writing, and publication of the book was made possible by MaryLou and George Boone, with additional support from the Getty Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation. French Art at The Huntington Lecture Series All lectures are free, no reservations required. Patrons and Collectors of Sèvres Porcelain in England and America March 4 (Tuesday) 6:30 p.m. Rosalind Savill, director of the Wallace Collection in London, will discuss the English passion for French porcelain that fueled a collecting frenzy after the French Revolution, and how, a century later, many superlative pieces owned by English aristocrats were purchased by American millionaires such as Henry Huntington. “Les Enfants de Boucher” and Madame de Pompadour Apr. 2 (Wednesday) 6:30 p.m. Alastair Laing, curator of paintings and sculpture at the National Trust in London, will discuss The Huntington’s unrivalled collection of tapestries by François Boucher, which includes 10 chair­backs of children and cupids originally made for Madame de Pompadour. Laing will explore the genesis of these images of children and the extent to which Madame de Pompadour was involved with their creation. Collecting French Sculpture at The Huntington and the Frick Apr. 30 (Wednesday) 6:30 p.m. Anne Poulet, director of the Frick Collection in New York, will discuss parallels and contrasts between the collections of French sculpture acquired by Henry Huntington and his contemporary, Henry Clay Frick. Henry and Arabella Huntington: Collecting and the Growth of Cultural Philanthropy in America, ca. 1900 June 19 (Thursday) 6:30 p.m. Shelley M. Bennett, senior research associate at The Huntington and co­editor of the new publication French Art of the Eighteenth Century at The Huntington, will present the fourth and final lecture in the series, discussing new research on the history of the institution founded by Henry and Arabella Huntington and on the formation of their superlative collections of 18th­ century British and French art. # # # French Art of the Eighteenth Century at The Huntington Edited by Shelley M. Bennett and Carolyn Sargentson Published by The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London Distributed by Yale University Press: 1­800­405­1619 496 p., 9­3/4 x 11­1/2 200 b/w + 250 color illus. ISBN: 9780300135947 ISBN­10: 0300135947 Cloth: $125.00 About The Huntington The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is a collections­based research and educational institution serving scholars and the general public. More information about The Huntington can be found online at www.huntington.org. Visitor Information The Huntington is open to the public Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from noon to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays, and Monday holidays from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays and major holidays. Admission on weekdays: $15 adults, $12 seniors (65+), $10 students (ages 12–18 or with full­time student I.D.), $6 youth (ages 5–11), free for children under 5. Group rate $11 per person for groups of 15 or more. Members are admitted free. Admission on weekends and Monday holidays: $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students, $6 youth, free for children under 5. Group rate $14 per person for groups of 15 or more. Members are admitted free. Admission is free to all visitors on the first Thursday of each month with advance tickets. Information: 626­405­2100 or www.huntington.org.
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