Joseph Vitta: Passion De Collection
Jane Van Nimmen exhibition review of Joseph Vitta: Passion de collection Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 13, no. 2 (Autumn 2014) Citation: Jane Van Nimmen, exhibition review of “Joseph Vitta: Passion de collection,” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 13, no. 2 (Autumn 2014), http://www.19thc- artworldwide.org/autumn14/nimmen-reviews-joseph-vitta-passion-de-collection. Published by: Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art. Notes: This PDF is provided for reference purposes only and may not contain all the functionality or features of the original, online publication. Nimmen: Joseph Vitta: Passion de collection Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 13, no. 2 (Autumn 2014) Joseph Vitta: Passion de collection Palais Lumière, Evian-les-Bains February 15–June 1, 2014 Curators: François Blanchetière and William Saadé Catalogue: Joseph Vitta: Passion de collection. Essays by Catherine Adam-Sigas, Réjane Bargiel, François Blanchetière, Jean-Paul Bouillon, Josiane Boulon, Mathurin Maison, Alessandra Montanera, William Saadé, and Qinghua Yin. Entries by Adam-Sigas, Valentina Barberis, Bargiel, Chantal Beauvalet, Blanchetière, Etienne Blondeau, Bouillon, Boulon, Denise Emery, Michel Giraud, Montanera, Ollivier Ramousse, Saadé, and Yin. Appendices by Jean-François Dumoulin and Marguerite Brun. Chronology by Saadé. Paris: Somogy Editions d’Art, 2014. 271 pp.; 176 color illus., 6 b&w illus.; catalogue entries of exhibited works. €35 ISBN: 978-2-7572-0779-6 The collector and art patron Joseph Raphaël Vitta (1860–1942) can be described as all but forgotten. Yet for specialists at auction houses and other close readers of catalogues and frame labels, this generous museum donor remains a significant brand. An exhibition held in 2014 at the Palais Lumière in Evian-les-Bains matched a face to the name recorded so frequently in provenance lists.
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