Skip to main content
Unpositioned
Edit position
Edit position

No position recorded yet. Picking a shelf here sets the manual override.

The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley

by James McAuley

This history examines the role of art collecting in the identity and assimilation of prominent French Jewish families between 1870 and 1945. It traces their cultural contributions and the state's eventual betrayal through the plunder of their legacies during the Holocaust.

Accession 21715 ISBN 9780300233377 Publisher Yale University Press
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley spine
The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley cover
Live
The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley live spine
No live
The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley spine The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley live spine
The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Art Art and Society Collecting Collections Crime Culture Death and Burial Destruction History Jews Philosophy Religion Social Sciences
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
True
position_updated_at
never
orientation
unknown
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
235.00 (H) × 165.00 (W) × 32.00 (T) mm
spine_text
none captured
LOCATION HISTORY
G:W1:13 3 Current vertical
4 days, 7 hours ago
G:W1:13 3 vertical
4 days, 10 hours ago
G:W1:13 4 vertical
4 days, 12 hours ago
G:W1:13 3 vertical
4 days, 12 hours ago
G:W1:13 4 vertical
5 days, 5 hours ago
G:W1:13 3 vertical
5 days, 5 hours ago
G:W1:13 4 vertical
5 days, 5 hours ago
G:W1:13 3 vertical
1 week, 2 days ago
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-05-21 01:34 (3 days, 22 hours ago)

Identity

name→ title
The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley
vernon_id
32028
accession_no→ accession_number
21715
vernon_slug
the-house-of-fragile-things-jewish-art-collectors-and-the-fall-of-france-james-mcauley

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
On Shelf
location_name
Zone W1 (Live bays)/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9780300233377

Descriptive

production_date
2021
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
James McAuley
tags→ tags
Art, Arts, Psychology, History, Social sciences, Civilisation, Sociology, Social history, Anthropology, Collectors and collecting, Crime, Social problems, World history, History, Modern -- 20th century, Jews, Ethnology -- Israel, Art and society, Art -- Private collections, Genocide, Prejudices, Attitude (Psychology), Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Antisemitism, World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- France
subject_people
—
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
38752

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "the-house-of-fragile-things-jewish-art-collectors-and-the-fall-of-france-james-mcauley"
"opacObjectId": "32028"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "38752"
"cssColors": [4 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "696969"
"hue": 0
"rank": 1
"presence": 15.07
"colorName": "dimgray"
"lightness": 41
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "dim gray"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "708090"
"hue": 210
"rank": 2
"presence": 8.64
"colorName": "slategray"
"lightness": 50
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 13
"formattedColorName": "slate gray"
"[2]": {9 keys}
"hex": "d2b48c"
"hue": 34
"rank": 3
"presence": 14.07
"colorName": "tan"
"lightness": 69
"colorGroup": "brown"
"saturation": 44
"formattedColorName": "tan"
"[3]": {9 keys}
"hex": "808080"
"hue": 0
"rank": 4
"presence": 2.14
"colorName": "gray"
"lightness": 50
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "gray"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "675e56"
"hue": 28
"rank": 1
"presence": 15.07
"lightness": 37
"saturation": 8
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "dae6cd"
"hue": 88
"rank": 2
"presence": 57.86
"lightness": 85
"saturation": 33
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "6b6d90"
"hue": 236
"rank": 3
"presence": 8.64
"lightness": 49
"saturation": 14
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "b4a07e"
"hue": 37
"rank": 4
"presence": 14.07
"lightness": 60
"saturation": 26
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "847975"
"hue": 16
"rank": 5
"presence": 2.14
"lightness": 48
"saturation": 6
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "b2a899"
"hue": 36
"rank": 6
"presence": 1.56
"lightness": 64
"saturation": 13
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "8a91a5"
"hue": 224
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.66
"lightness": 59
"saturation": 13
"imageLabels": [10 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 274
"score": 94.25
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Photograph"
"imageLabelId": 237
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 19411
"score": 83.69
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Font"
"imageLabelId": 12
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 962
"score": 80.19
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Material property"
"imageLabelId": 184
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 19018
"score": 79.56
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Publication"
"imageLabelId": 23
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 372
"score": 73.0
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Suit"
"imageLabelId": 141
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 935
"score": 69.43
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Vintage clothing"
"imageLabelId": 81
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 3468
"score": 68.76
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Paper"
"imageLabelId": 54
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 797
"score": 68.55
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Design"
"imageLabelId": 264
"[8]": {5 keys}
"count": 5578
"score": 68.03
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Pattern"
"imageLabelId": 24
"[9]": {5 keys}
"count": 11006
"score": 66.77
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Art"
"imageLabelId": 4
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/24633/b0e9f576ee25f546ca61dc7c82a0add5d0144fdb.jpg"
"width": "533"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/24633/b0e9f576ee25f546ca61dc7c82a0add5d0144fdb.jpg"
"width": "266"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/24633/b0e9f576ee25f546ca61dc7c82a0add5d0144fdb.jpg"
"width": "23"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/24633/b0e9f576ee25f546ca61dc7c82a0add5d0144fdb.jpg"
"width": "100"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/24633/b0e9f576ee25f546ca61dc7c82a0add5d0144fdb.jpg"
"width": "50"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/24633/b0e9f576ee25f546ca61dc7c82a0add5d0144fdb.jpg"
"width": "799"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 0.3118719
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "21715"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "McAuley, James"
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "2021"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "2021-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "2021-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes"
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "On Shelf"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"On Shelf""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone W1 (Live bays)/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Main Collection/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Main Collection/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "New Haven/Connecticut/United States of America"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Yale University Press"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "xii, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm."
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "Includes bibliographical references and index."
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "9780300233377"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "704.03924 MCA"
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone W1 (Live bays)/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [7 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Antisemitism/Prejudices/Attitude (Psychology)/Psychology"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Antisemitism/Prejudices/Attitude (Psychology)/Psychology""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Art -- Private collections/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Art -- Private collections/Arts""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Art and society"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Art and society""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"value": "Collectors and collecting/Art/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Collectors and collecting/Art/Arts""
"[4]": {2 keys}
"value": "Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)/Genocide/Crime/Social problems/Social history/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)/Genocide/Crime/Social problems/Social history/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation""
"[5]": {2 keys}
"value": "Jews/Ethnology -- Israel/Anthropology"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Jews/Ethnology -- Israel/Anthropology""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"value": "World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- France/History, Modern -- 20th century/World history/History"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- France/History, Modern -- 20th century/World history/History""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "20th Century"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_period:"20th Century""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "France"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_place:"France""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [1 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "james-mcauley"
"title": "James McAuley"
"relatedRecordId": "14827"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 1
"totalRelationships": 1