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Pictures, patents, monkeys and more… : on collecting

by Ingrid Schaffner, Fred Wilson, Werner Muensterberger

This publication examines the collecting impulse through three diverse collections: contemporary art, nineteenth-century patent models, and sock monkeys. It raises fundamental questions about why we collect, ranging from high art to American cultural items.

Accession 5215 ISBN 091636559X Publisher Independent Curators International
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