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Winnipeg Art Gallery: Guide To The Collections
Winnipeg Art Gallery Guide To The Collections Author:Stephen D. Borys, Helen Delacretaz, Andrew Kear, Mary Reid, Darlene Wight, Rachel Baerg, Stanwick Established in 1912, the Winnipeg Art Gallery has built an international reputation for its rich collections. Its collection of over 24,000 works of art includes outstanding holdings in historical, modern, and contemporary Canadian art; European art highlighted by the Gort Collection of Northern Renaissance paintings; modern and contemporary pho... more »tographs; and a large decorative arts and studio collection. Of singular note is the collection of Inuit art, the largest of its kind in the world. This new Guide to the Collections presents over 400 works from the permanent collection, with each object illustrated in colour and accompanied by an extended text. Represented here are works spanning ten centuries and featuring a range of media selected from the Gallery's holdings in European and Canadian art, works on paper, photography, decorative arts, contemporary studio, and Inuit art. Included in the Guide is an illustrated essay on the history of the Gallery, and a bibliography of selected Gallery publications.« less