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The best of Barbie

four decades of America's favorite doll
2001
Photographs and text chronicle the forty-year history of the Barbie doll, exploring Barbie's influence, import, and innovation throughout society.

A gallery of American samplers

the Theodore H. Kapnek Collection
1984

Leonardo da Vinci

a singular vision
1996
Reproductions of 100 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci which are part of the Windsor Castle collection showing the wide range of interests and ideas held by the artist.

The hare with amber eyes

a family's century of art and loss
2010
Recounts the history of the Ephrussis family during the tumultuous events of the twentieth century, intertwined with the story behind a collection of netsuke that was smuggled away by a loyal maid when family members were imprisoned or scattered and their books are art were confiscated by Nazis.

English silver

The Jerome and Rita Gans collection of English silver on loan to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
1991

English silver

the Jerome & Rita Gans collection : addendum
1999

Andrew Wyeth

the Helga pictures
1987
Presents the more than 240 works from the collection of Leonard Andrews. These works center around one model, Helga Testorf, a neighbor in Chadds Ford, that Wyeth worked on in virtual secrecy for a a decade and a half.

The artful teapot

2001
Contains color photographs of more than 250 teapots created over the course of five hundred years, and includes text that analyzes the appeal of teapots.

Picasso's private drawings

the artist's personal collection of his finest drawings, including 117 reproductions.
1969

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