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ART THROUGH THE PAGES: Library Collections at the Art Institute of Chicago

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

MUSEUM STUDIES

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ART INSTITVTE CHICAGO

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

MUSEUM STUDIES

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Front cover: Sonia Delaunay (French, born Russia, 1885-1979). Plate 8 of

Compositions: couleurs, id?es (1930) (detail; see pp. 28-29).

Back cover: Bookplate for the Ryerson Library (see p. 9).

Opposite: Mary Reynolds (American, 1892-1950). Binding for Antoine de

Saint-Exup?ry, Night-Flight (1932) (see p. 55).

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CONTENTS

4 INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

JACK PERRY BROWN

6 THE BOOK IN THE CITY BEAUTIFUL:

SCHOLARLY COLLECTIONS AT

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

JACK PERRY BROWN

18 PRINTED BOOKS

66 ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

90 NOTES

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