Splendid Pages
Toledo museum exhibits book collection.
ing," Bareiss says. "I purchased my first
Japanese woodcuts and illustrated
Special to the Jewish News
books from the 15th-19th centuries."
Travels increased Bareiss' commit-
ynne Avadenka, who curated
ment to collecting. He attributes
"Building the Book: An
much of his interest in illustrated
Exhibition of Artists' Books" at
books to the example set by his father,
Center Galleries in Detroit, also had a
who
believed the books to be intellec-
voice in planning the events surrounding
tually
stimulating because the artwork
"Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter
is
seen
in context. He also valued
Bareiss Collection of
them for the insight
Modern Illustrated
they
provide to the
'E3
Books," on view
artistic
process and
through May 11 at
their availability at
the Toledo Museum
lower prices in corn-
3
of Art.
parison to individual
The Bareisses, who
or signed pieces.
donated their collec-
Buzz Spector,
tion of more than
t
whose work will be
1,400 volumes to the
,
on view at Center
museum in 1984 at
Galleries, will be part
the suggestion of a
of a symposium,
friend, are art collec-
"Text in
tors in many disci-
Contemporary Art,"
plines and have
scheduled 3:30-5:30
included Jewish mas-
p.m. Friday, Feb. 28.
ters in their vast tal-
Avadenka will partici-
ent pool.
Fernand Leger: `je ne to demande pate in another panel,
El Lissitzky, repre-
"Contemporary
pas
si to grand-mere fait du velo"
sented in the Center
Artists'
Books: the
("I
don't
wonder
if
your
grand-
Galleries exhibit, also
Creators
and the
mother rides a bycicle') from
has a presence in
Collections,"
at 7
"Cirque," color lithograph; 1950.
Toledo. Marc
p.m. Friday, April 11.
Chagall, who
"What I bought
inscribed an original
over
the
years
was
determined
solely
watercolor to Walter Bareiss in a copy of
by
aesthetics,
although-
my
desires
were
his Fables, is featured as well in the large
sometimes
limited
by
the
status
of
my
collection that dates from the 1850s
pocketbook," Bareiss says.
through the end of the 20th century.
"In addition to the fun of finding,
The exhibit has seven sections —
buying
and studying these books for
"The Book Beautiful," with classic
over
60
years, collecting them led to
publications; 'A Publisher's Vision,"
innumerable
adventures, produced
with selections by publishers; 'Artist as
myriad
friendships
and yielded
Author," with very contemporary vol-
❑
immense
satisfactions."
umes; "Inside/Outside," with a variety
of book forms; "The Authors," with
important literary works; "Scripts,
Scores and Costumes," with works for
"Splendid Pages" will be on exhibit
theater and dance; and "Visual Poetry,"
through May 11 at the Toledo
with an emphasis on type design.
Museum of Art. Gallery hours are
Walter Bareiss, an American with
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays,
German roots and a part-year resident
11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-4
of Germany, developed his interest in
p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
art under the influence of his parents
Sundays. $6 adults/$5 students and
and a family friend.
seniors. (888) 763-7486. For infor-
The collector's family moved to
mation on special programs and a
America to escape the Nazis in 1937, but
complete schedule of events, go to
their reasons did not relate to religion.
wvvw.toledomuseum.org .
"[During] my senior year at Yale, I
began to think seriously about collect-
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