The Glassell Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Masterworks of Pre-Columbian, Indonesian, and African Gold

by Frances Marzio

One of the world's top hundred art collectors, Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), was fascinated by gold, but not for its monetary value. Glassell valued instead the spiritual significance that gold held in many ancient cultures, particularly those of Africa, South America, and Indonesia. Over the years, he acquired an astonishing number of artworks, assembling the largest privately held collection of Pre-Columbian gold. From 1997 to 2004, Glassell...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300175957
• ISBN13: 9780300175950
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Museum Fine Arts Houston
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 5.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.4" x 12.3"