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| Title: | The Frank Caro/C.T. Loo Archive: Treasures of the Eye and the Mind |
| Authors: | Kawami, Trudy S. |
| Keywords: | Caro, Frank
Loo, C. T.
photo archives
Chinese art
photography |
| Issue Date: | 23-Feb-2011 |
| Abstract: | The Frank Caro/C. T. Loo Archive in the IFA, NYU, is a two-fold
treasure. It preserves a visual record of Chinese art in North America
from the 1930s through the 1960s as it passed through the hands of the
premier dealer of Chinese art, C. T. Loo, and his successor Frank Caro.
Encompassing Shang bronzes, Buddhist sculpture, Song paintings and Ching
Dynasty decorative objects, it is a panorama of master works now in
public collections across the country and an incomparable document of
provenance. In addition, the archive preserves at least part of its
original structure: index cards of works sold and unsold in several
iterations of the business; huge (and fragile) glass negatives of photos
from the 1930s apparently from C. T. Loo's Paris establishment; hundreds
of celluloid negatives with the dimensions and purchasers carefully
noted on the frail glassine sleeves, and a card file recording the shift
of works from the Loo numbering systems to the Caro system. These
records allow one to trace the business of Chinese art in the 20th
century as well as its aesthetic appreciation. At present un-indexed and
without cross-references, the archive yields its information only to the
most tenacious researcher. |
| Description: | Conference paper presented March 25-26, 2011. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/29908 |
| Appears in Collections: | Photo Archives and the Photographic Memory of Art History, part III
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