Selected Works

Foreword -- A history of the collection / [Thomas S. Michie] -- Note on the entries -- Egypt and Africa -- Asia -- Ancient Greece and Rome -- The Americas -- Art after 1900 -- Special topics: Two remarkable sisters: Lucy Truman Aldrich and Abby Greene Aldrich Rockefeller -- Luminous landscapes: a gift of British watercolors -- A legacy of giving: the Metcalf Family -- Charles L. Pendleton and the first American decorative arts wing -- The Gorham Collection -- Daniel J. Robbins: championing 20th century collecting -- Aaron Siskind and the photography collection -- Richard Brown Baker: collecting the new -- Contributing authors -- Index