Westreich/Wagner Library comes to Brooklyn

We are thrilled to receive Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner’s library. These books will enhance the Brooklyn Museum’s Library especially in the areas of modern and contemporary art. For more information about this donation, please view the press release.

The donation also includes several artists’ books such as the one illustrated here.

Frontispiece with caption "Man defrocked and de-boned for arterial inspection" from A transcript to unrequited euphoria : a subtext to The enigma of Marie Taglioni, In tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the court of Louis XV, Raniculus and Remus : 1992 / Paul Etienne Lincoln ; [edited by David Frazer Gray].

--Deirdre Lawrence, Principal Librarian, Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives

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