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Italian Master Drawings: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection Property of Herbert Kasper

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£209.96
€242.61
CA$386.05
A$430.29
CHF 225.76
MX$5,254.55
NOK 2,858.60
SEK 2,701.81
DKK 1,810.69

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Italian Master Drawings: From the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection 1525--1835, Personal Property of Herbert Kasper. Published by Paul Holberton Publishing, 2020, London. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. With a personal note from Andrew Robison Mellon, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at The National Gallery of Art, Washington. Herbert Kasper was an American fashion designer known as "Kasper." He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at The Parsons School of Design in New York from 1951–53 and l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After WW II he enrolled at Parsons, where he became a protégé of milliner Fred Frederics. After graduating, he returned to Paris for two years developing his skills in design while working for Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the US, he worked for Frederics at Mr. John. He was an avid art collector with a famous art collection, and in 2011, the Morgan Library and Museum devoted an exhibition, called “Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)Width: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    2011
  • Condition:
    new and unread.
  • Seller Location:
    valatie, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: NPP-280-1st1stDibs: LU2605133392172

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