1982 Getty Museum Guide Book J. Paul Getty's Art Collection Souvenir Guide Book

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Getty Museum Guide Book J. Paul Getty's Art Collection 1982 Souvenir Guide Book.

c.1982, forward by J. Paul Getty himself … more Getty Museum Guide Book J. Paul Getty's Art Collection 1982 Souvenir Guide Book.

c.1982, forward by J. Paul Getty himself in 1974. Comes from the original museum on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu (Pacific Palisades), CA. Loaded with color and B/W photos of treasures and collections at the time. Includes floor plans of the museum in back of book. 134 pgs. Perfect-bound book with tight cover and pgs. Features a full color wrap around photo of the original museum in its glory days, modeled after an Italian Villa. The villa/museum has since been renamed, the "Getty Villa". Book was never used, purchased as a souvenir. Slight shelf wear, stored in a cool dry place all these years. Comes from a smoke-free/pet-free home.

Measures approx: 5.25" wide X 8.5" high X.25" deep.

About J Paul Getty Museum:
Originally, the Getty Museum started in J. Paul Getty's house located in Pacific Palisades in 1954. He expanded the house with a museum wing. In the 1970s, Getty built a replica of an Italian villa on his home's property to better house his collection, which opened in 1974. After Getty's death in 1976, the entire property was turned over to the Getty Trust for museum purposes. However, the collection outgrew the site, which has since been renamed the Getty Villa and management sought a location more accessible to Los Angeles. The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance. To fulfill this mission, the Museum continues to build its collections through purchase and gifts, and develops programs of exhibitions, publications, scholarly research, public education, and the performing arts that engage our diverse local and international audiences. All of these activities are enhanced by the uniquely evocative architectural and garden settings provided by the Museum's two renowned venues: the Getty Villa and the Getty Center. The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs. The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu opened on January 28, 2006, after the completion of a major renovation project. As a museum and educational center dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria, the Getty Villa serves a varied audience through exhibitions, conservation, scholarship, research, and public programs. The Villa houses approximately 44,000 works of art from the Museum's extensive collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities, of which over 1,200 are on view. With two locations, the Getty Villa in Malibu and the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the J. Paul Getty Museum serves a wide variety of audiences through its expanded range of exhibitions and programming in the visual arts. less