Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bailey, Colin B.
2. Kiely, Declan
3. Lago, Pedro Corrêa do, 1958-
4. Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution.

Description

1. 463 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

1. "Handwriting works magic: it transports us back to defining moments in history, creativity, and everyday life, and connects us intimately with the people who marked the page. For nearly half a century, Brazilian author and publisher Pedro Corrêa do Lago has been assembling one of the most comprehensive autograph collections of our era, acquiring thousands of handwritten letters, manuscripts, and musical compositions as well as inscribed photographs, documents, and drawings. From an 1153 document signed by four medieval popes to a 2006 thumbprint signature by physicist Stephen Hawking, the items gathered in this book span nearly nine hundred years, and along the way bring us up close and personal with the writers, artists, composers, political figures, performers, explorers, scientists, philosophers, and rebels whose actions and creations have made them legends. Displayed for the first time in a major exhibition at New York's Morgan Library and Museum, the 140 extraordinary selections include letters by Lucrezia Borgia, Vincent van Gogh, and Emily Dickinson, annotated sketches by Michelangelo, Jean Cocteau, and Charlie Chaplin, and manuscripts by Giacomo Puccini, Jorge Luis Borges, and Marcel Proust. Handwriting is one of the most visceral means by which we leave tracks of our existence. At a time when so much of our communication has become utterly immaterial, this collection conveys the power of the pen to illuminate the energy, passion, vulnerability, and imagination of humankind across the ages."--Book jacket.

Subject

1. Lago, Pedro Corrêa do, 1958-
2. Autographs > Private collections > Exhibitions
3. Autographs > Private collections

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Call number

1. JFE 19-7434

Note

1. Published in conjunction with the exhibition presented at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, June 1-September 16, 2018.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-459) and index.

Author

1. Nelson, Christine, 1963- author.

Title

1. The magic of handwriting : the Pedro Corrêa do Lago collection / Christine Nelson ; foreword by Colin B. Bailey; preface by Vik Muniz ; essays by Christine Nelson, Declan Kiely, and Pedro Corrêa do Lago.

Publisher

1. Köln : Taschen GmbH, [2018]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-459) and index.

Added author

1. Bailey, Colin B., writer of foreword.
2. Kiely, Declan, writer of essay.
3. Lago, Pedro Corrêa do, 1958- writer of essay.
4. Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution.

ISBN

1. 9783836574389 hardcover
2. 3836574381 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFE 19-7434