The Ancient Near East in the Walters Art Gallery

Vorys Canby J. (1974). Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery.


CHF 50 / 100
EUR 45 / 91

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The library of Dr J. Robert Guy

The part of Robert Guy's library that will be auctioned by Hammer Auktionen consists of about 5,000 works, which will be auctioned as follows:

- Sale 83 (part 1/10) 14.12.2021: general books (Egypt, Greece, Italy etc.)
- Sale 84 (part 2/10) 15.12.2021: themed books (materials & techniques)
- Sale 85 (part 3/10) 16.12.2021: themed books (mythology, burials etc.)
- Sale 86 (part 4/10) 17.12.2021: museum bulletins & records
- Sale 87 (part 5/10) 21.12.2021: studies, papers, yearbooks, journals etc.

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Parts 6 to 10 (art history, auction catalogues, encyclopedias, exhibition catalogues etc.) will be auctioned early 2022. Stay up to date and follow Hammer Auktionen on Live Auctioneers.


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In order to determine shipping costs in case of purchases at multiple auctions, all invoices will be sent on December 21, after the sale 87.

Shipping will take place in the first two weeks of January 2022.

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Dr John Robert Guy (1949-2020)

Robert Guy was one of the most outstanding classical scholars of his generation. Born in Canada in 1949 he studied at Queens College, Ontario before arriving in Oxford in 1975 where he remained until 1984. He received his doctorate for his thesis on "The Early Classical Followers of Douris" having studied under Professor Martin Robertson, the former pupil and presumed heir to the great Oxford vase scholar J.D. Beazley. From here he went to The Art Museum, Princeton as Associate Curator of Ancient Art, a position he held until 1991. At Princeton Robert was able to make important acquisitions as well as continuing with his research, lecturing and redisplaying areas of the collection. From 1992, he held the Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classical Archaeology at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, leaving in 1999 to work as an independent scholar and adviser before joining the Cahn Gallery in Basel in 2009.

Robert Guy was essentially a vase scholar and although he would deny it, some called him the "new Beazley" but he also had a formidable knowledge and understanding on all areas of the ancient world as illustrated by the impressive list of acquisitions and loans he made for Princeton and the advice and support he gave to many colleagues and friends worldwide.

Good condition, shows normal wear regarding cover and spine. May have page markings and/or exlibris sticker(s).

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