Details of a Private Collection
September 16, 2010A true collection (of whatever really) tells many stories. Of course, the history and aesthetic integrity of each individual piece is one obvious story, but how the pieces come together - to live together - is what ultimately reveals the most intriquing one, the story of the collector himself. And over time (in other words, through connoisseurship), a unique vocabulary begins to develop between the pieces, the environment which houses them and the collector, becoming more distinguishable as the collection grows and evolves. The collection becomes a kind of self-portrait of the collector, and always unintentionally when in its purest form.
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