Panza: The Legacy of a Collector

by Museum of Contemporary Art, Cornelia Butler

When the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased eighty pieces of art from Milanese Count Guseppe Panza di Biumo in 1984, the works became the core of MOCA's permanent collection. Hailed at the time as one of the world's most important acquisitions of contemporary art. The Panza collection featured works by twenty internationally significant artists including Mark Rothko, Franz Kline, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Jean Fautrier, Antonio Tapies, Claes Oldenburg and George Segal. The Legacy of a Collector features essays by Count Panza, Cornelia H. Butler, Caroline A. Jones and Kenneth Baker, and also includes informational texts on each of the artists in the collection. A Landmark document for a landmark exhibition. 10 x 11 inches, 174 full color reproductions.

251 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999