Collector without walls
Subtitle: Norton Simon and his hunt for the best
By: Sara Campbell
Contributors: Norton Simon Art Foundation
Publisher: Yale University Press; Norton Simon Art Foundation
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9780972668187; 9780300166729
Subjects: Art; Art collections; Collectors and collecting; Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, Calif.); Biography; Private collections
Other titles: Norton Simon and his hunt for the best
Description: The American art collector Norton Simon assembled his astonishing collection of more than 8,000 artworks in just thirty-five years. In 1966, with no permanent home for the growing collection, Simon created his "museum without walls" program—lending works to American museums—which continued until 1974, when his collection was housed in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, today considered one of the finest museums in the United States.
Notes: "Artworks purchased by Norton Simon 1954-1989": p. 243-461.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-466) and index.
Table of contents: title: From Portland to Pasadena; title: Learning to collect, 1954-1959; title: Greater depth, greater quality, 1960-1963; title: Turning point, 1964; title: Collector and patron, 1965; title: Museum without walls I, 1966-1969; title: Transformations, 1970-1971; title: New loves, 1972-1973; title: Mastering in Old Masters, 1972-1973; title: Museum without walls II, 1972-1973; title: A museum with walls, 1974-1976; title: The opportune moment, 1977-1979; title: Refining the legacy, 1980-1989; title: Courtships; title: The collection; title: The collector; title: Artworks purchased by Norton Simon, 1954-1989; title: The Duveen inventory.