Artful beneficence
Subtitle: materials and meanings of Himalayan art : selections from the David Nalin Himalayan art collection
By: Melissa R. Kerin.
Contributors: Rubin Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Rubin Museum of Art
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780977213153
Subjects: Nalin, David Robert -- Art collections -- Exhibitions; Art -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Exhibitions; Art -- Private collections -- United States -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Materials and meanings of Himalayan art
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., June 12-Nov. 9, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Collector's preface; title: Director's forward; title: Preface. Himalayan saga, a brief reflection / Michael Meister; title: Acknowledgements and reader's notes; title: Maps; title: Introduction. Materials, makers, and meanings of Himalayan art; title: Catalogue. Sculpture and ritual objects; title: Book arts and works on wood & paper; title: Painted and woven scroll images; title: Decorative arts; title: Works cited; title: Index.