
Feast
Contemporary Jewelry from the Susan Beech Collection
Arnoldsche (Publisher)
Published in March 2025
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-3-89790-733-1 (ISBN)
Description
Welcome to a private tour of the home of American collector Susan Beech. Since 1991, Beech has been transforming her house in Tiburon, California, into an extraordinary environment, in which the themes of her extensive jewelry collection interact with craft and fine art, all against a backdrop of Art Deco glamour. Beauty is entwined with darker forces of death and decay, and glimpses of pleasure are complicated by a nod to the surreal and uncanny. The result is a wholly original and fascinating stage for a major collection of contemporary jewelry thoughtfully assembled over four decades.
Lavishly illustrated and featuring four essays exploring Beech's activities as a collector and wearer as well as the key themes of her pieces, the publication Feast: Contemporary Jewelry from the Susan Beech Collection marks the donation of the collection to the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
More details
Edition
Not for Online
Language
English
Place of publication
Stuttgart
Germany
Illustrations
340
350 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1262 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-89790-733-1 (9783897907331)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Susan Cummins
Author
ISNI: 0000 0004 9808 3210 GND: 1116635755
ISNI: 0000 0000 7369 4825 GND: 1203905777
ISNI: 0000 0000 5332 7497 GND: 1221563823
Content
THE MAKING OF A COLLECTOR
SUSAN CUMMINS
PAGE 8
AN ARGUMENT FOR THE NARRATIVE
TONI GREENBAUM
PAGE 38
REDEEMING BEAUTY
BARBARA PARIS GIFFORD
PAGE 60
AT HOME WITH SUSAN BEECH
DAMIAN SKINNER
PAGE 82
CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY
FROM THE SUSAN BEECH COLLECTION
PAGE 110
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PAGE 220
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
PAGE 222
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
PAGE 223
SUSAN CUMMINS
PAGE 8
AN ARGUMENT FOR THE NARRATIVE
TONI GREENBAUM
PAGE 38
REDEEMING BEAUTY
BARBARA PARIS GIFFORD
PAGE 60
AT HOME WITH SUSAN BEECH
DAMIAN SKINNER
PAGE 82
CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY
FROM THE SUSAN BEECH COLLECTION
PAGE 110
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PAGE 220
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
PAGE 222
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
PAGE 223