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This book Kahlil Gibran - Horizons of
the Painter, done with the collaboration of
Nicolas Sursock Museum, Beirut, is a wonderful and instructive
book for all Lebanese who which to have in their residence and
library a unique book showing the complete collection of the paintings
of Kahlil Gibran, the true Lebanese heritage...
Characteristic of the book:
-Size, 21 x 21 cm
-Number of pages, 166 pages
-Showing more than 180 paintings of Gibran with, Title, Date,
Technique, Size, Information about the signature, Number of room
where the art work is located in Gibran Museum, Extracts of texts.
Titles of the paintings are taken from the original titles given
by Gibran or, sometimes, by Mary Haskell, which were found in
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran. ed. A. Knopf, 1919, or in brochures
of his exhibitions, or in articles that appeared in the press
when such exhibitions were held, as well as in the Gibran-Mary
Haskell correspondence. Other titles are mostly those assigned
by Mr. Wahib Kayrouz in Gibran in His Museum, 2nd ed. 1997 and
Gibran Museum, 2nd ed. 1999.
Several commentaries appeared in the margins
of the book and they were taken almost exclusively from the correspondence
between Kahlil Gibran (K.G.) and Mary Haskell (M.H.) as well as
from Mary Haskell's Diary, in which she has recorded Gibran's
observations during their meetings.
Consulted sources: Annie Salem Otto, ed: The
Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell, Houston, Texas,
1970; Virginia Hilu, ed: Beloved Prophet. The Love Letters of
Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell and her Private Journal, New York,
1972; as well as Kahlil Gibran. His Life and World by Jean Gibran
and Kahlil Gibran, Boston - New York, 1974.
The Gibran Museum in Bsharri consists of different
rooms where each work has been given a number, all noted here
in the Catalogue.
Scenography:
Jean-Louis Mainguy
Catalogue:
Design and Layout, Cro-Magnon design studio
Photographs:
Milad Tawk
Printing:
Joseph D. Raidy Printing Press
Edited with Sylvia Agémian
Acknowledgments:
Mrs. Sonia Frangié Racy
Mr. Joseph Raidy
Inaash Bank
Near East Commercial Bank
Banque Libanaise pour le Commerce
Intercontinental Bank
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