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We are pleased to announce that the move of the library and archives materials has been completed.
Approximately 97,000 items were placed in inaccessible storage onsite within the museum. These items are designated as "Unavailable" in the library catalog. Items in storage will be available in 2011-2012.
If you have any questions regarding the availability of items, please contact the library.
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The Ingalls Library is pleased to announce the purchase of a significant online resource for research on Chinese art. The Siku Quanshu (Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature) was compiled during the years 1773-1782 by edict of Emperor Qianlong. The Siku Quanshu includes 3,460 works with a total of more than 36,000 volumes. Having approximately 800 million characters, it is unarguably the single largest collection of literary works in the world.
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Here in folio, the murals of Rivera present as close to the epic originals as possible. With numerous double page foldouts, detail images from within the paintings, and outline panels labeling the subjects, even a casual fan of the artist will easily become engrossed in Rivera's work.
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Collections in Focus
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Cleveland Museum of Art Print Club members will be interested in this fascinating new book, The Art of the Garden: Collecting Antique Botanical Prints, by Denise DeLaurentis, available in Recent Acquisitions.
