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Falk Library Rare Books on Exhibit in Amsterdam and PittsburghTwo books by Johann Caspar Lavater from the HSLS rare book collection were recently on exhibit at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam as part of Fierce Friends: Artists & Animals in the Industrial Era, 1750-1920. The exhibit focused on the relationship between man and animals, and presented over 200 objects including paintings, sculptures and remarkable scientific illustrations accompanied by stuffed animals, skeletons, and a huge dinosaur fossil. After closing at the Van Gogh Museum, the Fierce Friends exhibit traveled to the Carnegie Museum of Art in March, where Pittsburghers can enjoy it through August 28, 2006. Pittsburgh is the only other venue where this extraordinary exhibit will be displayed outside of the Van Gogh Museum. It opened in conjunction with the citywide marketing and tourism campaign dubbed “Pittsburgh Roars,” to promote the city’s museums, theaters, sports teams, cultural destinations, and activities for the year 2006. In addition to the two HSLS rare books, contributions from the University of Pittsburgh’s Hillman Library Special Collections Department and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh are also part of the exhibit. More details about the two HSLS rare books are in the HSLS Update Vol. 10, no. 5 (October 2005) at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/about/news/hslsupdate/2005/october/amsterdam_exhibit_hom_books>. --Gosia Fort |
