Since 1949, UNESCO has been trying to update and internationalize the world of Art Prints. They have a central archives of prints and a committee of experts who decide which prints to include in their catalogs. The criteria are: quality of print, significance of the painter, and importance of the painting.
There are two UNESCO print catalogs: Catalogue of Colour Reproductions of Paintings Prior to 1860 and the same of paintings 1860 to 1965. Both are understandably limited in scope by what quality prints are available. Paintings 1860 to 1965, the only one on hand to review, is further limited by the imbalanced outdated European standard used to select the 1590 prints presented. 225 painters are represented, allowing approximately 7 prints per painter. Yet there are 92 Picassos, 72 Renoirs, 61 Klees, 25 Manets, 50 Monets, 18 Kokoshkas(?), 18 Legers(?), and 36 Dufys(!), etc. Hence: 1 Dali, 1 Duchamp, 1 Ernst, 1 Wyeth, 0 De Chiricos. Further: questionable selection among 5 Magritte and 6 Munch. Not represented are contemporary Americans. Albers through Zavorskas.
Out of place are three Australian Aboriginal paintings. Much is missing from this catalog yet it can still.be useful. It lists only quality prints. Each entry includes the painter's name, place and dates of his birth and death, a black & white photo of the painting, its name, date, medium, size and the collection in which it rests. The printing process, printer (when possible) and publisher are given for each reproduction as well as the UNESCO archives number, dimensions and price (in currency of country where published when possible). Also there are lists of publishers and printers and information on purchasing prints. Catalogs are trilingual in French/English/Spanish and all dimensions are given in both inches and centimeters.
If you want good prints for the classroom or other irritating empty space—try these catalogs.
[Reviewed by Joe Bonner, Whole Earth Catalog Fall 1968, p.40]

出版年：1966年
言語：英語、フランス語、スペイン語
ページ数：561ページ
サイズ：18.5cm×22.6cm×3.9cm

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