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The political and social significance of loan collections of works of art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2016

Karl H. Bolay*
Affiliation:
Stadsbiblioteket, Höganäs, Sweden
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Abstract

Access to original works of art is a human right which cannot be adequately provided for by art galleries. Loan collections of original works of art should be thought of as a logical extension of the lending, by libraries, of books and media. In Sweden over sixty libraries include collections of this kind. (A translation of an article which first appeared in Biblioteksbladet 1976, volume 61 no.4 pp. 56-60).

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1977

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