(lot of 16) Art books: (1) "John Mallord William Turner", text by Guy Weelen; (1) "Degas" Robert Gordon, Andrew Forge; (1) "Cezanne", John Rewald; (1) "The Hudson River and Its Painters", John K. Howat; (1) "The Country Houses of John F. Staub", Stephen Fox; (1) "The Age of Sultan Suleyman The Magnificent", Esin Atil; (1) "The Great Age of Japanese Buddhist Sculpture, AD 600-1300, Kimbell Art Museum; (1) "Peter Hurd, The Lithographs, introduction by Andrew Wyeth; (1) "Colors of Clay, The San Jose Tile Workshops of San Antonio", Susan Toomey Frost; (10 THe Qin Dynasty Terra-Cotta Army of Dreams; (1) "Chinese Aret III", Rizzoli; (1) "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta, The Cone Collection", Brenda Richardson; (1) "Chinese Export Art & Design" Victoria and Albert Museum; (1) "Treasurers of The Oriental Museum", Durham University; (1) Treasurers from the Shanghai Museum, 6000 years of Chinese Art; (1) "Shanghai Museum" editor Susan Whitfield, largest: 13"h, 10.75"w, 1.75"d, 47lbs total *Provenance: From the estate of Jo Anne Christian (Texas, 1936-2015), a lifelong collector of friends, paintings, jewelry, books and other beautiful things, was known for her love of color and her support for the arts. As one of the Three J's--the three women who founded Austin's Long Center for the Performing Arts--Mrs. Christian made an indelible mark on Texas' Capital City. Jo Anne Christian was the widow of George E. Christian Jr. (Texas, 1927-2002), press secretary to President Lyndon Baines Johnson. She was an attorney, an avid historian, a voracious reader and an inveterate theatergoer.* Start Price: $80.00