| Admin/Biog History | The International Trust for Croatian Monuments commissioned several writers to contribute essays for a book on Croatian art. The project was headed by Lady Jadranka Beresford-Peirse, the founder of the trust, and Sewell visited Croatia at her invitation in the early 2000s.
He wrote a chapter for the book titled 'Museums of Zagreb' which included mention of the Mimara Museum. This collection had been donated to the city of Zagreb in the 1980s by the art collector and philanthropist Ante Topic Mimara. Sewell, together with other art experts, had suggested that a large proportion of the works held there were fakes.
The book was published as: Norwich, J.J. et al. (2009). Croatia: Aspects of Art, Architecture and Cultural Heritage. London: Frances Lincoln Limited. |
| Description | Includes:
-letter from Ivan Mirnik, Musee Archeologique Zagreb, dated 5 June 2004, forwarding information about Croatian museums
-four letters between Sewell and Lady Jadranka Beresford-Peirse, dated 22 June 2006-6 March 2008, concerning the publication of the book and the content of Sewell's draft text about the Mimara Museum
-printed email with hand annotations from Lady Jadranka Beresford-Peirse, dated 19 February 2010, concerning the event held in Zagreb to celebrate the publication of the book
-newscutting of a review of the book published in Art Newspaper, undated
-Norwich, J.J. et al. (2009). Croatia: Aspects of Art, Architecture and Cultural Heritage. London: Frances Lincoln Limited
Sewell wrote articles about the Mimara Museum and Ante Topic Mimara and related material can be found in BS/8/8 - Fakes and forgeries: Ante Topic Mimara |