Books by Dan Klein

Dan Klein is one of the world's experts in studio glass. In 1984 he joined Christie's London as Director of 20th-century Decorative Arts, and in 1989 became Vice President of Christie's Switzerland while continuing his role as Director in charge of Decorative Arts throughout Europe. In 1998 he became International Executive Director of Phillips, London, while also assuming an amount of responsibility for their offices in New York, and throughout North America. The author of numerous articles for magazines worldwide, his publications include The History of Glass (Orbis, 1984), Decorative Arts from 1880 to the Present Day (Phaidon, 1986), Glass: A Contemporary Art (Collins/Rizzoli, 1989), and International New Glass: Venezia Aperto Vetro (Arsenale Editrice, 1996). Dan lectures regularly on Contemporary Glass at museums around the world, and has taken several charity auctions in the US. An external examiner to the Glass and Ceramics department at London's Royal College of Art, Dan also serves on the board of the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle.