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- Acknowledgements
Far from trying to be a definitive work on Tibetan art, this publication and exhibition are simply an attempt to offer the general public a rare opportunity to examine the cultural heritage of Tibet, one of the world�s most isolated regions. It is hoped that people will make the effort to understand Tibet�s place in the world and appreciate that much of their art and culture was nearly obliterated in the last few decades. It is also hoped that the scholars in the field will see some new and interesting works of art, which have never before been published.
Since some of the research in this publication could only be done from small black-and-white photographs, it was quite difficult to identify some images, which have their own colour and object attributes. Our apologies for any misinformation.
There are a great number of people to thank for their participation in this exhibition. First, we would like to thank the numerous private lenders to the exhibition, who are credited in the labels (also there are a number of anonymous lenders); and to the staffs of the lending institutions, which are listed in the abbreviations. Special acknowledgement should also be given to Mr. Max Tanenbaum of Toronto for acquiring an outstanding collection of Tibetan art (from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection) for the National Gallery and for Canada. Some of these items have been borrowed for this exhibit.
The following AGGV staff must also be thanked: Mary Csizmazia, John McIntosh, Ann McMurdo, Chris Russell, Brian Patten and Derek Swallow. Thanks also goto Mr. Alain Grenier for the French translation and Mr. Bob Matheson for the photog�raphy of the AGGV and private collections of Tibetan art.
We are very grateful to Sakya Lama Tashi Namgyal (Geshe-la) and Sr. Margret Ludwig for their assistance with the iconography.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the National Museums Assistance Programme of the Department of Communications for making this large project a reality.
Barry Till and Paula Swart October 1989
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