Without my late father introducing me to the inner sensitivities of art and their influence on the outer world, the Roland Collection would not have been possible.

Many individuals have been generous in offering advice, assistance and support. I am honored by their valuable contribution, in particular:

Mildred Gordon, United States office manager for seventeen years

Anne Short, my invaluable personal assistant for thirteen years

Tom Buckley, USA
Daniel Cohen, France
Renate Fortescue, Britain
Marie Gordon, USA
Diane Hills, Britain
Anna Kelby, Britain
Jim Knox, USA
Anne Livingstone, Britain
Glenys Melgaard, Australia
Howard C Miskin, USA
Henk Newenhouse, USA
Gail Nicoll, Britain
Ida Roland, Denmark
Marc Roland, Britain
Saskia Roland, Britain
John Walker Jnr, USA

The Roland Collection is indebted to the expertise and long-term commitment of

Humphries Video Services, London:
David Brown, Executive Co-ordinator
Censi Cabrera, Supervising Videotape Editor
Demetrakis Michael, Videotape Master Librarian and Resources Executive
Mark Summers, Head of Technical Services


Research has been facilitated by the endeavors of numerous organizations, including:

Biennale International du Film sur l'Art,
Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Centre du Films sur l'Art, Brussels
Euro Aim-Mediabase, Brussels
Festival International du Film, sur l'Art, Montréal
Program for Art on Film, New York
(originally founded as a joint venture of the J Paul Getty Trust and the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization), Paris

European home video publication has been aided by Espace Vidéo Européen, an initiative of the Irish Film Institute and the Médiathèque de la Communauté francaise de Belgique within the framework of the MEDIA program of the Commission of the European Union.

English language versions of some titles have been made with the assistance of:

BABEL (Broadcasting Across the Barriers of European Language)
EBU (European Broadcasting Union)
MEDIA (Commission of the European Communities)
EATC (European Alliance for Television and Culture)


And finally I should like to thank my diverse clients worldwide - from the Central Library in Berlin that acquired the entire collection to a small international school in Papua New Guinea.

Anthony Roland