Edition: U.S. / Global  Robert Koch, an Arts Expert Who Helped
Popularize Tiffany, Dies at 85  Published: September 3, 2003
Robert Koch, a decorative arts expert who helped make the name
Tiffany one that every flea market browser wants to hear, died
on Aug. 13 in Stamford, Conn. He was 85 and lived in Stamford.
In 1958 Mr. Koch, freshly awarded a doctorate in art history
from Yale, was curator for an exhibition of Louis Comfort
Tiffany's work at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York.
That show set in motion a revival of interest in Tiffany's Art
Nouveau glasswork designs, said Janet Zapata, an art historian
and fellow Tiffany expert.  Mr. Koch was the author of several
books on Tiffany. The first, "Louis Comfort Tiffany, Rebel in
Glass," published in 1964, was based on research for his
doctorate. He also wrote, with Ms. Zapata, "Will H. Bradley,
American Artist in Print, a Collector's Guide" (Hudson Hills
Press, 2003).  He was a professor emeritus at Southern
Connecticut State University in New Have