| Modern Art on Display: The Legacies of Six Collectors Contributor(s): Aichele, K. Porter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611496160 ISBN-13: 9781611496161 Publisher: University of Delaware Press OUR PRICE: $111.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Museum Studies - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 709.040 |
| LCCN: 2016006360 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 306 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Modern Art on Display: The Legacies of Six Collectors is structured as a sequence of case studies that pair collectors of modern art with artists they particularly favored: Duncan Phillips and Augustus Vincent Tack; Albert Barnes and Chaim Soutine; Albert Eugene Gallatin and Juan Gris; Lillie Bliss and Paul C zanne; Etta Cone and Henri Matisse; G. David Thompson and Paul Klee. The case studies are linked by a thematic focus on the integral relationship between the collectors' acquired knowledge about the work they amassed and their innovative display models. This focus brings a new perspective to the history of collecting and interpreting modern art in America for nearly half a century (1915-1960). By examining the books the collectors themselves read and analyzing archival photographs of their displays, the author makes a case for the historical significance of how the collectors presented the art they acquired before their collections were institutionalized. |