| Surrealism and Modernism: From the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Contributor(s): Zafran, Eric (Author), Paret, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300102038 ISBN-13: 9780300102031 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2003 Annotation: - This book serves as the catalogue of an exhibition that opens at the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in October 2003 and travels to Newport Beach, Fort Worth, and Sarasota. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - General - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 709.040 |
| LCCN: 2003009654 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 8.82" W x 11.3" (2.25 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Wadsworth Atheneum's remarkable collection of twentieth-century art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This beautiful book showcases the museum's holdings and provides fascinating details about their acquisition. In 1931, the famed Chick Austin, director of the Atheneum from 1929 to 1944, purchased works by Dal , Calder, Picasso, Ernst, and others. Austin's successor, Charles Cunningham, added works by Stanley Spencer, Henry Moore, Maillol, and Marini. In more recent years, examples of American modernists and expressionists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Willem de Kooning, and Jackson Pollock have also been acquired. |
