Modern Art on Display

The Legacies of Six Collectors

von K. Porter Aichele

306 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 Cézanne; 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.

• Reihe: University of Delaware Press
• ISBN: 9781611496161
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.05.2016
• Größe: 239 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc