- 307 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Duncan Phillips, Augustus Vincent Tack, and a Collection in the Making
- Chapter Two: Albert C. Barnes, Chaim Soutine, and the Art in Seeing
- Chapter Three: Albert Eugene Gallatin, Juan Gris, and the Patron as Painter
- Chapter Four: Lillie Bliss, Paul Cézanne, and the Making of an Advocate
- Chapter Five: Etta Cone’s Collaboration with Henri Matisse
- Chapter Six: G. David Thompson, Paul Klee, and Display as Philanthropy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author