Surrealism and modernism : from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum
Zafran, Eric2003
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The Wadsworth Atheneums remarkable collection of twentieth-century art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This beautiful book showcases the museums 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. Austins 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 OKeeffe, Arthur Dove, Willem de Kooning, and Jackson Pollock have also been acquired.
Main title:
Surrealism and modernism : from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum / Eric Zafran and Paul Paret.
Imprint:
New Haven, Conn ; London : Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, c2003.
Collation:
151 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum and held at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Oct. 6, 2003-Jan. 18, 2004 and other locations.Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300102031 (hbk)
Dewey class:
709.0400747463709.04
Language:
English
Subject:
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art -- ExhibitionsWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art -- ExhibitionsModernism (Art) -- ExhibitionsArt -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- ExhibitionsArt and DesignHistory of artConnecticutExhibition catalogues & specific collectionsThe arts: general issuesIndividual architects & architectural firms
BRN:
2335372