Modern Art on Display : The Legacies of Six Collectors.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781611496178
- 709.04074
- N5215 -- .A35 2016eb
Intro -- 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.
This book explores the theory that collectors of modern art in the first half of the twentieth century had more than financial means, keen instincts, and unflappable gumption: they had the ambition to learn about the art they collected. Drawing on their informed judgments as connoisseurs and independently developing the skills of professional curators, they demonstrated their acquired knowledge in the displays of the work they collected.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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