Modern art on display : the legacies of six collectors / K. Porter Aichele.

Author/creator Aichele, Kathryn Porter, 1947- author.
Other author Aichele, Kathryn Porter, 1947- inscriber.
Other author Wright, Stuart, 1948- former owner.
Format Book
PublicationNewark : University of Delaware Press, [2016]
Descriptionxlii, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: the collectors as connoisseurs and curators -- Duncan Phillips, Augustus Vincent Tack, and a collection in the making -- Albert C. Barnes, Chaim Soutine, and the art in seeing -- Albert Eugene Gallatin, Juan Gris, and the patron as painter -- Lillie Bliss, Paul Cézanne, and the making of an advocate -- Etta Cone's collaboration with Henri Matisse -- G. David Thompson, Paul Klee, and display as philanthropy -- Conclusion: legacies of learning and display.
Summary "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.... 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 that the collectors themselves read and analyzing archival photographs of their displays, Aichele makes a case for the historical significance of how these collectors presented the art they acquired before their collections were institutionalized"--Page [4] of cover.
Local noteInscribed "To Stuart [Wright]... Porter [Aichele]." Enclosed note to Stuart Wright from Susan Chappell. Stuart Wright Book Collection. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index.
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy Gift of Stuart Wright, 2019
Issued in other formebook version : 9781611496178
LCCN 2016006360
ISBN9781611496161 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN1611496160 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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Standard identifier# 40026174936
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