Full Description
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.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Collectors as Connoisseurs and Curators
1 Duncan Phillips, Augustus Vincent Tack, and a Collection in the Making
2 Albert C. Barnes, Chaim Soutine, and the Art in Seeing
3 Albert Eugene Gallatin, Juan Gris, and the Patron as Painter
4 Lillie Bliss, Paul Cézanne, and the Making of an Advocate
5 Etta Cone's Collaboration with Henri Matisse
6 G. David Thompson, Paul Klee, and Display as Philanthropy
Conclusion: Legacies of Learning and Display
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
