Ruth Bohan Et Al (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 2nd Printing. 10 x 12 in. Paper boards. Lavish color plates. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. Text spotless. DJ is NEAR FINE ; not clipped, very light surface wear to front cover. Art. STK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. near fine. first edition as stated. 10 x 12 in. Paper boards. Lavish color plates. Condition is FINE ; like new on all pints. Text spotless. DJ is NEAR FINE ; not clipped, like near new. Art. RGR.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. This beautifully illustrated book highlights the unique history of The Société Anonyme, Inc., an organization founded in 1920 by the artists Katherine S. Dreier (1877?1952), Marcel Duchamp (1887?1968), and Man Ray (1890?1976). As America?s first ?experimental museum? for modern art, the Société Anonyme provided a means for artists, rather than historians, to chronicle the rise of modernism. Led by Dreier and Duchamp, the group eventually assembled a collection of more than one thousand artworks, which it presented to the public in a variety of innovative programs, publications, and exhibitions. The incredible collection of the Société Anonyme now belongs to the Yale University Art Gallery, a gift from the Société and Dreier. It features the work of more than one hundred artists, many of whom are among the century?s most renowned?including Jean Arp, Duchamp, Max Ernst, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, El Lissitzky, Piet Mondrian, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, and Joseph Stella?as well as works by lesser-known artists whose contributions to modernism are substantial. With new archival information, including personal correspondence between Dreier and the artists whose work she assembled, a host of previously unpublished images, essays by leading scholars, and an interview with artists Robert and Sylvia Mangold about the contemporary significance of this collection, this fascinating book is essential to our understanding of the reception and interpretation of modernism in America. Record # 350918.…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. xv, 229 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, April 23 to August 20, 2006, and four other venues until 2010. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "This beautifully illustrated book highlights the unique history of the Societe Anonyme, Inc., an organization founded in 1920 by the artists Katherine S. Dreier (1877-1952), Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), and Man Ray (1890-1976). As America's first 'experimental museum' for modern art, the Societe Anonyme provided a means for artists, rather than historians, to chronicle the rise of modernism. Led by Dreier and Duchamp, the group presented to the public a variety of innovative programs, publications, and exhibitions and eventually assembled a collection of more than one thousand artworks.The incredible collection of the Societe Anonyme now belongs to the Yale University Art Gallery, a gift from the Societe and Dreier. It features the work of more than 100 artists, many of whom are among the century's most renowned--including Jean Arp, Duchamp, Max Ernst, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, El Lissitzky, Piet Mondrian, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, and Joseph Stella--as well as works by lesser-known artists whose contributions to modernism are substantial. With new archival information, including personal correspondence between Dreier and the artists whose work she assembled, a host of previously unpublished images, and essays by leading scholars, this book is essential to our understanding of the reception and interpretation of modernism in America." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Director's foreword, by Jock Reynolds; Acknowledgments, by Jennifer R. Gross; An artists' museum, by Jennifer R. Gross; Joseph Stella and the "conjunction of WORLDS", by Ruth L. Bohan; The artist readymade: Marcel Duchamp and the Societe Anonyme, by David Joselit; "A big cosmic force": Katherine S. Dreier and the Russian/Soviet avant-garde, by Dickran Tashjian; "One big painting": a new view of modern art at the Brooklyn Museum, by Kristina Wilson; Art as experience: Katherine S. Dreier and the Educational Mission of the Societe Anonyme, by Susan Greenberg; Believe me, faithfully yours, by Jennifer R. Gross; The Societe Anonyme collection come to Yale, by Elise K. Kenney; The artists' view: Sylvia and Robert Mangold on the Societe Anonyme Collection, by Jennifer R. Gross with Susan Greenberg; Artist Biographies, by Susan Greenberg, Kristin P. Henry, Bryony W. Roberts. Size: 4to. Collectible. …