The Société anonyme : modernism for America
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The Société anonyme : modernism for America
Yale University Press : Yale University Art Gallery, 2006
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Catalogue of the exhibition held at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Apr. 23-Aug. 20, 2006; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2006-Jan. 21, 2007; Dallas Museum of Art, June 10-Sept. 16, 2007; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Oct. 26, 2007-Feb. 3, 2008; Yale University Art Gallery, 2010
Organized by the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Includes bibliographical references and index
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A visual feast of modern European and American art from one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary collections
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 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 Societe Anonyme now belongs to the Yale University Art Gallery, a gift from the Societe 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including personal correspondence between Dreier and the artists whose work she assembled, a host of previously unpublished images, essays by leading scholars, and an interview with artists Robert and Sylvia Mangold about the contemporary significance of this collection, this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.
Published in association with the Yale University Art Gallery
Exhibition Schedule:
Dallas Museum of Art (June 10, 2007 - September 16, 2007)
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville (October 26, 2007 - February 3, 2008)
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (April 23 - August 13, 2006)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (October 14, 2006-January 21, 2007)
Yale University Art Gallery (2011)
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