Eye on a Century - Modern Contemporary Art From Charles B. Benenson Collection At Yale

Klappentext Eye on a Century celebrates a cornerstone of the Yale University Art Gallery's holdings: the Charles B. Benenson Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. This major bequest includes works by a veritable pantheon of modern and contemporary artists--among them Jean-Michel Basquiat, Stuart Davis, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró, James Rosenquist, and David Smith. The catalogue provides exciting new scholarship on some of the collection's most significant objects, including works by Alexander Calder, Kurt Schwitters, and Pablo Picasso, alongside lesser-known works, by artists such as Alicia Penalba, David Wojnarowicz, and Martin Wong, several of which have never before been published. The introduction, which examines the context of Benenson's collecting, is followed by more than fifty catalogue entries and an illustrated checklist of the complete collection. Distributed for the Yale University Art Gallery Zusammenfassung Celebrates a cornerstone of the Yale University Art Gallery's holdings: the Charles B Benenson Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. This bequest includes works by a veritable pantheon of modern and contemporary artists - among them Jean-Michel Basquiat! Stuart Davis! Fernand Leger! Joan Miro! James Rosenquist! and David Smith.

Product details

• Authors: Cathleen Chaffee, Chaffee Cathleen
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2013
• EAN: 9780300184945
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18494-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Yale University Art Gallery Series (YUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Connecticut, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / American / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections