Surrealism and Modernism - From the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

- This book serves as the catalogue of an exhibition that opens at the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in October 2003 and travels to Newport Beach, Fort Worth, and Sarasota.

About the author

Eric Zafran, curator of European art at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, is also the editor of Gauguin's "Nirvana" Painters at Le Pouldu, 1889-90, published by Yale University Press.

Summary

The Wadsworth Atheneum's remarkable collection of 20th-century art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This volume showcases the museum's holdings and provides details about their acquisition.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Paret, Paret Paul, Eric Zafran, Eric M. Zafran
• Assisted by: Eric Zafran (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2003
• EAN: 9780300102031
• ISBN: 978-0-300-10203-1
• No. of pages: 152
• Weight: 1025 g
• Illustrations: 40 b-w + 75 color illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Connecticut, ART / History / General, ART / American / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections