The Société anonyme : modernism for America

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"This 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 Soc...

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Corporate Author: Yale University. Art Gallery
Other authors / contributors: Gross, Jennifer R. (Editor, Contributor), Bohan, Ruth L. (Contributor)
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Yale University Art Gallery, [2006]
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Société anonyme > Art collections > Exhibitions.
Dreier, Katherine S. > (Katherine Sophie), > 1877-1952 > Art collections > Exhibitions.
Yale University. > Art Gallery > Exhibitions.
Société anonyme.
Yale University. > Art Gallery.
Art > Connecticut > New Haven > Exhibitions.
Series:Yale University Art Gallery series.
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Summary:"This 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." "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including personal correspondence between Dreier and the artists whose work she assembled, a host of previously unpublished images, and essays by leading scholars, this book is essential to our understanding of the reception and interpretation of modernism in America"--Jacket.
Item Description:Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, April 23- August 20, 2006, and four other venues until 2010.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 229 pages) : 364 illustrations (some color).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 221) and index.
ISBN:9780300232516
0300232519
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record and online resource (A and AePortal, viewed December 4, 2018).

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