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.
Table of Contents:
  • Director's foreword / Jock Reynolds
  • Acknowledgments / Jennifer R. Gross
  • An artists' museum / Jennifer R. Gross
  • Joseph Stella and the "conjunction of WORLDS" / Ruth L. Bohan
  • The artist readymade / Marcel Duchamp and the Société Anonyme / David Joselit
  • "A big cosmic force" / Katherine S. Dreier and the Russian/Soviet avant-garde / Dickran Tashjian
  • "One big painting" : a new view of modern art at the Brooklyn Museum / Kristina Wilson
  • Art as experience / Katherine S. Dreier and the Educational Mission of the Société Anonyme / Susan Greenberg
  • Believe me, faithfully yours / Jennifer R. Gross
  • The Société Anonyme collection come to Yale / Elise K. Kenney
  • The artists' view : Sylvia and Robert Mangold on the Société Anonyme Collection / Jennifer R. Gross with Susan Greenberg
  • Artist Biographies / Susan Greenberg, Kristin P. Henry, Bryony W. Roberts
  • Also in exhibition.

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