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16%OFFJudith A. Barter - American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago: From World War I to 1955 - 9780300117387 - V9780300117387
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American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago: From World War I to 1955

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Description for American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago: From World War I to 1955 Hardback. Focusing on the Art Institute's outstanding collection of American modernism, this title includes over 175 important paintings, sculptures, decorative art objects, and works on paper made in North America between World War II and 1955. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 376 pages, 140 black-&-white illustrations + 250 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2426.

The first publication to focus on the Art Institute’s outstanding collection of American modernism, this volume includes over 175 important paintings, sculptures, decorative-art objects, and works on paper made in North America between World War II and 1955. Together they fully reflect the history of American art in these decades, including examples of early modernism, Social Realism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. Among the paintings are such iconic works as Hopper’s Nighthawks and Wood’s American Gothic, along with notable pieces by Davis, De Kooning, Hartley, Lawrence, Marin, O’Keeffe, Pollock, and Sheeler. Among the sculptors represented are Calder, Cornell, and Noguchi. Spectacular decorative ... Read more



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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Art Institute of Chicago
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300117387
SKU
V9780300117387
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Ref
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About Judith A. Barter
Judith A. Barter is the Field-McCormick Chair and Curator of American Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the editor of Apostles of Beauty.

Reviews for American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago: From World War I to 1955
“Well worth the cost (particularly when paired with the companion volume) as a survey of one of the most important American 20th-century collections.”
Kraig Binkowski, Yale Center for British Art, Library Journal
Library Journal

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