Modern Art on Display: The Legacies of Six Collectors is structured as a sequence of case studies that pair collectors of modern art with artists they particularly favored: Duncan Phillips and Augustus Vincent Tack; Albert Barnes and Chaim Soutine; Albert Eugene Gallatin and Juan Gris; Lillie Bliss and Paul Ceacute;zanne; Etta Cone and Henri Matisse; G. David Thompson and Paul Klee. The case studies are linked by a thematic focus on the integral relationship between the collectorsrsquo; acquired knowledge about the work they amassed and their innovative display models. This focus brings a new perspective to the history of collecting and interpreting modern art in America for nearly half a century (1915-1960). By examining the books the collectors themselves read and analyzing archival photographs of their displays; the author makes a case for the historical significance of how the collectors presented the art they acquired before their collections were institutionalized.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Incontrovertibly classic.By J. SummersIts simple! This is a classic. the iconic Bildungsroman. a key to understanding nineteenth- century and later German culture. One must do honor to Goethes viewpoint because he influenced so many other new lights in the culture.
