The house of Barnes : the man, the collection, the controversy / Neil L. Rudenstine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudenstine, Neil L.

Series:

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 266.

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951.

Barnes, Albert C.

Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951--Will.

Barnes Foundation--Management.

Barnes Foundation.

Art patrons--United States--Biography.

Art patrons.

Art--Private collections.

Management.

Will.

United States.

Pennsylvania--Merion.

Art--Private collections--Pennsylvania--Merion.

Art.

Genre:

Biographies.

Authors' autographs.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, ©2012.

Summary:

Amid much controversy, the important collection of modern art by eccentric art collector Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951) was recently moved from its out-of-the-way location in a tony suburb to center city Philadelphia--counter to Barnes's will. A former Harvard U. president/trustee of the collection, offers background on the man, early reactions to modern art, and the Barnes Foundation's legal battles over the housing of the collection and its educational mission. The book features color plates of selected works in the collection. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Latch's Lane

Mr. Barnes

Collectors and collecting

The many or the few : art and education in England and America

Formalism : rival aesthetic theories

Science and objectivity in art

The Foundation

Doomed by indenture

Mr. Glanton

Dr. Watson

The court and the case.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum's copy signed by the author.

Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780871692665

087169266X

OCLC:

811137271