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Making it modern : the folk art collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman / Margaret K. Hofer and Roberta J. M. Olson ; contributions by Kenneth L. Ames [and 3 others].
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection N5312 .H64 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hofer, Margaret K., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nadelman, Elie, 1882-1946--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Nadelman, Elie.
- Nadelman, Viola, 1878-1962--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Nadelman, Viola.
- Nadelman, Elie, 1882-1946.
- New-York Historical Society--Exhibitions.
- New-York Historical Society.
- Folk art--United States--Exhibitions.
- Folk art.
- Art museums.
- United States.
- Folk art--Europe--Exhibitions.
- Sculpture, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Sculpture, American.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 375 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New-York Historical Society in association with D Giles Limited, London, [2015]
- Summary:
- This lavishly illustrated volume is the first comprehensive study of the folk art collection purchased by the New-York Historical Society from Elie and Viola Nadelman in 1937. Exhibited by the couple from 1926 to 1937 in their pioneering Museum of Folk and Peasant Arts in Riverdale, New York, the nearly fifteen thousand works come from a collection spanning six centuries, thirteen countries, and a broad range of media. Authors Margaret K. Hofer and Roberta J.M. Olson explore a nucleus of some two hundred and sixteen highlights in eighty-seven catalog entries, as well as nine of Nadelman's own sculptures, and consider the possible interchanges between the Nadelman's collecting and his avant-garde art. Their research, employing new archival evidence from the Historical Society and the rich cache of Nadelman Papers, has resulted in exciting discoveries, among them Nadelman's active role in restoring some of his folk art objects.Featuring seven provocative essays, "Making It Modern" breaks new ground not only on the Nadelmans and folk art, but also in the history of American art and taste during the fast-paced cultural revolutions of the early twentieth century. Exhibition: New York Historical Society (20.05 - 21.08.2016) / Albuquerque Museum of Art, USA (06.09. - 29.11.2015) / Addison Gallery, Andover, USA (17.09. - 31.12.2016).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-368) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781907804298
- 1907804293
- OCLC:
- 910504141
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