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Small-great objects : Anni and Josef Albers in the Americas / Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye ; with an essay by Michael D. Coe.
Penn Museum Library N5267.A42 R49 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reynolds-Kaye, Jennifer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Albers, Josef--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Albers, Josef.
- Albers, Anni--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Albers, Anni.
- Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.
- Peabody Museum of Natural History.
- Indian sculpture--Mexico--Exhibitions.
- Indian sculpture.
- Indian sculpture--Central America--Exhibitions.
- Indian art--Mexico--Exhibitions.
- Indian art.
- Art--Private collections.
- Art--Collectors and collecting.
- Art museums.
- Mexico.
- Indian art--Central America--Exhibitions.
- Central America.
- Art--Collectors and collecting--Exhibitions.
- Art.
- Art--Private collections--Connecticut--New Haven--Exhibitions.
- Connecticut--New Haven.
- Local Subjects:
- Albers, Anni.
- Albers, Josef.
- Art museums.
- Indian art.
- Indian sculpture.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm
- Distribution:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Art Gallery, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Small-Great Objects" presents a remarkable look into the art-collecting practices of two of modern art's most widely influential figures, Anni (1899-1994) and Josef (1888-1976) Albers. Their impressive collection of over 1,400 objects from Latin America, namely Mexico and Peru, represents a conscious endeavor that goes well beyond that of a casual hobby, displaying a deep appreciation for the art, textiles, and overall ingenuity of the ancient American world. This insightful book draws on primary-source materials such as the couple's letters, personal papers, and archival photographs-many never before published-and demonstrates their conviction that these Prehispanic objects displayed a formal sophistication and bold abstraction that defy the prevalent conception of the works as "primitive." Moreover, it shows how the Alberses spread their appreciation of the ancient world to others, through their teachings, their writings, and their own art practices.
- Contents:
- The ancient American world of Anni and Josef Albers / Michael D. Coe
- Making Mesoamerica modern : Anni and Josef Albers as collectors of ancient American art / Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye
- Selected objects.
- Notes:
- Catalogue of the exhibition organized by the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven and held there February 3-June 18, 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780300225693
- 0300225695
- OCLC:
- 961309918
- Publisher Number:
- 99974680796
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