Picasso's war : how modern art came to America / Hugh Eakin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eakin, Hugh, Author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973--Appreciation--United States.

Picasso, Pablo.

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981.

Barr, Alfred H.

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.).

Modernism (Art)--United States.

Modernism (Art).

Picasso : Forty Years of His Art (Exhibition) (1939-1940 : Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.).

Picasso : Forty Years of His Art (Exhibition).

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.

Art appreciation.

Physical Description:

x, 468 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown, [2022]

Summary:

"The untold story of the exhibition that made America the center of the art world -- and Picasso the most famous artist alive -- in the shadow of World War II"-- Provided by publisher.

In January 1939, Pablo Picasso was renowned in Europe but disdained by many in the United States. Ten years before, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. became the director of New York's new Museum of Modern Art. He had discovered a collection of Picassos, built by a renegade Irish American lawyer named John Quinn before his death, and set out to mount an exhibit. It would take Hitler's campaign against Jews and modern art, and Barr's alliance with Paul Rosenberg, Picasso's persecuted dealer, to get Picasso's most important paintings out of Europe. Eakin shows how the groundbreaking exhibition Picasso: Forty Years of His Art would launch Picasso in America, define MoMA as we know it, and shift the focus of the art world from Paris to New York. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART I

1. Not in America

2. The Half-Life of a Painting

3. Paris, East

4. French Lessons

5. A Glimpse of the Lady

6. Cubism in Congress

7. The Chess Player and the Showman

8. End of an Idyll

9. The Grand Illusion

10. Cubists at War

11. A New Beginning

12. Do I Know This Man?

13. In Picasso's Garden

14. Ku Klux Criticism

15. Dangerous Liaisons

16. Dinner at Quinn's

17. The Last Battle

PART II

18. The Man Vanishes

19. The Very Modern Mr. Barr

20. "Had He Lived Another Decade "

21. A Museum of His Own

22. The Paris Project

23. "When a Picasso Wins All the Races "

24. The Balance of Power

25. Defeat

26. "Make Art. German Again"

27. Connecticut Chic

28. "Risking My Life for My Work"

29. The Year Without Painting

30. Spanish Fury

31. "Such a Painting Could Never Again Be Had"

32. The Last of Paris

33. "More Important than War"

34. Escape.

Not in America

The half-life of a painting

Paris, East

French lessons

A glimpse of the lady

Cubism in Congress

The chess player and the showman

End of an idyll

The grand illusion

Cubists at war

A new beginning

Do I know this man?

In Picasso's garden

Ku Klux criticism

Dangerous liaisons

Dinner at Quinn's

The last battle

The man vanishes

The very modern Mr. Barr

"Had he lived another decade ..."

A museum of his own

The Paris project

"When a Picasso wins all the races ..."

The balance of power

Defeat

"Make art ... German again"

Connecticut chic

"Risking my life for my work"

The year without painting

Spanish fury

"Such a painting could never again be had"

The last of Paris

"More important than war"

Escape.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-442) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Eakin, Hugh. Picasso's war

Online version: Eakin, Hugh. Picasso's war.

ISBN:

9780451498489

0451498488

OCLC:

1280488507