Product details

Art.No:

101622

Author / Artist:

Philip Rylands, Susan Davidson (Ed.)

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Keyword:

Kunst - 20 Jht.

Binding / Picture Size:

Kart

Publisher:

Hatje Cantz

Place of publishing:

Ostfildern

Year of publication:

2006

Book Details / Size:

4°, 396 S., zahlr. Abb.

Condition:

Widmung a. Leerblatt, tadell.

Description:

Text(s) by Dieter Bogner, Susan Davidson, Francis V. O'Connor, Don Quaintance, Philip Rylands, Jasper Sharp, Valentina Sonzogni.- New York in the 1940s was the crucible for post-war American and European art, and at the heart of this was Peggy Guggenheim and her remarkable museum/gallery, made instantly the most sensational venue of the avant-garde in New York by Frederick Kiesler's visionary architectural design. This is the never-before-written story of "Art of This Century"-the name Peggy gave both to her collection (now part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and on permanent view in Venice, Italy) and to her 57th Street gallery. The gallery was Kiesler's masterpiece, where the careers of artists such as William Baziotes, David Hare, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko were launched. It is essential reading and reference for all who are interested in the colorful biographies of two outstanding cultural figures of the twentieth century; in the history of art installation, collecting, and art dealing; in the embattled origins of the New York School; and in the history of art and design in general.