Text of comments by participants in The Modern Artist Speaks forum
name: label: Creator
content: Modern Artist Speaks (1948 : Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
label: Names
content: Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975
label: Names
content: Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Modern Artist Speaks (1948 : Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948 May 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.modearti
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel N69/112 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Typescripts of speeches by Paul Burlin, Stuart Davis, Adolph Gottlieb, George L. K. Morris, and James Johnson Sweeney, delivered at a forum, "The Modern Artist Speaks," held at the Museum of Modern Art on May 5, 1948. In addition to a typescript of all five speeches, preliminary drafts with handwritten corrections are included of Burlin, Davis and Morris's speeches. Burlin comments on the artist as cultural critic, Morris discusses the failure of art criticism and Davis interprets contemporary attacks on abstract art as an attempt to control the artist's attitudes toward society.