When modern was contemporary
Subtitle: the Roy R. Neuberger collection
By: introduction by Tracy Fitzpatrick ; with essays by Nicole Bass [and twenty-six others]
Contributors: Neuberger Museum of Art
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780979562990
Subjects: American Art; Art collections; Art; Exhibitions; Modern Art; Collectors and collecting
Other titles: Roy R. Neuberger collection
Description: "The Roy R. Neuberger Collection reveals the perceptive and passionate interests of one of the twentieth-century's most important collectors of contemporary American art. Built mainly between the early 1940s and the 1960s, the Collection is strongest in works that document the evolution of modernism in the visual arts of North America. Remarkably, the majority of the objects Neuberger acquired at the height of his collecting--in the 1940s and 1950s--were purchased within a month to a year or two of their execution dates, reflecting his commitment to support living artists. The Neuberger Collection, now the cornerstone of the Neuberger Museum of Art, totals more than 850 objects, and remains among the finest personal art collections in a public institution in the United States. This reinstallation of the Roy R. Neuberger collection is part of the Museum's fortieth anniversary celebration."--
Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, May 11-December 25, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index.