Degas and America
Subtitle: the early collectors
By: Ann Dumas, David A. Brenneman
Contributors: Brenneman, David A; Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917; High Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Publisher: High Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; distributed by Rizzoli International Publications; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Atlanta; [Minneapolis]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Degas, Edgar, -- 1834-1917 -- Appreciation -- United States -- Exhibitions; Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: "Degas and America: The Early Collectors is organized by Ann Dumas and David Brenneman. The catalogue includes several illustrated essays. Ann Dumas details the early awareness of Degas in America ... the first exhibitions and purchases, the movement of works around the country, the first collectors, the development of the American taste for the Frenchman's art.

Rebecca Rabinow writes of Louisine Havemeyer, the first great American collector of Degas, who was led by her friend Mary Cassatt to begin amassing a collection that was bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. David Brenneman surveys the critical response to first appearances of art by Degas in the United States, noting the generally warm acceptance and admiring attention earned by Degas. Richard Kendall contributes an essay on the impact of Degas's art and sensibility upon American artists, especially painters of the Ashcan generation and members of The Eight.

Valerie Fletcher writes a short overview of the problematic subject of Degas's sculpture; almost none of the sculpture was intended for public viewing, yet it was warmly embraced by American collectors and museums, whose holdings now form the best representation of Degas's work in this medium."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Published in connection with an exhibition held at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 3-May 27, 2001 and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minn., June 16-Sept. 9, 2001

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255) and index