Speaking for vice
Subtitle: homosexuality in the art of Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, and the first American avante-garde
By: Jonathan Edman Weinberg.
Contributors: Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935.; Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943.
Series: Yale publications in the history of art; Yale publications in the history of art (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935 -- Criticism and interpretation; Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943 -- Criticism and interpretation; Homosexuality in art; Erotic painting, American -- 20th century; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: This book explores the representation of male homosexuality in American art in the first half of the twentieth century. Focusing on the work of Charles Demuth and Marsden Hartley, it uncovers the sexual codes and references in their art and explores how the two men reconciled their production of a self-consciously 'American' art with the representation of their own marginalized status as both homosexuals and avant-garde artists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.