Degenerate art
Subtitle: the fate of the avant-garde in Nazi Germany
By: [edited by] Stephanie Barron ; with contributions by Peter Guenther ... [et al.].
Contributors: Barron, Stephanie, 1950-; Guenther, Peter W.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art.; Art Institute of Chicago.
Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; H.N. Abrams
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
Subjects: Art, German -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; National socialism and art -- Exhibitions; Germany -- Cultural policy -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: Examines the 1937 Nazi-arranged exhibition "Degenerate Art," comprised of 650 avante-garde artworks stripped from German museums. Includes essays, a diagrammed catalogue of the exhibition, artist biographies, a translated facsimile of the exhibition guide, and other reference resources, accompanied by reprints of the artworks and photos of the exhibition itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition to be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 17-May 12, 1991, and at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 22-Sept. 8, 1991.