The Société anonyme
Subtitle: modernism for America
By: Jennifer R. Gross, editor ; Ruth L. Bohan ... [et al.].
Contributors: Gross, Jennifer R.; Bohan, Ruth L.; Yale University. Art Gallery.
Publisher: Yale University Press; Yale University Art Gallery
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780300109214
Subjects: Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952 -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.; Société anonyme -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.; Yale University. Art Gallery -- Exhibitions.; Modernism (Art) -- Exhibitions.; Art -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "This illustrated book highlights the unique history of the Societe Anonyme, Inc., an organization founded in 1920 by the artists Katherine S. Dreier (1877-1952), Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), and Man Ray (1890-1976). As America's first "experimental museum" for modern art, the Societe Anonyme provided a means for artists, rather than historians, to chronicle the rise of modernism. Led by Dreier and Duchamp, the group presented to the public a variety of innovative programs, publications, and exhibitions and eventually assembled a collection of more than one thousand artworks." "With new archival information, including personal correspondence between Dreier and the artists whose work she assembled, a host of previously unpublished images, and essays by leading scholars, this book is essential to our understanding of the reception and interpretation of modernism in America."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.