Making it modern
Subtitle: the folk art collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman
By: Margaret K. Hofer and Roberta J.M. Olson ; contributions by Kenneth L. Ames [and three others]
Contributors: Olson, Roberta J. M., author; Ames, Kenneth L., author; New-York Historical Society; Albuquerque Museum; Addison Gallery of American Art
Publisher: Giles; GILES
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781907804298
Subjects: American Sculpture; Art collections; Exhibitions; New-York Historical Society; Folk art
Description: This lavishly illustrated volume is the first comprehensive study of the folk art collection purchased by the New-York Historical Society from Elie and Viola Nadelman in 1937. Exhibited by the couple from 1926 to 1937 in their pioneering Museum of Folk and Peasant Arts in Riverdale, New York, the nearly fifteen thousand works come from a collection spanning six centuries, thirteen countries, and a broad range of media. Authors Margaret K. Hofer and Roberta J.M. Olson explore a nucleus of some two hundred and sixteen highlights in eighty-seven catalog entries, as well as nine of Nadelman's own sculptures, and consider the possible interchanges between the Nadelman's collecting and his avant-garde art. Their research, employing new archival evidence from the Historical Society and the rich cache of Nadelman Papers, has resulted in exciting discoveries, among them Nadelman's active role in restoring some of his folk art objects.Featuring seven provocative essays, "Making It Modern" breaks new ground not only on the Nadelmans and folk art, but also in the history of American art and taste during the fast-paced cultural revolutions of the early twentieth century. Exhibition: New York Historical Society (20.05 - 21.08.2016) / Albuquerque Museum of Art, USA (06.09. - 29.11.2015) / Addison Gallery, Andover, USA (17.09. - 31.12.2016).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM, September 6-November 29, 2015; the New-York Historical Society, May 20-August 21, 2016; and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, September 17-December 31, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-368) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Louise Mirrer; title: Preface  -- Roberta J.M. Olson and Margaret K. Hofer; title: The history of the Nadelman Folk Art Collection  -- Roberta J.M. Olson and Margaret K. Hofer; title: The Nadelmans in context: Early collectors of Folk Art in America  -- Elizabeth Stillinger; title: Manhattan to Munich: The Nadelmans' sources for Folk Art  -- Margaret K. Hofer; title: The term "Folk Art" once again  -- Kenneth L. Ames; title: Classical echoes in the Nadelmans' Folk Art Collection  -- Roberta J.M. Olson; title: Viola Nadelman as a collector  -- Cynthia Nadelman; title: Nadelman and Folk Art: The question of influence  -- Barbara Haskell; title: Catalogue.The Nadelman Folk Art Collection --; title: Catalogue. Selection sculptures  -- by Elie Nadelman; title: Appendix I: Checklist of dealers and auction houses patronized by the Nadelmans, 1923-36 --; title: Appendix II: Museum of Folk Arts guide, 1935.; title: Catalogue. The Nadelman Folk Art Collection; title: Catalogue. Selected sculptures by Elie Nadelman; title: Appendix I: Checklist of dealers and auction houses patronized by the Nadelmans, 1923-36; title: Appendix II: Museum of Folk Arts Guide, 1935.