Twentieth-century American art
Subtitle: the Ebsworth collection
By: Bruce Robertson ; with contributions by Charles Brock ... [et al.].
Contributors: Brock, Charles, 1959-; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Seattle Art Museum.
Publisher: National Gallery of Art
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington [D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Ebsworth, Barney A. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.; Modernism (Art) -- United States -- Exhibitions.; Art, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.; Art -- Private collections -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "This book, the companion volume to an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Seattle Art Museum, showcases the extraordinary modern American masterpieces assembled by Mr. and Mrs. Barney A. Ebsworth, Saint Louis collectors." "Paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by artists such as Patrick Henry Bruce, Alexander Calder, Willem de Kooning, Marsden Hartley, David Hockney, Edward Hopper, Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, Charles Sheeler, and Wayne Thiebaud are included in the collection." "With more than 180 illustrations and an illuminating essay by distinguished art historian Bruce Robertson, this book will be a revelation to anyone who loves twentieth-century American art."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Mar. 5-June 11, 2000 and the Seattle Art Museum, Aug. 10-Nov. 12, 2000.