Master paintings from the Phillips Collection
By: [Eliza E. Rathbone and Susan Behrends Frank ; with an essay by Robert Hughes]
Contributors: Rathbone, Eliza E., 1948-; Frank, Susan Behrends; Hughes, Robert, 1938-
Publisher: Phillips Collection; In association with D Giles Ltd.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780983769408; 9781904832928
Subjects: Modern Painting; Phillips Collection; Painting; Exhibitions
Description: The Phillips Collection, America's first museum of modern art, was founded in 1921 by Duncan Phillips (1886-1966), a Washington DC collector who played a vital role in introducing America to contemporary art. Unusually for his time, Phillips saw American artists as fully equal to their European counterparts, often hanging their works side by side. Moreover, Phillips chose to buy and exhibit works according to stylistic continuities and affinities, reflecting the visual connections between various artistic expressions, past and present. Master Paintings from The Phillips Collection highlights 108 masterworks from the Phillips's permanent collection and offers insight into the creation of one of the greatest private collections of modern art in the world. -- Book Description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Art and intimacy / Robert Hughes; title: Seeing beautifully : a vision of the whole / Eliza E. Rathbone; title: Duncan Phillips : champion of American art / Susan Behrends Frank; title: Master paintings / Susan Badder, Susan Behrends Frank, Johanna Halford-MacLeod, Renée Maurer, Klaus Ottmann, Eliza E. Rathbone, Elsa Smithgall, Vesela Sretenovic.