Title: Speaking for vice
Description: This book explores the representation of male homosexuality in American art in the first half of the twentieth century. Focusing on the work of Charles Demuth and Marsden Hartley, it uncovers the sexual codes and references in their art and explores how the two men reconciled their production of a self-consciously 'American' art with the representation of their own marginalized status as both homosexuals and avant-garde artists.
Subjects: Homosexuality in art, Criticism and interpretation, American Erotic painting, Avant-garde (Aesthetics), History, Erotic painting, Demuth, charles, 1883-1935, Hartley, marsden, 1877-1943, Erotic art, Avant Garde, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, American Painting
Places: United States
People: Charles Demuth (1883-1935), Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)
Time periods: 20th century