Main entry:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), publisher.

Title & Author:

Masters of modern art / edited by Alfred H. Barr, Jr.

Publication:

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, 1954.
New York : Distributed by Simon and Schuster

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color, some mounted) ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Prepared by the Museum of Modern Art on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238).
Foreword: the collections of the museum of modern art / John Hay Whitney -- Preface / Rene d'Harnoncourt -- Introduction / Alfred H. Barr -- Painting, sculpture, drawing, print collections / Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and William S. Lieberman -- Photography collection / Edward Steichen -- The film library / Richard Griffith -- Architecture and design collections / Phillip C. Johnson -- The museum collections: committees and departments -- Donors to the collections.

Summary:

This book showcases the Museum of Modern Art's extensive modern art collection as it appeared in 1955, showing the hight of modern art at the time.

Subject:

Art, Modern 20th century.
Art 20e siècle.
Art, Modern

Form/genre:

Catalogs
Collection catalogs.
Catalogues de collection.

Added entries:

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981, editor, contributor, writer of introduction.
Whitney, John Hay, writer of foreword.
D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968, writer of preface.
Lieberman, William S. (William Slattery), 1923-2005, contributor.
Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973, contributor.
Griffith, Richard, 1912-1969, contributor.
Johnson, Philip Carter, 1914-1976, contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 4502
Call No.: PO6937; ID:85-B4233
Status: Available