The Museum of Modern Art, New York : the history and the collection / introduction by Sam Hunter.

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

Title & Author:

The Museum of Modern Art, New York : the history and the collection / introduction by Sam Hunter.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : H.N. Abrams in association with the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.

Description:

599 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Painting and sculpture / William Rubin -- Drawings / John Elderfield -- Prints and illustrated books / Riva Castleman -- Architecture and design / Arthur Drexler -- Photography / John Szarkowski -- Film / Mary Lea Bandy and Eileen Bowser.

Summary:

The history of the Museum, from its origins as a daring idea in the minds of three prominent art patrons in the twenties to the opening of its greatly expanded facilities in the eighties; examples of one thousand works from the holdings of the Museum's six curatorial departments.

Resources:
Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

0810913089
9780810913080
0870704672 (Museum of Modern Art ; hard)
9780870704673 (Museum of Modern Art ; hard)
0870704680 (Museum of Modern Art ; pbk.)
9780870704680 (Museum of Modern Art ; pbk.)

Subject:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
New York (N.Y.) Museum of Modern Art.
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Geschichte
Museus.

Added entries:

Hunter, Sam, 1923-2014, writer of introduction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 125753
Call No.: ID:85-B21739
Status: Available

Location: Library main 125754
Call No.: ID:85-B21739
Status: Available

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