Art of the forties / edited by Riva Castleman, with an essay by Guy Davenport.

Title & Author:

Art of the forties / edited by Riva Castleman, with an essay by Guy Davenport.

Publication:

Description:

160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Art of the forties ... [held at] the Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 24-April 30, 1991"--Title page verso.
Foreword / Richard E. Oldenburg -- Introduction / Riva Castleman -- Civilization and its opposite in the nineteen-forties / Guy Davenport -- Plates -- Chronology.
edited by Riva Castleman, essay by Guy Davenport.

Summary:

The fully illustrated publication of the turbulent decade of the forties contains an essay by the distinguished writer Guy Davenport, with an introduction by Riva Castleman, the Museum's deputy director for curatorial affairs and organizer of the exhibition.

Resources:
The New Criterion online exhibition review
Press release for the exhibition in February 1991.
e-book
Exhibition history

ISBN:

9780810960893 (Abrams/trade edition)
0810960893 (Abrams/trade edition)
9780870701887 (clothbound)
0870701886 (clothbound)
9780870701894 (paperbound)
0870701894 (paperbound)

Subject:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Catalogues.
Art, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Art New York (State) New York Catalogs.
Nineteen forties Exhibitions.
Art New York (État) New York Catalogues.
Art 20e siècle Expositions.
Art
Art, Modern
Beeldende kunsten.
Art 1945-1970 Catalogues d'exposition.
New York (State) New York
Art, 20th Exhibitions

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogs
Exhibition catalogs
Books.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Castleman, Riva.
Davenport, Guy.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 62767
Call No.: ID EXHX; ID:91-B1263
Status: Available

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