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2010 · réf. 226415 — New Haven Conn. : Yale University Press : Hartford Conn. : In association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 2010. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 208 pages; Physical description; vii 208 p. : ill. some col. ; 31 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition also held at the Amon Carter Museum Fort Worth 27 Feb. - 30 May 2010; and Portland Museum of Art Maine June 22-Sept. 12 2010. Biogs. ; exhibs. ; colls. Catalogue of an exhibition held at 27 Feb. - 30 May 2010. Includes bibliographical references p. 202 and index. Contents; Partial contents Galvanizing Hartford : the history of the American modern watercolors and drawings collection and its patrons / Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser -- Modernism and antimodernism : works on paper in the age of Austin / Carol Troyen -- Progressive and avant-garde artists -- Regionalism social realism and American visions -- Surrealism and neo-romanticism -- Postwar abstraction and the resurgence of realism. Partial contents Includes works by Charles E. Burchfield Charles Demuth Arthur G. Dove Edward Hopper John Marin David Smith Pavel Tchelitchew Mark Tobey and other artists. Summary; American Moderns on Paper presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolors pastels and drawings by leading American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. Works by Sloan O'Keeffe Hopper Marin Dali and Wyeth among many others serve as notable examples of the various styles and subjects pursued by artists in America from 1910 to 1960. The catalogue entries are accompanied by artist biographies. Organized chronologically and generously illustrated throughout the catalogue is introduced by two essays exploring the historical significance of the collection and the importance to American modernists of working on paper rather than canvas. Providing a rich history of the collection the volume illuminates not only its historic roots but also the concurrent national evolution of interest in watercolor and drawings.Biography; Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser is Chief Curator and Krieble Curator of American Painting and Sculpture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford. Carol Troyen is Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Erin Monroe is Curatorial Fellow in the Department of American Painting and Sculpture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Subjects; Burchfield Charles Ephraim 1893-1967. Demuth Charles 1883-1935. Dove Arthur Garfield 1880-1946. Hopper Edward 1882-1967. Marin John 1870-1953. Smith David 1906-1965. Tchelitchew Pavel 1898-1957. Tobey Mark 1890-1976. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press : Hartford, Conn. : In association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art hardcover