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A new American sculpture, 1914-1945 : Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach

Title

A new American sculpture, 1914-1945 : Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach / edited by Andrew J. Eschelbacher ; essays by Andrew J. Eschelbacher, Michaela R. Haffner, Ronald Harvey, Shirley Reece-Hughes, Roberta K. Tarbell.

Publication

Portland, Maine : Portland Museum of Art ; Fort Worth, Texas : Amon Carter Museum of American Art, [2017]
New Haven : Yale University Press
©2017

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Description

xiii, 185 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

This is the first publication to situate the individual contributions of Gaston Lachaise, Robert Laurent, Elie Nadelman, and William Zorach into a compelling constellation of artists with shared aesthetic and social concerns. Although each European-born, American artist cultivated his own distinct style, their creative priorities were all deeply rooted in quiet composition, synthetic approaches to anatomy, and architectural unity of curves and volume. At a time when abstract forms were popular, Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach were all ultimately in favor of maintaining the integrity of the human body to explore modernist styles. This handsome book underscores their unrelenting search for a novel American visual tradition at the intersection of modernism, historic visual culture, and contemporary popular imagery. Exhibition: Portland Museum of Art, Portland, USA (26.05-03.09.2017); Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, USA (17.02-13.05.2018).

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Catalog of an exhibition held at Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, May 26-September 8, 2017; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, October 14, 2017-January 7, 2018; and at Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, February 17-May 13, 2018.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-177) and index.

Contents

Paris and the birth of a new American sculpture / Andrew J. Eschelbacher -- Embracing American folk / Shirley Reece-Hughes -- Modernism becomes mainstream: the increasing acceptance of the new American sculptors / Roberta K. Tarbell -- On the surface: innovations of material and technique / Andrew J. Eschelbacher and Ronald Harvey.

Call Number

JQF 17-1352

ISBN

9780300226218
0300226217

LCCN

2016961001

OCLC

969982155

Title

Publisher

Portland, Maine : Portland Museum of Art ; Fort Worth, Texas : Amon Carter Museum of American Art, [2017]

Distributor

New Haven : Yale University Press

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-177) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Eschelbacher, Andrew J., editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Haffner, Michaela R., writer of supplementary textual content.

Harvey, Ronald (Ronald Stephen), writer of supplementary textual content.

Reece-Hughes, Shirley, writer of supplementary textual content.

Tarbell, Roberta K., writer of supplementary textual content.

Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935. Sculptures. Selections.

Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970. Sculptures. Selections.

Nadelman, Elie, 1882-1946. Sculptures. Selections.

Zorach, William, 1889-1966. Works. Selections.

Portland Museum of Art, organizer, host institution.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, host institution.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, organizer, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 17-1352

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