Auspicious vision : Edward Wales Root and American modernism / Mary E. Murray, Paul D. Schweizer, Michael D. Somple ; with an essay by Suzanne Smeaton and Lisa Koenigsberg ; John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler, principal photographers.
Title
Auspicious vision : Edward Wales Root and American modernism / Mary E. Murray, Paul D. Schweizer, Michael D. Somple ; with an essay by Suzanne Smeaton and Lisa Koenigsberg ; John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler, principal photographers.
"50th-anniversary commemoration of Edward Wales Root's bequest in late 1956 of 227 modern American paintings and drawings to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute's Museum of Art"--Provided by publisher.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Munson-William-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, N.Y., Oct. 14, 2007-Jan. 27. 2008.
Bibliography (note)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
committed to retain
Contents
Preface/Introduction -- 1. Auspicious vision : Edward Wales Root and American modernism / [by] Mary E. Murray and Paul D. Schweizer -- 2. Trends in Modern American framing : the Edward Wales Root Bequest, A case study / [by] Suzanne Smeaton and Lisa Koenigsberg -- 3. Catalogue of the Edward W. Root bequest / [by] Joseph Trovato, Mary E. Murray, Paul D. Schweizer, and Michael D. Somple -- 4. Appendix 1. Edward W. Root's gifts to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, 1949 to 1955 -- Appendix 2. Purchases and gifts of art from Grace Root between 1956 and 1964 -- 6. Appendix 3. Edward W. Root's gifts of art to the Addison Gallery of American Art, Everson Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art -- 7. Appendix 4. Edward W. Root's art library -- 8. Appendix 5. Edward W. Root's art bibliography : unpublished and published sources -- Bibliographic references/Index.