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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.
- 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 (some 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).
- Alternative Title
- Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach
- 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.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780300226218
- 0300226217
- LCCN
- ^^2016961001
- OCLC
- 969982155
- SCSB-9910145
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- Harvard Library