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Title:

4 saints in 3 acts : a snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s / edited by Patricia Allmer and John Sears.

Publisher:

Manchester University Press ;

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxvii, 166 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Thomson, Virgil,--1896-1989.--Four saints in three acts.
Miller, Lee,--1907-1977.
Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964.
Lynes, George Platt,--1907-1955.
White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Lynes, George Platt,--1907-1955
Miller, Lee,--1907-1977
Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964
White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Four saints in three acts (Thomson, Virgil)
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--United States--History--20th century.
Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.
African American singers--20th century.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
Opera--United States--20th century.
Music.
Music.
African American singers.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Intellectual life.
Opera.
Photography, Artistic.
Race relations.
United States.
1900-1999
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Other Authors:

Allmer, Patricia, editor.
Sears, John, 1965- editor.
Photographers' Gallery, host institution.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Photographers' Studio, London. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Explores Virgil Thomason's 1934 opera Four Saints in Three Acts, focusing on the hitherto neglected significance of photography in documenting the opera and its all-African American cast, and examining the roles of fashion, dance, literature, and music in the opera's popular success; includes photographs by Lee Miller, Carl Van Vechten, George Platt Lynes, White Studio and others.

ISBN:

1526113031
9781526113030

OCLC:

(OCoLC)986237031

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)