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Author:

Riley, Caroline M., 1981- author.

Title:

MoMA goes to Paris in 1938 : building and politicizing American art / Caroline M. Riley.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

ix, 345 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm

Subject:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)--20th century--Exhibitions.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Three Centuries of American Art (Exhibition)--(1938 :--Musée du jeu de paume, France)
1900-1999
Art, American--Exhibitions.--20th century--Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index.

Contents:

What was Three Centuries of American Art? -- Loaning across oceans : symbolism, risk, and value -- Creating a contemporary American art history across centuries -- Art on paper -- Appendix : tables of artworks included in Three Centuries of American Art.

Summary:

"The book considers MoMA's first international exhibition, Three Centuries of American Art, on view in Paris in 1938. With over 750 artworks across media dating from 1609 to 1938, the exhibition displayed the politicization of American art and a museum's impact on the formation of American art history. It was the US government's first interaction with MoMA to use art to advance foreign policy. The book answers a fundamental question: How did Three Centuries locate and offer the heterogeneous mix that was American culture in the 1930s to an international audience grappling with its own political instabilities?"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0520386914
9780520386914

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1334947533

LCCN:

2022009986

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)