Catalogue of Whitney Museum of American Art's permanent collection over a period of fifteen years. Works by artists such as Cy Twombly, Alexander Kalder, Georgia O'Keefe, Richard Serra, Louise Bourgeois, Arschile Gorky, Eva Hesse, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Edward Hopper and Nam June Paik. Initiated by Tom Armstrong, Director of WMAA, the impetus behind the publication was to, "determine the true nature of the institution... The permanent collection of a museum is an extension of the intellectual and aesthetic concerns of the institution's leaders..." Armstrong's introduction traces the roots of the Whitney establishment from its founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (from 1930 until 1942) to the present day. Nine essays by Susan Larsen (Curator of the Permanent Collection) on different aspects of the American Modern Art scene, including Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism and Geometric Abstraction.

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Tom ARMSTRONG,

Susan LARSEN

publisher

Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, United States)

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EX.USA.ARP

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English

Keyword

private collection, museum, group exhibition

Publication/Creation date

1989

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catalogue

Chapter headings

Introduction - Tom ARMSTRONG

Anecdotal Reminiscences - Tom ARMSTRONG

Early American Modernism - Susan LARSEN

Geometric and Biomorphic Abstraction - Susan LARSEN

The American Scene and Figurative Surrealism - Susan LARSEN

Abstract Expressionism - Susan LARSEN

Neo-Dada, Pop Art, and Figurative Realism - Susan LARSEN

Postwar Sculpture: Assemblage and Expressionism - Susan LARSEN

Minimalism and Reductive Abstraction - Susan LARSEN

Post-Minimalism - Susan LARSEN

Neo-Expressionism and Conceptual Narrative - Susan LARSEN

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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States	1989

Artist

Isamu NOGUCHI, 野口勇,

Namjune PAIK, 백남준

Organiser

Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, United States)

Art in Place: Fifteen Years of Acquisitions

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