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Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America

byHugh Eakin

Hugh Eakin recounts how modern European art gained acceptance in the United States through the long campaign around Pablo Picasso. Museum of Modern Art founder Alfred Barr and collector John Quinn championed work dismissed as radical, immoral, or incomprehensible, navigating customs law, wealthy patrons, dealers, critics, and cultural politics. The book follows exhibitions and acquisitions that changed American taste while Europe moved toward war. Eakin shows that artistic revolutions require institutions and strategic advocates as well as creators, and that Picasso's American triumph helped shift the center of the art world to New York.

Publisher

Crown Publishing Group, The

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780451498489