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The long curve : 150 years of visionary collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Title
  1. The long curve : 150 years of visionary collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery / organized by Douglas Dreishpoon ; with contributions by Holly E. Hughes, Mariann W. Smith, Susana Tejada.
Published by
  1. Milano : Skira ; Buffalo, N.Y. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2011, ©2011.
Author
  1. Albright-Knox Art Gallery.

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Additional authors
  1. Dreishpoon, Douglas.
  2. Hughes, Holly E. (Holly Elizabeth)
  3. Smith, Mariann.
  4. Tejada, Susana.
  5. Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Description
  1. 265 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits (some color); 29 cm
Summary
  1. "An exquisite volume devoted to a distinguished collection of masterpieces from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Collection. This full-colour catalogue accompanies an international tour that features 70 twentieth-century paintings and sculptures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Collection, including masterpieces by Salvador Dal , Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and many others. Rich in illustrations the volume emphasizes the remarkable vitality, salience, and subversiveness of the twentieth-centurys best art. Insightful essays by leading scholars of twentieth-century art are illustrated with archival imagery and superb works from other areas of the Albright-Knox collection.
Alternative title
  1. 150 years of visionary collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
  2. One hundred fifty years of visionary collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Subject
  1. Albright-Knox Art Gallery > Catalogs
  2. Albright-Knox Art Gallery > History > Exhibitions
  3. Albright-Knox Art Gallery
  4. Albright-Knox Art Gallery > History
  5. Albright-Knox Art Gallery
  6. Art museums > Exhibitions > New York (State) > Buffalo
  7. Art, Modern > Exhibitions
  8. Art, Modern
  9. Art museums > Exhibitions
  10. New York (State) > Buffalo
Genre/Form
  1. catalogs (documents)
  2. Catalogs
  3. Exhibition catalogs
  4. History
  5. Catalogs.
  6. Catalogues.
Contents
  1. Foreword / Louis Grachos -- Preface / Douglas Dreishpoon -- Collecting history / Douglas Dreishpoon -- The impermanent collection: The Room of Contemporary Art, 1939-1971 / Susana Tejada -- Plates with notes on the works / Mariann W. Smith -- Visionary collecting: 150 years in the making / Holly E. Hughes -- Works in the exhibition -- Selected Bibliography / Susana Tejada and Gabriela Zoller.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Catalogue of the exhibition by the same name, held at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Nov 4, 2011-Mar 4, 2012.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographic references (p. 254-255) and index.