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Whitney Museum of American Art: Handbook of the Collection
An exciting guide to, and celebration of, the Whitney Museum and its outstanding collection of American art
This all-new handbook, a fresh look at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s collection, highlights the museum’s extraordinary holdings and its fascinating history. Featuring iconic pieces by artists such as Calder, Hopper, Johns, O’Keeffe, and Warhol—as well as numerous works by under-recognized individuals—this is not only a guide to the Whitney’s collection, but also a remarkable primer on modern and contemporary American art.
Beautifully illustrated with abundant new photography, the book pairs scholarly entries on 350 artists with images of some of their most significant works. The museum’s history and the evolution of its collection, including the Whitney’s important distinction as one of the few American museums founded by an artist, and the notion of “American” in relation to the collection, are covered in two short essays. Published to coincide with the Whitney’s highly anticipated move to a new facility in downtown New York in the spring of 2015, this book celebrates the museum’s storied past and vibrant present as it looks ahead to its future.
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
This all-new handbook, a fresh look at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s collection, highlights the museum’s extraordinary holdings and its fascinating history. Featuring iconic pieces by artists such as Calder, Hopper, Johns, O’Keeffe, and Warhol—as well as numerous works by under-recognized individuals—this is not only a guide to the Whitney’s collection, but also a remarkable primer on modern and contemporary American art.
Beautifully illustrated with abundant new photography, the book pairs scholarly entries on 350 artists with images of some of their most significant works. The museum’s history and the evolution of its collection, including the Whitney’s important distinction as one of the few American museums founded by an artist, and the notion of “American” in relation to the collection, are covered in two short essays. Published to coincide with the Whitney’s highly anticipated move to a new facility in downtown New York in the spring of 2015, this book celebrates the museum’s storied past and vibrant present as it looks ahead to its future.
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
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432 pages, Paperback
First published May 5, 2015
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April 30, 2017
I was gifted this book from my aunt who went to the Whitney. It's a really good book to have that gives a quick access to a lot of famous artists from and resided in the United States. I learned about a lot of artists I never heard before, and was pleasantly surprised and happy to see the artist I knew of. However I will say that it was underwhelming in the fact of the lack of ceramic artists represented. There was one ceramic piece actually shown in this 423 page book. So that was a bit disappointing. But it did include diversity and topics such as AIDs. There was one that I recall middle eastern artist, a few Central America. But that might not reflect the museum. But it was good that at least a couple were included. It would have been better to see some other types of Americans being represented.
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