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Visionaries : creating a modern Guggenheim / Megan Fontanella

Catalog Data

Author:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation  Search this
Curator:
Fontanella, Megan M.  Search this
Host institution:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this
Sponsor:
Lavazza (Firm)  Search this
Subject:
Guggenheim, Solomon R (Solomon Robert) 1861-1949  Search this
Rebay, Hilla 1890-1967  Search this
Dreier, Katherine Sophie 1877-1952  Search this
Nierendorf, Karl  Search this
Thannhauser, Justin 1892-1976  Search this
Guggenheim, Peggy 1898-1979  Search this
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation  Search this
Physical description:
311 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Italy
Venice
Date:
2017
19th century
20th century
Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim, organized by Megan Fontanella, Curator, Collections and Provenance, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 10-September 6, 2017."
Contents:
Modern in the Best Sense: Six Pioneering Collectors / Megan Fontanella -- Thannhauser Collection -- Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection -- The Hilla Rebay Collection -- Estate of Katherine S. Dreier -- Peggy Guggenheim Collection -- The Collectors
Summary:
Exhibition catalog featuring late nineteenth- through mid-twentieth-century works from the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which coincides with the eightieth anniversary of its establishment in 1937. The show traces the activities of six pioneering arts patrons who helped shape the Guggenheim Foundation's holdings when each of their prized personal collections was joined with this public insitution. Francesca lavazza.
Topic:
Art, Modern--Collectors and collecting  Search this
Art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1077286