Inventing abstraction, 1910-1925 : how a radical idea changed modern art / Leah Dickerman ; with contributions by Matthew Affron [and 22 others].

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2012.Description: 375 pages (4 folded) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500239025 (hbk.) :
  • 0500239029
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
Summary: 'Inventing Abstraction' explores the development of abstraction from the moment of its declaration around 1912 to its establishment as the foundation of avant-garde practice in the mid-1920s. The book brings together many of the most influential works in abstraction's early history to draw a cross-media portrait of this watershed moment in which traditional art was reinvented in a wholesale way.
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Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 23rd December 2012 - 15th April 2013.

Text on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Inventing Abstraction' explores the development of abstraction from the moment of its declaration around 1912 to its establishment as the foundation of avant-garde practice in the mid-1920s. The book brings together many of the most influential works in abstraction's early history to draw a cross-media portrait of this watershed moment in which traditional art was reinvented in a wholesale way.

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