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Modernism and Memory

Rhoda Pritzker and the Art of Collecting
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This book is a glorious celebration of Rhoda Pritzker’s collection of 20th-century British art, much of which has been donated to the Yale Center for British Art. Pritzker, who was born in Manchester in1914 and emigrated to the United States during the Blitz, was an avid and daring collector of paintings, sculptures, and drawings. Keen to support artists whose reputations were still emerging, and loyal to no single school or style, she developed a unique and impressively diverse collection. While Pritzker most actively purchased pieces in the 1950s and 1960s, her collection offers a fascinating window onto postwar artistic production. Beautifully illustrated, this catalogue features a number of unpublished works and archival materials. Among the artists discussed are key figures, including L. S. Lowry, Barbara Hepworth, Anthony Caro, and Henry Moore, as well as lesser-known artists. The texts elucidate the factors that made Pritzker’s method of collecting so singular—namely her relationship to an evolving transatlantic artistic community and the deeply personal nature of the works she procured. Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art Exhibition Schedule: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (05/11/2016-08/21/2016)

Author Biography:

Ian Collins is a curator and independent art writer. Eleanor Hughes is deputy director for Art & Program at the Walters Art Museum and former associate director of Exhibitions and Publications at the Yale Center for British Art.
Release date NZ
May 3rd, 2016
Author
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Contributions by Eric Stryker
  • Contributions by Frances Spalding
  • Contributions by Sam Shaw
  • Edited by Eleanor Hughes
  • Edited by Ian Collins
  • Preface by Margo Howard
Illustrations
224 color illus.
Pages
224
Dimensions
25x29x3
ISBN-13
9780300214871
Product ID
24148005

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