Forging a Modern IdentityMasters of American Painting born after 1847. The Detroit Institute of Arts
Published by GILES in association with the Detroit Institute of Arts
Publish Date — May 2005 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 304 pages, 310 x 235mm (9¼ x 12¼ in.), portrait
Illustrations — 129 colour illustrations
Paperback price — UK£40.00/US$70.00
ISBN — 1-904832-06-7
ISBN — 978-1-904832-06-5
Book Details (pdf) — Forging_A_Modern_identity.pdf
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Third in a series of titles co-published with the Detroit Institute of Arts, completing the study of American paintings in the museum’s outstanding collection, with 129 colour images of works by artist born after 1847
Features works by John Singer Sargent, Child Hassam, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, William Harnett, John Sloan, George Bellows, Marsden Hartley and John Marin
Includes and extensive bibliography and index
About the Book
This long-awaited publication, the third in a series of titles co-published with the Detroit Institute of Arts, completes the study of American paintings in the museum's outstanding collection with 129 colour images of works by artist born after 1847.
The American art collection at Detroit covers a broad range of artistic endeavours, but the strength of the American holdings is the painting collection. Especially strong are those paintings from the latter part of the 19th century and the beginnings of the 20th, which are the focus of this volume.
Signature works featured in this book include Sargent's Madame Paul Poirson and Mosquito Nets, Chase's Yield of the Waters, Hassam's Place Centrale and Fort Cabanas, Havana, Dewing's The Recitation, Sloan's McSorley's Bar, and Hartley's Log Jam, Penobscot Bay.
