Dada in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

About this book

This publication the first devoted exclusively to The Museum of Modern Arts unrivaled Dada collection features some seventy works-books collages drawings films paintings photographs photomontages prints readymades and reliefs-in large reproductions accompanied by in-depth object-focused essays by an interdepartmental group of the Museums curators. Catalyzed by the major Dada exhibition that appeared in 2005 and 2006 in Paris and Washington D.C. and at MoMA the book benefits from new scholarship generated by the extraordinary opportunity the exhibition created for an international community of scholars to examine the Museums objects beside those on loan from other institutions. The books unique object-centered approach provides unparalleled access to the themes at the heart of this revolutionary movement. An illustrated essay by Anne Umland Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum traces MoMAs history of collecting exhibiting and publishing Dada work; it is complemented by a detailed chronology. Dada in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art is the ninth volume of Studies in Modern Art the Museums publication series devoted to scholarly research on its collection