{"product_id":"the-socit-anonyme-modernism-for-america","title":"The Socit Anonyme: Modernism for America","description":"\u003cp\u003eA visual feast of modern European and American art from one of the twentieth centurys most extraordinary collections  This beautifully illustrated book highlights the unique history of The Socit Anonyme  Inc.  an organization founded in 1920 by the artists Katherine S. Dreier (18771952)  Marcel Duchamp (18871968)  and Man Ray (18901976). As Americas first experimental museum for modern art  the Socit Anonyme provided a means for artists  rather than historians  to chronicle the rise of modernism. Led by Dreier and Duchamp  the group eventually assembled a collection of more than one thousand artworks  which it presented to the public in a variety of innovative programs  publications  and exhibitions.  The incredible collection of the Socit Anonyme now belongs to the Yale University Art Gallery  a gift from the Socit and Dreier. It features the work of more than one hundred artists  many of whom are among the centurys most renownedincluding Jean Arp  Duchamp  Max Ernst  Wassily Kandinsky  Paul Klee  El Lissitzky  Piet Mondrian  Man Ray  Kurt Schwitters  and Joseph Stellaas well as works by lesser-known artists whose contributions to modernism are substantial.  With new archival information  including personal correspondence between Dreier and the artists whose work she assembled  a host of previously unpublished images  essays by leading scholars  and an interview with artists Robert and Sylvia Mangold about the contemporary significance of this collection  this fascinating book is essential to our understanding of the reception and interpretation of modernism in America.  Published in association with the Yale University Art Gallery  Exhibition Schedule: Dallas Museum of Art (June 10  2007  September 16  2007)  Frist Center for the Visual Arts  Nashville (October 26  2007  February 3  2008)  Hammer Museum  Los Angeles (April 23  August 13  2006)  The Phillips Collection  Washington  D.C. (October 14  2006January 21  2007)  Yale University Art Gallery (2011)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985937920053,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300109210","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300109214.jpg?v=1770878234","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-socit-anonyme-modernism-for-america","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}