Modern Art in America 1908-68

By William C Agee

Book Overview

A radical re-evaluation of American modernism through four generations of artists and their work - now in paperback.

"That rarity of rarities, an opinionated but not eccentric scholarly history by a veteran museum curator whose every page crackles with original thinking and bears the stamp of a preternaturally sharp eye? Excellent reproductions and crisp typography complement the lucid prose." --Wall Street Journal

Twentieth-century art in America has long been understood in two very separate distinct halves: pre-World War II, often considered as inferior and provincial; and the triumphant, international post-war work that made a complete break with everything that went before. Agee discovers exciting new connections between artists and artworks, which strongly suggest that 1945 was not such a dividing line in art history after all. His fresh research offers an innovative approach and a brilliant take on art history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714875244
• ISBN13: 9780714875248
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.4" x 11.4"