Surrealism and Modernism: From the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

by Eric Zafran and Paul Paret

Book Overview

The Wadsworth Atheneum's remarkable collection of twentieth-century art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This beautiful book showcases the museum's holdings and provides fascinating details about their acquisition.

In 1931, the famed Chick Austin, director of the Atheneum from 1929 to 1944, purchased works by Dal?, Calder, Picasso, Ernst, and others. Austin's successor, Charles Cunningham, added works by Stanley...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300102038
• ISBN13: 9780300102031
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.3"