The Museum of Non-Objective Painting

The Museum of Non-Objective Painting

The Museum of Non-Objective Painting

Hilla Rebay and the Origins of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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9780892073931

    Karole Vail

    Tracey Bashkoff

    06-Jul-2009

    Flexibound PLC (no jacket)

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Considering in depth the origins of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum when it was first known as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, this volume reveals for the first time the museum s complex and sometimes twisted architectural history and the ambitious exhibition programme organized by Hilla Rebay, the museum s founding Director and Curator from 1939 to 1952. Through the extensive correspondence between Rebay and Rudolf Bauer  the artist whose work Guggenheim collected exhaustively  Karol Vail reveals the important role Bauer played in envisioning the collection and the museum. Fully illustrated throughout, and featuring extensive previously unpublished archival materials, this book provides essential reading and a rich reference of the Guggenheim s multifaceted and fascinating history.

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