American moderns on paper : masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art / edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser ; with essays and entries by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Erin Monroe, and Carol Troyen

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press : Hartford, Conn. : In association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2010. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 208 pages; Physical description; vii, 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition also held at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 27 Feb. - 30 May 2010; and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, June 22-Sept. 12, 2010. Biogs. ; exhibs. ; colls. Catalogue of an exhibition held at 27 Feb. - 30 May 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 202) and index. Contents; Partial contents Galvanizing Hartford : the history of the American modern watercolors and drawings collection and its patrons / Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser -- Modernism and antimodernism : works on paper in the age of Austin / Carol Troyen -- Progressive and avant-garde artists -- Regionalism, social realism, and American visions -- Surrealism and neo-romanticism -- Postwar abstraction and the resurgence of realism. Partial contents Includes works by Charles E. Burchfield, Charles Demuth, Arthur G. Dove, Edward Hopper, John Marin, David Smith, Pavel Tchelitchew, Mark Tobey, and other artists. Summary; American Moderns on Paper presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolors, pastels, and drawings by leading American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. Works by Sloan, O'Keeffe, Hopper, Marin, Dali, and Wyeth, among many others, serve as notable examples of the various styles and subjects pursued by artists in America from 1910 to 1960. The catalogue entries are accompanied by artist biographies. Organized chronologically, and generously illustrated throughout, the catalogue is introduced by two essays exploring the historical significance of the collection and the importance to American modernists of working on paper, rather than canvas. Providing a rich history of the collection, the volume illuminates not only its historic roots, but also the concurrent national evolution of interest in watercolor and drawings.Biography; Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser is Chief Curator and Krieble Curator of American Painting and Sculpture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Carol Troyen is Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Erin Monroe is Curatorial Fellow in the Department of American Painting and Sculpture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Subjects; Burchfield, Charles Ephraim 1893-1967. Demuth, Charles 1883-1935. Dove, Arthur Garfield 1880-1946. Hopper, Edward 1882-1967. Marin, John 1870-1953. Smith, David 1906-1965. Tchelitchew, Pavel 1898-1957. Tobey, Mark 1890-1976.