The Eye of Duncan Phillips; A Collection in the Making

by Edited by Erika D. Passantino and David W. Scott

• ISBN13: 9780300080902
• ISBN10: 0300080905
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-10-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This book is both a survey of the major European and American works in The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and a guide to the museum's holdings and significance. A study of the history of taste in twentieth-century America, it documents the evolution of modernism as well as the pivotal role played by Duncan Phillips (1886-1966) as a critic and collector.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Editor's Preface
Notes to the Reader
Art and Intimacy	p. 1
The Evolution of a Critic: Changing Views in the Writings of Duncan Phillips	p. 9
A Collection in the Making	p. 25
Sources of Modernism	p. 35
France in the Late Nineteenth Century	p. 79
The American Vision
The American Tradition and American Impressionism	p. 127
Duncan Phillips and the American Popular Tradition	p. 169
Modernism in France
Bonnard, Matisse, and the School of Paris	p. 185
Braque, Picasso, Other Cubists	p. 233
The Dreier Gift and Other European Modernists	p. 267
The Spirit of Revolt and the Beginning of American Modernism	p. 307
Duncan Phillips and American Modernism: The Continuing Legacy of the Experiment Station	p. 375
The American Scene: Realism and Social Concern	p. 453
Painting in Europe After the Second World War	p. 503
American Art After the Second World War	p. 549
The Phillips Collection and Art in Washington
Washington and Baltimore Artists from the 1930s Through the 1950s	p. 607
Washington Art in the 1960s and Beyond	p. 637
Exhibitions at The Phillips Collection	p. 659
The Published and Unpublished Writings of Duncan Phillips	p. 675
Entry Contributors	p. 682
Museum Publications	p. 683
Frequently Cited Names and Institutions	p. 684
Notes and References	p. 685
Acknowledgments	p. 810
Index	p. 812
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