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Picasso's war : the year the art world came to America / Hugh Eakin.
"The untold story of the exhibition that made America the center of the art world-and Picasso the most famous artist alive-in the shadow of World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780451498489
- ISBN: 0451498488
- Physical Description: 468 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2022]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-442) and index. |
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| Subject: | Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 > Appreciation > United States. Picasso : Forty Years of His Art (Exhibition) (1939-1940 : Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.) Artists. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Livingston County Library - Main Library | 709.2 EAKIN (Text) | 2601951524 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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Table of Contents
Picasso's War : How Modern Art Came to America
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface | p. ix | |
| Prologue | p. 3 | |
| Part I | ||
| 1 | Not in America | p. 11 |
| 2 | The Half-Life of a Painting | p. 20 |
| 3 | Paris, East | p. 25 |
| 4 | French Lessons | p. 36 |
| 5 | A Glimpse of the Lady | p. 43 |
| 6 | Cubism in Congress | p. 56 |
| 7 | The Chess Player and the Showman | p. 67 |
| 8 | End of an Idyll | p. 76 |
| 9 | The Grand Illusion | p. 85 |
| 10 | Cubists at War | p. 97 |
| 11 | A New Beginning | p. 108 |
| 12 | Do I Know This Man? | p. 120 |
| 13 | In Picasso's Garden | p. 131 |
| 14 | Ku Klux Criticism | p. 143 |
| 15 | Dangerous Liaisons | p. 152 |
| 16 | Dinner at Quinn's | p. 163 |
| 17 | The Last Battle | p. 173 |
| Part II | ||
| 18 | The Man Vanishes | p. 185 |
| 19 | The Very Modem Mr. Barr | p. 195 |
| 20 | "Had He Lived Another Decade ..." | p. 202 |
| 21 | A Museum of His Own | p. 211 |
| 22 | The Paris Project | p. 220 |
| 23 | "When a Picasso Wins All the Races ..." | p. 226 |
| 24 | The Balance of Power | p. 236 |
| 25 | Defeat | p. 248 |
| 26 | "Make Art ... German Again" | p. 259 |
| 27 | Connecticut Chic | p. 272 |
| 28 | "Risking My Life for My Work" | p. 284 |
| 29 | The Year Without Painting | p. 296 |
| 30 | Spanish Fury | p. 307 |
| 31 | "Such a Painting Could Never Again Be Had" | p. 321 |
| 32 | The Last of Paris | p. 334 |
| 33 | "More Important than War" | p. 348 |
| 34 | Escape | p. 362 |
| Epilogue | p. 378 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 389 | |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 395 | |
| Notes | p. 401 | |
| Text Permissions | p. 443 | |
| Photo Credits | p. 445 | |
| Index | p. 447 |
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