Nexus New York: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis Tapa blanda - 2009

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Yale University Press, 2009-10-27. Paperback. Good.

Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition . Flexibind. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A crisp, clean Fine copy. 283 pp., profusely illustrated, chronology, endnotes, index. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context. The swiftly changing urban landscape before and between the World Wars inspired the erosion of artistic boundaries and fostered a new climate of modernist experimentation. Nexus New York focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America who entered into dynamic cultural and social dialogues with the American-based avant-garde and participated in the development of a new modern discourse. Featuring both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enríquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaquín Torres-Garcia, José Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell, contributing authors also discuss the specific environments in which… Leer más

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New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2009. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 283 pages. An examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context. The swiftly changing urban landscape before and between the World Wars inspired the erosion of artistic boundaries and fostered a new climate of modernist experimentation. Nexus New Yorkfocuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America who entered into dynamic cultural and social dialogues with the American-based avant-garde and participated in the development of a new modern discourse. Featuring both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enríquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaquín Torres-Garcia,José Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell, contributing… Leer más

New York & New Haven:: Museo del Barrio / Yale University Press, , (2009). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps (a new copy).. First printing, a trade paperback original. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio, New York, this is "an examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context.. . [It] focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America , both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enrquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaqun Torres-Garcia, Jose Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell. In addition to an introduction by Deborah Cullen, this includes several essays, among them "Art school as contact zone: Latin American artists and… Leer más

New York and New Haven, CT: Museo del Barrio; Yale University Press, 2009. 283 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Text in English and Spanish. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio, New York. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context. The swiftly changing urban landscape before and between the World Wars inspired the erosion of artistic boundaries and fostered a new climate of modernist experimentation. Nexus New York focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America who entered into dynamic cultural and social dialogues with the American-based avant-garde and participated in the development of a new modern discourse. Featuring both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enriquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Jose… Leer más

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to. 284, [4] pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Profusely illustrated in full color and black and white. Excellent, Near Fine copy.

Yale University Press in association with El Museo del Barrio, New York, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. Factory sealed. Edited by Deborah Cullen. With essays by Antonio Saborit, Katherine Manthorne, Cecilia de Torres, Elvis Fuentes, James Wechsler, Katy Rogers, and Michele Greet. 288p. Measures 8x10 inches. French Flaps. 29 black/white and 123 color illustrations. Catalog for October 17, 2009-February 28, 2010 exhibition at El Museo del Barrio, New York . Artists include Carlos Enríquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaquín Torres-Garcia, José Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell. A fascinating look at 20th-century modernism.