Art of Tomorrow: Hilla von Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2005. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 20 to August 10, 2005; Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany, and Schlossmuseum Murnau, Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany, September 8, 2005 to January 15, 2006; and the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, Berlin, Germany, May 4 to July 30, 2006. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "A talented artist who studied in Munich, Berlin, and Paris, Hilla R embraced the idea of non-representational art as both a style and an aesthetic philosophy. At age 22 she began to exhibit and was introduced to the influential and avant-garde gallery Der Sturm in Berlin, where she was drawn to modern giants such as Marc Chagall, Vasily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee. When R moved to America in 1927, she was commissioned by Solomon R. Guggenheim to paint his portrait, and from that point she began her mission to enlighten him with the art she so fervently supported. R introduced Guggenheim to artists such as Kandinsky, and in 1937, he established the Solomon R. Guggenheim foundation for the magnificent collection he had purchased, based on R's advice. In 1939, he and R started the Museum of Non-objective painting, which, in 1959 opened as today's Guggenheim Museum in New York City. This catalogue, which accompanies the exhibition Art of Tomorrow: Hilla R and Solomon R. Guggenheim, shows R not only as a director and curator, but also as a prolific artist--her early abstract watercolors, drawings, abstract and figurative collages, and large-scale non-objective paintings are featured here. Also included are early masterpieces by R's artist colleagues and friends Arp, Bauer, Kandinsky, Richter, and others. Not only a testament to R's artistic and curatorial prowess, this book also gives touching insight into the extraordinary collaboration between her and Solomon R. Guggenheim, which resulted in one of the world's finest collections of early 20th century modernism." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. NEW/NEW. 4to. Collectible.