Making Modernism: Picasso and the Creation of the Market for Twentieth-century ArtPicasso's stature as the foremost artist of this century is inseparable from his profound engagement with the art market. In making modernism, Michael C. Fitzgerald illustrates how Picasso enhanced his reputation in the art world - and in so doing transformed that world - by adroitly orchestrating the commercial presentation of his work. Drawing on previously unpublished correspondence between Picasso and his dealers and museum curators. Fitzgerald follows the artist from his search for a gallery in Paris through his acceptance by the renowned dealers Paul Rosenberg and Georges Wildenstein to the acclaimed 1939 retrospective of his work at the museum of modern art in New York. As a leader of the avant-garde, Picasso was a model for other artists, and Fitzgerald's analysis of his commercial strategies reveals the modern-art market to be no mere site of exchange but the dynamo of the art world, where critics, collectors, and curators join with artists and dealers to confer artistic standing. Rich in anecdote and observation, Making Modernism is a groundbreaking book, one that changes our view of the artist's studio, the dealer's gallery, and the world's great museums - indeed, our view of art itself. |
Contents
THE SKIN OF THE BEAR | 15 |
TOGETHER WE WILL BE INVINCIBLE | 47 |
THE ULTRA CHIC | 80 |
THE ETERNAL PERSONIFICATION OF YOUTH | 133 |
LORD OF THE JEALOUS WOOD | 190 |
Other editions - View all
Making Modernism: Picasso and the Creation of the Market for Twentieth ... Michael C. FitzGerald No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
acclaim aesthetic Alfred Barr America André Breton André Level André Salmon appeared art world Atheneum avant-garde ballet Barr's Bignou bought Braque canvases casso catalogue classical collectors contemporary art critics Cubism curators Dale Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler December Demoiselles Doucet drawings early Errazuriz Everett Austin Family of Saltimbanques francs French Galeries Georges Petit Georges Petit Harlequin Impressionist included January Jean Cocteau Juan Gris June Kahnweiler Kahnweiler's Koklova Laurencin Léonce Rosenberg loans Matisse Matisse's Mercure Modern Art monument Musée Picasso Museum of Modern Neoclassical Neoclassicism November Nudes painter paintings Paris Paul Rosenberg Peau de l'Ours Picasso Archive Picasso exhibition Picasso show Picasso's career Picasso's studio Pierre Daix portrait Post-Impressionists Private collection purchases Quinn Reber recent relationship Renoir reputation retrospective role Rose period Rosenberg to Picasso rue La Boétie Salon sculpture sell sold Stein style summer Surrealism Surrealists Tériade Three Musicians Vollard Wildenstein Woman York Zervos Zurich