The figure in American sculpture : a question of modernity / Ilene Susan Fort ; with contributions by Mary L. Lenihan [and others].

Author/creator Fort, Ilene Susan
Other author Lenihan, Mary L.
Other author Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles, Calif. : Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with University of Washington Press, ©1995.
Description247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction / Ilene Susan Fort -- The cult of Rodin and the birth of modernism in America / Ilene Susan Fort -- "Sculpture has never been thought a medium particularly feminine" / Marlene Park -- "Mere beauty no longer suffices" : the response of genre sculpture / Ilene Susan Fort -- Primitivism, folk art, and the exotic / Roberta K. Tarbell -- Creating the new black image / Mary L. Lenihan -- Avant-garde or kitsch? : modern and modernistic in American sculpture between the wars / Susan Rather.
Local noteLittle-295656--305131001812P
General noteCatalog of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 26-Apr. 30, 1995 and three others.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-239) and index.
LCCN 94072856
ISBN0295974370

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks NB1930 .F67 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold