Twentieth-Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection

Lieberman, William S., ed., and Sabine Rewald, with contributions by Dawn Ades, John Ashbery, Jacques Dupin, John Golding, Lawrence Gowing, William S. Lieberman, Philippe de Montebello, Pierre Schneider, and Gary Tinterow (1989)

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Beginning in the early 1940s, Jacques and Natasha Gelman formed what is arguably the strongest private collection, in the world, of the art of the School of Paris. The eighty-one paintings, drawings, and bronzes in the Gelman collection, by thirty European artists, provide a remarkable survey of modern art, mainly in France, during the early decades of this century. The artists represented, often by several examples, include Bonnard, Braque, Dalí, Dubuffet, Matisse, Miró, and Picasso. Among the highlights arc Matisse's Young Sailor II (1906), perhaps the most famous of all Fauve portraits; Braque's Still Life with Banderillas (1911), a major Cubist painting; de Chirico's Jewish Angel (1916); and Dalí's Accommodations of Desires (1927), a picture that reveals much about the artist personally, in addition to serving as a pivotal work in the evolution of the Surrealist movement. Of great importance also are fourteen pictures by Picasso, dating from his youth to his old age.

This publication accompanies the first public exhibition of the Gelman's magnificent selection of master works. Sabine Rewald's texts examine these works closely, interpreting them individually as well as in their broader cultural context. New and interesting insights into each work are augmented by the large number of comparative photographs and by the provenance, bibliography, and exhibition histories given for every painting, drawing, and sculpture. The reader is thus presented with an extraordinarily rich overview of this most decisive period in twentieth-century art.

William S. Lieberman, chairman of the Department of 20th Century Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, has written an informal introduction that chronicles the Gelmans' collecting activity. Essays by Pierre Schneider, Lawrence Gowing, Gary Tinterow, and Dawn Ades focus on such topics as the School of Paris, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Also included are appreciations by Jacques Dupin, John Ashbery, and John Golding.

Table of contents

Foreword
Philippe de Montebello

Acknowledgments

Introduction
William S. Lieberman

Bonnard and the School of Paris in the Gelman Collection
Lawrence Gowing

The Gelmans and the Fauves
Pierre Schneider

A Case for Cubism
Gary Tinterow

The Gelman Braques
John Golding

The Visual Imperatives of Surrealism
Dawn Ades

Miró and the Gelman Collections
Jacques Dupin

Yves Tanguy
John Ashbery

The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
Sabine Rewald

The Century's Turn: 1895–1901

The Fauve Painters: 1905–1908

The Cubist Painters: 1906–1913

Tradition and Change: 1909–1919

The 1920s

The 1930s

Since 1940: Part One

Since 1940: Part Two

Recent Works: 1960–1980

Provenances, Exhibitions, and Bibliographic References

List of Exhibitions

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the authors

Sabine Rewald, author of the well-received Balthus and Paul Klee: The Berggruen Klee Collection, is Associate Curator in the Department of Twentieth-Century Art.

William S. Lieberman is Chairman of the Department of Twentieth-Century Art.

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