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International Impulses: Douglas Cooper's The Cubist Epoch

Explore Cubism's international reach through the lens of Douglas Cooper's landmark exhibition The Cubist Epoch (1970–71) with Nicholas Sawicki.
Nicholas Sawicki
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Explore Cubism's international reach through the historic lens of Douglas Cooper's landmark exhibition The Cubist Epoch (1970–71) with Nicholas Sawicki, Associate Professor of Art History at Lehigh University and a Leonard A. Lauder Distinguished Scholar at The Met's Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art in spring 2019.

Introduction

Stephanie D’Alessandro, Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Curator in Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art

Recorded April 30, 2019.

Organized by the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art.

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