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The Art of Assemblage

William C. Seitz

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Catalog for the seminal exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art from October 2 - November 12, 1961.

Foreword by William C. Seitz, curator. Text includes "The Liberation of Words," which discusses the influence of poets Stéphane Mallarmé, Guillaume Apollinaire, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, and André Gide on the use of collage in art-making; and "The Liberation of Objects," which discusses the artists instrumental in the development of assemblage. Artists include: Eileen Agar, Arman, Jean Arp, J.T. Baargeld, John Baxter, Bruce Beasley, Lee Bontecou, Georges Braque, George Brecht, Andre Breton, Cesar, John Chamberlain, Jess, Bruce Conner, Joseph Cornell, Arthur Dove, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Marisol Escobar, Juan Gris, Raymond Hains, George Herms, Hannah Höch, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Louise Nevelson, Meret Oppenheim, Alfonso Ossorio, Eduardo Paolozzi, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Richard Pousette-Dart, Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Marital Raysse, Mimmo Rotella, Kay Sage, Niki de St. Phalle, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, David Smith, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely, and H.C. Westermann

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: hardbound

Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art

Release: May 14, 1961

The Art of Assemblage

William C. Seitz

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Catalog for the seminal exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art from October 2 - November 12, 1961.

Foreword by William C. Seitz, curator. Text includes "The Liberation of Words," which discusses the influence of poets Stéphane Mallarmé, Guillaume Apollinaire, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, and André Gide on the use of collage in art-making; and "The Liberation of Objects," which discusses the artists instrumental in the development of assemblage. Artists include: Eileen Agar, Arman, Jean Arp, J.T. Baargeld, John Baxter, Bruce Beasley, Lee Bontecou, Georges Braque, George Brecht, Andre Breton, Cesar, John Chamberlain, Jess, Bruce Conner, Joseph Cornell, Arthur Dove, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Marisol Escobar, Juan Gris, Raymond Hains, George Herms, Hannah Höch, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Louise Nevelson, Meret Oppenheim, Alfonso Ossorio, Eduardo Paolozzi, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Richard Pousette-Dart, Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Marital Raysse, Mimmo Rotella, Kay Sage, Niki de St. Phalle, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, David Smith, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely, and H.C. Westermann

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: hardbound

Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art

Release: May 14, 1961

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