A beautiful presentation of fifty masterworks of late 19th- to mid-20th-century avant-garde European art from one of Americas most distinguished private collections
Czanne and the Modern showcases fifty masterworks of late 19th- to mid-20th-century avant-garde European art from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection, one of the most distinguished private collections of modern art in the United States. Among the iconic images represented are Paul Czannes Mont Sainte-Victoire , Vincent van Goghs Tarascon Stagecoach , and Amedeo Modiglianis portrait of Jean Cocteau, as well as an outstanding suite of sixteen watercolors by Czanne. The volume opens with Henry Pearlmans Reminiscences of a Collector, a fascinating first-person narrative, newly annotated to identify key individuals and dates mentioned in the text. An essay by art historian Rachael Z. DeLue places Pearlman in the context of mid-20th-century American collecting, and a detailed chronology illuminates Pearlmans collecting practices in relation to noteworthy events in the art world. A series of sixteen brief essays by leading scholars focuses on each of the represented artists and their works, richly illustrated with sumptuous color plates, select details, and numerous comparative images. A comprehensive checklist documenting each of the worksincluding detailed provenance, exhibition history, bibliographic references, and commentary by a conservatorrounds out this handsome volume, which is published to accompany the first international tour of this important collection.

Manet to Modigliani : masterpieces of European art from the Pearlman collection

Friedman, Jane, editor; Herson, Sharon, editor; Walen, Audrey, editor; Ashmolean Museum, host institution; Musée Granet, host institution; High Museum of Art, host institution; Vancouver Art Gallery, host institution; Princeton University. Art Museum, host institution

Jane Friedman; Sharon Herson; Audrey Walen; Paul Cézanne; Ashmolean Museum; Musée Granet; High Museum of Art; Vancouver Art Gallery; Princeton University Art Museum

Paul Cézanne; Jane Friedman; Ashmolean Museum

Rachael Ziady DeLue

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Brandywine River Museum

Mariners' Museum, The

United States, United States of America

Annotated, 2014-06-03

Annotated, PS, 2014

New Haven, 2014

This book showcases fifty masterworks of late 19th- to mid-20th-century avant-garde European art from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection, one of the most distinguished private collections of modern art in the United States. Among the iconic images represented are Paul Cezanne's ‘Mont Sainte-Victoire‘ (ca. 1902), Vincent van Gogh's ‘Tarascon Stagecoach‘ (1888), and Amedeo Modigliani's portrait of Jean Cocteau (1916-17), as well as an outstanding suite of sixteen watercolours by Cezanne. The volume opens with Henry Pearlman's ‘Reminiscences of a Collector’, a fascinating first-person narrative, newly annotated to identify key individuals and dates mentioned in the text. An essay by art historian Rachael DeLue places Pearlman in the context of mid-20th-century American collecting, and a detailed chronology illuminates Pearlman's collecting practices in relation to noteworthy events in the art world. A series of fifteen brief essays by leading scholars focuses on each of the represented artists and their works, richly illustrated with sumptuous colour plates, select details, and numerous comparative images.0Exhibition: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK (13.3.-22.6.2014) / Musée Grant, Aix-en-Provence, France (11.7.-5.10.2014) / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA (25.10.2014-11.1.2015) / Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada (7.2.-18.5.2015) / Princeton University Art Museum, USA (12.9.2015-3.1.2016)

xv, 303 pages : 30 cm
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, held at Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, March 13-June 22, 2014, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, July 11-October 5, 2014, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 25, 2014-January 11, 2015, Vancouver Art Gallery, February 7-May 18, 2015, and Princeton University Art Museum, September 12 2015-January 3, 2016
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-301)

2023-06-28