Young, Mahonri Sharp (Hartley, Marsden; Maurer, Alfred; O'Keefe, Georgia; Stieglitz, Alfred et al.)

Early American Moderns: Painters of the Stieglitz Group

ISBN: 082301598X
New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. "The first American painters to be called "modernists"...were discovered in the early decades of (the twentieth) century by the great photographer, Alfred Stieglitz, whose galleries were the first to exhibit these pioneers of the modern movement. In this first book on the revolutionary painters of the Steiglitz circle, Mahonri Sharp Young, Director of the Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Arts, examines the life and work of each artist, and the role of Stieglitz as financial backer, spiritual supporter, and propagandist. Each artist is represented by a selection of his early work in full color." (from front flap) A survey of early modern American artists' lives & works by Mahonri Sharp Young (1911-1996), an esteemed American art historian, author, museum director & academician who was the son of noted sculptor Mahonri M. Young, & a grandson of Mormon leader Brigham Young. Large-format hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, first edition, "First Printing, 1974" as stated on copyright page. An elegant production, with chapters on Hartley Marsden, Alfred Maurer, Georgia O'Keefe & the many other venerable artists who grouped around their mentor & supporter Steiglitz; & a generous section of color reproductions of their key works opposite curatorial-explanatory text. From the collection of Barbara (1935-2023) & Irving (1933-2018) Nusbaum, world travellers, connoisseurs, eminent collectors of art (including by American modernists & impressionists such as Maurer) & books- the dearly beloved parents of this grieving writer. A most desirable & rewarding art-historical collectible in its rarest contemporary form, with distinguished provenance. See also our item No. 6396. Book in relatively quite near-fine condition with mild-to-moderate wear at edges & corners of front, back covers & spine incl. areas with loss of blue cloth esp. at lower corners, spine-edges & corners; light rubbing, browning & occasional spotting to edges of text block. Interior very fine with only slight browning to page leaves (mostly at blank margins/edges). Dust jacket (again relatively) good-to-near-fine with mild rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; mild-to-significant wear at edges & corners of same & flaps incl. tiny bumps, creases, partially closed tears & chips with slight-to-moderate loss of paper, surface paper esp. at upper edges, corners. An extra handling fee will be added for shipping due to the weight of this item. Near Fine / Good- Near Fine. [Item #6394]

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