December 19, 2024

Collecting as Modernist Practice

28 minutes

This excerpt from "Collecting as Modernist Practice.pdf" examines the intersection of art collecting and the modernist movement in the United States during the early 20th century. The author analyzes various modernist collections, including those of Albert Barnes, Duncan Phillips, and John Quinn, exploring how these collections shaped the definition and institutionalization of modernism. The study also investigates the role of literary anthologies, like those edited by Ezra Pound and Alfred Kreymborg, as competing and complementary forms of cultural production alongside art collections. Furthermore, the text explores how these collecting practices reflect broader social and political anxieties of the era, as evidenced by critical responses from figures like György Lukács and Laura Riding and Robert Graves. The author ultimately argues that modernist collecting itself became a paradigmatic form of modernist practice, impacting the subsequent development of art museums and university archives.

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