An Eye on the Modern Century: Selected Letters of Henry McBride

by Henry McBride

Book Overview

Henry McBride (1867-1962) became a towering figure in art criticism during a long career that began in 1913--the year of the famous Armory Show in New York that opened American eyes to avant-garde developments in European art--and continued until the advent of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s and early 1950s. A sensitive and discerning observer of the changing cultural landscape, McBride not only wrote prolifically for publication but also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300083262
• ISBN13: 9780300083262
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.4"