
An Eye on the Modern Century Selected Letters of Henry McBride Henry McBride, Steven Watson, Catherine J. Morris
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- Series:
- Henry McBride Series in Modernism and Modernity
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication date:
- 11 Dec 2000
- ISBN:
- 9780300083262
- Imprint:
- Yale University Press
- Dimensions:
- 384 pages: 235 x 156mm
- Illustrations:
- 24 b-w illus.
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Closely allied to the pivotal circles that shaped modern culture, McBride counted among his correspondents such friends as Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten, the Stettheimer sisters, Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Demuth, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Marianne Moore. His letters, along with the biographical introduction, headnotes, and rich annotation provided in this volume, present a unique perspective on twentieth-century modernism by one of its most ardent supporters.
?Witty, engaging, and thoroughly likable, McBride seemed to know everyone of significance. His letters provide an insider?s perspective on the elite cultural world in which he was an active participant?a world which no longer exists.??Barbara Haskell, Whitney Museum of American Art
"Not only was Henry McBride a great art critic, helping modernism get a foothold in this country, but he was a beloved friend to artists, collectors, and connoisseurs. This book gives us the everyday McBride in warm and astute correspondence with great ?moderns? of the early 20th century. He comes alive as a sensitive and artful human being."?Wanda M. Corn, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor in Art History, Stanford University
?An intimate look at the critic known for his accessible style, which avoided academic jargon while incorporating a broad range of cultural references. . . . One can see in his amusing letters the same wit and wry observation that characterized his criticism and helped make it so readable and discerning. Critics of our own time could profit from his example.??Lynda Hammes, Art & Auction
?With the assistance of McBride?s longtime companion, the editors bring insight to the introduction, selection, editing, and arrangement of the letters and to a biographical chapter on McBride and paragraph-length sketches on his friends. . . . This highly recommended work supports research on art criticism and 20th-century culture.??Choice
This highly recommended work supports research on art criticism and 20th-century culture.
?Whether the fare was Virgil Thomson?s opera Four Saints in Three Acts, Picasso?s or Marcel Duchamp?s paintings or Gertrude Stein?s prose, critic Henry McBride was noted for his friendly, upbeat acceptance of modernist art, literature and music in such avant-garde periodicals as the Dial. . . . Students and less formal fans of modernism will want to check out this informal champion?s quotidian.??Publishers Weekly
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