American art : 1908-1947, from Winslow Homer to Jackson Pollock /

American art : 1908-1947, from Winslow Homer to Jackson Pollock / edited by Éric de Chassey. - Paris : New York : Reunion des Musees Nationaux ; distributed by Harry N. Abrams, c2002. - 254 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Musee des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, from October 10 - December 31, 2001 and two other museums through June 23, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references.

Why has there been no great American art (before the triumph of abstract expressionism)? / by Éric de Chassey -- The great traditions of early modern American art / by Henry Adams -- The 1913 Armory Show : stakes, strategies, and reception of a media event / by Charlotte Laubard -- The art of light : colors, sounds, and technologies of light in the art of the synchromists / by Pascal Rousseau -- The machine between cult object and merchandise : photography and the industrial aesthetic in the United States during the interwar years / by Olivier Lugon -- Harlem Renaissance : the making of a black identity / by Elvan Zabunyan -- Jean Hélion and Albert E. Gallatin : one aspect of the exchanges between Europe and the United States / by Arnauld Pierre -- Transferal and synthesis : American biomorphism of the 1930s / by Guitemie Maldonado.

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Art, American--Exhibitions.
Art, Modern--United States--20th century--Exhibitions.

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