A curator's quest : building the collection of painting and sculpture of the Museum of Modern Art, 1967-1988 /

"The distinguished curator, critic, collector, art historian, and teacher William Rubin was a forceful presence for over two decades at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from the late 1960s through the 1980s. He was extraordinarily successful at acquiring for the collection such monuments of mode...

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Main Author: Rubin, William, 1927-2006
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Overlook Duckworth, [2011]
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ISBN:9781590201176 (U.S.) :
1590201175 (U.S.)
9781468300772 (UK)
1468300776 (UK)
9780715639818 (UK)
0715639811 (UK)
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Ronald S. Lauder
  • Preface / Richard E. Oldenburg
  • Introduction and Acknowledgements: The Shaping of a Professional Memoir / Phyllis Hattis Rubin
  • A Curator's Quest / William Rubin
  • Notes to the Text
  • Plates: Key Acquisitions for the Museum of Modern Art
  • The Pioneers of Modernism / William Rubin.