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Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters (HC)

By Jodi Hauptman, Michael Rooks, and Samantha Friedman

Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters highlights a selection of the most important and innovative artists of the twentieth century: Romare Bearden, Louise Bourgeois, Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Giorgio de Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol. The volume offers a wide-ranging view of modernism’s radical innovations, exploring the diverse ways that these artists have broken with tradition, invented original visual languages, and adopted new forms and new materials. Richly illustrated with works drawn entirely from the exceptional collection of The Museum of Modern Art, the publication also includes an introductory essay on the nature of a masterpiece, close readings of major works, and brief biographical sketches of each of the fourteen artists.

Hardcover. 192 pages. 186 illustrations.

Jodi Hauptman is a Curator in the Department of Drawings at The Museum of Modern Art.

Samantha Friedman is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings at The Museum of Modern Art.

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