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collector, advocate, and visionary benefactor of the Museum of Modern Art
Collecting practice and institutional legacy of Lillie P. Bliss (1864-1931)
"The first comprehensive study of New York art patron and collector Lillie P. Bliss (1864-1931), examining her influential work as an art collector, advocate, and museum founder (MoMA). Combining archival materials, art market analysis, and the evolution of New York's museum scene, the book reconstructs Bliss's career, highlighting her influence on markets and taste. It also reevaluates MoMA's origins, demonstrating how her visionary bequest significantly contributed to the institution's growth and authority during its formative years"--
Introduction : Engaging with modern art, artists, and advocacy in progressive-era New York -- Collecting and exhibiting in a fractured world -- Achieving "a perfectly rounded thing" -- From dream to reality : a museum is born -- The Bliss bequest : "a big and generous idea" -- The rise and fall of the Bliss collection.
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024