Named_CollectionRoland Penrose
TitleArt; Modernism: Articles on Modernism
LevelFile
FormatNewscutting
Date1939 - 1968
Ref_NoGMA A35/1/1/RPA14
Description/1. 'Is Modernism Modern?' New York Times, 12.3.1939, cutting, full page, illustrated. Comparison of Modernism with ancient & ethnographic art, with reference to exhibition 'Sources of Modern Art' at Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Includes Picasso's 'Negro Dancer' ('Danseuse Nègre'), which was at that time in the Roland Penrose Collection. /2. 'A Round Table on Modern Art Life', n.d. (c.1950), cutting, p.54-80 (not all present). /3. 'The New Shapes: Huge, Wild, Pure', n.d. (1960s?), cutting, 6p. Mainly illustrations of sculptures at American museums. /4. Lucie-Smith, Edward. 'Is Today's Art Here to Stay?', The Times, 30.7.1968. cutting, 4p. (the article is on one page only but it is the probable reason for keeping the cutting). /5. Wolfe, Tom, 'The Painted Word', Harpers & Queen, n.d., cutting, 6p., inscribed by Toto(?).
Extent5 items
RepositoryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art Archive
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