Screen LibraryArt for every home : associated American artists, 1934-2000 /
"This book will provide the first comprehensive and critical overview of Associated American Artists (AAA), the commercial enterprise best known as the publisher of prints by Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood. It addresses not only AAA's storied involvement in the sale...
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Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art,
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| Publisher Address: |
Manhattan, Kansas : New Haven : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This book will provide the first comprehensive and critical overview of Associated American Artists (AAA), the commercial enterprise best known as the publisher of prints by Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood. It addresses not only AAA's storied involvement in the sale of American prints via mail-order catalogue, but also its ongoing promotion of American art in a range of mediums over six decades. Through aggressive marketing of studio prints, reproductions of art, ceramics and textiles, and associations with corporate advertisers, AAA sought to bring "original" American art over the threshold of every American home"-- |
| Item Description: | "Published by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art on the occasion of the exhibition "Art for Every Home: Associated American Artists, 1934-2000." |
| Carrier Form: | 287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300215793 (hardback) : 0300215797 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | N8580 |
| CLC: | J171.21 |
| Call Number: | J171.21/A784 |
| Contents: |
A chronology of Associated American Artists, 1934-2000 / Delivering art to American homes : Associated American Artists and the two men who shaped it, 1934--84 / "Genuine acceptance" : Aaron Bohrod and Associated American Artists / Prints in the heartland : Raymond L. Budge / The Associated American Artists gallery setting / Cultural democracy/consumer democracy : New Deal printmaking and Associated American Artists, 1934-43 / Gelatones and paintagraphs : Associated American Artists and the color reproduction / "Art of every possible service" : Associated American Artists and corporate commissions during the war decade / John Steuart Curry's Our good earth / Associated American Artists and corporate patronage / Modern art for modern living : Associated American Artists and decorative home accessories / "Ceramic pieces in the mode of our day" : Stonelain and decorative taste in the American home, 1950-54 / "Apology areas," or How to decorate with pictures / Textile art for the masses / At Associated American Artists with Sylvan Cole Jr. / |