{"product_id":"hollywood-arensberg-avant-garde-collecting-in-midcentury-l-a-hardcover","title":"Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A. - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam H. Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEllen Hoobler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis comprehensive reconstruction and interpretation of Louise and Walter Arensberg's groundbreaking collection of modern and pre-Columbian art takes readers room by room, wall by wall, object by object through the couple's Los Angeles home in which their collection was displayed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Following the Armory Show of 1913, Louise and Walter Arensberg began assembling one of the most important private collections of art in the United States, as well as the world's largest private library of works by and about the philosopher Sir Francis Bacon. By the time Louise and Walter died--in 1953 and 1954, respectively--they had acquired some four thousand rare books and manuscripts and nearly one thousand works of art, including world-class specimens of Cubism, Surrealism, and Primitivism, the bulk of Marcel Duchamp's oeuvre, and hundreds of pre-Columbian objects. These exceptional works filled nearly all available space in every room of their house--including the bathrooms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Arensbergs have long had a central role in the histories of Modernism and collecting, but images of their collection in situ have never been assembled or examined comprehensively until now. Presenting new research on how the Arensbergs acquired pre-Columbian art and featuring never-before-seen images, \u003ci\u003eHollywood Arensberg \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates the value of seeing the Arensbergs' collection as part of a single vision, framed by a unique domestic space at the heart of Hollywood's burgeoning artistic scene.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Nelson is an author as well as design director and partner at the book design firm McCall Associates in New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e William H. Sherman is director of the Warburg Institute in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ellen Hoobler is the William B. Ziff, Jr., Associate Curator of the Art of the Americas at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 11.3 x 9.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768864407840,"sku":"9781606066669","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2358412ee0c120158ca86602e2686f21.webp?v=1780339222","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hollywood-arensberg-avant-garde-collecting-in-midcentury-l-a-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}