American artists, authors, and collectors : the Walter Pach letters, 1906-1958

As An Artist, Author, Critic, Consultant, Teacher, And Museum Lecturer, Walter Pach Was Instrumental In Shaping America's Attitudes Toward Modern Art During The First Half Of The Twentieth Century. In American Artists, Authors, And Collectors, Bennard Perlman Offers Selections From Pach's Lifelong Correspondence With Such Important Figures As Marcel Duchamp, Alfred Stieglitz, Arthur B. Davies, Walter Arensberg, Duncan Phillips, And Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. The Letters' Range, As Well As Their Content, Reveal The Extent Of Pach's Influence And Provide Insight Into A Significant Era In The Development And Emergence Of American Art As A World Force. Also Included Are An Introduction And Overview Of Pach's Life, As Well As Headnotes On Each Correspondent And Footnotes That Illuminate And Explain Items Of Interest In Each Of The Letters.--jacket. The Letters -- Walter C. Arensberg -- The Armory Show: Frederic C. Torrey -- Bernard Berenson -- Van Wyck Brooks -- Bryson Burroughs -- Arthur B. Davies -- Katherine Dreier -- Marcel Duchamp -- Susan Macdowell Eakins -- Arthur Burdett Frost Jr. -- Childe Hassam -- Robert Henri -- Fiske Kimball -- Alice Klauber -- Lewis Mumford -- Duncan Phillips -- Maurice Prendergast -- John Quinn -- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller -- Albert Pinkham Ryder -- Paul J. Sachs -- Morton L. Schamberg -- Charles Sheeler -- John Sloan -- Michael Stein -- Alfred Stieglitz -- J. Alden Weir. Bennard B. Perlman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 397-404) And Index. Sharing for the first time the life-long correspondence between Walter Pach—artist, author, art critic, art consultant, teacher, museum lecturer—and many of the most influential members of the literary and art worlds of his day, this book reveals Pach to be one of the unsung heroes who promoted European and American modern art during the first half of the twentieth century.