Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye
Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye is Curator of Education and Academic Outreach at Yale Center for British Art and the former Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman–Joan Whitney Payson Senior Fellow at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Reynolds-Kaye, Jennifer
Reynolds-Kaye, Jennifer
United States of America
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Description: Small-Great Objects: Anni and Josef Albers in the Americas
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00113
Small-Great Objects presents a remarkable look into the art-collecting practices of two of modern art's most widely influential figures, Anni (1899–1994) and Josef (1888–1976) Albers. Their impressive collection of over 1,400 objects from Latin America, namely Mexico and Peru, represents a conscious endeavor that goes well beyond that of a casual hobby, displaying a deep appreciation for the art, textiles, and overall ingenuity of the ancient American world. This insightful book draws on primary-source materials such as the couple's letters, personal papers, and archival photographs—many never before published—and demonstrates their conviction that these Prehispanic objects displayed a formal sophistication and bold abstraction that defy the prevalent conception of the works as "primitive." Moreover, it shows how the Alberses spread their appreciation of the ancient world to others, through their teachings, their writings, and their own art practices.
Print publication date March 2017 (in print)
Print ISBN 9780300225693
EISBN 9780300232523
Illustrations 56 color + 18 b/w illus.
Print Status in print