René d'Harnoncourt and the art of installation

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Elligott, Michelle. author

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"René d'Harnoncourt served as the director of the Museum of Modern Art from 1949 to 1968. His interest in non-Western and non-modern art shaped much of MoMA's ambitious programming in the mid-20th ...

"René d'Harnoncourt served as the director of the Museum of Modern Art from 1949 to 1968. His interest in non-Western and non-modern art shaped much of MoMA's ambitious programming in the mid-20th century: in addition to shows addressing modern art, such as The Sculpture of Picasso (1968) and Modern Art in Your Life (1949), he organized exhibitions devoted to themes not generally associated with MoMA, including Indian Art of the United States (1941), Arts of the South Seas (1946), Ancient Arts of the Andes (1954) and Art of the Asmat: The Collection of Michael C. Rockefeller (1962). An illustrated chronology of d'Harnoncourt's life rounds out the volume, detailing his multifaceted journey from birth as a count into a landowning family in Austria, to his time as a commercial artist in Mexico, to his post working for Nelson A. Rockefeller in the US State Department (Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs), which eventually led to his appointment at MoMA."--

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