Main entry:

Searing, Helen.

Title & Author:

New American art museums / Helen Searing.

Publication:

New York : Whitney Museum of American Art ; Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1982.

Description:

142 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'New American art museums' at the Whitney Museum of American Art, June 24-October 10, 1982"--Title page verso.
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'New American art museums' at the Whitney Museum of American Art, June 24-October 10, 1982"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-142).
Foreword -- American art museum architecture -- Art museums for the 1980s -- The Museum of Modern Art -- Dallas Museum of Fine Arts -- Shin'enKan -- Portland Museum of Art -- The High Museum of Art -- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts -- Hood Museum of Art -- Architects' biographies -- Annotated bibliography.
Dust jacket (c. 1)

Summary:

Commissioned for the 1982 Whitney Museum exhibition, this book provides information on seven new museum buildings and includes an insightful essay on the history of museum buildings. Beginning with 19th-century examples from Europe and culminating with the designs of Louis Kahn and Kevin Roche, Searing presents illustrations, along with statements by the museum directors and architects.

ISBN:

0874270383 (pbk.)
9780874270389 (pbk.)
0520048962 (UCP ; pbk.)
9780520048966 (UCP ; pbk.)
0520048954 (UCP ; hard)
9780520048959 (UCP ; hard)

Subject:

Art museum architecture United States Exhibitions.
Architecture United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture United States 20th century Exhibitions.
Art Musées États-Unis Expositions.
Musées Architecture États-Unis Expositions.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture des musées d'art États-Unis Expositions.
Architecture
Art museum architecture
Museumgebouwen.
Musées (édifices) États-Unis.
Art museums United States Exhibitions.
Museum architecture United States Exhibitions.
United States

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Books.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Whitney Museum of American Art.
Cedric Price Library
Cedric Price fonds

Holdings:

Location: Library main 10239
Call No.: NA6700.A1 S4 (ID:85-B5879)
Copy: c. 1
Notes: hardcover
Status: Available

Location: Library main price 267248
Call No.: BIB 8577
Copy: c. 3
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available

Location: Library main 10242
Call No.: NA6700.A1 S4 (ID:85-B5879)
Copy: c. 2
Notes: paperback
Status: Available