Title & Author:

Sophie Taeuber-Arp : living abstraction / edited by Anne Umland and Walburga Krupp with Charlotte Healy ; additional contributions by Laura Braverman [and 14 others].

Publication:

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2021]
©2021

Description:

351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Kunstmuseum Basel, 19th March-20th June 2021; Tate Modern, London, 13th July-17th October 2021; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 21st November 2021-12th March 2022.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-344) and index.
Directors' foreword / Glenn D. Lowry, Josef Helfenstein, Frances Morris -- Acknowledgments / Anne Umland, Walburga Krupp, Eva Reifert, Natalia Sidlina -- Sophie Taeuber-Arp : an introduction / Anne Umland, Walburga Krupp -- 1. Applied arts, 1915-29. Beautiful, perfect things : Sophie Taeuber-Arp's early applied-arts career / Walburga Krupp ; The many dimensions of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's beaded bags / T'ai Smith ; Activating form : the ball costumes / Natalia Sidlina -- 2. Dada, 1916-20. The choreographic imaginary : between expressionist dance and visual abstraction / Mark Franko ; Interplay of the arts on stage : the King Stag marionettes and stage sets / Medea Hoch ; Object, mask, abstraction: the heads / Leah Dickerman -- 3. Architecture and interiors, 1926-35. Color as material : the Strasbourg interiors / Michael White ; The art of modern living : architecture and interiors from Clamart to Berlin / Juliet Kinchin ; Between portfolio and archive : the Presentation album / Jana Teuscher -- 4. Abstraction and artists' groups, 1929-39. Balancing act / Briony Fer ; Abstraction in two and three dimensions / Eva Reifert ; Safeguarding abstraction : the journal Plastique / Adrian Sudhalter -- 5. Landscapes and cityscapes, 1921-42. Sophie Taeuber-Arp's camera peripatetica / Maria Gough -- 6. Art in wartime, 1939-43. Drawing without end / Jodi Hauptman -- Planning and precision : Sophie Taeuber-Arp's working methods / Annie Wilker -- Chronology / Laura Braverman, Walburga Krupp -- Checklist of the exhibition / Charlotte Healy, Annie Wilker, Walburga Krupp -- Selected bibliography / Charlotte Healy.

Summary:

"Published to accompany the first retrospective of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's work in the United States in 40 years, Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction presents a comprehensive survey of this multifaceted innovator's wide-ranging body of work and establishes unequivocally her place in the pantheon of 20th-century abstract art. Taeuber-Arp's background in the applied arts and dance, her involvement in the Zurich Dada movement, and her projects for architectural spaces were essential to her development of a uniquely versatile and vibrant abstract vocabulary. Through her artistic output and various professional alliances, Taeuber-Arp consistently challenged the historically constructed boundaries separating fine art from craft and design. This richly illustrated catalogue explores the artist's interdisciplinary and cross-pollinating approach to abstraction through some four hundred works, including textiles, beadwork, polychrome marionettes, architectural and interior designs, stained-glass windows, works on paper, paintings, and relief sculptures." -- Publisher's description

ISBN:

9781633451070 (hardcover)
1633451070 (hardcover)

Subject:

Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889-1943 Exhibitions.
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889-1943.
Art, Abstract 20th century Exhibitions.
Art, Abstract Switzerland Exhibitions.
Decorative arts 20th century Exhibitions.
Arts décoratifs 20e siècle Expositions.
Art, Abstract Exhibitions. 20th century.
Decorative arts Exhibitions. 20th century.
Decorative arts
Art, Abstract
Switzerland.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889-1943. Works. Selections.
Umland, Anne, editor.
Krupp, Walburga, editor.
Healy, Charlotte, editor.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, host institution.
Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution.

Living abstraction

Holdings:

Location: Library main 310084
Call No.: BIB 255211
Status: Available