{"product_id":"lincoln-kirsteins-modern-lincoln-kirstein-9781633450820","title":"Lincoln Kirstein's Modern","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirstein was cofounder of the New York City Ballet and a key figure in MoMA's history, shaping American culture in the 1930s and '40s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLincoln Kirstein was a polymathic writer, critic, curator and impresario: a key connector and an indefatigable catalyst whose sweeping contributions to American cultural life in the 1930s and '40s shaped artists and institutions. Best known for cofounding the New York City Ballet, he is also a crucial figure in the Museum of Modern Art's early history. He championed photography and figurative art; established the Museum's short-lived Dance Archives and curatorial department of Dance and Theater Design; acquired a significant trove of Latin American art for the collection; and contributed an alternative vision to a museum known for its devotion to abstraction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in conjunction with an exhibition devoted to Kirstein's expansive view of modern art, this volume also explores his wide-ranging and overlapping professional and social networks in New York City and beyond. The richly illustrated book features paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and costume and set designs by artists including Antonio Berni, Paul Cadmus, Walker Evans, Raquel Forner, Jared French, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Gaston Lachaise, George Platt Lynes, Elie Nadelman, Ben Shahn, Honor  Sharrer, Pavel Tchelitchew and Joaqu n Torres-Garc a. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLincoln Kirstein\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-96) has been called \"the closest thing to a Renaissance man of culture that 20th-century America has produced.\" He founded three journals (\u003ci\u003eHound \u0026amp; Horn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDance Index\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFilms\u003c\/i\u003e), and, with the Russian-born choreographer George Balanchine, established the New York City Ballet in 1948. He organized exhibitions and contributed to accompanying catalogues, authored ballet librettos, and published novels, memoirs and poetry, as well as extensive criticism on painting, sculpture, photography, film, dance, theater and literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lincoln Kirstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1633450821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633450820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Museum of Modern Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 9.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019 pg. 93","brand":"Lincoln Kirstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939479519487,"sku":"9781633450820","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9646b1f0-0171-4f6b-a891-e5911fd35625.jpg?v=1681441747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lincoln-kirsteins-modern-lincoln-kirstein-9781633450820","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}