Constructing modernism : Berenice Abbott and Henry-Russell Hitchcock : a re-creation of the 1934 exhibition The urban vernacular of the thirties, forties and fifties : American cities before the Civil War

Author

Mileaf, Janine A.; Yanni, Carla (Contributor)

Document type

Catalogue d'exposition

Language

English

Source

Constructing modernism : Berenice Abbott and Henry-Russell Hitchcock : a re-creation of the 1934 exhibition The urban vernacular of the thirties, forties and fifties : American cities before the Civil War. 1993, 64 p., ill.; bibliogr. ref.

Publisher

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

In the summer of 1934, Wesleyan professor Henry-Russell Hitchcock and photographer Berenice Abbott traveled throughout the American East Coast to photograph pre-Civil War architecture. From the resulting photographs, Hitchcock selected a group of 50 for American cities before the Civil War. This exhibition was one of eight organized by Hitchcock 1933-1936 as the Wesleyan University Architectural Exhibitions; Hitchcock envisioned that these exhibitions would travel indefinitely to museums and universities. American cities was in fact shown at several venues 1934-1938, including Wesleyan's Olin Library in June 1935. It has remained intact in the Davison Art Center, as is it was first prepared for travel, for 49 years. A transcript of Hitchcock's 1934 catalogue text is appended.

Exhibition

• 28 Oct-10 Dec 1993 ; Wesleyan University, Davison Art Center ; Middletown (CT, USA) ; United States

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Photography -- United States
• Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991
• Photography
• Views
• Cities
• United States, Eastern
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Architecture
• Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987
• Writings
• Exhibitions
• Wesleyan University, Olin Memorial Library||Middletown (CT, USA)
• Architectural historians

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie -- États-Unis
• Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991
• Photographie
• Vues
• Ville
• Etats-Unis de l'Est
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Architecture
• Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987
• Ecrits
• Exposition
• Wesleyan University, Olin Memorial Library||Middletown (CT, USA)
• Historiens de l'architecture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19951001-00321550

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