Collections
Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection / The Museum of Modern Art
Books
REF.EC.2244
140 pages ; 11 x 8.5 inches ; illustrations and text
1969
Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions. , Exhibition catalogue, collecting, connoisseurship, mobiles, outdoor sculpture, prints, watercolors
"On behalf of the Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art, it is my privilege to thank the Honorable Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller for his extraordinarily generous loan of the works of art included in this exhibition. With great discrimination, Dorothy Miller has selected, from approximately fifteen hundred works owned by the Governor, nearly a hundred paintings and as many sculptures and constructions, together with a number of watercolors and drawings. A sampling of his extensive collection of prints has been chosen by William S. Lieberman, who has also written commentary on the collection.
In his preface, Governor Rockefeller has provided insights into his lifelong impulse to acquire works of art, and into his public conscience with respect to ownership. As a preliminary to viewing this extraordinary collection, the reader may appreciate a further characterization of his as a connoisseur of art."
--taken from the foreword by Monroe Wheeler.