300 Years of Innovation. An accessible introduction to the major movements in American art, from the Hudson River and Ashcan schools to Abstract Expressionism, Pop art and beyond. Features works by a diverse range of artists from John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer and Mary Cassatt to Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson Pollock, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Matthew Barney.
Full title: 'Peggy Guggenheim and Frederick Kiesler, the Story of Art of This Century'. This volume reveals the life and collection of 20th Century art patron Peggy Guggenheim. Architect Frederick Kiesler designed her gallery - '57th Street Gallery'. The publication offers an important biography of two outstanding cultural figures of the 20th Century.