The book "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" showcases modern art from the Thannhauser Collection, featuring a stylized cover painting of a woman with closed eyes against colorful stripes.
The image shows the book cover of "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim," featuring a modern art abstract painting of a woman with light purple skin and blonde hair set against a patterned background.
The hardcover book "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" has a black spine and a cover with a line drawing of a tree, field, and sun inspired by Van Gogh’s sketch style and modern art in the Thannhauser Collection.
A black-and-white photo from the Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim shows people in formal attire mingling and viewing modern art in a gallery with high ceilings and pendant lights, evoking the museum’s iconic ambiance.
An open art book displays text on the left and a vivid Impressionist landscape on the right, evoking the colorful French modernism showcased in the Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim.
An open copy of "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" shows images and descriptions of sculptures, featuring two bronze ballerinas on the left page and a larger bronze figure with one arm raised on the right.
An open art book, "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim," shows text on the left and a vivid painting of a black bird on a branch at sunset on the right, inspired by modern art from this renowned collection.
The open book "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" displays four Picasso-style portraits of a woman on the left page in a grid, and a black-and-white photo of artworks at the Guggenheim with descriptive text on the right.
An open book, "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim," shows text and two photos on the left—a furnished room and Thannhauser artwork. The right page features a vibrant modern painting of a village scene.
An open art book, *Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim*, shows text on Pierre-Auguste Renoir opposite a painting of a woman in a black dress by a birdcage, surrounded by greenery.
An open book, *Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim*, shows text on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and a painting of people on red sofas in a warmly lit salon from the museum’s collection.
An open book of "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" shows a clean, white-layout timeline with historical photos and text highlighting key moments and the collection's impact on modern art.
The book "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" showcases modern art from the Thannhauser Collection, featuring a stylized cover painting of a woman with closed eyes against colorful stripes.
The image shows the book cover of "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim," featuring a modern art abstract painting of a woman with light purple skin and blonde hair set against a patterned background.
The hardcover book "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" has a black spine and a cover with a line drawing of a tree, field, and sun inspired by Van Gogh’s sketch style and modern art in the Thannhauser Collection.
A black-and-white photo from the Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim shows people in formal attire mingling and viewing modern art in a gallery with high ceilings and pendant lights, evoking the museum’s iconic ambiance.
An open art book displays text on the left and a vivid Impressionist landscape on the right, evoking the colorful French modernism showcased in the Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim.
An open copy of "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" shows images and descriptions of sculptures, featuring two bronze ballerinas on the left page and a larger bronze figure with one arm raised on the right.
An open art book, "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim," shows text on the left and a vivid painting of a black bird on a branch at sunset on the right, inspired by modern art from this renowned collection.
The open book "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" displays four Picasso-style portraits of a woman on the left page in a grid, and a black-and-white photo of artworks at the Guggenheim with descriptive text on the right.
An open book, "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim," shows text and two photos on the left—a furnished room and Thannhauser artwork. The right page features a vibrant modern painting of a village scene.
An open art book, *Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim*, shows text on Pierre-Auguste Renoir opposite a painting of a woman in a black dress by a birdcage, surrounded by greenery.
An open book, *Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim*, shows text on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and a painting of people on red sofas in a warmly lit salon from the museum’s collection.
An open book of "Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim" shows a clean, white-layout timeline with historical photos and text highlighting key moments and the collection's impact on modern art.

Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim

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Edited by Megan Fontanella, with contributions by Julie Barten, Susan Davidson, John K. Delaney, Lidia Ferrara, Megan Fontanella, Vivien Greene, Sasha Kalter-Wasserman, Natalia Lauricella, Gillian McMillan, Nathan Otterson, Federica Pozzi, Samantha Small, Lena Stringari, Jeffrey Warda, and Jeffrey Weiss.

When Justin K. Thannhauser (18921976) brought his collection of modern art to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1965, it was his crowning achievement after more than a half-century as one of Europe's most influential and distinguished collectors and dealers. The collection's formal bequeathal to the Guggenheim in 1978 represents a watershed moment for the museum-today its Thannhauser Collection constitutes the core of the Guggenheim's Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and School of Paris holdings, including 32 works by Pablo Picasso.

This volume presents the astonishing collection in full, offering a concentrated survey of works by such modern masters as Braque, Czanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Picasso, Pissarro, and Van Gogh, among others. Throughout, artworks are given rich context and detail with historical installation views and high-tech conservation images. Short essays on collection highlights by current and former Guggenheim curators and conservators illuminate the artists' stylistic innovations as they sought to liberate art from academic genres and techniques. The book also features extensive technical analyses, offering rare insight into the artists' materials and processes based on the latest advances in conservation technology. A lead essay by Megan Fontanella recounts the genesis of Thannhauser's collection and its eventual transfer to the Guggenheim Museum. Tracing his ambitious career as gallerist and collector in Europe during the interwar years and into the calamity of World War II, she explores how Thannhauser's lifelong support for experimental art and eye for original talent helped define the modernist vanguard of 20th-century art.

  • Hardcover
  • 8.75 x 11.5 in.
  • 332 pages with 325 color illustrations

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