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003			CITU
005			20210719232358.0
008			951201s1995 ctua b 001 0 eng d
010			_a 95061164
020			_a0300064489
022			_2 9780300064483
040			_aCITU LRAC _beng
041			_aeng
050			_aNX504 _b.W43 1995
082			_a700
100	1		_aWeber, Nicholas Fox, _e1947-
245	1	0	_aPatron saints : _bfive rebels who opened America to a new art, 1928-1943 / _cNicholas Fox Weber.
264		1	_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _cc1995.
300			_axi, 404 pages : _billustrations ; _c 24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index
500			_aOriginally published 1992 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
500			_a"Winner of the L. L. Winship Book Award given by the Boston Globe for the most outstanding book relating to New England."
504			_a Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-404)
520			_aThis lively work of cultural history tells the stories of five young art patrons who, in the last 1920s and 1930s, were instrumental in bringing modern painting, sculpture, and dance to America. A combination of wealth, Harvard education privilege, and family connections enabled Lincoln Kirstein, Edward M.M. Warburg, Agnes Mongan, James Thrall Soby, and A. Everett (Chick) Austin, Jr., to introduce the work of Picasso, Balanchine, Calder, and other important artists to the United States. In this fascinating book, Nichols Fox Weber interweaves the lives and activities of these individuals with the culture they were so fundamental in promoting
650		0	_aArts, American _y 20th century.
650		0	_aArt patrons _z United States _xBiography.
942			_2ddc _cBK