Morgan Russell collection, 1914-1958

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Morgan Russell collection, 1914-1958

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670394193

Materials include original documents in the artist's hand, such as musical notebooks, essays, notes, and sketches relating to his theories on art. An original typescript with handwritten annotations, negative photostats, catalogues, exhibition announcements, photographs, and newspaper and magazine articles are included as well.

0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7964493

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

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Russell, Morgan, 1886-1953

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Morgan Russell was born in Greenwich Village in New York City in 1886. He studied at the Art Students League and the New York School of Art before settling in Paris in 1909, where he studied sculpture with Henri Matisse. He was aware of the avant-garde movements Cubism, Orphism, and Futurism. Turning his attention from sculpture to painting, he developed a style based on the rhythmic use of color, analogous to symphonic musical composition, which he termed Synchromism. Like his cont...