Collectors of Modern Masters ; 1920's Societe Anonyme

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While many think the Museum of Modern Art, or MOMA, spawned the modernist muses in the United States, all too few know that the Societe Anonyme Inc. - created a decade earlier in 1920 - was the real pioneer.

Now, 151 pieces from the Societe's varied collection have surfaced in the Phillips Collection's "Societe Anonyme: Modernism for America" as part of a national museum tour. They're part of the collection given to the Yale University Art Gallery in 1941 by the Societe and art patron Katherine S. Dreier.

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Collectors of Modern Masters ; 1920's Societe Anonyme

Shockingly, the Societe Anonyme works were used mainly as teaching tools at Yale and rarely were seen by the general public. Finally, this seminal collection is getting its due.

The Societe, founded by M...

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