Classic Modern: The Art Worlds of Joseph Pulitzer Jr.

Marjorie B. Cohn Published in 2012ISBN 978-1-891771-61-3 480 pages 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. 65 color and 34 b/w illustrations Hardcover Published by the Harvard Art MuseumsDistributed by Yale University Press Joseph Pulitzer Jr. inherited the famous name and occupation of his grandfather, the journalist and publisher who established the Pulitzer Prizes. While he carried on the family tradition at the helm of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he was also building one of the greatest private art collections of the twentieth century. Classic Modern: The Art Worlds of Joseph Pulitzer Jr. is the first biography to focus on this often-overlooked aspect of Pulitzer’s life—arguably his greatest passion. Marjorie B. Cohn describes how Pulitzer, a youthful playboy with nerve enough to purchase six Picassos the year he graduated from Harvard (1936), became in his maturity an ardent and effective advocate for modernism in the American Midwest. Beyond h