MoMA Goes to Paris in 1938

"With MoMA Goes to Paris in 1938, Caroline M. Riley brings the full force of art historical close looking to bear on the museum's landmark, ocean-crossing show. In stirring, kaleidoscopic accounts, her book draws needed attention to Three Centuries of American Art as a key case study in soft diplomacy, in the birth of the 'American art' canon, and in how to piece together--with careful precision--how museum work works."--Jennifer Jane Marshall, author of Machine Art, 1934 "Riley's deep, multilayered archival work exposes aspects of the exhibitionary project that rarely make it into the art-historical narrative--and yet are essential in the production of public art history. Through her examination of publicity, loans, and installation itineraries, she demonstrates how MoMA attempted to use art as a tool of diplomacy on the eve of World War II."--Kristina Wilson, author of The Modern Eye: Stieglitz, MoMA, and the Art of the Exhibition, 1925-1934