Exhibition catalog featuring late nineteenth- through mid-twentieth-century works from the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which coincides with the eightieth anniversary of its establishment in 1937. The show traces the activities of six pioneering arts patrons who helped shape the Guggenheim Foundation's holdings when each of their prized personal collections was joined with this public insitution.

• Modern in the Best Sense: Six Pioneering Collectors / Megan Fontanella
• Thannhauser Collection
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
• The Hilla Rebay Collection
• Estate of Katherine S. Dreier
• Peggy Guggenheim Collection
• The Collectors