This handsome new book highlights 108 masterworks from the Phillips's permanent collection and offers insight into the creation of one of the greatest private collections of modern art in the world. This books features informative text and beautiful reproductions of works by both American and European artists, among them Degas, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Klee, Homer, Whistler, Hopper, Stieglitz, O'Keeffe, Calder, Diebenkorn and Rothko. Master Paintings from The Phillps Collection aims to recreate what Duncan Phillips considered the "life-enhancing" experience of seeing new or challenging art in an intimate setting.