Seeing out the Century

A review of: Barbara Haskell, 'The American Century: Art and Culture 1900–1950' (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with W. W. Norton, 1999, $60 cloth). Pp. 408. ISBN 0393047237, 0874271223. Lisa Phillips, 'The American Century: Art and Culture 1900–1950' (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with W. W. Norton, 1999, $60 cloth). Pp. 398. ISBN 0393048152, 0874271231.