Motherwell : 100 years / Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, Tim Clifford

Author: Flam, Jack D.
Additional Titles: Robert Motherwell 100 years
Published: Milano, Italy : Skira ; New York : Dedalus Foundation, 2015.
New York, NY : distributed in USA, Canada, Central & South America by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
Copyright Date: ©2015
Physical Description: 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Additional Creators: Rogers, Katy and Clifford, Tim, 1969-

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Contents

Introduction : Feeling and thought / Jack Flam -- Becoming Robert Motherwell / Jack Flam -- Motherwell and modernism / Tim Clifford -- The aesthetics of collage / Katy Rogers -- Elegies / Jack Flam -- A growing reputation / Jack Flam -- Opens / Jack Flam -- Motherwell at work / Katy Rogers -- The Greenwich years / Tim Clifford.

Summary

Published on the 100th anniversary of Robert Motherwell's birth, this book presents a comprehensive view of his artistic achievement and historical importance. Each chapter focuses on an important aspect or phase of the artist's life in relation to his art and explores the many ways in which his activities as an artist, writer, and theorist helped to shape American culture during the second half of the twentieth century. The book contains many unpublished documentary photographs and writings, as well as vivid color illustrations of many of Motherwell's most significant works.

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ISBN

9788857226736
8857226735

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (page 316).

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