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Abbeville Press, New York [Published date: 1983]. Hardcover, 154 pp; illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white reproductions ; 23 x 29 cm. First edition.
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In very good condition by very good dust jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Light scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows light edgewear and a bit of rubbing; now protected in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. NOT Ex-Library.[From front jacket flap] Robert Motherwell has been a dominant figure in contemporary art for the past forty years, since his emergence as a leading figure in that pivotal group of painters generally referred to as the Abstract Expressionists. As a painter, printmaker and collagist, his contributions to the maturation and international importance of modern American art have been unsurpassed. Motherwell's first period of productivity coincided with the cataclysmic events of the 1930s and 40s, culminating in World War II. His art is, to this day, deeply involved with the struggles and suffering of that period. Recurring themes in his work, most notably in the Elegy series, remind one continuously of that international conflict of unparalleled magnitude, and his paintings are veined with rich references to modern literary and philosophical concerns. Published on the occasion of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's retrospective, Robert Motherwell includes key and rarely seen works ranging from Motherwell's Little Spanish Prison to the recently completed The Hollow Men. The selection of the paintings and collages presents a clear chronological survey of the artist's interpretation of the major philosophical and aesthetic questions of his era. An essay and interview with the artist by Jack D. Flam offers fresh insights into Motherwell's themes and techniques. Dore Ashton provides an atmospheric and poetic appraisal of Motherwell's work. This richly illustrated book, with 80 colorplates and 15 black-and-white photographs, charts key developments in Motherwell's painting, from the turbulent expressionism of the crucial early years to the refined poetic style of his more recent work. A chronology, bibliography and list of exhibitions completes this comprehensive work.Contents include: Introduction by Robert T. Buck; With Robert Motherwell by Jack D. Flam; On Motherwell by Dore Ashton; Plates; Catalogue of the Exhibition; Chronology; Selected Exhibitions; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments by Douglas G. Schultz; Lenders to the Exhibition; Index of Illustrations.