This handsome book features 63 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, which was recently given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it will be exhibited beginning in September 2007. Long recognized for its preeminent Abstract Expressionist works, the collection includes major canvases by the great painters of the movement, among them De Kooning, Pollock, and Rothko, and sculptures by David Smith. Also featured are Morris Louis, Noland, Oldenburg, and other Americans of ...
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This handsome book features 63 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, which was recently given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it will be exhibited beginning in September 2007. Long recognized for its preeminent Abstract Expressionist works, the collection includes major canvases by the great painters of the movement, among them De Kooning, Pollock, and Rothko, and sculptures by David Smith. Also featured are Morris Louis, Noland, Oldenburg, and other Americans of the succeeding generation as well as a selection of works by early European modernists such as Arp, Giacometti, L???ger, and Mir???. With color illustrations throughout, the book features texts by 22 leading scholars, including David Anfam, Diane Kelder, and Richard Shiff. Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (September 10, 2007 - January 20, 2008)
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New. 0300122527. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 224 pp. With 109 ills. (93 col. ). 32 x 24 cm. --with a bonus offer--
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VG. Cream cloth, blue & color illus. dust jacket, 214 pp., many illus., chiefly in color. Issued in conjunciton with a 2007-2008 exhibition. The Newman collection comprises 63 modern paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by fifty artists--including "the only extant grouping of Abstract Expressionist works collected at the time of their creation." (dj) A nice introduction to the topic. Includes a conversation with the collector, as recorded by Gary Tinterow.
