The photographs that fill the endpapers of this 50-year retrospective show Larry Rivers between takes of "Pull My Daisy" with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; then leaning against a car with a Speedo-wearing Frank O'Hara; posing thoughtfully with Kenneth Koch; and playing sax at the Blue Bird. Facsimiles of creased and dog-eared review clippings include midcentury "New York Times, Herald Tribune" and "ArtNews" raves, and a 1997 "Times" piece crediting Rivers with bringing back "handmade" art. A soft-edged aesthetic ...
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The photographs that fill the endpapers of this 50-year retrospective show Larry Rivers between takes of "Pull My Daisy" with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; then leaning against a car with a Speedo-wearing Frank O'Hara; posing thoughtfully with Kenneth Koch; and playing sax at the Blue Bird. Facsimiles of creased and dog-eared review clippings include midcentury "New York Times, Herald Tribune" and "ArtNews" raves, and a 1997 "Times" piece crediting Rivers with bringing back "handmade" art. A soft-edged aesthetic permeates his work, never contradicting the symmetry and glamour that led to the burst of late twentieth century and early twenty-first century high-fashion illustration that closes the book.
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New. 0897972805. *** 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. 112 pp.; 154 illus. --with a bonus offer--
