This book accompanies the first retrospective exhibition in over 30 years of the most influential American painter of the 20th century. By the late 1940s, Jackson Pollock's "drip technique" had made him one of the central figures of the New York based Abstract Expressionists. Eliminating all recognizable imagery and painterly techniques, Pollock dripped paint from a stick or can, resulting in a web of interlacing lines that created all-over images of richness and complexity. The myth suggests that he worked in a drunken, ...
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This book accompanies the first retrospective exhibition in over 30 years of the most influential American painter of the 20th century. By the late 1940s, Jackson Pollock's "drip technique" had made him one of the central figures of the New York based Abstract Expressionists. Eliminating all recognizable imagery and painterly techniques, Pollock dripped paint from a stick or can, resulting in a web of interlacing lines that created all-over images of richness and complexity. The myth suggests that he worked in a drunken, haphazard fashion; this mythology has now been reassessed. The essay by Varnedoe examines how the legend of Pollock the "action painter" has been constructed. He charts the development of Pollock's aesthetic and situates it within its art and historical context. A second essay, by Pepe Karmel, provides insight into the "drip technique", revealed through an intensive, computer-assisted study of photographs amd films of Pollock at work. Sixty documentary photographs illustrate this essay.
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Very Good. Size: 11x9x1; Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Near Fine. 0870700693. Previous owner info on front free endpaper.; Color illustrations, including many panoramic foldouts. Due to size of book, ships within US only and only by media rate mail.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 336 pp.
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Very Good. Size: 11x9x1; Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is widely considered as the most challenging and influential American artist of the 20th century. This sumptuous book offers a fresh overview of his achievement, reinterpreted for a new generation. Published to coincide with an exhibition opening at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in October of 1998. 318 illustrations, 218 in color. 9 foldouts.
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Good++, No Dust Jacket. Oblong 4 TO, 336 pgs., foldout ++, Paperback. Softcover. Royal blue color photo illustrated paper covers show edge wear and scuffing, corners creased. Light foredge soil. Margin edges of text pages are lightly tanned. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
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Fine. Exhibition Catalogue. Oblong 8vo. Wrappers, folded card covers/sewn binding., no flaws or wear, clean, no creases or bumps, tight binding, no writing/names/markings. pristine, unused copy.; 336pp., 425 illustrations, 227 in color. numerous gatefolds.; catalogue to retrospective. perhaps the best single book generally available on jackson pollock.