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Book Condition: Used VG in tattered dustjacket, library label inside cover
ISBN: 0394464230 / 9780394464237
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

United States
About Item: NY: Random House, 1973. Hardcover. VG in tattered dustjacket, library label inside cover. White cloth covered boards with white lettering, blue lettering on spine. 288 pp. numerous color and bw plates. This book is about "eight American artists, each of whom stands for certain aspects of American art and tradition. The book's underlining - and hitherto unexamined - theme between an artist's work - his "voice" and its reception by the public, which tends to comprehend the artist and his work as a "myth," and so provides itself with a special armature whereby the artist's image and body of work become stabilized and accessible. Includes lengthy chapters on the following artists: Hopper, Davis, Pollock, De Kooning, Rothko, Rauschenberg, Wyeth and Cornell.
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