Author: AGEE, WILLIAM C.
Title: American vanguards : Graham, Davis, Gorky, De Kooning, and their circle, 1927-1942 / William C. Agee, Irving Sandler, and Karen Wilkin ; chronologies by Alicia Longwell and Emily Schuchardt Navratil
Description: Andover. Mass. New Haven [Conn.] : Addison Gallery of American Art. Phillips Academy ; Yale University Press 2011. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 241 pages; Physical description; xi. 241 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. Notes; Catalogue of an exhibition also held at Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Fort Worth. Texas. 9 June - 19 Aug. 2012; and Addison Gallery of American Art. Andover. Massachusetts. 21 Sept. - 31 Dec. 2012. Biogs. ; colls. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction / William C. Agee -- All for one : a dedication to modernism / Karen Wilkin -- The four musketeers of modernism at the height of the Great Depression / Irving Sandler -- Graham. Gorky. de Kooning : a new classicism. an alternate modernism / William C. Agee. Summary; The enigmatic and charismatic John Graham (1886-1961) was an important influence on his fellow New York artists between the 1920s and the 1940s. Graham and his circle. which included Stuart Davis. Arshile Gorky. and Willem de Kooning. helped redefine ideas of what painting and sculpture could be. They. along with others in Graham's orbit. such as Jackson Pollock and David Smith. played a critical role in developing and defining American modernism. 'American Vanguards' showcases about eighty-seven works of art from this vital period that demonstrate the interconnections. common sources. and shared stimuli among the members of Graham's circle.Weight in Kg appr.:

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