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Alice Neel : painted truths

Title
Alice Neel : painted truths / Jeremy Lewison [and others].
Author
Neel, Alice, 1900-1984.
Publication
  • Houston [Tex.] : Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2010]
  • ©2010

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Book/TextUse in library JQF 10-617Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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Additional Authors
  • Lewison, Jeremy.
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
  • Whitechapel Art Gallery.
  • Moderna Museet Malmö (Sweden)
Description
296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
"Explores the themes and stylistic developments of the art of Alice Neel, one of the greatest American painters of the twentieth century, with works spanning nearly seven decades, four essays and additional texts addressing themes and specific works, three artists' appreciations, and a chronology and bibliography"--Provided by publisher.
Alternative Title
Painted truths
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Mar. 21-June 13, 2010, Whitechapel Gallery, London, July 8-September 17, and the Moderna Museet Malmö, Sweden, October 9, 2010-January 2, 2011.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-288) and index.
Contents
Lenders to the exhibition -- Foreword / Iwona Blazwick, Magnus Jensner, and Peter C. Marzio -- Preface / Peter C. Marzio -- Curators' statement and acknowledgments / Jeremy Lewiston and Barry Walker -- "The human race torn to pieces": the painted portraits of Alice Neel / Tamar Garb -- Showing the barbarity of life: Alice Neel's grotesque / Jeremy Lewison -- Crowding / Robert Storr -- Dividing up the canvas / Barry Walker -- Artists' appreciations / Frank Auerbach, Marlene Dumas, and Chris Ofili -- Plates, with thematic texts and entries / Jeremy Lewison and Barry Walker.
Call Number
JQF 10-617
ISBN
  • 9780300163322
  • 0300163320
LCCN
2009026132
OCLC
421948429
Author
Neel, Alice, 1900-1984.
Title
Alice Neel : painted truths / Jeremy Lewison [and others].
Publisher
Houston [Tex.] : Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2010]
Copyright Date
©2010
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-288) and index.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Added Author
Lewison, Jeremy.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Moderna Museet Malmö (Sweden)
Research Call Number
JQF 10-617
Sc+ F 18-273
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