Research Catalog

Title

Ralston Crawford : torn signs / William C. Agee, John Crawford, Rick Kinsel, Emily Schuchardt Navratil.

Publication

• London ; New York : Merrell Publishers Ltd., in association with Vilcek Foundation, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Agee, William C.
• Crawford, John (Sculptor), 1953-
• Kinsel, Rick
• Navratil, Emily Schuchardt
• Crawford, Ralston, 1906-1978.
• Vilcek Foundation, host institution

Description

159 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Summary

Early in his career, Ralston Crawford (1906-1978) earned acclaim for his Precisionist paintings of architectural subjects associated with a forward-looking, industrialized America. But Crawford was a multifaceted artist with a curiosity for the world beyond the United States, one whose work in various media continued to evolve, with his later, more abstract painting having a remarkable emotional dimension. This new book focuses on two series of works "Torn Signs" and "Semana Santa" that Crawford developed mostly over the course of the last 20 or so years of his life. Rick Kinsel considers how and why his travels to Europe, especially to Andalusia in Spain, were so inspiring to Crawford. Semana Santa, or Holy Week, is observed in Seville with public processions of penitential confraternities. Witnessing this event proved to be a moving experience for Crawford, and he revisited the subject of the penitents multiple times across a number of years.

Alternative Title

Torn signs

Subjects

• Crawford, Ralston, 1906-1978 > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Vilcek Foundation, New York, May 13-November 13, 2019. [Exhibition dates from Foundation website.]

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-153) and index.

Contents

Ralston Crawford's Spain / Rick Kinsel -- Ralston Crawford's journey : Torn signs, 1938-77 / William C. Agee -- Photography, Torn signs, and Semana Santa / John Crawford -- Catalogue / Emily Schuchart Navratil -- Ralston Crawford's sketchbooks.

Call Number

JQF 19-1158

ISBN

• 9781858946733
• 1858946735

OCLC

1090689630

Title

Ralston Crawford : torn signs / William C. Agee, John Crawford, Rick Kinsel, Emily Schuchardt Navratil.

Publisher

London ; New York : Merrell Publishers Ltd., in association with Vilcek Foundation, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-153) and index.

Added Author

Agee, William C., contributor.

Crawford, John (Sculptor), 1953- contributor.

Kinsel, Rick, contributor.

Navratil, Emily Schuchardt, contributor.

Crawford, Ralston, 1906-1978. Works. Selections.

Vilcek Foundation, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-1158