Research Catalog

Title

Alice Neel : people come first / Kelly Baum and Randall Griffey ; with contributions by Meredith A. Brown, Julia Bryan-Wilson, and Susanna V. Temkin.

Author

Neel, Alice, 1900-1984

Publication

• New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2021]
• New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baum, Kelly
• Griffey, Randall R.
• Brown, Meredith A.
• Bryan-Wilson, Julia
• Temkin, Susanna V.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
• Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, host institution.
• M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, host institution.

Description

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits (some color); 30 cm

Summary

Alice Neel's (1900-1984) uncompromising artistic vision and deep engagement with humanity in both art and politics have earned her legions of admirers. This beautifully designed and illustrated book surveys the artist's nearly 70-year career, focusing on her long residency in New York, a place that provided her with lifelong inspiration. In addition to her compelling portraits of individuals of all ages, both famous and unknown, 'Alice Neel: People Come First' also considers her remarkable nudes, still lifes, cityscapes, and erotic pastels and watercolors--all considered through the lens of radical humanism that informed so much of the artist's work. Leading scholars delve into various aspects of Neel's practice, revealing that humanism was both a political and philosophical ideal for the artist. The authors address Neel's paintings of LGBTQ subjects; her unique aesthetic language, which merged elements of abstraction and figuration; and her commitment to progressive politics, civil rights, feminism, and racial diversity. The book's essays also explore Neel's highly personal preoccupations with death, illness, and motherhood while reasserting her place in the broader cultural history of the 20th century.

Alternative Title

• People come first
• People come 1st

Subject

• Neel, Alice, 1900-1984 > Exhibitions
• Neel, Alice, 1900-1984
• 1900-1999
• Portrait painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Painting, American > 20th century > Pictorial works
• ART / General
• Portrait painting, American

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "This catalogue is published in conjunction with 'Alice Neel: People Come First', on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 15 through August 1, 2021, at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao from September 17, 2021, through January 30, 2022, and at the de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, from March 12 through July 10, 2022."--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index

Call Number

JQF 21-518

ISBN

• 9781588397256
• 1588397254

OCLC

1184234880

Author

Neel, Alice, 1900-1984, artist.

Title

Alice Neel : people come first / Kelly Baum and Randall Griffey ; with contributions by Meredith A. Brown, Julia Bryan-Wilson, and Susanna V. Temkin.

Publisher

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2021]

Distributor

New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Baum, Kelly, curator.

Griffey, Randall R., curator.

Brown, Meredith A., contributor.

Bryan-Wilson, Julia, contributor.

Temkin, Susanna V., contributor.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, host institution.

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 21-518