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Frisson : the Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis collection

Title

Frisson : the Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis collection / edited by Catharina Manchanda ; with contributions by David Anfam, Michael Brenson, John Elderfield, Jack Flam, Carter E. Foster, Catherine Grenier, Bruce Guenther, Martin Harrison, Sanford Hirsch, Norman L. Kleeblatt, Eleanor Nairne, Amy Rahn, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Robert Storr, Carol Vogel, and Jeffrey Weiss.

Publication

Seattle, WA : Seattle Art Museum, [2021]
Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press
©2021

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Description

203 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 28 cm

Summary

Seattle art collectors Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis were frequent visitors to New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s when they collaboratively built their collection, filling their home with singular works of art. Their shared legacy and passion for engaging thoughtfully, deeply, and personally with art--and the frisson of excitement that arises with such a connection--are celebrated and echoed in this special exhibition catalogue. -- publisher's website
Spanning 1945 through 1976, the paintings, drawings, and sculptures in Frisson serve as significant examples of mature works and pivotal moments of artistic development from some of the most influential American and European artists of the postwar period, including Francis Bacon, Lee Krasner, Clyfford Still, Philip Guston, Joan Mitchell, David Smith, and others. Together they represent an inimitable archive of innovation and a cross-pollination of leading artistic positions in the postwar years. With twenty new scholarly essays written by leading experts, Frisson provides the first opportunity for in-depth research into and new insights about nineteen noteworthy artworks recently acquired by the Seattle Art Museum. -- publisher's website

Alternative Title

Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis collection

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exhibitions (note)

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection', organized by Catharina Manchanda for the Seattle Art Museum, opening October 15, 2021"--Colophon.

Contents

Director's foreword / Amanda Cruz -- Acknowledments / Catharina Manchanda -- Prelude to a gift / Bruce Guenther -- Portraits of the collectors / Bruce Guenther -- Art of extremes / David Anfam -- Catalogue -- Mark Rothko, Untitled, ca. 1945 / Jeffrey Weiss -- Willem de Kooning, Town Square, 1948 / John Elderfield -- Clyfford Still, PH-338, 1949 / David Anfam -- Ad Reinhardt, Painting, 1950, 1950 / Norman L. Kleeblatt -- Franz Kline, Painting No. 11, 1951 / David Anfam -- Jackson Pollock, Untitled, 1951 / Carter R. Foster -- Philip Guston, To B.W.T., 1952 / Robert Storr -- Joan Mitchell, The Sink, 1956 / Amy Rahn -- Alberto Giacometti, Femme de Venise II, 1956 / Catherine Grenier -- Adolph Gottlieb, Crimson Spinning #2, 1959 / Sanford Hirsch -- Lee Krasner, Night Watch, 1960 / Eleanor Nairne -- Francis Bacon, Portrait of Man with Glasses I, 1963 / Martin Harrison -- Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1963 / Jeffrey Weiss -- Robert Motherwell, Irish Elegy, 1965 / Jack Flam -- David Smith, Cubi XXV, 1965 / Michael Brenson -- Helen Frankenthaler, Dawn Shapes, 1967 / Elizabeth A. T. Smith -- Francis Bacon, Study for a Portrait, 1967 / Martin Harrison -- Robert Motherwell, Before the Day, 1972 / Jack Flam -- Philip Guston, The Painter, 1976 / Robert Storr -- Memories of the New York Art World, as shared with Carol Vogel -- Chronology: Building the collection, 1970-1982.

Call Number

JQF 22-339

ISBN

9780932216793
093221679X

OCLC

1277109268

Title

Publisher

Seattle, WA : Seattle Art Museum, [2021]

Distributor

Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exhibitions

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection', organized by Catharina Manchanda for the Seattle Art Museum, opening October 15, 2021"--Colophon.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Manchanda, Catharina, editor, organizer.

Anfam, David, contributor.

Brenson, Michael, contributor.

Elderfield, John, contributor.

Flam, Jack D., contributor.

Foster, Carter E., contributor.

Grenier, Catherine, contributor.

Guenther, Bruce, contributor.

Harrison, Martin, 1945- contributor.

Hirsch, Sanford, contributor.

Kleeblatt, Norman L., contributor.

Nairne, Eleanor, contributor.

Rahn, Amy, contributor.

Smith, Elizabeth A. T., 1958- contributor.

Storr, Robert, contributor.

Vogel, Carol, contributor.

Weiss, Jeffrey S., contributor.

Seattle Art Museum, organizer, host institution.

University of Washington Press, distributor.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-339

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