Research Catalog

Title

Abstract expressionists : the women : the Levett Collection / Ellen G. Landau, Joan M. Marter.

Author

Landau, Ellen G.

Publication

• London ; New York : Merrell Publishers Limited, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Marter, Joan M.
• Bailey, Nicola
• Chandler, Claire
• Fairhead, Rosanna
• Levett, Christian, 1970-

Description

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm

Summary

"This magnificent publication surveys the vital role of women in the development of Abstract Expressionism by looking at more than 50 paintings, collages and sculptures all accompanied by carefully selected quotes from the artists themselves. The dominant movement of the New York and San Francisco art scenes of the mid-20th century, Abstract Expressionism is celebrated as the first development in American art to gain international status. The movement is synonymous with the work of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, but also belonging to this generation who changed the course of modern art were numerous female artists; only in recent years have their contributions received the recognition they deserve. The remarkable women in this exciting new book - among them Perle Fine, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Gechtoff, Lee Krasner, and Joan Mitchell - studied at the same art schools as the men, exhibited at the same galleries, and were part of the same social scene. But their work was not shown and reviewed as widely or considered as valuable as that of the men. This beautiful book presents the works of the Levett Collection, an unparalleled private collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture by women Abstract Expressionists. Richly illustrated essays by the scholars Ellen G. Landau and Joan M. Marter, leading authorities on the subject, consider, respectively, the vital role of women in the development of Abstract Expressionism and the work of women sculptors of the movement. Full of exuberant, explosive colour and densely layered expression, the main part of the book is devoted to more than 50 paintings, collages, and sculptures, all accompanied by pertinent quotes from the women about their artistic practice and concerns. An illustrated timeline and 35 artist biographies provide further insight, making this volume an essential addition to the study of Abstract Expressionist women, innovators in their own right, whose time in the art-historical spotlight has finally come."--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Levett, Christian, 1970- > Art collections
• 1900-1999
• Abstract expressionism
• Women artists > 20th century
• Art > Private collections
• Women artists
• Art

Genre/Form

• Illustrated works.
• Biographies.

Note

• Includes work by artists: Mary Abbott, Janice Biala, Bernice Bing, Louise Bourgeois, Elaine de Kooning, Dorothy Dehner, Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Claire Falkenstein, Lilly Fenichel, Perle Fine, Audrey Flack, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Gechtoff, Judith Godwin, Grace Hartigan, Buffie Johnson, Lee Krasner, Mercedes Matter, Joan Mitchell, Louise Nevelson, Charlotte Park, Betty Parsons, Pat Passlof, Irene Rice Pereira, Deborah Remington, Anne Ryan, Miriam Schapiro, Ethel Schwabacher, Sonja Sekula, Janet Sobel, Vivian Springford, Hedda Sterne, Alma Thomas, Yvonne Thomas, and Michael West.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index.

Contents

Preface / Christian Levett -- Working "in a different way" : women and abstract expressionism / Ellen G. Landau -- Abstract expressionist women in the third dimension / Joan M. Marter -- The women -- Notes -- Chronology -- Artist Biographies -- Exhibitions History and Publications -- Acknowledgments -- Picture Credits -- Index.

Call Number

JQF 24-294

ISBN

• 9781858947037
• 1858947030

OCLC

1350840220

Author

Landau, Ellen G., author. Author

Title

Abstract expressionists : the women : the Levett Collection / Ellen G. Landau, Joan M. Marter.

Publisher

London ; New York : Merrell Publishers Limited, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Marter, Joan M., author. Author

Bailey, Nicola, book designer.

Chandler, Claire, editor. Editor

Fairhead, Rosanna, editor. Editor

Levett, Christian, 1970- author of introduction, etc.

Research Call Number

JQF 24-294