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.

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Details

Additional Authors

Marter, Joan M.

Description

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 x 26 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

• Abstract expressionism
• Women artists > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

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

Contents

Working "in a different way" : women and abstract expressionism / Ellen G. Landau -- Abstract expressionist women in the third dimension / Joan M. Marter -- The women.

ISBN

• 9781858947037
• 1858947030

LCCN

99994302427

OCLC

• on1350840220
• 1350840220
• SCSB-14657105

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries