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Traces the development of the American painter and discusses his place in art history
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The editor of this startling book claims that Stuart Davis made the "first truly original American avant-garde painting." Niggling arguments aside, it finally gives Davis his due, which has always been difficult. His most familiar paintings are so flatly poster-like that they prefigure many similarly cool movements, from conceptual to pop art, but without the intellectual or humorous trappings of the latter. The early works reproduced here show a sensitive side of Davis. In a 1912 self-portrait, for example, the artist looks troubled and tubercular, glancing over his shoulder at a distant female figure. The colors are wintry, the paint thickly applied. Later, when Davis discovers modernism, it is as if he embraces the logic of abstraction as an antidote to the deeper emotions of his youth. This comprehensive volume gives readers enough information to decide for themselves. --Margaret Moorman
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Hardcover. DJ is worn around edges and a 2 1/2" tear on rear DJ top edge; 1 x 1" price sticker on bottom rear cover; 1/4 x 2" sticker on top of inside front DJ flap; small tear on rear bottom pastedown endpage. ; Essays by Rudi H. Fuchs, Lewis C. Kachur, Diane Kelder, Frederica Pirani, Wayne L. Roosa, Ben Sidran, and Karen Wilkin. Shipping will be extra for this heavy book, please inquire. This book was published to accompany the only American showing of Stuart Davis's exhibition at Washington's national Museum of American Art during the summer of 1998. ; 10 x 12"; 207 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 108433
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First North American Edition. 207 pages. Hardcover. Text in English. There is a black remainder stripe on the underside of the pageblock with some sunning/tanning to the spine of the dustjacket, which is now encased in a Mylar protective sleeve. Else, the boards are sharp, the binding tight, and interior clean and free of markings. 97 illustrations, 62 in color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice June 7-October 5, 1997, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome October 22, 1997-January 12, 1998, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam February 1-April 19, 1998 and the National Museum of American Art, Washington DC May 22-September 7, 1998. Book. Seller Inventory # 027941
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG++. First Edition. Tape repair to obverse of dust jacket. Exhibition of 1998 at Washington's National Museum of American Art; essays by Rudi H. Fuchs, Lewis C. Kachur, Diane Kelder, and others; illustrated in color; 207pp. A tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 909228
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