The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938-1948

201 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Published for the exhibition held at the Newport Harbor Art Museum, July 16 to September 14, 1986; and other venues. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** This exhibition examines how the American Abstract Expressionists were influenced by the European Surrealists, particularly the biomorphic and abstract tendencies of that movement, exemplified by Miro and Masson, as opposed to the figurative works (of Dali and Magritte). Especially important for these painters was the technique of automatism in recording the unconscious mind, an idea derived in turn from Freudian psychoanalysis. *** Includes: William Baziotes - Byron Browne - Arshile Gorky - Adolph Gottlieb - John D. Graham - Hans Hofmann - Gerome Kamrowski - Wifredo Lam - Andre Masson - Matta - Joan Miro - Robert Motherwell - Barnett Newman - Gordon Onslow Ford - Wolfgang Paalen - Jackson Pollock - Richard Pousette-Dart - Mark Rothko - David Smith - Theodoros Stamos - Yves Tanguy - Mark Tobey. Size: 4to.…