Portfolio: The Magazine of the Visual Arts May/June 1981

Alexandra Anderson; Walter S. Gibson; Hugh McKean; Marina Vaizey; Bruce Kurtz; Selma Lanes; Jonathan G. Katz; Ettagale Laure

Published by Portfolio Associates, New York, NY, 1981

No clipped or missing pages. Pages are clean and unmarked; a few have a bent corner. Light soiling to the front cover. 1/3" tear in the fore-edge of the front cover. Upper left corner of the back cover is creased. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Vignettes: Notes from the Art World" by Alexandra Anderson; "Editors' Choice: Selected Gallery Previews"; "Artcalendar: Museum Shows of Note"; "Recent Books: New Words on Old Things" (Three new books on American Decorative Arts: The Antiquers" by Elizabeth Stillinger, A Documentary History of American Interiors by Edgar deN. Mayhew and Minor Myers, Jr., and Wallpaper in America by Catherine Lynn plus short reviews; "In Detail: Pieter Bruegel's The Harvesters" (An early example of secular landscape painting, Bruegel's vision of summer synthesizes personal observation with traditional views of the seasons) by Walter S. Gibson; "Tiffany Remembered" (Fire destroyed Laurelton Hall, home of America's master of the decorative arts, but the aura of the place and of the man live on today in a remarkable collection) by Hugh McKean; "Camille Pissarro, Poet of the Ordinary" (Long appreciated as a teacher, friend, and moving force among the Impressionists, 'Papa Pissarro' is gaining new stature as an artist of uncommon gifts) by Marina Vaizey; "Sculpture as Landscape" (Using time, space, and earth as his materials, Robert Smithson moved sculpture beyond human form, creating an art no museum can contain) by Bruce Kurtz; "The Brandywine Legacy" (American illustration flourished at the Brandywine School, founded by master teacher and draftsman Howard Pyle, whose dramatic use of history and landscape still resonate in this country's art) by Selma Lanes; "Images of Shiva" (Male and female, light and dark, creator and destroyer--the many faces of the Hindu god Shiva have inspired major works of Indian art) by Jonathan G. Katz; "Picture Credits"; "Index to Advertisers"; "Collectors' Notes: Antique Jewelry" (From enameled Renaissance pendants to superbly crafted Art Deco pieces, antique jewelry exerts a continuing attraction for collectors) by Ettagale Laure; "Further Reading" and "Letters to the Editor". Seller Inventory # ABT343

Bibliographic Details

Title: Portfolio: The Magazine of the Visual Arts ...
Publisher: Portfolio Associates, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued
Edition: 1st Edition