Jackson Pollock

Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1982. Softcover. VG- Ex-gallery, with spine label and a few marks and stamps, some edgewear, previous owners name on ffep. Text is in French. Sage green & color illus. wraps, 420 pp., BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1982 exhibition of works by American artist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). More text than illustrations. Includes 37 essays, ranging from critiques to comparisons and to testimonies and reflections. Contributors: Dominique Bozo, William Rubin, Barbara Rose, Hubert Damisch, Flavio Caroli, Georges Raillard, Marcelin Pleynet, Daniel Abadie, E. A. Carmean, Pierre Restany, Francoise Choay, Yoshiaki Tono, G. C. Argan, Bernard Noel, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Maurice Roche, Jacques Dupin, Michel Butor, Gilbert Lascault, Robert Pinget, Claire Stoullig, Catherine Bompuis, Sam Francis, Robert Motherwell, James Brooks, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Adolf Gottlieb, Larry Rivers, Antonio Saura, Allan Kaprow, Hubert Damisch, William Rubin, Arnold Newman, Rudolph Burckhardt, Michael Vaccaro, Claire Stoullig, Evelyne Pomey. Each piece is in French, regardless of the nationality or language of the contributor. An interesting approach to a possible familiar subject.