Venice 34: The Figurative Tradition In Recent American Art
by Geske, Norman A
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Smithsonian Institution Press Washington DC 1968 . Fine, Minor Foxing 26.5 x 20.5cms, 132pp, b/w & Some Colour Illusts Very Good -, edge Wear Hard Cover Exhibition Catalogue This book acknowledges that many American artists had begun to paint figurative works after 20 years of 'a completely abstract mode of seeing'. It explores abstract expressionism, pop art, op art and funk as well as the turn to figurative works. Gaske chose Leonard Baskin, Byron Burford, Robert Cremean, Edwin Dickinson, Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Gallo, Red Grooms, James McGarrell, Reuben Nakian & Fairfield Porter to represent the USa at Venice (1968).
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- Venice 34: The Figurative Tradition In Recent American Art
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- Geske, Norman A
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press Washington DC 1968
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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