Author: Carmean, E.A. Jr.
Title: The Great Decade of American Abstraction: Modernist Art 1960 to 1970
Description: , Museum of Fine Art, Houston, 1974. . Paperback. . Unmarked text. Sun lines on cover. Letter stamped on front end page. Signature on title page, dated 1977. Exhibition catalogue. With an introductory note by Philippe de Montebello, and text and catalogue by E. A. Carmean, Jr. 139p. Measures 10.75x9.25 inches. Color and B/W images. Essays include "Post-Painterly Abstraction" by Clement Greenberg, Jane Harrison Cone on Kenneth Noland, "Art and Objecthood" by Michael Fried, "On Frontality" by Rosalind Kraus, Walter Darby Bannard on Hans Hofmann's rectangles, William Rubin on Frank Stella, Barabara Rose on Helen Frankenthaler, and more. Also sections on conservation of the paintings.. . . Good

Keywords: Modern Art, Abstract Art, Abstract Expressionism, New York School, Modernist, American Art, Op Art, Visual Perception, Action Painting


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