Cut-Outs of Henri Matisse

John Elderfield

THAMES HUDSON LTD

Studies in Modern Art, the illustrated journal published annually by The Museum of Modern Art, is devoted to the discussion of topics in modern and contemporary art. Volumes 4 and 5 in this series together present a study of the Museum's history in the period following World War II, a time of reassessment of the modern tradition in the visual arts and of the museum's own collection, exhibitions, programmes and policies.

The Museum of Modern Art at Mid-Century: Continuity and Change (Studies in Modern Art)

Museum of Modern Art

Born in Portland, Oregon (1922). Family moved to San Francisco Bay Area (1924). Attended Stanford University (1940 - 43; BA, 1949) Studied at University of California, Berkeley (1943) while serving in the U. S. Marine Corps (1943 - 45). Attended California School of Fine Arts (1946). Lived in Sausalito, CA and taught at California School of Fine Arts (1947 - 50). Studied at University of New Mexico, (MFA, 1951). Began Berkeley series of abstract expressionist paintings (1953). Began still lifes, then landscapes as a prelude to figurative paintings (1955). Taught at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland (1955 - 59). Taught at San Francisco Art Institute (1959 - 63). Lived in Santa Monica and taught at University of California, Los Angeles (1966 - 73). Began Ocean Park series (1967). Died in Berkeley, CA (1993). Museum Exhibitions include: The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1988); major traveling retrospective, The Whitney Museum of American Art (1988); Elected to The Royal Academy, London (1992). Blue Surround, Evolution of Print, MH de Young Memorial Museum, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (1994); The Art of Richard Diebenkorn, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1997-1998). Clubs and Spades, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace Legion of Honors, San Francisco, CA (2002). The Ocean Park Series, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth, TX; traveling to Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2011-2012).

The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Houston Fi

Henri Matisse: A Retrospective

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Lavishly produced in oversize format, here is the complete illustrated catalogue of a landmark new exhibition devoted to the artist--the largest ever assembled--to be held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from September through January. Includes biographical notes, a chronology, and introductions to each major period of Matisse's career. 320 colorplates reproduce every painting and cutout in the exhibition; 92 black-and-white plates illustrate the sculptures, drawings, and prints; and 180 illustrations show related works not in the exhibition.

Henri Matisse: A Retrospective by John Elderfield (1992) Paperback

It has been said that the history of modern art--especially as it is understood in the United States--is inextricably linked to that defining institution of the twentieth century, The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since its founding in 1929, the museum has been known for its unrivaled collection of artworks created over the last century. And since its first publication was issued, in that same year, it has reproduced countless paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and design objects from its collection, accompanying them with elucidating essays written by some of the most notable scholars of the day. Never before, however, has the collection been viewed through the lens of the museum's history in the way it is here. Visions of Modern Art not only gathers together masterworks from the painting and sculpture department, it anthologizes the texts written about them from the museum's vast archives and publications, beginning in 1929 and ending in 2002.

Visions of Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture from The Museum of Modern Art

Iris Mickein

History & Criticism

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Accompanying a highly anticipated exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this monumental publication is the most comprehensive volume on Willem de Kooning yet published.

De Kooning: A Retrospective

Catalog of the exhibition: "De Kooning: A Retrospective" presenting the first posthumous de Kooning retrospective. 504 pages with 528 color and 130 black and white reproductions.

Lauren Mahony

Jennifer Field

Delphine Huisinga

Jim Coddington

Susan F. Lake

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

This exhibition, which premiered at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it was seen by more than 144,000 visitors, surveys the achievement over the past 20 years of one of the most important British artists of the postwar era. Consisting of 46 oil paintings borrowed from private and public collections in the United States, Europe and Mexico, Howard Hodgkin Paintings constitutes the first major museum exhibition of Hodgkin's work in the United States in ten years. The exhibition begins with works from 1975, the year Hodgkin achieved a mature and independent style, and concludes with works completed in 1995, including four paintings that have never before been exhibited. Howard Hodgkin: Paintings 1975-1995 was organized over the course of four years by the Modern's Director, Dr. Marla Price. The exhibition focuses on the period of Hodgkin's greatest achievement and places particular emphasis on his paintings from 1985 to 1995. The accompanying book includes essays by Michael Auping, John Elderfield and noted author Susan Sontag. Softcover.

Howard Hodgkin: Paintings

SUSAN SONTAG

Michael Auping

Marla Price

Howard Hodgkin

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

This book documents Bridget Riley's current exhibition at New York's Dia Center for the Arts, Reconnaissance, which brings together seminal paintings from the early 1960s, landmark works esteemed via word-of-mouth but not often seen. These works are shown together with others from the later 60s and 70s to chart the early career of this highly influential but--especially in the US--all-too-little-known artist. Riley's dynamically abstract paintings from the 1960s and 1970s long ago secured her a permanent place in the history of postwar art. Despite this widespread acclaim, Riley's work has been exhibited in the US only on a few occasions. In Reconnaissance, the artist's first solo exhibition to originate in the US in decades, the public will be able to examine a selection from Riley's compelling body of early work. Additionally, Riley has executed a wall drawing for Dia's galleries, which is documented here.

Bridget Riley: Reconnaissance

BRIDGET RILEY

Lynne Cooke

Dia Center for the Arts

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