
Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works
The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yale University Press
Published on 30. August 2007
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-300-12252-7 (ISBN)
Description
This handsome book features 63 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, which was recently given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it will be exhibited beginning in September 2007. Long recognized for its preeminent Abstract Expressionist works, the collection includes major canvases by the great painters of the movement, among them De Kooning, Pollock, and Rothko, and sculptures by David Smith. Also featured are Morris Louis, Noland, Oldenburg, and other Americans of the succeeding generation as well as a selection of works by early European modernists such as Arp, Giacometti, Leger, and Miro. With color illustrations throughout, the book features texts by 22 leading scholars, including David Anfam, Diane Kelder, and Richard Shiff.
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (September 10, 2007 - January 20, 2008)
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (September 10, 2007 - January 20, 2008)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
10 b-w + 99 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 229 mm
Weight
1474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-12252-7 (9780300122527)
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Persons
Lisa Mintz Messinger is associate curator and Gary Tinterow is Englehard Curator in Charge in the Department of 19th-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.