Large-scale compendium of artists' writings edited by Kristine Stiles and Peter Selz. Artists include Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Louise Bourgeois, Alfred H. ... [details]
The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin documenting MoMA's 25th Anniversary Exhibition "Paintings From Private Collections with Six Important Gifts." Introduction by Alfred H. Barr Jr. "Six Important Gifts" includes works by Paul Cezanne (from David Rockefeller), Henri Matisse (from Mr. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held September 13 - October 26, 1986. Essay by Marc H. Miller. Artists include Laurie Anderson, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Philip Ayers, John Baldessari, Thomas Barrow, Robert Bechtle, Gretchen Bender, Paul Berger, Keiko Bonk, Chris Burden, Nancy Burson, Harry Callahan, Tseng Kwong Chi, John Clem Clarke, Maxi Cohen, Jaime Davidovich, Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston, Daniel Faust, John Fekner, Don Leicht, Eric Fischl, Janet Fish, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Matthew Geller, Jon Gnagy, Rodney Alan Greenblat, Richard Hamilton, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Nancy Holt, Douglas Huebler, Isidore Isou, Richards Jarden, Burris Jenkins Jr. ... [details]
"Matisse : His Art and His Public is the most complete account we have, not only of the artists's life and achievement, but of how the world has received his art. For years Matisse was the most controversial living painter. ... [details]
Issue edited by Philip Leider. Essays "Harnett, Peto and Haberle in La Jolla," by Alfred Frankenstein; "Twelve Chicago Artists at the Walker," by Whitney Halstead; "An Interview with Helen Frankenthaler," by Henry Geldzahler; "Tribute to Simon Rodia," by Alfred H. ... [details]
"Open Hearing" is the report from the Art Workers Coalition hearing on April 10, 1969 printed in order to bring each artists' opinion on museum reform to the attention of all art workers and all art institutions in New York City and elsewhere. ... [details]
Comprehensive biography of Alfred H. Barr Jr. by Alice Goldfarb Marquis. Details his impact on American taste and the opening of The Museum of Modern Art. [details]
Autobiographical account of the collection and collecting of Peggy Guggenheim. Includes "Introduction" by Alfred H. Barr Jr. Chapters by Guggenheim include "Gilt-Edged Childhood"; "Marriages"; "Guggenheim Jeune"; "Serious Collecting"; "Life with Max Ernst"; "Art of this Century"; "Venice and the Biennale"; "Palazzo Venier dei Leoni"; "Ceylon, India and Venice Again"; "New York Revisited. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held May 22 - September 8, 1957. Traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, October 29 - December 8, 1957. Introduction by Alfred H. Barr Jr. Includes exhibition checklist. ... [details]
Monograph of the career of Pablo Picasso through 1957. Text by Roland Penrose and Alfred H. Barr Jr. [details]