Reference book published about the East Village music and art scene. Texts and photographs by Fred McDarrah, introduction by Thomas B. Hess and commentary by Gloria Schoffel McDarrah. Artists include Franz Kline, Edward Avedisian, Marice Bugeaud, Robert Rauschenberg, Hans Hoffmann, Sid Gorden, Bud Wirtschafter, Sam Feinstein, Lester Elliot, William Gambini, Norman Bluhm, Gwytha Pring, Mark di Suvero, Stanly Landsman, Red Grooms, Robert Whitman, Willem De Kooning and many more. Includes black-and-white photographs divided into three sections; A Way of Life, Achieving Status and A Definite Stand. "This extraordinary and exciting volumes pays tributes to the brilliant group of artists known noationally and internationally as the 'New York School.'...Fred McDarrah has caught unerringly the look, aroma, feel and light of the artists in their studios, their paintings and sculpture, streets and galleries parties and club meetings, their collectors, dealers and critics." -- from book's back cover.