American Masters: The Voice and The Myth
by O'Doherty, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG in tattered dustjacket, library label inside cover
- ISBN 10
- 0394464230
- ISBN 13
- 9780394464237
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Random House, 1973. Hardcover. VG in tattered dustjacket, library label inside cover. White cloth covered boards with white lettering, blue lettering on spine. 288 pp. numerous color and bw plates. This book is about "eight American artists, each of whom stands for certain aspects of American art and tradition. The book's underlining - and hitherto unexamined - theme between an artist's work - his "voice" and its reception by the public, which tends to comprehend the artist and his work as a "myth," and so provides itself with a special armature whereby the artist's image and body of work become stabilized and accessible. Includes lengthy chapters on the following artists: Hopper, Davis, Pollock, De Kooning, Rothko, Rauschenberg, Wyeth and Cornell.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6335
- Title
- American Masters: The Voice and The Myth
- Author
- O'Doherty, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG in tattered dustjacket, library label inside cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394464230
- ISBN 13
- 9780394464237
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Art; American Art; Critical Essays ; Gen. Amer. Art - 20th Cent. ; American Art ; Critical Essays
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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