JACKSON POLLOCK RARE 1989 1ST ED ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST LITHO PRINT LRG ART BOOK

Description: THIS JACKSON POLLOCK RARE VINTAGE 1989 FIRST EDITION ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST LITHOGRAPH PRINT ICONIC LANDMARK VOLUME COLLECTOR'S LARGE HARDCOVER ART BOOK IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY COLLECTION. THE FIRST EDITION LARGE VOLUME HARDCOVER ART BOOK WITH SAGE GREEN LINEN COVERED BOARDS, SILVER TONE FOIL EMBOSSED SPINE TITLES, AND DUST JACKET IS PUBLISHED BY HARRY N. ABRAMS INC. PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, PRINTED IN JAPAN IN 1989. IT FEATURES AN EXPANSIVE MONOGRAPH SURVEY OF THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST ARTWORKS OF THE ARTIST JACKSON POLLOCK, WITH ACCOMPANIED COMPELLING TEXT AUTHORED BY ACCLAIMED PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY ELLEN S. LANDAU. JACKSON POLLOCK ( 1912 - 1956 ) WAS AN AMERICAN PAINTER AND MAJOR FIGURE IN THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT. HE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF " DRIP PAINTING ". THE GROUNDBREAKING IMAGES HE CREATED, AND THE MATERIALS HE WORKED WITH WERE BOTH EXPERIMENTAL, INNOVATIVE AND NON TRADITIONAL. DURING HIS LIFE, POLLOCK ENJOYED CONSIDERABLE FAME AND NOTORIETY, HE WAS A MAJOR ARTIST OF HIS GENERATION. HE HAD A VOLATILE PERSONALITY AND STRUGGLED FOR MOST O HIS LIFE. HIS MARRIAGE TO ARTIST LEE KRASNER HAD AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON HIS CAREER AND LEGACY. THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART NEW HAS HELD FOUR RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS OF HIS ARTWORKS. POLLOCK IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. IN THIS SPECIAL VOLUME POLLOCK'S BIG, BOLD CANVASES ARE REPRODUCED IN FIVE COLORS TO CONVEY THE BRILLIANCE OF HIS NETWORK OF TONES, HIS ALUMINUM PAINT, AND HIS SPARKLING COLLAGE MATERIALS. SEVERAL MULTI-PAGE CENTER FOLD-OUTS SHOW HIS VAST HORIZONTAL WORKS WITHOUT DISTORTION, AND MORE THAN 100 OTHER WORKS ARE ALSO ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR, ALONG WITH 150 PLATES IN DUOTONE. A CHRONOLOGY PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR EVENTS OF POLLOCK'S LIFE. EVERY LOVER OF MID CENTURY MODERN ART WILL FIND THIS ELEGANT BOOK WITH IT'S BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS THE DEFINITIVE WORK ON THIS SUPREMELY DARING MODERN MASTER. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT 1ST EDITION LARGE FORMAT LANDMARK VOLUME ART BOOK MEASURES 12" W X 10 1/2" H X 1 1/4" D, WITH 283 PAGES. IT IS PRINTED ON PREMIUM PAPER STOCK FEATURING 270 LITHOGRAPH PRINT ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING 105 PLATES IN FULL COLOR AND 10 MULTI-PAGE FOLD-OUTS. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING, AND LIGHT MINOR WEAR. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.

Price: 740 USD

Location: Leawood, Kansas

End Time: 2023-12-19T19:03:09.000Z

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