Women of abstract expressionism

Marter, Joan M., (author,, editor.). Chanzit, Gwen Finkel, 1948- (writer of introduction.). Denver Art Museum, (host institution.). Mint Museum (Charlotte, N.C.), (host institution.). Palm Springs Art Museum, (host institution.). Whitechapel Art Gallery, (host institution.).

Summary: This publication contains a survey of female abstract expressionist artists, revealing the richness and lasting influence of their work and the movement as a whole as well as highlighting the lack of critical attention they have received to date.

Record details

ISBN: 0300208421
ISBN: 9780300208429
Physical Description: 215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
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Publisher: Denver, Colorado : Denver Art Museum ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	Catalog of an exhibition held at Denver Art Museum, June - September 2016, Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, October - January 2017, Palm Springs Art Museum, February - May 2017 and Whitechapel Gallery, London, June - September 2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Christoph Heinrich -- Acknowledgments / Gwen F. Chanzit, Joan Marter -- Introduction to the exhibition / Gwen F. Chanzit -- Missing in action : abstract expressionist women / Joan Marter -- "Biographies and bodies" : self and other in portraits by Elaine and Bill De Kooning / Ellen G. Landau -- The advantages of obscurity : women abstract expressionists in San Francisco / Susan Landauer -- Krasner, Mitchell, and Frankenthaler : nature as metonym / Robert Hobbs -- An interview with Irving Sandler / Joan Marter -- Catalogue of the exhibition -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Chronology / Jesse Laird Ortega -- Selected biographies / Aliza Edelman.