Philip Pearlstein: The Abstract Landscapes and Other Early Works on Paper, 199..

Philip Pearlstein: The Abstract Landscapes and Other Early Works on Paper
ISBN:
0962440175
Author:
Rosenblum, Robert; Zona, Louis
Publisher:
The Butler Institute of American Art
Release Date:
1992
Seller Category:
ART EXHIBIT CATALOGS
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1
Condition:
Used: Very Good
Sku: 01438
Notes: Very Good 11" x 8 1/2" perfectbound exhibition catalog in stiff cream colored wraps, brown facsimile signature to cover, minor shelf rubbing, very slight sunning to spine, and one pressure crease to spine, else perfectly clean, deckled edge of first free endpaper showing no visible wear, tight binding, clean, and unmarked throughout. 24 pp. includes an essay by critic and curator Robert Rosenblum, an interview with Philip Pearlstein from 1992 conducted by artist Louis Zona, and a checklist of the exhibition. Replete with sumptuous images of Pearlstein's early abstract watercolor landscapes on paper, many in full-color. Though Philip Pearlstein is known as one of the world's premier figurative realist watercolor painters, this exhibition focuses entirely on the early forays into color and abstract composition that would form his foundation. From Rosenblum's introduction: "...what we see here is not only a body of exuberant, adventurous work that mixed the energies of Abstract Expressionism with the intense scrutiny of nature, but also the slow revelation of the unexpected path Pearlstein staked out for himself, a cold-eyed, seemingly hard-hearted realism that completely renounced his origins." This catalog was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the artist's work held at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, March 8 to April 12, 1992.