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Book Review
Surrealists in New York: Atelier 17 and the Birth of Abstract Expressionism
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1372–1373
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Hayter, Stanley William / Pollock, Jackson / Motherwell, Robert / Baziotes, William / Bourgeois, Louise
places:
New York / Paris
styles:
Avant-garde / Surrealism / Abstract Expressionism
subjects:
Atelier 17, Paris, France
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Surrealists in New York: Atelier 17 and the Birth of Abstract Expressionism By Charles Darwent. 264 pp. incl. 93 b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2023), £25. ISBN 978–0–500–09426–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Centauresse, by Stanley William Hayter. 1944. Colour engraving and soft-ground etching, 28.6 by 23.2 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Article
One short trip to New York: Bill Jay and Tony Ray-Jones
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 513-521
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Author:
Scott, Grant (Scott, Grant)
Subjects
artists:
Ray-Jones, Tony / Jay, William / Arbus, Diane / Weegee / Friedlander, Lee
dates:
1960-1969
places:
New York
subjects:
American photography / British photography
subjects:
Magazines (periodicals)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Untitled (Street parade, New York), by Bill Jay. 1968. Scan from a vintage negative. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
10. Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones in a spread from Creative Camera (April 1969), pp.140–41.
Attributed works:
2. Bill Jay, photographed in c.1966. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
3. Tony Ray-Jones, by Bill Jay. 1968. Scan from a vintage negative. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
4. Weegee, by Bill Jay. 1968. Gelatin silver print, 27.9 by 19.1 cm. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
5. Contact sheet of photographs taken in New York, including frames showing Weegee in his New York apartment, by Bill Jay. 1968. Vintage contact sheet, 20.3 by 25.4 cm. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
6. Weegee in his New York apartment, by Bill Jay. 1968. Scan from a vintage negative. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
7. Robert Frank’s ‘Letter from New York’, in a spread from Creative Camera (July 1969), pp.234–35.
Attributed works:
8. Contact sheet of photographs taken in New York, showing a street parade, by Bill Jay. 1968. Vintage contact sheet, 20.3 by 25.4 cm. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
9. Lee Friedlander’s ‘Five portraits’ in a spread from Creative Camera (May 1969), pp.178–81.
Exhibition Review
Len Lye: Motion Composer
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 366-368
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Reviewer:
Richardson, Michael (Richardson, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues / Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Lye, Len
museums and institutions:
Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
places:
New Zealand / Australia / London / New York
Reviewed Items
places:
Len Lye: Motion Composer Edited by Andres Pardey. 3 vols, 468 pp. incl. 967 col. + b. & w. ills (Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg and Museum Tinguely, Basel, 2019), €58. ISBN 978–3–86828–961–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Len Lye with Fountain. Unknown photographer, 1959. (Len Lye Foundation Archive, New Plymouth).
Attributed works:
19. Totem and Taboo Sketchbook, by Len Lye. 1922–26. 23 by 18.1 cm. (Courtesy Len Lye Foundation, New Plymouth; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth).
Attributed works:
20. Still from Tusalava, by Len Lye. c.1929. 16 mm. blackand- white film, duration 10 minutes. (Courtesy Len Lye Foundation, New Plymouth; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth).
Book Review
Weaving Modernism: Postwar Tapestry Between Paris and New York
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 909-910
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Reviewer:
Coxon, Ann (Coxon, Ann)
Subjects
places:
Paris / New York
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Weaving / Textiles / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Weaving Modernism: Postwar Tapestry Between Paris and New York By K.L.H. Wells. 280 pp. incl. 59 col. + 45 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019), £50. ISBN 978–0–300–23259–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Modern tapestry, by Roy Lichtenstein. Pile tapestry produced by Modern Master Tapestries Inc. 1968. Wool, 273.1 by 367.7 cm. (Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, New York; © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein).
Exhibition Review
Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 892-894
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Reviewer:
Dauven, Carina (Dauven, Carina)
Subjects
artists:
Abbott, Berenice / Atget, Eugène
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Die Photographische Sammlung/ SK-Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
places:
New York
subjects:
American School (United States of America) / Photography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity Die Photographische Sammlung/ SK-Stiftung Kultur, Cologne 18th June–6th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Sophie Victor, by Berenice Abbott. 1927. Gelatin silver print, 24.1 by 19.1 cm. (International Center of Photography, New York; © Getty Images / Berenice Abbott; exh. Die Photographische Sammlung/SKStiftung Kultur, Cologne).
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18. Fifth-Avenue, nos. 4,6,8, by Berenice Abbott. 1936. Gelatin silver print, 46.4 by 58.4 cm. (International Center of Photography, New York; © Getty Images / Berenice Abbott; exh. Die Photographische Sammlung/SKStiftung Kultur, Cologne).
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19. Triborough Bridge [East 125th Street Approach], by Berenice Abbott. 1937. Gelatin silver print, 25.1 by 20 cm. (Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection; New York Public Library © Getty Images / Berenice Abbott; exh. Die Photographische Sammlung/SKStiftung Kultur, Cologne).
Obituary
Hester Diamond (1928–2020)
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 554-556
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
Subjects
artists:
Hepworth, Barbara / Brancusi, Constantin
patrons:
Diamond, Hester
places:
New York
subjects:
Obituaries / Collectors / Art dealers
subjects:
Modern art
subjects:
Americans / Philanthropists
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Hester Diamond, photographed in her apartment in the El Dorado building, New York City, 2008. Behind her is The Vestal Virgin Tuccia as an allegory of chastity, by Moretto da Brescia. c.1540–44. (Photograph Jason Schmidt).
Book Review
Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront. By Jonathan Weinberg
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 269-270
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Reviewer:
Parlett, Jack (Parlett, Jack)
Subjects
artists:
Matta-Clark, Gordon / Acconci, Vito / Seccombe, Shelley / Baltrop, Alvin
places:
New York
subjects:
Queer theory / piers / Homosexuality / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront By Jonathan Weinberg. 232 pp. incl. 34 col. + 66 b. & w. ills. (Penn State University Press, University Park PA, 2019),  31.50. ISBN 978–0–271–08217–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Sunbathing on the edge, Pier 52 (Matta- Clark’s Day’s End), by Shelley Seccombe. c.1977. Photograph. (Courtesy the artist).
Article
Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’: the Baroness theory debunked
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 804-810
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Author:
Bailey, Bradley (Bailey, Bradley)
Subjects
art literature:
Gammel, Irene / Spalding, Julian / Thompson, Glyn
artists:
Duchamp, Marcel / Freytag-Loringhoven, Elsa von, Elsa / Varèse (nee Norton), Louise / Wood, Beatrice / Roché, Henri-Pierre / Stella, Joseph / Stieglitz, Alfred / Demuth, Charles
collectors and dealers:
Arensberg, Walter C.
dates:
1910-1919
places:
New York
styles:
Dada
subjects:
Society of Independent Artists / Exhibitions / Attributions
works:
Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Fountain, by Marcel Duchamp. 1917. Photograph Alfred Stieglitz, vintage silver print, 23.5 by 17.8 cm. (© Succession Marcel Duchamp/ DACS London 2019; private collection; courtesy Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York).
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2. Louise Varèse, by Brassaï. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 12.2 by 14.9 cm. (Louise Varèse Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Libraries, Northampton MA; © RMN-Grand Palais; DACS London 2019).
Attributed works:
3. Letter from Marcel Duchamp to Suzanne Duchamp. 11th April 1917. 23 by 15 cm. (Jean Crotti papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the information tag.
Attributed works:
7. Detail of ‘Marcel Duchamp at Play’ an essay by Louise Varèse. Late 1972. (Louise Varèse Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Libraries, Northampton MA).
Western art unattributed:
4. Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. 1922. Photograph. (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, Washington DC).
Western art unattributed:
5. Louise Varèse, Edgard Varèse, Suzanne Duchamp, Jean Crotti and Mary Reynolds photographed in Paris. 1924. (Jean Crotti papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution).
Exhibition Review
Keith Haring. Tate Liverpool
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 852-855
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Reviewer:
Boaden, James (Boaden, James)
Subjects
artists:
Haring, Keith
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, Great Britain
places:
New York
subjects:
American art / Politics / Popular culture / LGBT / Subcultures / Street art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Keith Haring in subway car, (New York), by Tseng Kwong Chi. c.1983. (Courtesy Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc.; © Keith Haring Foundation; exh. Tate Liverpool).
Attributed works:
2. Untitled, by Keith Haring. 1983. Acrylic on vinyl tarpaulin, 173 by 170 cm. (Courtesy Laurent Strouk; exh. Tate Liverpool).
Attributed works:
3. Untitled, by Keith Haring. 1985. Chalk on paper, 205 by 102 cm. (BvB Collection, Geneva; exh. Tate Liverpool).
Attributed works:
4. Ignorance = fear, by Keith Haring. 1989. Poster, 66 by 114.1 cm. (Noirmontartproduction, Paris; exh. Tate Liverpool).
Book Review
Hugh Lane: The Art Market and the Art Museum, 1893–1915. By Morna O’Neill
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 525-526
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Reviewer:
Avery-Quash, Susanna (Avery-Quash, Susanna; Quash, Susanna Avery-)
Subjects
patrons:
Lane, Hugh Percy, Sir, 1875-1915
places:
London / Dublin / Johannesburg / Cape Town / New York
subjects:
Art market / Art museums / Collecting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hugh Lane: The Art Market and the Art Museum, 1893–1915 By Morna O’Neill. 284 pp. incl. 95 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018), £40. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. The front room at Lindsey House, London, with Frans Hals’s Portrait of a woman and, above the fireplace, Pieter de Putter’s Portrait of a young woman. 1913. (London County Council).
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