Embattled Critic: Views on Modern Art by Canaday, John - 1962

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Fair. 1962. Paperback. Clean inside, spine has heavy creases, cover creased. Includes essays on children's art, junk sculpture, a moratorium on art, experiments, etc plus Canady writes about Miro, Calder, Dubuffet, Marca-Relli, Dali, et al; .

NY: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, Noonday Press, 1962. Illustrated throughout with B&W art reproductions. Black cloth boards, bright silver lettering, mostly clean, some shelf wear at extremities [fraying]. Textblock pages clean, unmarked, binding sound and square, age discoloration at endpapers and feps. PO's gift inscription at fep and 2 digit number at half title page. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Stated First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various Artists.

Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear and rubbing. Creases on spine. Minor corner bump.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. Cloth, 238 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Stated First Printing. Age toning, edges & endpapers lightly soiled. Includes reviews from the New York Times, where Canaday upset the abstract expressionist apple-cart. The "embattled critic" infuriated many people in the art community and the Times was deluged with letters calling for his dismissal.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo.

The Noonday Press, 1962. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Contains essays by a former New York Times critic analyzing individual painters and sculptors, movements and schools, the role of museums, critics, and collectors. 238p.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket with chipping. Contains essays by a former New York Times critic analyzing individual painters and sculptors, movements and schools, the role of museums, critics, and collectors. Black and white illustrations. Measures 5.75x 8.25 inches. 238p.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1962.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed to noted librarian Emerson Greenaway, then the director of the Philadelphia Free Library. Essays by the controversial art critic for The New York Times who questioned abstract expressionism and other movements of the era. Includes brief observations on Dali, Max Ernst, Magritte, Calder, Rothko, and other artists. 237 pp., b&w illustrations. 8vo clothbound hardcover. VG in VG dust jacket. Sound and securely bound. Some foxing/browning of the signed page, but text clean and unmarked. Jacket has one closed tear, foxing of the flaps. Uncommon signed.

Farrar. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1962. Hard Cover. (I374) .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Fine with some offsetting on the front end papers in near fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper.

Paperback / softback. New.