San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. xxiv, 431 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm.Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. New York critic Perl's reviews from 1986-90. CONTENTS: FIRST SEASON: 1986-1987: A case of retro madness; Picasso's sketchbooks; What I saw in September; Letters from Paris: whose century was it, anyway?; Jottings along the way; The Leland Bell show; Jasper's seasons; Paul Klee now; The shows must go on; Welcome to Berlin. SECOND SEASON: 1987-1988: Pollock and company; Photography and beyond; O'Keeffe in the capital; From September to December; Working Stella; What's major? What's minor?; Yes!; Letters from Paris: Obituaries and retrospectives; In the galleries; King of dropouts; All around the town; Hockney's people. THIRD SEASON: 1988-1989: Announcements; A dissent on Kiefer; Notes on art and politics; International episode; Master Courbet; Autumn alphabet; Letter from London: they do it their way; How simple everything could be!; Avida dollars; Keeping the faith; Comedy of styles; Letters from Paris: bicentennial blahs; Seeing Mapplethorpe. FOURTH SEASON: 1989-1990: Viva Velazquez; Diasporisms; The legend business; Yup pups love Babar; Half a dozen contemporaries; Classics without commercials; Paradise now; Mixed media; Being Balthus; Successes; Fallout out of love with photography; That was the season that was.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

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Bookseller: LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 121615
Title: Gallery Going: Four Seasons in the Art World
Author: Perl, Jed
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st
ISBN 10: 0151342601
ISBN 13: 9780151342600
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Place of Publication: San Diego, CA
Date Published: 1991
Size: 8vo
Keywords: Collectible
Bookseller catalogs: XXX / COLLECTIBLES; American / 6. Late Modern, 1945-1999; Aesthetics;

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