A Sweeper-Up After Artists: A Memoir by Sandler, Irving - 2009

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Thames & Hudson, 2009-02-23. Paperback. Like New.

Thames & Hudson, 2009-02-23. Paperback. New.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2009. 382 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. "For over fifty years Irving Sandler has been a vital presence in the New York art world. Frank O'Hara called him, in a memorable poem, 'the balayeur des artistes,' the sweeper-up after artists. He has been a friend or acquaintance of virtually every important American artist of the postwar period, and his art criticism and books constitute the first and most comprehensive critical and historical account of this extraordinary period. His personal chronicle is the living memory of the New York art world, from abstract expressionism to the present day." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Preface: reminiscences and speculations; Stumbling upon a vocation; The art world of the 1950s; My pantheon: Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Philip Guston, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, David Smith; More first generation artists who inspired me: Hans Hofmann, Josef Albers, Milton Avery, Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Tony… Read More

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Thames & Hudson; Et Al. New. 2003. Hardcover. 0500287678 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- - .382 pages, 34 illus. -- with a bonus offer-- .