William Carlos Williams and the American scene, 1920-1940 / Dickran Tashjian
1978, 1st Edition. Berkeley; London: University of California Press [for the] Whitney Museum of American Art. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #362574
ISBN: 0520038541
Physical description: 3 -168 pages: illustrations (some color), 1 facsimile, portraits; 29 cm. Contents: Introduction -- A self-portrait of the poet as avant-gardist -- Contact with America -- A Matisse in New York -- Color plates -- Hartley and contact with the West -- An American Dada -- Charles Demuth and the script of painting -- Precisionism -- An American place -- Ethnic and folk identity -- Proletarian portraits -- Epilogue: "Against the weather". Subjects:
Williams, William Carlos 1883-1963 Knowledge; Art.
Williams, William Carlos 1883-1963. Art and literature Exhibitions
Art, American; Exhibitions.
Art, Modern 20th century; Exhibitions. Art, American 20th century; Exhibitions.
Price: €21.95