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	• Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The ... David Anfam Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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Seminal works from a Chicago collection go to the Met

This book is a catalogue for the newly-acquired Muriel Kallis Newman collection of abstract expressionist works at the Met in NY. Some beautiful illustrations and enlightening explanations of seminal works (especially by De Kooning and Pollock) make this a valuable addition to the literature on this major artistic movement that dominated the American scene in the 1950's. The introduction is an interesting interview of the collector herself, who explains how she got acquainted with most of the artists she collected at a time when almost no one was paying attention to them.

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This handsome book features 63 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, which was recently given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it will be exhibited beginning in September 2007. Long recognized for its preeminent Abstract Expressionist works, the collection includes major canvases by the great painters of the movement, among them De Kooning, Pollock, and Rothko, and sculptures by David Smith. Also featured are Morris Louis, Noland, Oldenburg, and other Americans of the succeeding generation as well as a selection of works by early European modernists such as Arp, Giacometti, Léger, and Miró. With color illustrations throughout, the book features texts by 22 leading scholars, including David Anfam, Diane Kelder, and Richard Shiff.

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