J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building
the Bookman’s Paradise
By Colin B. Bailey, Daria Rose Foner, Barry
Bergdoll, Andrew Dolkart, Christine Nelson
and Brian Regan. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. +
b. & w. ills. (Scala Arts and the Morgan Library
and Museum, New York), £34. ISBN 978–1–
78551–399–2. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Façade of the Morgan Library and Museum,
designed by Charles McKim. Completed 1906.
Book Review
Surrealists in New York: Atelier 17 and the Birth of Abstract Expressionism
Surrealists in New York: Atelier 17 and
the Birth of Abstract Expressionism
By Charles Darwent. 264 pp. incl. 93 b. & w. ills.
(Thames and Hudson, London and New York,
2023), £25. ISBN 978–0–500–09426–6. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Centauresse, by Stanley William Hayter.
1944. Colour engraving and soft-ground
etching, 28.6 by 23.2 cm. (National Gallery
of Art, Washington).
Exhibition Review
Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South
Souls Grown Deep Like
the Rivers: Black Artists
from the American South
Royal Academy of Arts, London
17th March–18th June |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. LeBe, by
Sam Doyle. Late
1970s. Paint on
tin, 95.2 by 67.9
cm. (Estate of
Sam Doyle; Souls
Grown Deep
Foundation,
Atlanta;
photograph
Stephen Pitkin;
exh. Royal
Academy of
Arts, London).
Attributed works:
24. Oklahoma, by
Ronald Lockett.
1995. Found
sheet metal, tin,
wire, paint and
nails on wood,
114.3 by 117.5 by
7.6 cm. (Souls
Grown Deep
Foundation,
Atlanta; Artist
Rights Society,
New York and
DACS; exh. Royal
Academy of Arts,
London).
Attributed works:
25. Medallion, by
Loretta Pettway
Bennett. 2005.
Cotton and twill,
215.9 by 154.9
cm. (Souls Grown
Deep Foundation,
Atlanta; Artist
Rights Society, New
York and DACS; exh.
Royal Academy of
Arts, London).
Europe Divided: Huguenot Refugee
Art and Culture
By Tessa Murdoch. 320 pp. incl. 250 col. ills.
(V&A Publishing, London, 2021), £40.
ISBN 978–1–83851–012–1. |
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Book Review
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in
Henry Darger’s Art
By Leisa Rundquist. 126 pp. incl. 13 b. & w.
ills. (Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2021),
£44.99. ISBN 978–1–138–31455–9. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. a) Are almost murdered themselves though
they fight for their lives typhoon saves them...
b) Vivian girls said Glandelinian tent, by Henry
Darger. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 55.9
by 223.5 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New
York; Scala Archives).
Horace Pippin, American Modern
By Anne Monahan. 264 pp. incl. 96 col. + 25
b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and
London, 2020), £40. ISBN 978–0–300–24330–7. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. The domino game, by Horace Pippin. 1943.
Oil on composition board, 32.4 by 55.9 cm.
(Phillips Collection, Washington).
Elijah Pierce’s America
Edited by Nancy Ireson and Zoé
Whitley. 208 pp. incl. 120 col. ills. (Barnes
Foundation, Philadelphia, and Paul
Holberton, London, 2020), £40.
ISBN 978–1–911300–87–8. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Three
ways to send
a message:
telephone,
telegram, tella-
woman, by
Elijah Pierce.
c.1941. Carved
and painted
wood, 39.4 by
45.7 by 3.8 cm.
(High Museum
of Art, Atlanta;
exh. Barnes
Foundation,
Philadelphia).
Attributed works:
23. Nixon being
driven from the
White House,
by Elijah Pierce.
1975. Carved
and painted
wood and beads,
36.8 by 74.3
cm. (Private
collection;
exh. Barnes
Foundation,
Philadelphia).
Attributed works:
24. The Power
of prayer, by
Elijah Pierce.
1960. Carved
and painted
wood and glitter,
103.1 by 49.8
cm. (Museum
of Everything,
London;
exh. Barnes
Foundation,
Philadelphia).
Book Review
Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in America
Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-
Taught Artist in America
By Katherine Jentleson. 264 pp. incl. 53 col. +
18 b. & w. ills. (University of California Press,
Oakland, 2020), £41. ISBN 978–0–520–30342–3. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. The ending of the war, starting home,
by Horace Pippin. 1930–33. Oil on canvas
and carved wooden frame, 66 by 76.5 cm.
(Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Book Review
Colin McCahon: Volume 1: 1919–1959 (There is Only One Direction). Volume 2: 1960–1987
(Is This the Promised Land?)
Colin McCahon
By Peter Simpson.
Volume 1: 1919–1959
There is Only One Direction
360 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills.
(Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2019),
£76.50. ISBN 978–1–86940–895–4.
Volume 2: 1960–1987
Is This the Promised Land?
400 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills.
(Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2020),
£81.50. ISBN 978–1–86940–908–1. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Crucifixion according to St Mark,
by Colin McCahon. 1947. Oil on canvas,
80 by 109.5 cm. (Christchurch Art Gallery
Te Puna o Waiwhetu).