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Still Clyfford
Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944-1960
 List Price: Price: $295.00 DescriptionClyfford Still (1904-1980), best known for his compelling abstract works with jagged fields and powerful expanses of color, stands among the giants of post-World War II art. Together with his peers Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman, Still helped shape the new vision of art that came to be called Abstract Expressionism. This vividly illustrated book presents more than thirty of Still's greatest works, paintings that represent the full flowering of his style.The contributors to this volume explore various aspects of Still's art, his accomplishments, and the Abstract Expressionism movement. David Anfam presents an overview of Still's career from the 1930s through 1950s. Brooks Adams examines Still's artistic legacy and influence on succeeding generations of artists. And Neal Benezra's chapter focuses on a provocative, unexplored element of Still's studio practice: his habit of painting replicas of many of his own works. This book accompanies an exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., from 21 June through 16 September, 2001. The exhibition will offer an unprecedented opportunity to view outstanding examples of Still's work, many of which have not been on public display for decades.
Clyfford Still 1904-1980: The Buffalo and San Francisco Collections (Art & Design)
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Clyfford Still: The Artist's Museum
 List Price: Price: $40.95 You Save: $24.05 (37%) DescriptionThe first significant publication on Clyfford Still and his work in more than twenty-five years celebrates one of abstract expressionism’s founders. Best known for his compelling abstract works with jagged fields and powerful expanses of color, Clyfford Still (1904–1980) stands among the giants of post–World War II art. Together with Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Franz Kline, and Barnett Newman, Still helped shape abstract expressionism. This vividly illustrated book presents more than one hundred of Still’s greatest works and is the first comprehensive catalogue of the new Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. The book offers intimate reflections written by his daughters Sandra Still Campbell and Diane Still Knox; Dean Sobel chronicles the origins of the new museum; and David Anfam, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Still’s work, gives a new scholarly and critical perspective of Still, made possible by the opening of the museum. Illustrations include monumental paintings, works on paper, and Still’s only sculptures, many of which have never been published or publicly exhibited.
Clyfford Still Picking Mangos in the Patio: Flavio Garciandia Was There
 List Price: Price: $135.38 DescriptionCuba's best-known contemporary painter, Flavio Garciandia, played an important role in the rebirth of artistic expression in Cuba and the founding of the Havanna Biennial. His art and influence is examined in this catalogue that includes reproductions of recent paintings.Still Clyfford News
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New York TimesAt Upbeat Christie's Auction, Some Record PricesMs. Freeman, who died in January at the age of 87, also loved contemporary art, and in the 1950s she began collecting pieces by Abstract Expressionist painters like Clyfford Still, Sam Francis and Mark Rothko. Over the years she expanded her purview,