"Matisse : His Art and His Public is the most complete account we have, not only of the artists's life and achievement, but of how the world has received his art. For years Matisse was the most controversial living painter. ... [details]
Program for three plays produced during the 1951-1952 season at the Living Theatre. "Desire (Trapped by the Tail)" by Pablo Picasso, directed by Judith Malina, settings and costumes by Julian Beck, choreography by Jim Smith, music by Lucille Dlugoszewski, lighting by Steven Meyer and Jack Ferris, cast includes John Ashbery and Frank O'hara in the rolls of The Two Bow-Wows and The Curtains. ... [details]
Exhibition announcement poster published in conjunction with show held May 21 - June 10, 1951 at 60 East 9th st. in New York City. Organized by Leo Castelli. Artists included Alfred L. Copley, Rene Robert Bouche, James Brooks, Peter Busa, Theodore Brenson, Giorgio Cavallon, Nicolas Carone, Clement Greenberg, Willem de Kooning, Robert De Niro Sr. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1952. Texts by the artist, Max Bill, Jean Arp, Charles Estienne, Carola Giedion-Welcker, Will Grohmann, Ludwig Grote, Nina Kandinsky and Alberto Magnelli. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1951. Text by Julien Levy. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. Color images tipped-in. ... [details]
January 15, 1951 issue of Life Magazine featuring article "Irascible Group of Advanced Artists Led Fight Against Show" with famed portrait of the group. The artists included Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Ad Reinhardt, Hedda Sterne, Richard Pousette-Dart, William Baziotes, Jimmy Ernst, Jackson Pollock, James Brooks, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Theodoros Stamos, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, and three artists not pictured. [details]
