Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 23, 1982 - January 2, 1983. Retrospective on the exhibitions held at Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum between 1948 - 1982. Essays compiled by Cheryl A. Brutvan, assistant curator, with contributions from Marti Mayo, curator, and Linda L. Cathcart, director. Artists include Terry Allen, Francis Bacon, William Baziotes, Max Beckman, Forrest Bess, [James] Jack Boynton, Alexander Calder, John Chamberlain, Joseph Cornell, Paul Delvaux, Burgoyne Diller, Arthur Dove, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Frank Freed, Nancy Graves, Al Held, Dorothy Hood, Richard Hunt, Luis Jimenez, Lester Johnson, Dorothea Lang, Helen Levitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Longo, Jim Love, Brice Marden, John Marin, Robert Morris, Suzanne Paul, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Diego Rivera, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Salvatore Scarpitta, Julian Schnabel, Alan Shields, David Siqueiros, Hassel Smith, Earl Staley, Myron Stout, James Surls, Mark Tobey, Michael Tracy, Fritz Vahle, Peter Voulkos, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, and Dick Wray. Includes chronology of museum's shows over thirty-four years.