TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spring,Justin
TI  - The essential Jackson Pollock
T2  - Essential series
SN  - 0836269977 :
AV  - ND237.P73 S68 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York
PB  - Wonderland Press, Harry N. Abrams
KW  - Pollock, Jackson,
KW  - Abstract expressionism
KW  - United States
N1  - The myth surrounding the man -- The early Jackson Pollock -- His Western childhood -- The raucous teenage years -- His move to New York -- Pollock's idols and therapists -- Personal problems -- Enter Lee Krasner, artist then wife -- Hello Peggy Guggenheim, dealer and patron -- The myth begins -- Lee and Jackson move to the Hamptons -- Betty Parsons takes on Pollock -- Drip painting is born -- Special: Titles of Pollock's paintings--and museum labels -- Abstract Expressionism enters the vocabulary of art -- Fame paralyzes the man, brings on the booze -- Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock -- After the Drip, the Pour -- Then, Black and White -- The blues: Pollock leaves Parsons for Sidney Janis -- Finally, color returns, just as all goes black
N2  - For readers who are short on time, long on curiosity, and turned off by art-world jargon, Abrams presents a series of hip, entertaining books on artists and pop culture; * A fascinating account of the artist's life and work; * Fresh anecdotes, both professional and personal; * Concise sidebars on major players and cultural and social movements that shaped the artist's work; * Superb, full-color reproductions
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