| Description |
271 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"Published to accompany the exhibition, The American scene : from Hopper to Pollock, at the British Museum from 10 April to 7 September 2008 ..."--t.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : Collecting American prints at the British Museum / Antony Griffiths -- From Ashcan to Pollock : American prints 1905 to 1960 / Stephen Coppel -- Catalogue / Jerzy Kierkuc-Bielinski and Stephen Coppel -- 1. The Ashcan School to George Bellows -- 2. The Provincetown woodcut -- 3. American modernism and precisionism -- 4. Edward Hopper and the American scene -- 5. Satirical realism -- 6. The regionalists -- 7. The depression and the WPA -- 8. Artists of the Left and Second World War -- 9. Josef Albers and geometric abstraction -- 10. S.W. Hayter and Atelier 17 in New York -- 11. The post-war woodcut -- 12. Jackson Pollock and abstract expressionism -- Glossary -- Select bibliography -- Copyright credits -- Index. |
| Subject |
Prints, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Kierkuc-Bielinski, Jerzy.
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British Museum.
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| ISBN |
9780853319924 |
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0853319928 |
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