The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985
New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1986. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color dj.; 435 pp. approx. 144 color, 318 bw plates. VG / VG (Some very light scuffing to dj.; Internally immaculate). Item #129273
ISBN: 0896596699
A massive volume with contributions by 19 different scholars. In addition to an in-depth examination of abstract art, there is also discussion of literature and cinema. Charles C. Eldredge writes a section on American abstract art (Nature Symbolized: American Painting from Ryder to Hartley) and W. Jackson Rushing contributes an essay (Ritual and Myth: Native American Culture and Abstract Expressionism). Lengthy chronology section at rear for the included artists (lists 36 Americans). A monumental exhibition catalogue.
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