Ernest Briggs

James Brooks

Sam Francis

Fritz Glarner

Philip Guston

Raoul Hague

Grace Hartigan

Franz Kline

Ibram Lassaw

Seymour Lipton

Jose de Rivera

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LendersAmerican Erika Corporation, New York; Richard BrownBaker, New York; Me. and Mrs. Armand Bartos, New York;Mrs. Grace Borgenicht, New York; Me. and Mrs. leonardM. Brown, Springfield, Massachusetts; Mr. and Mrs. LeoCastelli, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clifford, Radnor,Pennsylvania; Raoul Hague, Woodstock, New York; Mrs.Ira. Haupt, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Heller, New York;Mrs. Frederick W. HilJes, New Haven, Connecticut; PhilipC. Johnson, New Canaan, Connecticut; Me. and Mrs. IlliKagan, New York; William Kaufman, New York; Jay Leff,Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Albert A. List, Byram, Con-necticut; Mrs. Jo Ann List-Israel, New York; James Merrill,Amherst; Massachusetts; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Navarette, NewYork; Mrs. Albert H. Newman, Chicago, Illinois; La Peaude l'Ours, Switzerland; Gifford Phillips, Santa Monica, Cali-fornia; Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, New York; Nelson

A. Rockefeller, New York; Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Yellin. GreatNeck. New York.

Grace Borgenichr Gallery, New York; Galerie Louis Carre.Paris; Duveen-Graham, New York; Martha Jackson Gallery,New York; Sidney Janis Gallery, New York; Kaatz Gallery.New York; Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York; Berry ParsonsGallery, New York; Poindexter Gallery, New York; SrableGallery, New York.

Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Corcoran Galleryof An, Washington, D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum ofArt, New York; Munson-Williams-Procror Jnsrirure, Utica.New York; Walker Ace Center, Minneapolis; Whitney Mu-seum of American An, New York; Yale University ArtGallery, New Haven, Connecticut.

Biographies of the Artists and Catalog List

An asterisk preceding the title indicates that the work isS4.b2A.Painti'n.g, 1956. Oil on canvas, IlY.yft 53Yi; 06&."9' x 14/1.3illustrated. In the dimensions 0/ the paintin.gs and' certain em.). lent by Stable Gallery

0/ the scetotoees, height precedes width, S".SJ.7*Paimin.g, 1956. Oil on canvas, 8' 1" x 52t¥'(246.3 x 132.1

cm.) . lent by Stable Gallery. Color plate p. 7.S~.'.t3Paj11tif1.g, 1956. Oil on canvas, 10' 5" x 7' 10" (3J~:8 x

Ernest Briggs 238:8 cm.) . Lent by Stable Gallery NnT eo YH"

Born San Diego, California, 1923. Grew up in Los Angelesand San Francisco. In U.S. Army Signal Corps; 1943-46,with year 1945-46 in India. At California Schoo] of FineArts, San Francisco, 1947-51; studied with Clyfford Still.One-man shows: Merart Gallery, San Francisco, 1949; StableGallery, New York, 1954, 1955; California School of FineArts, San Francisco, 1956. Has lived in New York sinceautumn 1953.

James BrooksBorn St. Louis, Missouri, 1906. Grew up in various pans ofthe West; in Dallas, Texas, 1916-26. At Southern MethodistUniversity, Dallas, 1923-25. To New York, 1926. Studiedat Art Students League with Nicolaides and Boardman Rob-inson, 1927-30. Worked on WPA Federal Art Project,New York, 1938-42, painting murals at QueensboroughPublic Library, Woodside Branch, 1938, and InternationalOverseas Air Terminal, La Guardia Airport, 1942. In U.S.Army, 1942-45; in Egypt and Middle East. One-man shows:Peridot Gallery, New York, 1949, 1950, -1951, 1953;Miller-Pollard Gallery, Seattle, 1952; Grace BorgenichrGallery, New York, 1954. Taught at Columbia University,1946--48; at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, since 1948; visitingcritic of painting at Yale Univers.ry, 1955-56. In collectionsof Brooklyn Museum and Whitney Museum of AmericanAn, New York. Lives in New York and Montauk, LongIsland.

'"Painting, 1954; Oil on canvas, 70" x 11' 9" (177.8 x 3S!.S·cm.) . Lent by Stahle Gallery. Ill. p. 9

"Painting, 1955. Oil on canvas, 8' x 12' ~~(:243.9 x 38J.'em.). Lent by Stable Gallery. ILl. p. 10"'Painting, 1955. Oil on canvas, 36 x 45;' (91.4 x 114.3

NtJ'T f:')(fi 'j)cm.) . Lent by Stahle Gallery. Ill, p. 12 A· -r ,<-'," ",<f;~J)~.1Z7 "'Painting, 1951. Oil on canvas, 10' 5Y2" x 7' 5Y<!" 018.Z, ( ) """-,"v 4, x 227,3 cm.}. Lent by Stahle Gallery IU. p. II R,~EP:I5t.:i.eJe

"Painting, 1955. Oil on canvas, 57" x 10' 7" LJ44.8 f 322.6) b u /'/0, t~li]ern .. Lent by Sra Ie Gallery. lit. p. 12/o"c/ RcCoA.'"'lF f)

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S',P';"R. 1953. Oil on canvas 6' 10" x 7' .j~~208.3 x 22lJ1cm.) . Lent by Stable Gallery. lli. p. 16

Sr.. '7Jj"-Qualm, 1954. Oil on canvas, 61 x 5748 (ISS"- x 14lfZ Born Zurich, Switzerland, 1899, of Swiss and Italian parents.cm.) . Lent by Stable Gallery. Ill. o. 17 2£/7.5"6 /1olfA- As a child lived in Paris, Chartres and various Italian cities.

Studied at Royal Institute of Fine Arts, Naples, 1914-20.$'''-3<''7 Ploxsern, 1955. Oil on canvas, 64 x 58'8-( 162.6 x 149.6 To' Paris, 1923; studied at Colarossi Academy, 1924-26.

em.). Lenr by Stable Gallery First exhibited, Naples, 1920. Active in Abstraction-'!j'~3Z9"'Gaflt, 1955. Oil on canvas, 53;;2 x 62~t135.9 x ISla Creation and Surmdependants groups in Paris in early

cm.).U-ent by Stable Gallery)JLl. o. 184L.a.etcrHr ....er(io-,ft.. 1930s. To New York, 1936, to become American citizen.S'.'7ZlHoldan, 1955. Oil on canvas, 7' l;;'x 40Jz.(216'x 102.' One-man shows: Galerie Povolozkv, Paris, 1928, 1930;

crn.}. Lent by Stable Gallery.lfl. p. 19 Civic Club, New York, 1931; Kootz Gallery, New York,~~'73 M 1955. Oil on canvas, 68 x 50" (172.7 x 127 cm.) . lent 1945; Pinacotheca, New York, 1949; Rose Fried Gallery,

by Stable Gallery ;V, ,yo :-Y/I j) New York, 1951, 1954; Galerie Louis Carre, Paris, 1952,S'-'7S"'QlIatic, 1955. Oil on canvas, 61 x 65" (155 .• x 165.1 1955. In collections of Baltimore Museum of Arc (Saidie

em.). Lent by Stable Gallery. ILl. p. 20 IVC7 F.'Xfllj; A. May Collection); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; YaleUniversity Arc Gallery, New Haven (Societe AnonymeoSr·fo77

Undicai, 1955. Oil on canvas, 44 x 34" (111.8 x 86.4 Collection); Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museumem.). Lent by Srable Gallery A, -1 ~ Ii -:t. of American Arc, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art

S'~323*Alto0l1, 1956. Oil on canvas, 64 x 60" (1626 x 152.4 (A. E. Gallarin Collection). , '"cm.) .cLent b~table G~ller- Color plate p. 14 .$6.7",,3 R~"'-'tTfO~;fL 'PItINT/~ ";1,'fI.s.3. 0(1.. ~NCMlvAS..."O~X-o/'37..ve:?SOI\lIf/f. CJ$p ~ OS~.7X'/0'1,.sr-..).L.5.vr-1JVo-t/'Y...vov.5.47'. Hft2.~.eITZ ~1t!?1VEJf(

~'.'71 Bert,1956. Ji on canvas, t 6'l' (167.3 x 167iicm.). ,,~·..yy"Relational Pai#ting, 1947-48. Oil on canvas, 43J/s x 42y,j"lent by Stable Gallery 009.5,...x 107.3 cm.) . The Museum of Modern Art, pur-

S,. ''79 .[)op,o.l.t::~, 19Sr,. Ou. 01\1G>t..vV-:1S", 70? X, '3N chased 1949. Not a11ailablefor the exhibition. Color plate(ng.;l ~.X '9'().'SCmf...). .Lt=.vr.By S7A8~ p 29 )\t •. -,"N't-. ~.Le-~\o". • .

Sa~ franCIS 56.&35'" Relational Painting, Tondo 6, 1948. Oil on masonite,Born San Mateo, California, 1923; grew up there. Attended 47~~' diameter (~2IB cm.) . Lent by Me. and Mrs. HenryUniversity of California, Berkeley, 1941-43. In U.S. Army Clifford. Ill. p. 31Air Corps, 1943-45. While hospitalized with a spinal in~ "'Relational Painting 53, 1950. Oil on canvas, 58 x 48" .......~r~XIf'jury, 1945-46, became interested in painting through -Devid (147.3 x 121.9 cm.}. lent by Duveen-Graham. Ili. p. 32NGT -t-E ....1.J;i.;,;[Parks, artist-teacher at California School of Fine Arrs, San..:f6.'-'"i';;Relational Painting, ]949-51. Oil on canvas, 65 x 52"Francisco. First exhibited in 1947 annual, San Francisco (165.1 x 132.1 cm.)'. Lent by Whitney Museum of Ameri-Museum of Arc. B.A. and M.A. degrees from University of can Art. Ill. p. 33

California, 1949 and 1950'. To Paris, 1950, where he has56.63Z*Relatiol1al Painting 55, 1951. Oil on masonite, 48~ xlived since. One-man shows: Galerie Nina Dausser, Paris, 25~" (121." x 69Scm.). (Lent by Galerie Louis Carre.)1952; Galerie Rive Dwire, Paris, 1955; Martha. Jackson . Ill. p. 34 JV@...SOI1/.-1-. JQo~.PGc.L..-Gf'Gallery, New York, 1956. In colleCtions of Albnght Art"'6~'~R.·I . al p .. 64. J

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A d I ", .'<><--.> e attOl1 at1Utng , ;7 • 1 on canvas, 2V'('.x O~Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.; Museum of Modern rt an So o.mon (5"' 5"' ) L b M d M A dOBM N Y k K h Z·h ",. x· p. em .. Cnt y r.an rs. rman artosR. Guggenheim useum, ew or; unst aus unc, III 4 .

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S6.b.<.hRelational Painting 74, 1954. Oil on canvas, 44J;x 41"s,. 3~3* Blue-black. 1952. Oil on canvas, 9' 9" x 6' 4 Y1" (297.S" ( 1 t.a;4il x 104.1 em.). Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Armand Bartos

x 193.7 em.). Lent by rhe Albright Art Gallery, Room ofS4.633 Relational Painti,ng, Tondo 37,1955. Oil On masonite, 19"Contemporary Art Collection. Ill. p. 26(H~[i':.e~f<KSON diameter (.f11.8 cm.).llent by Galerie Louis Carre) MoMA-

S'.i1.J:, YelLow. 1952. Oil on canvas, 8' 7%" x 6' 6Y2" (263.5 xS(.,,&SO"Relational Painting, Tondo 40,1956. Oil on masonite, 42"[99.4 em.). Lent by Marrha Jackson Gallery /'y',:rt- 8)(:" diameter (106.7 em.). lent by the Walker Arr Center.

S/;',3ZZ, * Big Red. 1953. Oil on canvas.f'lt4;. "x 6' 4 y,j" 004.2,;;!x r',7"r'11~6f.1J'~Nt+J. "'''';Al1jAlC1' ~J, /9S.3. 0'''- 0'" CA.vV"\S:60 x' "'3""19t'.3 em.). Lent by Martha Jackson Gallery. Color, p. 22f' r/s.:(.~~.x la9.-?C?>-t.). i..E'~7av l)wcGW. ~AI>1.

'./MS'Black in R.ed. 1953. Oil 00 caD",', 6' 5" x 51!;.i" (195.6 'Philip Guston ..x 130.2 em.). The Museum of Modern Art, purchased1955. Ilt. p. 24

S-'.J(St Red in Red. 1955. Oil on canvas, 6' 6%" x 6' 6y?" (200.tx 199." em.). Lent by Martha Jackson Gallery. Ill. p. 27

S'.32#" GTay. 1955. Oil on canvas, 9' l1-%"'x 6' 4"Vti" OogE x193.7 em.). Lent by Martha Jackson Gallery. Ill. p. 25

'""'''Deep Orange on Black. 1955. Oil on canvas, 12'3Jy xlO'.iI5; (3"'·9 x 3f11.t em.). Lent by La Peau de rOurs,Switzerland. Ill. p. 23

Fritz Glarner

Born Montreal, Canada, 1'912, of Ru~sjan parents. To LosAngeles, 1916. Self-taught except for 3 months at Otis ArtInstitute, Los Angeles. In Mexico, 1934-35; moved to NewYork, 1935. Worked on WPA Federal Art Project, NewYork, mural division, 1935-40. Mural paintings underWPA: Federal Works Agency Bui1ding~ New York World'sFair, 1939; Queensbridge Housing Project, New York, 1940;and orhers. Murals commissioned -by Treasury Department'sSe,ction of Fine Arts: U.S. Post Office, - Commerce, Ga.,

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1938; Social Security Building, Washington, D.C., 1"942. sculptures) at Museum of Modern An, 1933; in groupIn Italy, Spain, France,-1947-49, on Guggenheim fellowship, shows at Curt Valentin Gallery, 1945; Whitney Museum ofPrix de Rome, and grant from American Academy of Arts American An, annually 1945-48, 1952; and in Woodstock.and Letters. Taught at State University of Iowa, Iowa City, ".1941-45; Washington University, St. Louis, 1945-47; NeJ6.C,'I¥"TemteJSee Marble, ~937-38. 28 (761,1 em.) high. LentYork University, 1950 to present. One-man shows: State by Mr. and Mrs. lib Kagan. ItJ. p. 4University of Iowa, 1944; Midtown Galleries, New York.j6,3/6"'ChampvilLe Limestone, 1947-48. 25" (63.5 cm.) high.1945; School of the Museum of Fine Arcs, Boston, 1947_; (Lent by the artiscJIII. p. 46 HI<NVD}lfeJ. 4J..J-ArN 2). eHIi..Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, 1947; UniversityS""'.U"Ohayo Wormy Butte,mltt, 1947--4&. 66!;2" (168.9 em.)of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1950; and in New York: Peridot high. Lent by the artist. JII. p. 47 I"'?Gallery, 1952; .Egan Gal!er~, 1953; Sidney. Jan.is Ga!1erY~b3/S~Log Swamp Pepper Wood, 1951. 59" (149.9 em.) long.1956. In collections of Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom- 22:y,j" (57.8 em.) high{Lent by the arcisc.)JlL. p. 481"165. dc/A!!,,701V Cr:ingron; Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagers- ,Tle.~-'1A/~~.town, Md.; State University of Iowa, Iowa City; MetropolitanS~.3ZO· Plonek.ilt WaLnfl,t, 1952. 3~%' (9X5, z: high. Lent byMuseum of An and Museum of Modern An, New York; the artist. ltL. P..50 . ~ . {""'p'

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; City Art MuseumS{,.~/'·Alrican Mahogany, 1952. 32" (81.3 em.) high, 40" ..of St. Louis and Washington University, St. Louis; University (101.6 em.) long. QeD[ by the arrisr ) ILl. p. 48 ...,lE; ?\:,~ ~.&""of Illinois, Urbana; Munson-Williams-Proetor Institute,.56.3'1,S" MOllnt Mario·1t IValnt"t, 1952-54. 31}8" 09.7 em.) high, I

Utica. Lives in New York and West Hurley, NY. 34" (86.4 cm.) 10ng{Lent by the anist) Ill. p. 49 Af,..eItl.ICrHT "fQ f;4J.<.f/{Y

, SG.317*Sawkill WaLnfl,t, 1955. 42" (106.' cm.) high. Lent by56.'31 "'To B. IF. T. 1951-52. Oil on canvas, 48!1r x 51~" the artist. Ill. p. 50Nc'" » :

(1233 x 1.3Q.6 em.). Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard M. K k'll B 1955 ??" (569 ) I' I "Brown. Ill. p. 37 eaters e tttternut, . --. . c~. lIg 1, 38

. (96.S em.) long. Lent by the arnsr l, I -to,..S-'."''''Painting.1952.0iloncanvas, 4g~ x51" (121.~x 129.6 .............:J"K k·IIC I 1956 M~" ( " )

ut:l.~, eaters J.. ata.pa, .")')0 1~2 '" em long Lent bycm.). Lent by Mrs. Albert H. Newman. 1Il. p. 38 [he artist h~ ~ '" ).<., ... :t- ......

7..:5"'(; *Painting. 1954. Oil on canvas, 63 x 60" (160 x 152.4S,.'37;Y~IeIJJ..E~'l{,1/W~~ 19S5"-S', .J17'1,1f.(//9.~e-...~J) Th M f M d A ·f f Ph·]· C h (LE:N78Y "'I-I€"M7JSr.)-H~:rO~~A,--'1o~_cm.. e meum 0 0 ern rt, gJ t a J rp .]0 n- G . .

. son, 1955. Ill. p, 39 race HartiganSfJ.b34*The Room. 1954-55. Oil on canvas, 6' x 60" (182.9 x Born Newark, New Jersey, 1922. Grew up in Millburn, N.}.

152.4 cm.). Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Castelli. Ill. p.. 40 In California one year, J941-42. Worked about 1942 to($/~A4Y .:rAitI4~u-."r'J

,SG.331J*Beggar's Joys. 1954--55. Oil on canvas, 6' x 68" (182.9 1947 as mechanical draftsman in job shops in Bloomfieldx 172.7 cm.). Lent by Sidney Janis Gallery. Color plate and Newark, N.]., New York and White Plains. Duringp. 41 same period studied painting in night classes of Isaac Lane

Sf.bL!O Bronze. 1955. Oil on canvas, 6' 44§x ~(19f:Gx- 18.5 Muse. ~oved to New York about 1945. In Mexico one year,em.). Lent by Sidney Janis Gallery 1948-49. First exhibited in Talent 1950, group selected byS-,.,.y.i lor M. 1955. Oil on canvas, 6' 4" x ~(193 x 183.6' em.) . Meyer Schapiro and Clement Greenberg, Kaatz Gallery.Lent by Sidney Janis Gallery T One-man shows: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, each year 1951-55;

Vassar College Art Gallery, 1954. In collections of ArtS,,"fjAlJ.:,"'The Visit. 1955. Oil on canvas, 6~ 58~" (173.' x 1484 Institute of Chicago; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;

cm.)'. Lent by Sidney Janis Gallery. Ill, p. 43 Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American

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~/.1;S3'~'The Persian Jacket. 1952. Oil on canvas, 57!;2 x 48" (146Born Constantinople, 1905, of Armenian patents. Attended x 121.9 em.). The Museum of Modern Art, gift of GeorgeRobert College Preparatory_ School, Constantinople. In 1921 Poindexter, 1953. Ill. p. 54traveled from Constantinople to Ames, Iowa, to attend 11.:!.JI"'River Bather!. 1953. Oil on canvas, 69% x 7' 4%" (176.2Iowa State College. To Chicago, 1922; worked as usher in x 225.4 ~m.). The Museum of Modern Art, given anony-Opera House, modeled in Art Institute classes. Moved to mously, 1954. Color plate p. 52

New ~ork, 1925. ~ne year's study at Beaux-Am Instit~te.,-",,:rs"Ocean Bathers. 1953. Oil on canvas, 58~ x 7f1:N" (148..3of DeSign, 1926-27, another at Art Students League With 1."~) L b M Alb H N III. . . x ~'" em. . ent- y rs. en. ewman; p 55WIlham Zorach, 1927-28. Began daect carving in stone, , . .1928. American citizen, 1930. Worked on WPA Federars-~'~"'Bride tm4 Owl. 1954. Oil.on canvas, 6' x 54" (182.9 xAtt Project, New York, 1935~39. Moved to Woodstock, 137.2 cm.). Lent anonymously. Ill. p. 56'HIM ;;z;eAAlC6$ ~NASN'Y."1941, where he has lived since. In U.S. Army,<l"":'.bSl"'CityLife.. 1956. Oil on canvas, 6' 9" x 8' 2Y'2" (205.8 x'1941-43.· Spent year 1950-51 in -London, attending lectures 250.2 -cm.) .(Lent by Tibor, de Nagy Gallery)Ill. p. 57 NJ..l,s".v.+. RQ(/<{,GPG

on art history at Courtauld Institute; Visited. Paris, Rome,~.b.S"..2·From Chinatown .. 1956. Oil -~n'_ canvas, 421;2 x 521;2':Cairo. Has not had a one-man show; exhibited first (two (108.'8 x 138.;,' em.). Lent_ by Tibor de Nagy Gallery I\.r f'xHO

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Born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1910. Went to school atGirard College, Philadelphia, from about 1915 to 1925;studied at School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston Univer-sity, 1931-35; Heatherly's Art School, London, 1937~38.To New York to live, 1938. Exhibited at National Academy,New York, annual shows, 1942-45, and won awards, 1943-44. One-man shows: Egan Gallery, New York, 1950, 1951,1954; Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 1952; Institute ofDesign and Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, 1954; Sidney

Janis Gallery, New York, 1956. Taught at Black MountaillS6.'''''1*Galaxy of Andromeda. 1951. Lead over copper, welded,College, summer 1952; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1953-54; 36% x 39Y<1" (92.4 x 99.7 cm.). lent by Nelson A.Philadelphia Museum School of Art, 1954. In collections RockefeIIer. Ill. p. 66

of Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.; Museum of ModernSO.33/ '"Nehlda in Orion. 1951. Welded bronze,.2S~ x 34Yl "(7.z ..v~8'7~)Art and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: .New York; lent by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Brd. Ill. p. 66Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Munson-Wllliams·Proctor '1 W ld db' h'l 6' I' hInstitute Utica. If'.S", "Ksoannon .. 1952. e e ronze Wit sr ver,. 11g

, (182.9 cm.}. The Museum of Modern Art, Katharine Cor-( 148.3 X 186.7 nell Fund, 1952. Not Iwailable for the exhibition. Ill. p. 67..v<,S<'''Chiej. 1950. Oil on canvas, 58% x 6' 11;'2"

an.). The Museum of Modern Art gift of Mr. and Mrs. "Ctoads of AJagellan. 1953. Welded bronze and steel, 52 x. ' .. serr ex.'o " 8) C .. d b PhT CDavid M. Solinger. Not available /01' exhtbtt101l. fll. p. 61 70 (132.1 x 177. em.. omnussrone y IIp . ,

I h N· h h·b·· C I ·pl t P 70 \ or €X'J '1 NtJ7£t;I'U',iJS',(;'6'i * Cardinal. 1950. Oil on canvas, 6'5" x 56~(l96'.& x .14f.5 0 nson . Of t·n t e ex 1, ueon, 0 or a e . ,. -Y." 'cm.) . lent by Poindexter Gallery. IlL, p. 59 S"',"~Rhiannon. 1954. Various bronzes, welded, 36/1x ~ f9~:'. h S 951 0·1 60" 6' 6;<''' (1537 x 2l6A. cm.). lent by Mrs. Ira Haupt. III. p. 71S, '31 Nmt trees, 1 . I on canvas, 72 x "'I' .

' x 199.) cm.) . Lent byMr. and Mrs. Ben Heller 5"6."7 Mynha. 1954. Various bronzes, welded, 6' ,.-." (19,,('r". ~.,,/ * v,. k BI k 1955 0·1 6' /~/" 71" cm.) high, lent by Gifford Phillips~o.J '0 Ivana'/lz,a er oe. . . 1 on canvas, ~~ x ,

Lent by Richard Brown Baker. Ill. p. 6~;';~~~j-~t;tet:Jlf~,'¥9M~,on'I of Sasarn, 1954. Various bronzes, weld.ed, 21 ~ x~" S G· 1955 0·1 6' 3L.." 51~M'" 24 (54.~ x 61 em.). Lenr by M". jo Ann List-Israel'0>1,,;>,100 ~ Accent 'rave. . I on canvas, Z6 x y~ .\Lent

by Sidney Janis Gallerv.l IJ!-.J!...J)lZg~ :'CJf;tt"./ft1.J St,..r.J.t7The Planers. 1954, Various bronzes, welded, 311 x 40"~"7·(/J\i'~,JON9"'5SZ)·0"\!loOCli.PEii~6l1T.8*"5?3'"" (203" 1'4 (9~ 101.6 cm.). Lent by Kaatz Gallery"'<O.ItI (J Bridge, 1 , I on canvas, ~x -;'4 .Q X :>

cm.) . Lent by Munson-Williams-Proctor ·]nstitut:~oz..%1'SG'Sll""Phoenix. 1955. Various bronzes and steel, welded, 27 xS ~3' V'h· F 1955 0·1 6' 2~' 50'"(180 15". Lent by M". Frederick W. Hdl". /II. p. 71 1(,8.'>:.?8.1_J"'7 ~v ue 'or'mI. ,1 on canvas, 'lix /jt ., x .

127.6Cm.). Lent by Philip C. Johnson. Ill, p. 60 S'.'''If/*Metamorphoses, 1955. Welded chromium bronze with", < Llf h· 1956 0·1 . 6' .b" 8' 4""(2030 other bran,es, 6'~' x 50" (185.1 x 127 em.). Lent by,o, •• 'I"0 .. I'a o'mng, . 1 on canvas, l:I'"ilx '2 ''1 X .

,n ) L b S·d I· G II M". Albert A. L>St.Ill. p. 682.Jd.;J em, . ent y 1 ney ams aery

N 'S3 0 d BI k 1956 0·1 ..", 1SI/-" (6"3 Sb,(,/,/f,Bvening Star. 1956, Various bronzes, silver, steel, welded,..J"".... range an, ,ae, . 1 on paper, L9r'JI' ;/f' u. x ~ 6" 6' 66 b K4"~ ) L b M d MEA N 3 x 2 (9 .... x em.). Lent y ootz Gallery\:I.,cm. . ent y r. an rs., . avaretta

S~,~o7Ye/low, Green and Red_ 1956. Oil on paper, ~ 18~"((113x 4ii$cm.). lent by Sidney Janis Gallery

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Ibram LassawBorn Alexandria, Egypt, 1913, of Russian parents. Familylived briefly in Marseille, Naples, Tunis, Malta, Constan-tinople. To New York, 1921. Studied sculpture with Doro-thea Denslow, first at Brooklyn Children's Museum, thenat Clay Club, 1927-32, and at Beaux-Arts Institute of De-sign, New York, 1930-31. First absrract work, 1933; workin welded metal, 1936. Worked on U.S. Government anprojectS in New York: PWAP 1933, CWA 1934, WPAFederal Art Project, teaching division, then sculpture divi-sion, 1935-42. Founding member of American AbstractArtists, 1937. In U.S. Army, 1942-44. One-man shows:Kootz Gallery, New York, 1951, 1952, 1954. Commissionsfor sculpture in Temple Beth El, Springfield, Mass., 1953,

and Temple Beth EI, Providence, R.I., 1954; for house ofPhilip C. Johnson, New Canaan, Conn., 1953; for office ofMrs. Ira Haupt, Seventeen magazine, New York, 1954;work in progress for temples in Cleveland, Sr. Paul, POrt-chester, N.Y, Taughr at American University, Washington,D.C., 1950, and in his own studio. In collections of Museumof Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art,New York; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Museu de ArreModerna, Rio de Janeiro. lives in New York and EastHampton, NY.

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Seymour LiptonBorn New York, 1903, Attended City College of NewYork, 1922-23, and Columbia University', 1923-27. Begansculpture, 1932; self-taught. Worked in wood, 1935-45,then sheet lead; in 1947 began to use sheet steel, soldered;in 1950 sheet steel brazed with various metals. One.manshows in New York: A,CA, Gallery, 1938; Galerie St.Etienne, 1943; Betty Parsons Gallery, 1948, 1950, 1952,1954; also, Watkins Gallery, American University, Wash-ington, 1950. Commissions for sculpture in Temple Israel,Tulsa, Okla., 1954, and Temple Beth EI, Gary, Ind., 1955.Taught at Cooper Union Art School, 1943-44; New JerseyState Teachers College, Newark, 1945-46; New School forSocial Research, New York, 1939-43, 1946 to present. ]ncollections of Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Yale Uni-versity Art Gallery, New Ha~en; Museum of Modern Artand Whitney Museum of Americ~n Art, New Vork; Santa

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Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, Cal.; MU'nson",~~S'·CoMtmction 8.1954. Forged chrome-nickel-sreel.rod. 9}B"Williams,Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y.; Carstairs Museum, (23.8 em.) high. The Museum of Modern Arc gJfr of Mrs.The Bahamas, B.W.!; Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.. Heinz Schultz in memory of her husband, 1955.1/1. p. 80

S6.C,srComtmctioJl. 1: Homage /0 the Wodd of jHiJJkOUJiki. [955.s,. "'0 "Tbe Cloak. 1952. Bronze and steel, 8' (2'l3." em.) high. Forged chrome-nickel-steel rod, 14}1g" (37.8 em.) high.(Lent by Betty Parsons Galler~ Ill. o. 73 M A. ~. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of An. III. p. 79

S'.U~~Jungle-Bloom. 1953. Bronze over steel,2~ x 3$~(~1·.5.'6.~!iCo1J-stmction 5. 1955. Forged chrome-nickel-steel rod. 19"(.lf8,?~.)x Jg.l¥cm.). Lent by Yale University Art Gallery. Ill. p. 74 high. Lent by Grace Borgenicht Gallery. llf. p. 83

5s(J.~lf"Sanctuary. 1953. Nickel-silver over steel, 34" (86.4 cm·)5c.b~9Co1Jstrltction 10.1955. forged chrome-nickel-steel rod, 1J",high. The Museum of Modern Art, purchased 1954. Not (28.' cm.) high. Lent by Grace Borgenichr Gallery ~OT ItfrD

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S6.~/7"Storm-Eird. 1953. Nickel-silver over stee? 20 It ~J. (27." cm.) high. Leur by Mrs. Grace Borgenichr

Lent by ~e1son A. Roc~efelle~. Ill. p. 74 ~O'K;.) S€'6lTS-'Contin1tttm. 1955. Stainless-steel relief .for entrance Jobb.y4"4.'''' Desert-Brier. 1955. 'Nickel-silver over steel, 2.~(Rg.t ,1_.2. of 711 Third Avenue, New York; Wilham Lesccze. archi-em.) high. Lent by Betty Parsons Gallery sect, William Kaufman, builder. Developed from chrome-

S~,"bZDragon-Bloom. 1955. Nickel-silver over sreel, :JJr (St(J.3 nickel-steel sheet, 6' 7" x 9' 4" (200.7 x 284.5 cm.). Leurcm.) high. Lent by Beery Parsons Gallery by William Kaufman. TIL. p. 82W~~~ SOJ,,$,TU::GII "

.5"6,'f"s;Wtemal Light) 1955. Nickel-silver over steel, 11 (27.9cm.) high. Lent by Betty Parsons Gallery NOT eXlIlp

S(,."('3*Earth Forge II. 1955. Nickel-silver over steel,5:~~,f(133.f'$"'· Larry Riversem.) long.(Lent by Betty Parsons Gallergl Ill. p. 76 U<JIJKt..'7?,J

. .. MV,s,,;vl.A, Born New York, 1923. Grew up in the Bronx. In U.S. Army!!;G.6&trSea·Kwg. 1956. Nickel-silver over monel metal, 42 A· C 1942-43 S d· d '944 45 J .". d

r; y) rr orps, . tu re one year, -, ar UI Jar'(106.7 em.) 10ng.\Lent by Berty Parsons Galler lti. p. 7.7 Sch 1 f M . N Y kif -'. bib."'tl-al€lC7ftT "'\RT o-...l.LeRy 00 0 USlC, ew or; e r to join Jazz an~c as art-

tone saxophone player; toured for two years. Began to paint;studied with Hans Hofmann, 1947-48; later at New YorkUniversity. Traveled in England, France, Italy, 1950. Starred

Born West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1904. Worked in in- sculpture. Moved to Southampton, Long Island, 1953; COIl-

dusrry, 1922-30: machine tool and die making, experimen- tinued painting and sculpture, modeling large figures out-tal design, foundry and machine shop praCtice and operation. of-doors. One-man shows: Jane Street Gallery, 1949; TiborStudied drawing, 1928-31, with the painter John W. Nor- de Nagy Gallery, 1951 (painting and sculpture), /952.ton, Chicago. First exhibited, Art Institute of Chicago, 1930. 1953,1954; Stable Gallery, 1954 (sculpture only). In col.Traveled, 1932, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Egypt, North leetion of Kansas City Art Institute; Museum of ModernAfrica. Worked on WPA Federal Art Project, New York, An and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;1935-37; aluminum sculpture for Newark Airport, 1935- Museum of Art, Rhode Island SdlOOIof Design, Providence;36. Among sculpture commissions: stainless steel architec- Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, N.Y.; Corcoran Gallery

tural reliefs, ~ew York World's Fair, .1939; CavalrYS",.7..y:8°~l'~17.v~~~~79Sf·~A/<i;l.,SI6rlt7": 13YJ,1xIS4- "(J3. 7'xmonument, granite, El Paso, Tex., 1940; stamless steel con- 38.7 e.-...). <..6'"..vr.By TI~ <Je ~c..y ~""'.L.LEJ€.y.strunian for courtyard, Hilton Horel, Dallas, 1955-56;S6.5~~·lFater Mill Prospect. 1953. Oil on canvas, 57 x 66Y2"stainless steel relief for 711 Third Ave., New York, 1955- (144.8 x 168.9 cm.). Lent by James Merrill. Ill. p. 9056. One-man shows: Grad.uate School of Design, Harvard U.5S"*Studies for Washington Crossi1/g the Delawa·re. 1953. Pen-Universiry, 1945 (with Burgoyne Diller); Mortimer Levitt '.'t::f: cil, various sizes. The Museum of Modern Art. ILl. p. 86Ga~lery, New York, 1946; G.race B?r~enicht Gallery, Ne.w::Z~SS·lt'/ashillgton Crossing the Delaware. 1953. Oil and pencilYork, 1952; 1955; 1956 (with WdiJam Lescaze). In col- on canvas, 6' 11%" x 9' 3%" (212.4 x 283.5 em.). Thelections of Newark Museum, Newark, N.].; Metropolitan Museum of Modern An, given anonymously, 1955. ColoI'Museum of Att, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney plate p. 87

Museum of American Art, New York; Munson-WilJiams':S6.S28"Head of Stevie. 1954. Oil on canvas, 15}4 x 20M" (40 xProetor Instimte, Utica, N.Y. 527 ) L b D d M 'J b Y 11· III 90. em. . ent y- r. an rs. aco e tn. '". p. ,l"

,~,~.b2.Jj"'Constmction 14. 1953." Developed ~rom chrome_nickel_S'.';;'ZO·Self Figure. 1953-55. Oil on canvas, 7'~ x ~·b38.~, steel sheet, welded,49,%(2".8 em.) hIgh. Lent by Ameri- x 16a.J em.). Lent by Corcoran Gallery of Art. lU. p. 89

" can Enka Corporation. fl!. p. 80 ~ 56.f,S9"'DoubLe Portrait of Berdie. 1955. Oil on canvas, 7lJ~ x$01'-1..7 ""Construction 2. 1954. Developed from chrome-nickel-steel 6' lofs" (189.'1 x 209.~ em.). Lent by Whitney Museum

sheet, welded, 15'~"(.~8:7, em'.) high.(Lenr by Grace Bar- of American Art. Ill. p. 91genicht GaIlery]W. p. 81 tf1Rs.A.t.$~erA,.i../~T The Studio (unfinished); 1956. Oil on canvas, 7 x 16' {;-,~.

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