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Title: Henri Matisse: A Retrospective by John Elderfield ISBN: 0-8109-6116-4 Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York Pub. Date: October, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An essential sourcebook
Comment: This oversized volume documents a retrospective exhibition devoted to Matisse which was held at the Museum of Modern Art in late 1992 and early 1993. The largest Matisse exhibition ever staged, it is unlikely that this massive curatorial event will ever be repeated. For devotees of Matisse, this book is an essential addition to your library, although there is little here that has not been previously published and discussed many times in earlier exhibitions. I think this book is more useful for those individuals who have just been introduced to this artist's work - it is a marvelous one-volume survey, clearly organized into seven chronological sections covering the entirety of Matisse's life, and showcasing his finest pictures. For those readers looking for more than just reproductions, however, the book is less satisfying. Elderfield's introductory essay is virtually incomprehensible for anyone who isn't already familiar with the matisse literature, and is poorly coordinated with the catalogue itself - there is no discussion of the individual paintings actually in the exhibition, or their interrelationships. The chronology of the artist's life is useful, but no more than bare bones history. This book is chiefly a visual pleasure and a fine document of a great exhibition. However, having seen the exhibition myself, I must inform the reader that many of the photographs in the book were received from non-MOMA sources, and there are variations in quality among the images. The bulk of the reproductions are just too dark, lending Matisse's pictures a muddy look that they do not possess in reality. I wish someone had bothered to compare the photos to the paintings before they sent the book to press. Still, if you buy only one book on Matisse, this should be it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Covers all aspects of Matisse and his works!
Comment: This book goes through all of his different periods in his life; including many full-color plates which display the pictures described in the text. Definately a must have!
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Title: James Rosenquist: A Retrospective by James Rosenquist, Walter Hopps, Sarah Bancroft ISBN: 0892072679 Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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