Bibliograph

The Slip, the New York City street that changed American art forever, Prudence Peiffer

Type

Label

The Slip, the New York City street that changed American art forever, Prudence Peiffer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-396) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Slip

Oclc number

1350079811

Responsibility statement

Prudence Peiffer

Sub title

the New York City street that changed American art forever

Summary

"A group portrait of artists Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, Jack Youngerman, and the street they all called home, Coenties Slip in the 1950s and 1960s"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part I. Before. The Slip ; The French prelude -- Part II. Arrivals. Ellsworth Kelly ; Robert Indiana ; Jack Youngerman and Delphine Seyrig ; Agnes Martin ; Lenore Tawney ; James Rosenquist -- Part III. Getting to work. The nature of it ; Money ; Structure ; Auditions ; First words ; Sixteen Americans and two Frenchmen ; Dark river ; Simple things ; The American dream ; Pop will eat itself -- Part IV. Departures. A delicate city ; Delphine and Jack ; Lenore ; Ellsworth ; James ; Robert ; Agnes -- Afterword. Collective solitude

Target audience

adult

Classification