Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America, 1927-1944

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1983. Hardcover. VG/VG (may have slight foxing on page edges). Cloth. 256 pp. 64 color, 152 bw repros. Edited by John R. Lane (who wrote the essay "The Meanings of Abstraction") and Susan C. Larsen (who authored "The Quest For An American Abstract Tradition, 1927-1944"). Lists and details 43 different artists and their works. Catalogue lists 147 works. Important biographical and bibliographical data provided. Shown Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute, Nov. 5 to Dec. 31, 1983, three other locations. Contents as follows: Foreword / John R. Lane -- Abstract painting and sculpture in America, 1927-1944 -- The meanings of abstraction / John R. Lane -- The quest for an American abstract tradition, 1927-1944 / Susan C. Larsen -- Art and artists -- Josef Albers / Nicholas Fox Weber -- Charles Biederman / Jan van der Marck -- Ily Bolotowsky / Deborah M. Rosenthal -- Byron Browne / April J. Paul -- Alexander Calder / Joan Marter -- Stuart Davis / John R. Lane -- Willem de Kooning / Harry Rand -- Burgoyne Diller / Nancy J. Troy -- Werner Drewes / Susan C. Larsen -- John Ferren / Craig Ruffin Bailey -- Suzy Frelinghuysen / John R. Lane -- A.E. Gallatin / Susan C. Larsen -- Fritz Glamer / Nancy J. Troy -- Arshile Gorky / Harry Rand -- John Graham / Harry Rand -- Balcomb Greene / Linda Hyman -- Gertrude Greene / Jacqueline Moss -- Jean Hélion / Marle Schipper -- Hans Hofmann / Cynthia Goodman -- Carl Holly / John R. Lane -- Harry Holtzman / John R. Lane -- Raymond Jonson / Susan C. Larsen -- Paul Kelpe / Susan C. Larsen -- Ibram Lassaw / Joan Marter -- Fernand Léger / vivian Endicott Barnett -- Alice Trumbull Mason / Susan C. Larsen -- Jan Matulka / Patterson Sims -- Laszlo Moholy-Nagy / Joan M. Lukach -- Piet Mondrian / Nancy J. Troy -- George L.K. Morris / Melinda A. Lorenz -- Isamu Noguchi / Joan Marter -- Irene Rice Pereiro / Susan C. Larsen -- Ad Reinhardt / Patterson Sims -- Theodore Roszak / Joan Marter -- Ralph Scarlett / Joan M. Lukach -- John Sennhauser / Susan C. Larsen -- Charles Shaw / Susan C. Larsen -- Esphyr Slobodkina / Susan C. Larsen -- David Smith / Karen Wilkin -- John Storrs / Noel Frackman -- Albert Swinden / Susan C. Larsen -- Vaclav Vytlacil / Susan C. Larsen -- Jean Xceron / Daniel Robbins -- Catalogue. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute, Nov. 5 to Dec. 31, 1983, three other locations.