Jennifer Bartlett

Minneapolis and New York: Walker Art Center; Abbeville Press Publishers, 2006. 168 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "In 'Jennifer Bartlett', Marge Goldwater has contributed a chronological survey of the paintings that discuss the polarities of control and passion -- the desire to master space, media, subject matter, and draftsmanship that are crucial aspects of the painter's art. In a richly illustrated article, New York art critic Roberta Smith discusses Bartlett's many architectural commissions. These remarkable installations range from a dining room in the home of British collectors to her work for Philip Johnson's AT&T Building. This handsomely designed volume also contains a captivating biographical sketch of this colorful and outspoken artist by the "New Yorker" writer Calvin Tomkins, who gives an account of Bartlett's background, education, artistic development, and character." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Martin Friedman; Drawing and painting, by Calvin Tomkins; Jennifer Bartlett: on land and at sea, by Marge Goldwater; Flooding the mind and eye: Jennifer Bartlett's commissions, by Roberta Smith.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Collectible.