Pacing the World: Construction in the Sculpture of David Rabinowitch

Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Art Museums, 1996. Comprehensive text is the first full-length study of the Canadian-born sculptor David Rabinowitch. Working in New York since 1972 and extensively in Europe since the early 1980s, Rabinowitch became Professor of Sculpture at the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, in 1984. Whitney Davis closely analyzes six groups of works produced by Rabinowitch between 1963 and the present, comparing their rigorous constructivism with the "minimalism" of American sculptors such as Donald Judd. Davis also explores Rabinowitch's relations to the work of modern painters and sculptors from Cézanne to David Smith, and his involvement with the wider history of art. This book is a contribution not only to the interpretation of an important contemporary artist but also to the criticism and theory of sculpture. Includes a biographical chronology. 295 pgs. Illustrated. Inscribed to the late renown independent film producer Stan Brakhage and signed on front endpaper. Front cover also embossed by Rabinowitch in his handwriting with his return address and shipping address to Mr. Brakhage. Dustjacket in mylar. . Signed by the Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. .