Bibliograph

Artists unframed, snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, Merry A. Foresta

Type

Label

Artists unframed, snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, Merry A. Foresta

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Artists unframed

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Merry A. Foresta

Sub title

snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art

Summary

Tucked away among the letters, diaries, and other ephemera in the Smithsonian's archives lies a trove of rarely seen snapshots of some of the twentieth century's most celebrated artists. Unlike the familiar official portraits and genius-at-work shots, these humble snaps capture creative giants with their guard down, in the moment, living life. Pablo Picasso stands proudly on a balcony with young daughter Maya-a tiny, meticulously inked annotation penned by an unknown hand proclaims that "he's very much in love." Jackson Pollock morosely carves a turkey while his mother, Stella, and wife, Lee Krasner, look on. A young Andy Warhol clowns for the camera with college friend Philip Pearlstein, and in a later shot more closely resembles his famously enigmatic public self at a gallery opening with John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Target audience

adult

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