Hans Namuth : portraits / Carolyn Kinder Carr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, Carolyn Kinder.

Contributor:

Namuth, Hans

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Namuth, Hans--Exhibitions.

Namuth, Hans.

Portrait photography--Exhibitions.

Portrait photography.

Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xvii, 166 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Portrait Gallery, [1999]

Summary:

Accompanied by a biographical essay by Carolyn Kinder Carr, this collection of seventy-five of Hans Namuth's photographic portraits, taken between 1950 and 1989, shows how his friendships with his numerous subjects and his determination to capture the essence of each artist resulted in revealing portraits of such notable painters as Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Andrew Wyeth, Helen Frankenthaler, and Andy Warhol. Namuth used pose, setting, and detail in a subtle but telling manner. John Steinbeck appears with his famous dog Charley, Philip Johnson stands jauntily on a staircase in the Museum of Modern Art beside a painting that he donated; an imperious Louise Nevelson wears jewelry that echoes the sweeping lines of her wood sculpture. Carr sets the stage for Namuth's photographic career in America by describing his youth in prewar Germany, his early work as a documentary photographer in Paris and in Spain during the Civil War, his escape from internment in France in 1939, his immigration to New York in 1941, and his wartime intelligence work for the United States Army.

Notes:

Exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, April 30-September 6, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164) and index.

ISBN:

1560988096

OCLC:

40298506