Men of fire : José Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock / with contributions by Mary K. Coffey, Sharon Lorenzo, Lisa Mintz Messenger, Stephen Polcari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coffey, Mary K., 1968-

Lorenzo, Sharon

Messinger, Lisa Mintz

Hood Museum of Art.

Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center

Lawrence H. Herring Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956--Exhibitions.

Pollock, Jackson.

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949--Influence--Exhibitions.

Orozco, José Clemente.

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949. Epic of American civilization--Exhibitions.

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949.

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xvi, 91 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover, New Hampshire : Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College ; Hanover : Distributed by University Press of New England, [2012]

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments / Michael R. Taylor, Director, Hood Museum of Art

Foreword / Helen A. Harrison, Director, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center

Introduction / Sarah G. Powers, Guest Curator, Hood Museum of Art

Orozco and Pollock: Epic Transfiguations / Stephen Polcari

"An American Idea: Myth, Indigeneity, and Violence in the Work of Orozco and Pollock / Mary K. Coffey

Pollock Studies in the Mexican Muralists / Lisa Mintz Messinger

The mural

"The Walls of my Dreams": The Commissioning of José Clemente Orozco's Mural The Epic of American Civilization at Dartmouth College / Sharon Lorenzo.

Notes:

The exhibition and catalogue were organized by the Hood Museum of Art in partnership with the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lawrence H. Herring Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0944722423

9780944722428

OCLC:

760976172

Publisher Number:

99954134396