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Wagstaff, Before and After Mapplethorpe : A Biography / Philip Gefter.

Fine Arts Library N406.W34 G44 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gefter, Philip.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wagstaff, Samuel J., Jr., 1921-1987.
Wagstaff, Samuel J.
Wagstaff, Samuel J., Jr., 1921-1987--Friends and associates.
Friends and associates.
Art museum curators--United States--Biography.
Art museum curators.
Art--Collectors and collecting--United States--Biography.
Art.
Art--Collectors and collecting.
United States.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xvii, 458 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2015]
Summary:
Sam Wagstaff, the legendary curator, collector, and patron of the arts, emerges as a cultural visionary in this groundbreaking biography in which Wagstaff's largely overlooked influence on the world of contemporary art and photography, and on the evolution of gay identity in the latter part of the twentieth century, is portrayed.
Contents:
Part 1 Provenance
1 Dragged Mass Displacement 3
2 The Crossing 24
3 Be Here Now 49
4 Jardin Des Nabi 80
Part 2 Apollo and Dionysus In Manhattan
5 Kama Sutra, Baby 105
6 From Minimalism to Mapplethorpe 120
7 Transformation 138
8 Circles of Influence 147
9 Luxe, Calme, Et Volupte 169
Part 3 The Fine Art of Longing
10 The Inamorato 197
11 Let the Games Begin 219
12 Applause 248
13 Back to Pompeii 266
14 The Arriviste 287
Part 4 Nocturne
15 The Pictures Generation 311
16 Whispers of the Muse 327
17 The Glimmer and the Gloom 339
18 Gardenias, Fragrant, Floating 363.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780871404374
0871404370
OCLC:
885092736

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