Always reaching : the selected writings of Anne Truitt / edited by Alexandra Truitt ; foreword by Miguel de Baca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Truitt, Anne, 1921-2004, author.

Contributor:

Truitt, Alexandra, 1955- editor.

Baca, Miguel de, 1980- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truitt, Anne, 1921-2004.

Truitt, Anne.

Truitt, Anne, 1921-2004--Interviews.

Truitt, Anne, 1921-2004--Diaries.

Artists--United States--Interviews.

Artists.

Artists--United States--Diaries.

United States.

Genre:

diaries.

interviews.

reviews (documents)

lectures.

personal correspondence.

Diaries.

Interviews.

Lectures.

Personal correspondence.

Reviews.

Physical Description:

xvi, 395 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"An expansive collection of texts providing insight into the inner life, creativity, and practice of the innovative American artist Anne Truitt Spanning more than fifty years, this comprehensive volume collects the letters, journal entries, interviews, lectures, reviews, and remembrances of the groundbreaking twentieth-century artist Anne Truitt (1921-2004). Alexandra Truitt, the artist's daughter and a leading expert on her work, has carefully selected these writings, most of which are previously unpublished, from the artist's papers at Bryn Mawr College as well as private holdings. Revelations about the artist's life abound. Among Truitt's earliest writings are excerpts from journals written more than a decade before her first artistic breakthrough, in which she establishes themes that would occupy her for decades. In later texts she shares uncommon insights into the practices of other artists and writers, both predecessors and peers. Like Truitt's published journals, these writings offer a compelling narrative of her development as an artist and efforts to find her voice as a writer. They show that Truitt's creative impulse to translate the inner workings of her mind into a symbolic language, so important to understanding her sculpture, predates her art"-- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Preface

Foreword

[I am always reaching . . .], July 1946

[I sometimes wonder . . .], c 1947

Journal Excerpts, 1948-49

Mrs. Fitzgerald, c 1950

Translating Marcel Proust and Deliverance from Time in 1953

1963 André Emmerich Exhibition

Leaving for Japan in 1964

On James Lee Byars

Japan Interview, 1964

Letter to Ralph Truitt, 1965

Letter to Clement Greenberg, 1964

On Tony Caro

Letters to Louisa Jenkins, 1966-67

On David Smith

Letter to André Emmerich, 1966

A Conversation with Walter Hopps, 1973

Artist Talk, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975

Interview with Howard Fox, 1975

Artist Talk, The Madeira School, 1975

Artist Statement, 1976

Artist Talk, Yale University, 1976

Letter to E. A. Carmean, 1976

Artist Talk, George Washington University, 1977

Keynote Address, University of Maryland, 1978

Artist Talk, Australia, 1981

Willa Cather Lecture, Lincoln City Library, 1985

Commencement Address, Kansas City Art Institute, 1987

Journal Excerpts, 1987-89

Visiting Artist Lecture, Boston, 1988

"Painted Lady of Paris": Review of Utrillo's Mother, 1989

Canada Journal, 1989

Interview with Jack Burnham, 1990

"A First Impressionist": Review of Berthe Morisot, 1990

"An Art of Stone": Review of Noguchi East and West, 1992

On Persistence, 1993

"Charmed Magic Casements": Review of Utopia Parkway, 1997

"Grand Allusion": Interview with James Meyer, 1997

The Title Tapes: An Excerpt, 1997-98

Visiting Artist Lecture, Bryn Mawr College, 1998

Studio Notes, 2001

Letter to Alexandra Truitt, 2003.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-385) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780300260410

0300260415

OCLC:

1346533675