1st Edition

The Fate Of A Gesture Jackson Pollock And Postwar American Art

By Carter Ratcliff Copyright 1998
    372 Pages
    by Routledge

    370 Pages
    by Routledge

    I am indebted first to Thomas B. Hess and James Fitzsimmons, the editors of Artnews and Art International, who encouraged me to publish the essays and reviews that led, years later, to this book. I am equally grateful for the encouragement I have received from Elizabeth C. Baker, the editor of Art in America.

    lLLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 THE AMERICAN INFINITE -- PART 2 THE ACTION PAINTER -- PART 3 FRAGMENTS OF THE ORDINARY -- PART 4 A DAZZLING CONTINUUM -- PART 5 GLAMOUR AND DEATH -- PART 6 THE QuEsT FOR PURITY -- PART 7 FROM DoLDRUMS TO BooM -- EPILOGUE -- NoTEs -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX.