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Steve Wolfe On Paper

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Carter E. Foster, Franklin Sirmans
Publication Details
Book, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2009
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Wolfe, Steve, · 1955- · Exhibitions · Foster, Carter E · Wolfe, Steve, 1955- · Sirmans, Franklin · Whitney Museum of American Art · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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NeoHooDoo : Art For A Forgotten Faith

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edited by Franklin Sirmans ; with contributions by Jen Budney … [et al.]
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Book, The Menil Collection, 2008
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NeoHooDoo, a phrase coined by the poet Ishmael Reed in 1970, celebrates the practice of rituals, folklore, and spirituality in the Americas beyond the scope of Christianity and organized religion. Exploring how spirituality influenced artists in the late 20th century and bringing together an intergenerational group of artists from North, Central, and South America, NeoHooDoo reveals the wider implications of ritualized practice in contemporary art. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Art, American · 20th century · Exhibitions · Spirituality in art · Ritual in art · Sirmans, Franklin · Budney, Jen · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) · P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center · Miami Art Museum
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(UPPER LEVEL) N6512 .N33 2008 NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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(UPPER LEVEL)	N6512 .N33 2008	NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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African Art : From The Menil Collection

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edited by Kristina Van Dyke ; contributions by Marla C. Berns … [et al.]
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Book, Menil Foundation, 2008
Description
Bamana masks and headdresses, Lega ivories, Dogon sculpture, and Benue bronzes are among the many exquisite African artifacts found in the renowned Menil Collection. Dating primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries, these works come from North Africa and the Sahel, Coastal West Africa, and Central and East Africa. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) · Catalogs · Art, African · Van Dyke, Kristina · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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(UPPER LEVEL) N576.H68 A534 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	N576.H68 A534 2008	AVAILABLE

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Marlene Dumas : Measuring Your Own Grave

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organized by Cornelia Butler ; texts by Cornelia Butler … [et al.]
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Book, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008
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In her expressionistic drawings and paintings of the last three decades, acclaimed South African artist Marlene Dumas has focused on the human figure, probing themes of love, desire, despair and confusion in order to slyly critique social and political attitudes toward women, children, people of color and others who have historically been victimized. Accompanying Dumas’ first major mid-career survey in the U.S., with stops in three major American cities, (one yet to be announced) this substantial, fully-illustrated publication features a newly commissioned essay by renowned scholar Richard Shiff, placing the artist’s work in relation to both American figurative painting since the 1980s and Abstract Expressionism. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Dumas, Marlene, · 1953- · Exhibitions · Dumas, Marlene, 1953- · Butler, Cornelia H · Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) · Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) ND653.D87 A4 2008 LOST&PD6-11/07

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	ND653.D87 A4 2008	LOST&PD6-11/07

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Yves Tanguy And Surrealism

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Karin von Maur ; with essays by Susan Davidson … [et al.]
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Book, Hatje Cantz, 2001
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Ur-Surrealist Yves Tanguy belonged to the inner circle of the 1920s Parisian avant-garde, alongside such figures as Salvador Dal’, Max Ernst, and Alberto Giacometti, making essential contributions to Surrealist manifestoes, magazines, and exhibitions. The central focus of Yves Tanguy and Surrealism is the Surrealist mode, to which Tanguy dedicated himself like no other painter of his time, cementing the movement’s place in the history of visual art. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Tanguy, Yves, · 1900-1955 · Exhibitions · Surrealism · Maur, Karin von, 1938- · Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955 · Davidson, Susan, 1958- · Staatsgalerie Stuttgart · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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(UPPER LEVEL) ND553.T26 2001 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	ND553.T26 2001	AVAILABLE

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Robert Rauschenberg : Cardboards And Related Pieces

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[essay by] Yve-Alain Bois ; [catalogue, selected exhibitions, selected bibliography compiled by] Clare Elliott ; [introduction by] Josef Helfenstein
Publication Details
Book, Menil Collection, 2007
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Later, in his Cardboard series (1971–72), he confined himself to the use of cardboard boxes, eliminating virtually all imagery, reducing the palette to a near monochrome, and commenting in subtle ways on the materialism and disposability of modern life. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Rauschenberg, Robert, · 1925- · Exhibitions · Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925- · Bois, Yve Alain · Elliott, Clare · Helfenstein, Josef · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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(UPPER LEVEL) N6537.R27 A4 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	N6537.R27 A4 2007	AVAILABLE

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A Modern Patronage : De Menil Gifts To American And European Museums

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Marcia Brennan, Alfred Pacquement, Ann Temkin ; with an introduction by Josef Helfenstein
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Book, Menil Foundation, 2007
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In the early 1940s, John and Dominique de Menil began to acquire art. This beautifully illustrated book showcases some fifty works that the de Menils collected over the decades, including pieces by such major 20th-century artists as Lee Bontecou, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Ren (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Menil, John de · Menil, Dominique de · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) · Exhibitions · Influence · Art patronage · Art donors · Art · Collectors and collecting · Arts and society · Brennan, Marcia · Pacquement, Alfred · Temkin, Ann · Helfenstein, Josef · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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(UPPER LEVEL) N576.H68 B74 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	N576.H68 B74 2007	AVAILABLE

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Eva Hesse Drawing

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edited by Catherine de Zegher
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Book, The Drawing Center, 2006
Description
Eva Hesse (1936–1970) was a highly experimental artist who continually challenged the conventions of her time. Eva Hesse Drawing is the first book to explore her drawing process, following her work from drawing to painting and sculpture, and always back to drawing. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Hesse, Eva, · 1936-1970 · Exhibitions · Criticism and interpretation · Zegher, M. Catherine de · Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970 · Sussman, Elisabeth, 1939- · Drawing Center (New York, N.Y.) · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) · Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) · Walker Art Center
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(UPPER LEVEL) N6537.H4 A4 2006b AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	N6537.H4 A4 2006b	AVAILABLE

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Bill Traylor, William Edmondson And The Modernist Impulse

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edited by Josef Helfenstein and Roxanne Stanulis
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Book, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, 2004
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The lives and work of Bill Traylor and William Edmondson share fascinating parallels despite a twenty-year age gap and the fact that they never met. Major figures in American and African-American art history, both were born into poverty in the South and began creating art as older men after working for decades as physical laborers. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Traylor, Bill, · 1854-1949 · Exhibitions · Edmondson, William, · 1882?-1951 · African American artists · Modernism (Art) · United States · Helfenstein, Josef · Stanulis, Roxanne M · Krannert Art Museum · Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.) · Studio Museum in Harlem · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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(UPPER LEVEL) N6538.N5 B4 2004 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	N6538.N5 B4 2004	AVAILABLE

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Joseph Beuys : Actions, Vitrines, Environments

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Mark Rosenthal, with Sean Rainbird and Claudia Schmuckli
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Book, Menil Collection, 2004
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Joseph Beuys (1921?1986)?a German sculptor and performance artist–became one of the most influential figures in modern and contemporary art. Beuys?s innovative influence is particularly felt in the field of sculpture, whose definition he expanded to encompass performance art, vitrine cases, and site-specific environments. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Beuys, Joseph · Exhibitions · Conceptual art · Germany · Performance art · Rosenthal, Mark · Rainbird, Sean · Schmuckli, Claudia · Beuys, Joseph · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) · Tate Modern (Gallery)
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) NX550.Z9 B482 2004 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	NX550.Z9 B482 2004	AVAILABLE

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H. C. Westermann

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exhibition curators, Lynne Warren and Michael Rooks ; with essays by Dennis Adrian, Michael Rooks, Robert Storr, and Lynne Warren
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Book, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001
Description
Published to accompany a major traveling exhibition of Westermann?s sculpture, the book looks at how defining themes central to 20th-century America?the horror and disillusionment of war, the mythology of the American utopia, and Hollywood and mass media?shaped his thought and his art. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Westermann, H. C. · (Horace Clifford), · 1922- · Exhibitions · Westermann, H. C. 1922- · Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.) · Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) NB237.W44 A4 2001 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	NB237.W44 A4 2001	AVAILABLE

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Winslow Homer’s Images Of Blacks : The Civil War And Reconstruction Years

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Peter H. Wood, Karen C.C. Dalton ; introduction by Richard J. Powell
Publication Details
Book, Menil Collection, 1988
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Homer, Winslow, · 1836-1910 · Exhibitions · African Americans in art · African Americans · History · 1863-1877 · Pictorial works · Wood, Peter H., 1943- · Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910 · Dalton, Karen C. C., 1948- · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) ND237.H7 A4 1988a AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	ND237.H7 A4 1988a	AVAILABLE

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The Rothko Chapel Paintings : Origins, Structure, Meaning

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Sheldon Nodelman
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Book, University of Texas Press, 1997
Description
The paintings executed in 1964-1967 by American artist Mark Rothko for the Rothko Chapel in Houston represent the fulfillment of the artist’s lifelong ambition and a breakthrough in twentieth-century art. Unlike previous sets of paintings commissioned for the Seagram Building and Harvard University, the Chapel commission allowed Rothko to determine the architectural setting and lighting in which the paintings would appear. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Rothko, Mark, · 1903-1970 · Criticism and interpretation · Rothko Chapel (Houston, Tex.) · Houston (Tex.) · Buildings, structures, etc · Nodelman, Sheldon, 1935- · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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(UPPER LEVEL) ND237.R725 N63 1997 DUE 12-19-09

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(UPPER LEVEL)	ND237.R725 N63 1997	DUE 12-19-09

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Braque : The Late Works

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John Golding, Sophie Bowness, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine
Publication Details
Book, Yale University Press, 1997
Description
A major figure in twentieth-century French art, Braque remained truthful to the principles of his early cubist paintings yet demonstrated an increased freedom and poetic quality in several major series during his later years-the Interiors, Billiard Tables, Studios, and Bird paintings. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Braque, Georges, · 1882-1963 · Exhibitions · Golding, John · Bowness, Sophie · Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle · Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) ND553.B86 A4 1997 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	ND553.B86 A4 1997	AVAILABLE

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Max Ernst : Dada And The Dawn Of Surrealism

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William A. Camfield ; with an introductory essay by Werner Spies and a preface by Walter Hopps
Publication Details
Book, Prestel, 1993
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Ernst, Max, · 1891-1976 · Exhibitions · Dadaism · Surrealism · Camfield, William A · Spies, Werner, 1937- · Hopps, Walter · Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) · Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) · Art Institute of Chicago
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) N6888.E7 A4 1993 c.2 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	N6888.E7 A4 1993 c.2	AVAILABLE

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