Background
Elderfield, John was born on April 25, 1943 in Yorkshire, England. Son of Henry and Rhoda May (Risbrough) Elderfield.
( Helen Frankenthaler (19282011) has long been recognize...)
Helen Frankenthaler (19282011) has long been recognized as one of the great American artists of the 20th century. This beautifully illustrated new book devoted to Frankenthaler’s paintings from the 1950s brings together nearly 30 paintings, including important works from Frankenthaler’s estate. A new essay by John Elderfield and important historical texts by the poet and art critic Frank O’Hara (1960) and former Rose Art Museum director Carl Belz (1981) shed light on the work, and a new, full chronology of Frankenthaler’s life and work in the 1950s draws upon previously inaccessible archival sources and includes a number of never-before-seen documentary images. Published to accompany an exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery, New York, in Spring 2013, this lavish volume is the first to be published since this acclaimed abstract painter’s death. Praise for Helen Frankenthaler: Painted on 21st Street: Ravishing reproductions.” Bookforum
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(An in-depth historical and critical study of Kurt Schwitt...)
An in-depth historical and critical study of Kurt Schwitters' art published on the occasion of a comprehensive exhibition of his work held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1985. Includes 32 full-page color reproductions and 323 b/w illustrations.
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(Published on the occasion of an exhibition of Fauvist art...)
Published on the occasion of an exhibition of Fauvist art held at the Museum of Modern Art, March 26-June 1, 1976, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 29-Aug. 15, 1976, and at the Kimbell Art Museum.
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(publisher: New York Graphic Society/ MOMA, 1983 COLLECTOR...)
publisher: New York Graphic Society/ MOMA, 1983 COLLECTORS VERY FINE w/ fine dustjacket, protected in archival mylar. Interior pages very fine. 216 pages, with 100 full color plates. --100 full-page color drawings at the Museum of Modern Art; includes greats from Cezanne, Gauguin, Picasso, to Pollock, Rothko, Kandinsky, and more. New York, NY
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Lavishly produced in oversize format, here is the complete illustrated catalogue of a landmark new exhibition devoted to the artist--the largest ever assembled--to be held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from September through January. Includes biographical notes, a chronology, and introductions to each major period of Matisse's career. 320 colorplates reproduce every painting and cutout in the exhibition; 92 black-and-white plates illustrate the sculptures, drawings, and prints; and 180 illustrations show related works not in the exhibition.
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(Born in Portland, Oregon (1922). Family moved to San Fran...)
Born in Portland, Oregon (1922). Family moved to San Francisco Bay Area (1924). Attended Stanford University (1940 - 43; BA, 1949) Studied at University of California, Berkeley (1943) while serving in the U. S. Marine Corps (1943 - 45). Attended California School of Fine Arts (1946). Lived in Sausalito, CA and taught at California School of Fine Arts (1947 - 50). Studied at University of New Mexico, (MFA, 1951). Began Berkeley series of abstract expressionist paintings (1953). Began still lifes, then landscapes as a prelude to figurative paintings (1955). Taught at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland (1955 - 59). Taught at San Francisco Art Institute (1959 - 63). Lived in Santa Monica and taught at University of California, Los Angeles (1966 - 73). Began Ocean Park series (1967). Died in Berkeley, CA (1993). Museum Exhibitions include: The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1988); major traveling retrospective, The Whitney Museum of American Art (1988); Elected to The Royal Academy, London (1992). Blue Surround, Evolution of Print, MH de Young Memorial Museum, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (1994); The Art of Richard Diebenkorn, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1997-1998). Clubs and Spades, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace Legion of Honors, San Francisco, CA (2002). The Ocean Park Series, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth, TX; traveling to Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2011-2012).
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(Lavishly produced in oversize format, here is the complet...)
Lavishly produced in oversize format, here is the complete illustrated catalogue of a landmark new exhibition devoted to the artist--the largest ever assembled--to be held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from September through January. Includes biographical notes, a chronology, and introductions to each major period of Matisse's career. 320 colorplates reproduce every painting and cutout in the exhibition; 92 black-and-white plates illustrate the sculptures, drawings, and prints; and 180 illustrations show related works not in the exhibition.
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(An exhibition catalogue for an exhibition at The National...)
An exhibition catalogue for an exhibition at The National Gallery of Art Washington, The Museum of Modern Art New York, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Moscow, and the State Hermitage Museum Leningrad in 1990-1991. Map end papers. 255 illustrations, including 50 plates in full color. Chronology. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Measures 10x12.25 inches.
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Elderfield, John was born on April 25, 1943 in Yorkshire, England. Son of Henry and Rhoda May (Risbrough) Elderfield.
Attended, University Manchester, 1962. Bachelor with honors, University Leeds, 1966. Master of Philosophy with distinction, University Leeds.
Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1975. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Leeds, 2006.
He is currently the Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator at the Princeton University Art Museum and Lecturer in the Princeton University Department of Art and Archaeology. In 1974, Elderfield edited and introduced the diary of the Zurich Dada artist Hugo Ball, Hugo Ball: the flight out of time. This publications was revised in 1996.
Elderfield joined the Museum of Modern Art, New York, as Curator of Painting and Sculpture in 1975.
He served the Museum as Chief Curator at Large from 1993 to 2003. As Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum, he reinstalled that collection in 2004 in its newly rebuilt premises.
Elderfield had published studies of Henri Matisse, Kurt Schwitters,, Richard Diebenkorn, Howard Hodgkin, and Pierre-Paul Prud"honorary Elderfield contributed a catalog essay to the exhibition of Bob Dylan"s paintings at the National Gallery of Denmark from September 2010 until April 2011 In 2005, Time Magazine included Elderfield on their list of the 100 most influential people of 2005.
(The Museum of Modern Art presents a deluxe, oversize view...)
(Lavishly produced in oversize format, here is the complet...)
(Lavishly produced in oversize format, here is the complet...)
(An exhibition catalogue for an exhibition at The National...)
(Helen Frankenthaler, an early pioneer of the stained-canv...)
(An in-depth historical and critical study of Kurt Schwitt...)
(Published on the occasion of an exhibition of Fauvist art...)
(With the simple technique of the paper cutout, Matisse re...)
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( Helen Frankenthaler (19282011) has long been recognize...)
(Book by Cowart, Jack, Elderfield, John, Schneider, Pierre)
(beautiful photos of matisse's work in morocco)
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(Born in Portland, Oregon (1922). Family moved to San Fran...)
(23 illustrations, 5 in color. Artists include Jake Bertho...)
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Fellow Royal Society Arts. Member International Association Art Critics, Century Association.
Married Joyce Davey, January 9, 1965. Children: Matthew, Jonathan. Married Jill Elizabeth Moser, January 8, 1989 (divorced 1995).