Although it lasted only 24 years (1933-1957), was beset by financial woes, and enrolled fewer than 1,200 students, Black Mountain College provided an extraordinary legacy an abundance of creative talent that shaped a whole movement of modern art in America. Those who taught included Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Agnes de Mille, Paul Goodman, and Walter Gropius. Among the students were Robert Rauschenberg, Arthur Penn, Joel Oppenheimer, and Francine du Plessix Gray. Mary Emma Harris has written the definitive account of this tiny outpost of experimentalism, uncovering many little known facts and correcting distortions about the school.
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" Katz manages to evoke a world of cross-media artistic possibility that seems as vast as it was often joyous." -- Publisher's Weekly & quot; Katz manages to evoke a world of cross-media artistic possibility that seems as vast as it was often joyous.& quot; -- Publisher's Weekly "Katz manages to evoke a world of cross-media artistic possibility that seems as vast as it was often joyous."-- "Publisher's Weekly"
Traces the history of Black Mountain College and looks at the art produced by its teachers and students.
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Seller: Bagatelle Books, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very good. Second printing. Quarto. 9 x 12.25 in. 315 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white and color reproductions of art, photographs, etc. Very good in original pictorial wrappers with light foxing to edge of text block and faint shelfwear. Inscribed by Mary Emma Harris to Asheville based photographer Benjamin Porter. Porter took the 1995 Black Mountain College reunion panoramic photograph at the old campus on Lake Eden. Laid-in is also an informational ad for the print by Porter. Though this book predates the portrait by Porter, we've included it here for reference. Seller Inventory # 8414