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- From: fi@grebyn.com (Fiona Webster)
- Subject: need: books on Henri Matisse (was Re: Great gift books for me!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.175726.17762@grebyn.com>
- Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
- References: <1992Dec20.041607.25848@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:57:26 GMT
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- In a charming wish-list Keith Morgan mentions:
- >Henri Matisse: A Retrospective by John Elderfield
-
- I'm gonna be makin' a trek up to NYC for the Matisse exhibit in
- early January, and I'd very much like to bone up before I go.
- So, I could use some help in my efforts to _chasser_les_fauves_,
- as it were :-)--that is, some recommendations for good books on
- the subject. Given the source of the suggestion, the Elderfield
- sounds like a good start (could you say a bit more about it, Keith?).
- I'm especially interested in books with more words than pictures--
- those that emphasize art criticism and art history with a special
- focus on Matisse and his influences/followers. I'd prefer things
- that are easy to find and also in paperback, but rare or expensive
- recommendations are also OK, since I've planned my trip so as to
- spend the whole pre-Matisse day in the New York Public Library,
- browsing through whatever I hadn't already been able to find/read.
- (Which brings up another question: is there another library in NY with
- a better collection in the area of art history and art crit? The
- NYPL is such a cool building, I wouldn't miss it for the world,
- but it never hurts to have alternatives...) Thanks!
-
- --wishing you all "The Joy
- of Life" and "Harmony in Red"
- during this holiday season,
-
- Fiona
-