Picturing New York : the art of Yvonne Jacquette and Rudy Burckhardt / by Andrea Henderson Fahnestock, Vincent Katz ; introduction by Bill Berkson
2008, First Edition. New York, N. Y. : Museum of the City of New York ; Piermont, N. H. : Bunker Hill Pub. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 143 pages; Description: 143 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm. Published on the occasion of concurrent exhibitions of paintings by Yvonne Jacquette and photographs by Rudy Burckhardt held at the Museum of the City of New York. Subjects: Jacquette, Yvonne (1934-) --Criticism and interpretation --Burckhardt, Rudy --Criticism and interpretation --New York (N. Y. ) --In art. Summary: The New York paintings and pastels of Yvonne Jacquette, one of America's most distinguished contemporary painters, and the New York photographs of her late husband Rudy Burckhardt, whose unconventional art has spawned a large and devoted following, are the subjects of this intriguing look at the New York art world from the 1930s to the present. Their work celebrates New York's streets and skyline, capturing the intimacy and the expansiveness of the city. Item #155618
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