The photographs that fill the endpapers of this 50-year retrospective show Larry Rivers between takes of "Pull My Daisy" with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; then leaning against a car with a Speedo-wearing Frank O'Hara; posing thoughtfully with Kenneth Koch; and playing sax at the Blue Bird. Facsimiles of creased and dog-eared review clippings include midcentury "New York Times, Herald Tribune" and "ArtNews" raves, and a 1997 "Times" piece crediting Rivers with bringing back "handmade" art. A soft-edged aesthetic ...
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The photographs that fill the endpapers of this 50-year retrospective show Larry Rivers between takes of "Pull My Daisy" with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; then leaning against a car with a Speedo-wearing Frank O'Hara; posing thoughtfully with Kenneth Koch; and playing sax at the Blue Bird. Facsimiles of creased and dog-eared review clippings include midcentury "New York Times, Herald Tribune" and "ArtNews" raves, and a 1997 "Times" piece crediting Rivers with bringing back "handmade" art. A soft-edged aesthetic permeates his work, never contradicting the symmetry and glamour that led to the burst of late twentieth century and early twenty-first century high-fashion illustration that closes the book.
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Add this copy of Larry Rivers Paintings and Drawings 1951-2001 to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Marlborough Gallery.
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VG+ Quarto. Softcover. Color glossy wraps. 109 pp. Profusely illustrated in high quality color. A virtual tour through this artists creative and personal life is presented with both photographs of him at work and play, as well as 93 striking color plates of his works which were on exhibit. Fascinating text, arranged by the decade. Many famous artists are shown in candid photographs with Rivers.
Add this copy of Larry Rivers: Painting and Drawings, 1951-2001 to cart. $2,470.00, new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Gallery.
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New. 0897972805. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 112 pp.; 154 illus. --with a bonus offer--
