1977 1st Edition Art Monograph Book: "Kenneth Noland", by Kenworth Moffet

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Offered is a 1st edition monograph art book, "Kenneth Noland", by Kenworth Moffet. Published in 1977 in conjunction with his … Read more Offered is a 1st edition monograph art book, "Kenneth Noland", by Kenworth Moffet. Published in 1977 in conjunction with his first exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, it features 273 illustrations, 83 tipped color plates, 240pp, and an acetate overlay dust jacket wrapper with printed text. Hardcover. Wide, oblong hardbound quarto. This book is a feast for the eyes and brilliant text from a respected art historian.

Title: Kenneth Noland
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication Date: 1977
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0810913518
ISBN 13: 9780810913516
Measures 11.625" wide, 11" tall, 1.5" deep

From the Guggenheim:
Known first for his circle paintings, Noland became a defining Color Field painter by rhythmically exploring a wide range of acrylic hues in a visual language of chevrons, diamonds, horizontal bands, and plaid patterns on variously shaped canvases, one as wide as 7.3 meters. In his later work, Noland returned to painting centered, concentric orbs, but on a smaller scale with thicker layers of color. He was included in the Venice Biennale (1964), and the Guggenheim Museum hosted his first retrospective (1977), which traveled to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1977), and the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio (1978). In addition, his work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at a range of international institutions, including the Museo de arte moderno, Mexico City (1983); Museo de bella artes, Bilbao, Spain (1985); Museum of Fine Art, Houston (2004); Tate, Liverpool (2006); and Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio (1986 and 2007). His work has been shown in a number of major group exhibitions, including those at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1965); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1969); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1971); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1979); and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1985). Noland taught at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (1985), and received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Davidson College, North Carolina (1997). In 2010, Noland died in Port Clyde, Maine, and was honored that year with a solo presentation of his work at the Guggenheim Museum, entitled Kenneth Noland, 1924–2010: A Tribute.

"I’ve followed other artists gratefully and I hope I’ve also followed my own path....sometimes along side other artists. I’ve also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist. I love art and I love the life of art and I only wish that the real life of art could affect social change in a good way and that the invasion of commercialism in art and the invasion of entertainment into all areas of our lives hadn’t brought some of the worst features of our culture into the realm of art."

—Kenneth Noland
“The Bennington Years” symposium, University of Hartford, March, 1988 See less