The Slip
The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023], ©2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xx, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
"For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art." -- inside front jacket flap.
Contents:
Part I. Before. The Slip ; The French prelude -- Part II. Arrivals. Ellsworth Kelly ; Robert Indiana ; Jack Youngerman and Delphine Seyrig ; Agnes Martin ; Lenore Tawney ; James Rosenquist -- Part III. Getting to work. The nature of it ; Money ; Structure ; Auditions ; First words ; Sixteen Americans and two Frenchmen ; Dark river ; Simple things ; The American dream ; Pop will eat itself -- Part IV. Departures. A delicate city ; Delphine and Jack ; Lenore ; Ellsworth ; James ; Robert ; Agnes -- Afterword. Collective solitude.
Subjects:
Indiana, Robert, 1928-2018.
Kelly, Ellsworth, 1923-2015.
Martin, Agnes, 1912-2004.
Rosenquist, James, 1933-2017.
Tawney, Lenore.
Youngerman, Jack, 1926-2020.
Artists -- United States -- Biography.
Artists' studios -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Coenties Slip (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Indiana, Robert, 1928-2018.
Kelly, Ellsworth, 1923-2015.
Martin, Agnes, 1912-2004.
Rosenquist, James, 1933-2017.
Tawney, Lenore.
Youngerman, Jack, 1926-2020.
Artists -- United States -- Biography.
Artists' studios -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Coenties Slip (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9780063097209
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ART History Pei | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
"Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman" -- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-396) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-396) and index.