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About modern art : critical essays 1948-96

by David Sylvester

This collection of essays analyses the work of prominent twentieth-century artists and their nineteenth-century forebears. The text explores the spectator's response to figures such as Picasso, Matisse, and Warhol, with additional studies on Pollock and Serra.

Accession 24971 ISBN 0701162686 Publisher Chatto & Windus
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