Description: Further DetailsTitle: Morris GravesCondition: NewSubtitle: Selected LettersISBN-10: 029599214XEAN: 9780295992143ISBN: 9780295992143Publisher: University of Washington PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 01/30/2013Description: Morris Graves is a major American painter with roots in the Pacific Northwest. Morris Graves: Selected Letters draws on a vast cache of the his unpublished correspondence, dating from his teenage years until his death in 2001. Few visual artists of any era have left such a rich and wide-ranging collections of letters, which makes this body of work an unusual and valuable document in American art.The Graves correspondence is remarkable for its scope, variety, and depth. Written to many correspondents over long periods of time, the letters include the artist's reflections on his art, the art world, philosophy (Zen Buddhism and Vedanta in particular), architecture (Graves designed his homes and gardens), and relationships with family, friends, and lovers. Graves himself preserved most of the letters, or copies of them, and put no restrictions on their use. Other letters come from a wide range of private and institutional sources.Among the correspondents are Graves's family; Marian Willard, his art dealer; Richard Svare, his companion in the 1950s; and Nancy Wilson Ross, novelist and Buddhist scholar. Other notable figures with whom Graves corresponded are poet Carolyn Kizer, art critic Theodore Wolff, curator Peter Selz, choreographer Merce Cunningham (for whom Graves created a set design), and painter Mark Tobey.Recurrent themes in the Graves letters are the tensions between sociability and solitude; the desire to be free of the material world versus the need for material comfort; the dismissal of commerce and the desperate need for money; the pleasures and pitfalls of love; and the difficulties of the creative life. The letters are organized topically under the broad categories of people (family, friends, intimates), places (homes and travels), and art (finances and philosophy).Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 254mmItem Length: 178mmItem Weight: 1202gContributor: Vicki Halper (Edited by), Lawrence Fong (Edited by)Genre: Arts & PhotographyBook Series: Morris GravesAuthor: Vicki HalperRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Morris Graves
Title: Morris Graves
Subtitle: Selected Letters
ISBN-10: 029599214X
EAN: 9780295992143
ISBN: 9780295992143
Release Date: 01/30/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Lawrence Fong (Edited by)
Series: Morris Graves
Book Title: Morris Graves : Selected Letters
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Topic: Individual Artists / General, Letters, American / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 1.1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 42.5 Oz
Author: Lawrence Fong
Item Length: 10.3 in
Item Width: 7.3 in
Format: Hardcover
