Louise Nevelson, one of the most important American sculptors of
the twentieth century, was a beautiful woman who lived so audacious
a life that by the time of her death she was a legend both inside
and outside the art world. Born Leah Berliawsky in Czarist
Russia in 1899, she grew up in Maine, ostracized as a Jew and a
foreigner. At twenty she escaped to Manhattan as Mrs. Charles
Nevelson, eventually leaving her husband for a life devoted to art.
She lived and loved with lusty abandon, often in poverty and
obscurity, until she finally achieved fame and fortune at sixty.
“This biography of a monstre sacre is a tale of hard-tacks
heroism and heedless swipes at those who dared to love her,” said
Interview magazine. Nevelson found inspiration in cubism,
primitive art, and her own unconscious, creating a rich iconography
of images. With black, white, or gold paint and perfect placement,
she transformed old pieces of wood picked up on the street into
powerful sculptures. In later years she appeared in mink
eyelashes and flamboyant costumes, all the while going to her
studio every day before dawn to add to the astonishing body of work
now in collections of museums around the world. Laurie
Lisle interviewed Nevelson before the artist’s death in 1988, as
well as her lovers, family members, artist friends, and many
others. This biography provides fascinating insights and
information discovered in archives and public records, letters and
diaries, and the artist’s own prose and poetry. Now in a
revised e-book edition, Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life is the
only biography of this important American sculptor. It is
“impressive in its thoroughness, which nonetheless results in
‘good reading’ by virtue of its interweaving of personal and
professional information, its eclectic introduction of
psychological analysis, and a phraseology that appreciates both the
pain and the joy surrounding Nevelson’s eccentric behavior,”
according to Woman’s Art Journal.
General
| Imprint: |
Open Road Media
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2016 |
| Authors: |
Laurie Lisle
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
312 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5040-2979-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-5040-2979-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781504029797 |
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