David SMITH Helmholtzian Landscape. 1946 page 73 WORKS page 38 The Key (from the series Accabonac Creek), 1946 page 73 WillemDE KOONING Light in August, 1946 page 74

Bradley Walker TOMLIN All Souls Night, 1947 page 75 1937-46 EARLY EXPERIMENTS page 39

Jackson E01LQCK The Flame. 1934-38 page 39

Ar*hile£QBKY Enigmatic Combat. 1936-37 page 40 1947-58 RECOGNITION page 76

IbramLASSAW. Sculpture in Steel. 1938 page 40 Bamett NEWMAN Genetic Moment, 1947 page 77

DmdSMUU Ad Mare. 1938 page 41 William BAZIOTES Dwarf, 1947 page 78

David SMTJH Propaganda for War. 1939-40 page 41 William BAZIOTES Cyclops. 1947 page 78

MarkBQIHKQ Antigone. 1939-40 page 42 Arshile GORKY The Betrothal. 1947 page 79

HinsHOFMANN Spring. 1944-45 (dated 1940) page 42 Arshile GORKY The Plow and The Song. 1947 page 80

WillemDE KOONING Seated Woman. 1940 page 43 Arshile GORKY Agony, 1947 page 80

AdRBNHARDT Collage. 1940 page 44 Arshile GORKY Soft Night. 1947 page 81

Richard POUSETTE-DART Desert. 1940 page 45 HansHOFMANN Apparition, 1947 page82

Richard POUSETTE-DART Symphony Number 1. The Transcendental, 1941-42 page45 Philip GUSTON The Tormentors, 1947-48 page 83

ArshiltSOBM Garden in Sochi. 1941 page 46 Jackson POLLOCK Full Fathom Five, 1947 page 84

MarklQBH Threading Light. 1942 page 47 Jackson POLLOCK Cathedral, 1947 page 85

MarkffiBEY. New York. 1944 page 47 Jackson POLLOCK Outofthe Web: Number 7,1949,1949 page85

LMKBASMEB Composition. 1943 page 48 LeeKRASNER Noon. 1947 page86

Jackson POLLOCK Stenographic Figure. 1942 page 49 Untitled. 1948 page 87

Jackson EQLL2CK Male and Female. 1942 page 49 Lee KRASNER Untitled. 1949 page 87

Jackson PQLLQCK Guardians of the Secret. 1943 pages 50-51 Mark ROTHKO Untitled (Multiform). 1948 page88

Adolph GOTTLIEB Eyes of Oedipus. 1945 page 52 Clyfford STILL 1948-C. 1948 page 89

AdolpheOTIUEB The Sea Chest. 1942 page 52 Norman LEWIS Shapes, 1947 page 90

Adolph GOTTLIEB The Rape of Persephone. 1943 page 53 Norman LEWIS Untitled. 1949 page 91

Adolph GXOUJEB Black Hand. 1943 page 53 Ad REINHARDT Number43 (Abstract Painting. Yellow). 1947 page 92

MarkRQIUKQ Syrian Bull. 1943 page 54 Ad REINHARDT Number 111. 1949 page 92

MarkROIrJKQ Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea. 1944 page 55 Robert MOTHERWELL The Homely Protestant. 1948 page 93

ArshileGjQRJtf Waterfall. 1943 page 56 Willem DE KOONING Asheville. 1948 page 94

Arshile SQBKY Liver is the Cocks Comb. 1944 page 57 Willem DE KOONING Painting, 1948 page95

HansHQEMAM Fantasia. 1943 page 58 Franz KLINE Untitled. 1948 page 96

HansHOFMANN Idolatress 1.1944 page 58 Richard POUSETTE-DART Night World. 1948 page 97

HansHOFMANN Effervescence. 1944 page 59 Bradley Walker TOMLIN Number 3.1948 page 98

Jackson POLLOCK Mural. 1943 page 60 Bradley Walker TOMLIN Number20.1949 page98

Robert MOTHERWELL Spanish Prison (Window). 1943-44 page 61 Bradley Walker TOMLIN Number 9: In Praise of Gertrude Stein. 1950 page 99

Robert MOTHERWELL WallPainting with Stripes. 1944 page 61 Barnett NEWMAN Onement, 1.1948 page 100

Milton RESNICK Unfitted. 1945 page 62 BarnettNEWMAN Abraham. 1949 pagelOl

WillemDE KOONING Pink Angels. 1945 page 63 Barnett NEWMAN Galaxy. 1949 page 101

Clyfford SELL July 1945-R. 1945 page 64 Jackson POLLOCK Lavender Mist: Number 1,1950.1950 page 102

ayffordSULL Unfitted (formerly Self-Portrait). 1945 page 64 Jackson POLLOCK Autumn Rhythm: Number 30.1950.1950 page 103

CtyffordSJJLL 1946-H (Indian Red and Black). 1946 page 65 Jackson POLLOCK One. Number 31.1950.1950 pages104-105

Adolph GOTTLIEB Return of the Mariner. 1946 page 66 Jackson Pollock, 1949 page 106

William BAZ1QIES The Balcony. 1944 page 66 MarkTOBEY Universal Field. 1949 page 107

Theodores STAMQS Untitled. 1945 page 67 Mark ROTHKO No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta. Black, Green. Orange). 1949 page 108

Theodores STAMPS Cosmological Battle, 1945 page 67 Mark ROTHKO No. 5/No. 22.1950 (dated on verso 1949) page 109

Norman LEWJS Untitled. 1946 page 68 Mark ROTHKO Untitled (Black. Pink and Yellow Over Orange). 1951-52 pageliO

MarkROTHKO Untitled. 1946 page 68 Mark ROTHKO No. 61 (Rust and Blue) or Brown. Blue, Brown on Blue. 1953 page 111

AdREINHARDT Number 4.1946 page 69 Mark ROTHKO The Ochre (Ochre. Red on Red). 1954 page 112

Bamett NEWMAN Pagan Void. 1946 page 70 Mark ROTHKO Orange and Yellow. 1956 page 113

Bamett NEWMAN Song of Orpheus. 1944-45 page 71 Clyfford STILL 1950-ANO.2.1950 page 114

LeeKBASNEE Blue Painting. 1946 page 71 Clyfford STILL Painting (1951 No. 1). 1951 page114

Theodoras SJMQS Sounds in the Rock. 1946 page 72 Barnett NEWMAN The Wild. 1950 page 115 Barnett NEWMAN Here I (forMarcia). 1950 page 115 Mark ROTHKO Black in Deep Red, 1957 page 157

Barnett NEWMAN Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950-51 pages 116-117 Clyfford STILL 1954.1954 page 158

Robert MOTHERWELL At Five in the Afternoon. 1949 page 118 Clyfford STILL Untitted. 1957 page 159

Robert MOTHERWELL The Voyage. 1949 page 118 Ibram LASSAW The Amethyst Moment. 1957 page 160

Robert MOTHERWELL Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34.1953-54 page 119 David SMITH Sentinel III, 1957 page160

Ibram LASSAW Milky Way. A Polymorphous Space, 1950 page 120 James BROOKS Boon, 1957 page 161

Ibram LASSAW Nebula in Orion. 1951 page 121 Adolph GOTTLIEB Blast. 1.1957 page 162

Willem DE KOONING Excavation. 1950 page 122 Franz KLINE Requiem. 1958 page 163

WiUemDE KOONING Attic, 1949 page 123 William BAZIOTES Pompeii. 1955 page164

Jack TWORKOV Green Landscape, 1949 page 123 William BAZIOTES The Pond. 1955 page 164

Franz KLINE Wotan. 1950 page 124 Lee KRASNER The Seasons, 1957 page 165

Franz KLINE Untitledll, c. 1952 page 124

Franz KLINE Chief. 1950 page 125

Aaron SISKIND Marthas Vineyard 4C. 1950 page 126 1959-82 LATE WORK page 166

Norman LEWIS Every Atom Glows: Electrons in Luminous Vibration, 1951 page126 Hans HOFMANN Pompeii, 1959 page 167

Aaron SJSKIND New York 3.1951 page 127 Barnett NEWMAN First Station. 1958 page 168

Hans HOFMANN The Window, 1950 page 128 Mark ROTHKO Mural. Section 2 (Red on Maroon). 1959 page169

David SMITH Hudson River Landscape. 1951 page 129 Franz KLINE New Year Wall. Night. 1960 page 170

Herbert FERBER ...and the Bush Was Not Consumed, 1951 page 129 Hans HOFMANN Combinable WalUandll. 1961 page171

David SMITH Australia. 1951 page 130 Lee KRASNER Mural No. 2 Broadway. 1958-59 page 171

David SMITH AgricolalX. 1952 page 131 Theodores STAMPS Ahab for R.J.H.. 1959 page 172

David SMITH Tanktotem IV. 1953 page 131 Ibram LASSAW Antipodes, 1960 page 172

Philip GUSTON White Painting 1.1951 page 132 Herbert FERBER Sculpture as Environment. 1961 page 173

Philip GUSTON ToB.W.T. 1952 page 133 WiUemDE KOONING Door to the River. 1960 page 174

James BROOKS Untitled(Blue Abstraction). 1952 page 134 Norman LEWIS Alabama. 1960 page 175

James BROOKS J, 1953 page 134 William BAZIOTES Aquatic. 1961 page 176

James BROOKS K-1952.1952 page 135 Milton RESNICK New Bride, 1963 page 177

Ad REINHARDT Abstract Painting. Red, 1952 page 136 Milton RESNICK Burning Bush, 1959 page 178

Ad REINHARDT Red Abstract. 1952 page 137 Milton RESNICK Wedding. 1962 page 179

Adolph GOTTLIEB Frozen Sounds II. 1952 page 138 Milton RESNICK Untitled, 1983 page 179

William BAZIOTES The Flesh Eaters. 1952 page 138 David SMITH Zig IV. 1961 page 180

Barnett NEWMAN Ulysses. 1952 page 139 David SMITH Voltri 1.1962 page 180

Barnett NEWMAN Primordial Light. 1954 page 139 Clyfford STILL 1962-D. 1962 page 181

Willem DE KOONING Woman 1,1950-52 page 140 Hans HOFMANN Memoriain Aeternum. 1962 page 182

WiUemDE KOONING Woman and Bicycle. 1952-53 pageUI Jack TWORKOV Script. 1962 page 182

Hans HOFMANN Burst into Life. 1952 page 142 Ad REINHARDT Abstract Painting. Number 33.1963 page 183

Hans HOFMANN Persian Phantasy. 1953 page 142 David SMITH Cubi XIX. 1964 page 184

Lee KRASNER The City. 1953 page 143 Lee KRASNER Gaea. 1966 page 185

MarkTOBEY Edge of August. 1953 page 144 Philip GUSTON Looking, 1964 page 185

MarkTOBEY Canticle. 1954 page 145 Mark ROTHKO Untitled (East Wall Triptych), 1966-67 page 186

MarkTOBEY Plains Ceremonial. 1956 page 145 Mark ROTHKO Untitled. 1969-70 page 187

WiUem DE KOONING Two Women in the Country. 1954 page 146 Barnett NEWMAN Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue 1.1966 page 188

WiUemDE KOONING Gotham News. 1955-56 page 147 Barnett NEWMAN White and Hot. 1967 page 189

Franz KLINE Mahoning. 1956 page 148 Barnett NEWMAN Broken Obelisk. 1963-69 page 190

Robert MOTHERWELL Wall Painting No. 4.1954 page149 MarkTOBEY White World. 1969 page 191

Jack TWORKOV Pink Mississippi. 1954 page 149 Jack TWORKOV End Place. 1970 page 191

Jackson POLLOCK Echo: Number 25.1951,1951 page 150 WiUemDE KOONING Woman Accabonac. 1966 page 192

Jackson POLLOCK Portrait and a Dream, 1953 page 151 WiUemDE KOONING Clamdigger. 1972 page 193

Jackson POJJJXK Blue Poles: Number 11,1952 page 152 Philip GUSTON The Studio, 1969 page 194

Jackson POLLOCK White Light. 1954 page 153 Philip GUSTON Poor Richard. 1971 page 195

Philip GUSTON Painters City. 1957 page 154 Philip GUSTON Ancient Wall. 1976 page 195

Philip GUSTON Beggars Joys. 1954-55 page 155 Richard POUSETTE-DART Hieroglyph Number 2. Black. 1974 page 196

Ad REINHARDT Painting. 1956 page 156 Aaron SISKIND Lima 89. Homage to Franz Kline. 1975 page 196 Norman LEWIS SeachangelV, 1976 page 197 Allan KAPROW The Legacy of Jackson Pollock. 1958 page 264

Willem DE KOONING ...Whose Name Was Writ in Water. 1975 page 198

WiUemDE KOONING North Atlantic Light (or Untitled XVIII). 1977 page 199

Willem DE KOONING Untitled V. 1982 page 199 1959-97 LATE WRITINGS page 267

Harold ROSENBERG Aaron Siskind: The Camera and Action Art. 1959 page 267

Jack TWORKOV Is There a New Academy. 1959 page 269

Harold ROSENBERG Action Painting: A Decade of Distortion. 1962 page 269 DOCUMENTS page 200 Ad REINHARDT How to Look at Modern Art in America. 1961 page 271 WiUemDE KOONING Interview. 1960 page 272

Max KOZLOFF The Critical Reception of Abstract-Expressionism. 1965 page272

1937-46 EARLY EXPERIMENTS Irving SANDLER The Club. 1965 page 275 page 201 Philip GUSTON Faith, Hope and Impossibility, 1966 page 277

John D. GRAHAM System and Dialectics of Art. 1937 page201 Eva COCKROFT , Weapon of the Cold War. 1974 page 178

Meyer SCHAPIRO Natureof Abstract Art. 1937 page 201 Richard 5HIFF Performing an Appearance: On the Surface of Abstract Expressionism. 1987 page 281

Andre BRETON. Diego RIVERA and Leon TROTSKY Manifesto: Towards a Free Revolutionary Art. 1938 page 208 Michael LEJA Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s. 1993 page 283

Statement of the League for Cultural Freedom and Socialism. 1939 page 209 Ann Eden GIBSON Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics. 1997 page 285

Clement GREENBERG Towards a Newer Laocoon. 1940 page 21-0

Wolfgang PAALEN The New Image. 1942 page 214

AdREINHARDT Abstraction vs. Illustration, 1943 page215

Adolph GOTTLIEB and Mark ROTHKO The Portrait and the Modern Artist, 1943 page 216

Adolph GOTTLIEB. Mark ROTHKO and Barnett NEWMAN Letter to Edward Alden Jewell. 1943 page 217

Robert M. COATES Assorted Moderns. 1944 page 218

Robert MOTHERWELL The Modern Painters World. 1944 page 218

Andre BRETON The Eye-Spring: Arshile Gorky. 1945 page 221

Mark ROTHKO Clyfford Still. 1946 page 222

Ad REINHARDT How to Look at Modern Art in America. 1946 page 223

1947-58 RECOGNITION page 224

Clement GREENBERG The Present Prospects of American Painting and Sculpture. 1947 page 224

Boris MARGO. Barnett NEWMAN. Theodoras STAMPS. Adolph GOTTLIEB. Herbert FERBER. Mark ROTHKO, Felipe

ORLANDO. . Mario CARRENO and John STEPHAN The Ides of Art: The Attitudes of 10 Artists on

their Art and Contemporaneousness. 1947 page 228

Barnett NEWMAN Ferber. 1947 page 229

Jackson POLLOCK My Painting, 1947 page 230

Howard PUTZEL A Problem for Critics, 1947 page 230

Mark ROTHKO The Romantics Were Prompted, 1947 page 231

Clement GREENBERG The Crisis of the Easel Picture. 1948 page 231

Hans HOFMANN The Search for the Real in the Visual Arts. 1948 page 232

Barnett NEWMAN The New Sense of Fate. 1948 page 235

Bradley Walker TOMLIN The Schism Between Art And The Public. 1949 page 237

Jackson POLLOCK Interview with William Wright. 1950 page 238

Robert MOTHERWELL TheSchoolof NewYork. 1951 page241

Thomas B. HESS Abstract Painting: Background and American Phase. 1951 page 241

Barnett NEWMAN Review of Abstract Painting: Background and American Phase' by Thomas B. Hess. 1951 page 242

Willem DE KOONING What Abstract Art Means To Me. 1951 page 243

Harold ROSENBERG The American action painters. 1952 page 245

Thomas B. HESS De Kooning Paints a Picture. 1953 page 248

Elaine DE KOONING Subject. What. How. or Who?. 1955 page 248

Clement GREENBERG American-Type'Painting. 1955/58 page251

Edwin DENBY Willem de Kooning. 1957 page 257

Meyer SCHAPIRO The Liberating Quality of Avant-Garde Art. 1957 page 258

Alfred H. BARR. Jr The New American Painting. 1958 page 263