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WORKS Page 38 1937-46 EARLY EXPERIMENTS Page 39 1947-58 RECOGNITION Page 76 David SMITH Helmholtzian Landscape. 1946 page 73 WORKS page 38 Jackson POLLOCK 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 Lee KRASNER 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 Herbert FERBER 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.
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