Clyfford Still: The Artist's Materials
This groundbreaking book provides the first detailed account of the materials and techniques of perhaps the most radical—and until now, least studied—major American Abstract Expressionist.
 
Among the most radical of the great American Abstract Expressionist painters, Clyfford Still has also long been among the least studied. Still severed ties with the commercial art world in the early 1950s, and his estate at the time of his death in 1980 comprised some 3,125 artworks—including more than 800 paintings—that were all but unknown to the art world. Susan F. Lake and Barbara A. Ramsay were granted access to this collection by the estate and by the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, which houses this immense corpus today.
 
This volume, based on the authors’ materials research and enriched by their unprecedented access to Still’s artworks, paints, correspondence, studio records, and personal library, provides the first detailed account of his materials, working methods, and techniques. Initial chapters provide an engaging and erudite overview of the artist's life. Subsequent chapters trace the development of his visionary style, offer in-depth materials analysis of selected works from each decade of his career, and suggest new approaches to the care and conservation of his paintings. There is also a series of technical appendices as well as a full bibliography.
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Clyfford Still: The Artist's Materials
This groundbreaking book provides the first detailed account of the materials and techniques of perhaps the most radical—and until now, least studied—major American Abstract Expressionist.
 
Among the most radical of the great American Abstract Expressionist painters, Clyfford Still has also long been among the least studied. Still severed ties with the commercial art world in the early 1950s, and his estate at the time of his death in 1980 comprised some 3,125 artworks—including more than 800 paintings—that were all but unknown to the art world. Susan F. Lake and Barbara A. Ramsay were granted access to this collection by the estate and by the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, which houses this immense corpus today.
 
This volume, based on the authors’ materials research and enriched by their unprecedented access to Still’s artworks, paints, correspondence, studio records, and personal library, provides the first detailed account of his materials, working methods, and techniques. Initial chapters provide an engaging and erudite overview of the artist's life. Subsequent chapters trace the development of his visionary style, offer in-depth materials analysis of selected works from each decade of his career, and suggest new approaches to the care and conservation of his paintings. There is also a series of technical appendices as well as a full bibliography.
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This groundbreaking book provides the first detailed account of the materials and techniques of perhaps the most radical—and until now, least studied—major American Abstract Expressionist.
 
Among the most radical of the great American Abstract Expressionist painters, Clyfford Still has also long been among the least studied. Still severed ties with the commercial art world in the early 1950s, and his estate at the time of his death in 1980 comprised some 3,125 artworks—including more than 800 paintings—that were all but unknown to the art world. Susan F. Lake and Barbara A. Ramsay were granted access to this collection by the estate and by the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, which houses this immense corpus today.
 
This volume, based on the authors’ materials research and enriched by their unprecedented access to Still’s artworks, paints, correspondence, studio records, and personal library, provides the first detailed account of his materials, working methods, and techniques. Initial chapters provide an engaging and erudite overview of the artist's life. Subsequent chapters trace the development of his visionary style, offer in-depth materials analysis of selected works from each decade of his career, and suggest new approaches to the care and conservation of his paintings. There is also a series of technical appendices as well as a full bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781606067215
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Trust, The
Publication date: 04/05/2022
Series: The Artist's Materials
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 168
File size: 52 MB
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About the Author

Susan F. Lake recently retired from her position as director of collection management and chief conservator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
 
Barbara A. Ramsay is chief conservator at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. She was the first conservator for the Clyfford Still and Patricia A. Still Estate.

Table of Contents

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Page Foreword Preface Introduction Early Life and Education The Itinerant Artist and Teacher The Myth and the Man 2. Visions and Revisions 1940s: The Development of a Visual Vocabulary 1950s–1970s: Endless Self-Renewal Replicas Auxiliary Supports: Strainers and Stretchers Supports: Fabrics Sketches and Underdrawing Paints Pigments Paint Medium Surface Coatings Frames 4. Condition and Conservation Fatty Acid Efflorescence Metal Soaps Discoloration and Fading A Question of Gloss Appendix I. Analysis of 40 Dry Pigments in Containers from Still’s Studio Appendix II. Analysis of 15 Tube Paints from Still’s Studio Appendix III. Analysis of the Pigments in 35 Paintings, 1942–1977 Appendix IV. Analysis of the Binding Media in 37 Paintings, 1942–1977 Appendix V. The Clyfford Still Gift, Guidelines, Part I: Handling of the Collection—Conservation Appendix VI. Analytical Methods, Instrumentation, and Sample Preparation Notes References Acknowledgments Illustration Credits About the Authors Index Back Cover
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