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Artists Unframed

Snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art

by Merry A. Foresta
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Tucked away among the letters, diaries, and other ephemera in the Smithsonian's archives lies a trove of rarely seen snapshots of some of the twentieth century's most celebrated artists. Unlike the familiar official portraits and genius-at-work shots, these humble snaps capture creative giants with their guard down, in the moment, living life.
Pablo Picasso stands proudly on a balcony with young daughter Maya—a tiny, meticulously inked annotation penned by an unknown hand proclaims that "he's very much in love." Jackson Pollock morosely carves a turkey while his mother, Stella, and wife, Lee Krasner, look on. A young Andy Warhol clowns for the camera with college friend Philip Pearlstein, and in a later shot more closely resembles his famously enigmatic public self at a gallery opening with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

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    May 19, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781616894436

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      • ISBN: 9781616894436
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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 15, 2015

      Everyone knows snapshots (or their current manifestations, Instagrams), having taken and been included in thousands. These casual pictures convey an unrehearsed truthfulness that formal portraits do not, and form an archive of our lives. This is the appeal and the value of the snapshots of 20th-century artists in this title, gathered from the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art by independent curator and writer Foresta. Foresta's work is in line with a trend among art historians and curators exploring the snapshot aesthetic and snapshots as archival material. The images are organized in four broad categories: work; play; family and friends; and portraits and self-portraits. Although covering the entire 20th century and the early 2000s, the majority of images date from the early to mid 1900s. A 1945 day at the beach with Jackson Pollock is a standout, while pictures of undergrad Andy Warhol hanging out with fellow students at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (1948) surprise and intrigue. VERDICT This fun browse for fans of modern art will suggest new avenues of research for students and scholars.

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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