tyler graphics ltd (5 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Fine. DETAILS: large sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, fine condition and appears essentially unused. TYLER GRAPHICS LTD. Tyler graphics, the extended image. Minneapolis : New York: Walker Art Center ; Abbeville Press, 1987, stated First Edition, 255pp., . Issued to commemorate the acquisition by the Walker Art Gallery of the archives of Tyler Graphics. Briefly traces the history of Tyler Graphics, shows examples of prints made by the firm, and discusses the techniques of print making and paper making. Over 140 large color illustrations. Since 1974 Tyler Graphics Ltd. has offered printmaking facilities of unsurpassed sophistication to twenty-nine artists, from Anni and Josef Albers to Robert Zakanitch. The results of their collaborations with Kenneth Tyler and his small staff of highly skilled printers are beautifully illustrated in this intriguing volume of far-ranging essays.The book begins with a brief history of Tyler Graphics and of the Tyler Graphics Archive, written by Martin Friedman, director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where the archive is housed. Judith Goldman's lively profile of Kenneth Tyler follows, vivdly conveying the creativity and determination of this irrepressible master printer. She traces his career from his ealry days as an art student at the Art Institute of Chicago through his experiences at Tamarind Lithography Workshop and Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles to his establishment of Tyler Graphics Ltd. - In the first of six essays on the work itself Jack Flam perceptively places Robert Motherwell's collaborations with Tyler in the context of the artist's long involvement with Abstract Expressionism. This is followed by E.C. Goosesen's skillful analysis of gestural works by Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, and Nancy Graves. Robert M. Murdock's discerning essay focuses on geometric abstractions by artists including Jack Tworkov, Ellsworth Kelly, and Michael Heizer. Elizabeth Armstrong, who organized this volume, incisively investigates the work of Pop artists such as Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein. Richard H. Axsom devotes his fine essay to Frank Stella's diverse projects at the Tyler workshop. The book concludes with Leonard B. Schlosser's capsule and Ruth E. Fine's fascinationg discussion of the innovative paperworks made by David Hockney, Kenneth Noland, Alan Shields, and many others. - CONTENTS: Kenneth Tyler, the artisan as artist / Judith Goldman -- Robert Motherwell's graphics / Jack Flam -- Spontaneity and the print / E.C. Goossen -- Variations on geometry / Robert Murdock -- Pop, post-pop, and beyond / Elizabeth Armstrong -- Frank Stella at Bedford / Richard H. Axsom -- A history of papermaking / Leonard B. Schlosser -- Paperworks at Tyler Graphics / Ruth E. Fine. 9780896597723 ISBN 0896597725.

16pp. 9 illus. Sm. sq. 4to. Wraps.

2001. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 27pp. 4to. Paper catlogue, green cover, corner stapled. List of catalogues, books, videos, limited edition books, prints, works on paper, by a variety of great American artists (Frankenthaler, Hockney, Lichenstein, are among those listed) available to order from the company.

Zustand: Good. 4to. 48 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Stiff illustrated paper wraps. Color and B&W plates throughout.Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-77). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Zustand: Good. 4to. 8-Page Fold-Out Pamphlet. [ca. 8 pp.] B&W and Color Plates. Very good with Minor Sunning.