PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION BY DORE ASHTON
NOTES ON MONDRIAN AND CHIRICO, 1942
REVIEW OF ART OF THIS CENTURY, ca. 1943
NOTE ON MODERN ART, ca. 1943
PREFACE TO APOLLINAIRE’S THE CUBIST PAINTERS, 1944
THE MODERN PAINTER’S WORLD, 1944
PLATE CAPTION IN ABSTRACT AND SURREALIST ART IN AMERICA, 1944
REVIEW OF CALDER’S THREE YOUNG RATS, 1944
PAINTERS’ OBJECTS, 1944
PREFACE TO MONDRIAN’S PLASTIC ART AND PURE PLASTIC ART, 1945
PERSONAL STATEMENT, 1945
REVIEW OF HENRY MOORE’S SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS, 1945
PREFACE TO PAALEN’S FORM AND SENSE, ca. 1945
STATEMENT, 1946
BEYOND THE AESTHETIC, 1946
STATEMENT, 1947
EDITORIAL PREFACE TO POSSIBILITIES I, 1947
PREFATORY NOTE TO MAX ERNST: BEYOND PAINTING, 1948
PREFATORY NOTE TO JEAN ARP’S ON MY WAY, 1948
A TOUR OF THE SUBLIME, 1948
PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO APOLLINAIRE’S THE CUBIST PAINTERS, 1949
PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO KAHNWEILER’S THE RISE OF CUBISM, 1949
PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO RAYMOND’S FROM BAUDELAIRE TO SURREALISM, 1949
A PERSONAL EXPRESSION, 1949
REFLECTIONS ON PAINTING NOW, 1949
ABSTRACT ART AND THE REAL, 1949
BLACK OR WHITE, 1950
FOR DAVID SMITH, 1950
PREFACE TO DUTHUIT’S THE FAUVIST PAINTERS, 1950
THE NEW YORK SCHOOL, 1950
EXPRESSIONISM, ca. 1950
A STATEMENT AND INTRODUCTION TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN MODERN ARTISTS IN AMERICA, 1951
NOTES ON CY TWOMBLY, 1951
PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION TO THE DADA PAINTERS AND POETS, 1951
PREFACE [“THE SCHOOL OF NEW YORK”], 1951
POSTSCRIPT TO THE PREFACE [“THE SCHOOL OF NEW YORK”], 1951
WHAT ABSTRACT ART MEANS TO ME, 1951
THE RISE AND CONTINUITY OF ABSTRACT ART, 1951
APROPOS “TRADITIONAL” AND “MODERN” METHODS OF TEACHING ART, 1952
IS THE FRENCH AVANT-GARDE OVERRATED? 1953
PREFACE TO A JOSEPH CORNELL EXHIBITION, 1953
SYMBOLISM, 1954
THE PAINTER AND THE AUDIENCE, 1954
OF FORM AND CONTENT, ca. 1954
THE ARTIST AND MODERN SOCIETY, 1955
THE ARTIST’S LIFE, 1956
NOTES ON BRADLEY WALKER TOMLIN, 1957
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MIRÓ, 1959
LECTURE WITH CHARLES R. HULBECK, 1959
STATEMENT FOR “CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS,” 1960
WHAT SHOULD A MUSEUM BE? 1961
PAINTING AS EXISTENCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID SYLVESTER, 1962
HOMAGE TO FRANZ KLINE, 1962
A PROCESS OF PAINTING, 1964
DAVID SMITH: A MAJOR AMERICAN SCULPTOR, 1965
PLATE CAPTION FOR THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM CATALOGUE, 1966
STATEMENT, 1967
ON JACKSON POLLOCK, 1967
ON ROTHKO, 1967
ON THE “LYRIC SUITE,” 1969
INTERVIEW AND LETTER TO MICHEL RAGON, 1969
STATEMENT ON THE “OPEN” SERIES, 1969
MOTHERWELL MUSES, 1969
THOUGHTS ON DRAWING, 1970
ON THE HUMANISM OF ABSTRACTION: THE ARTIST SPEAKS, 1970
STATEMENTS BEFORE CONGRESS, 1970
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF CHILDREN’S ART, AND MODERNISM, 1970
ON ROTHKO, A EULOGY, 1970
INTRODUCTION TO CABANNE’S DIALOGUES WITH MARCEL DUCHAMP, 1971
STATEMENT ON RADICALISM IN THE VISUAL ARTS, 1971
A RECOLLECTION OF DAVID SMITH AND THE 1950s, 1972
INTRODUCTION TO THE JOURNAL OF EUGÈNE DELACROIX, 1972
STATEMENT ON PICASSO, 1974
THE NEW YORK SCHOOL (AND SYMBOLISM), ca. 1976
ART AND REALITY, ca. 1976
PARISIAN ARTISTS IN EXILE: NEW YORK 1939–45, 1977
PROVINCETOWN AND DAYS LUMBERYARD: A MEMOIR, 1978
WORDS OF THE PAINTER, 1978
PRESENTATION OF AN AWARD TO ERICK HAWKINS, 1979
THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD OF MODERNIST ART, 1980
NOTES FOR A JOYCE SYMPOSIUM, 1980
IN MEMORIAM: ANTHONY SMITH, 1981
JOURNAL ENTRY, ca. 1981
REFLECTIONS ON ABSTRACT ART, 1982
FOREWORD TO WILLIAM C. SEITZ’S ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTING IN AMERICA, 1983
KAFKA’S VISUAL RECOIL: A NOTE (FOR DORE ASHTON), 1983
ANIMATING RHYTHM, 1984
RESPONSE: WHEN IS A PAINTING FINISHED? 1985
ON NOT BECOMING AN ACADEMIC, 1986
A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION, 1986
NOMINATION OF JASPER JOHNS TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, 1988
BIBLIOGRAPHY COMPILED BY KATY ROGERS
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