Patrick Henry Bruce: American Modernist – Hardcover

Agee and Rose began with clues, leads, and intuitions. Working from a few documents and from interviews with friends and family, they have reconstructed Bruce’s life, his working methods, his approach to painting, and the sources of his ideas, and have proposed a chronology of the works, most of which are unsigned and undated. The results of this effort are presented in two critical and biographical essays, and in a catalogue of the paintings. A chronology of Bruce’s life, a detailed list of his exhibitions, and a documents section complete the volume. 240 pp.; 242 illus.

Published in 1979 and edited by William C. Agee and Barbara Rose, this rare book from MoMA Publications is available in extremely limited quantities. Each book from this special selection has been stored for decades in MoMA’s warehouse.
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