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The Slip the New York City street that changed American art forever

"A group portrait of artists Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, Jack Youngerman, and the street they all called home, Coenties Slip in the 1950s and 1960s"--

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Main Author: Peiffer, Prudence (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Indiana, Robert, > 1928-2018.
Kelly, Ellsworth, > 1923-2015.
Martin, Agnes, > 1912-2004.
Rosenquist, James, > 1933-2017.
Tawney, Lenore.
Youngerman, Jack, > 1926-2020.
Artists > United States > Biography.
Artists' studios > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Coenties Slip (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Before. The Slip ; The French prelude
  • Part II. Arrivals. Ellsworth Kelly ; Robert Indiana ; Jack Youngerman and Delphine Seyrig ; Agnes Martin ; Lenore Tawney ; James Rosenquist
  • Part III. Getting to work. The nature of it ; Money ; Structure ; Auditions ; First words ; Sixteen Americans and two Frenchmen ; Dark river ; Simple things ; The American dream ; Pop will eat itself
  • Part IV. Departures. A delicate city ; Delphine and Jack ; Lenore ; Ellsworth ; James ; Robert ; Agnes
  • Afterword. Collective solitude.

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