American Pastels in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Book by Bolger, Doreen, Fritzsche, Mary Wayne The Metropolitan Museum of Art possesses a remarkable collection of about 175 pastels by important American artists such as Mary Cassatt, James McNeill Whistler, Arthur G. Dove, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Because of their extreme fragility, these works are rarely exhibited and are never loaned to other institutions. The collection ranges from charming eighteenth-century pastel portraits to abstract works by twentieth-century modernists.American Pastels, prepared under the supervision of Doreen Bolger, Curator in the Department of American Paintings and Sculpture, includes extensive entries for thirty-five pastels, all reproduced in full color. The catalogue opens with two indepth essays: "Revival & Revitalization" by Doreen Bolger and six graduate students from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, provides an art-historical overview of pastel painting in America from 1880 to 1930; "Materials & Techniques" by Marjorie Shelley, a Museum conservator, covers the technical aspects of the delicate medium.A check list of the American pastels in the Museum's collection, illustrated with duotone reproductions of each work, concludes this volume, a valuable reference for all students of American art A Catalogue And Art-historical Overview Of Pastel Painting In America From 1880 To 1930. Foreword / Philippe De Montebello And James R. Mccredie -- Acknowledgements / Doreen Bolger -- American Pastels, 1880-1930 : Revival & Revitalization / Doreen Bolger [and Others] -- American Pastels Of The Late Nineteenth & Early Twentieth Centuries : Materials & Techniques / Marjorie Shelley -- Catalogue / Mary Wayne Fritzche [and Others]. Doreen Bolger ... [et Al.]. Issued In Conjunction With An Exhibition Entitled Revivals And Revitalizations: American Pastels In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Held At The Museum, Oct. 17, 1989-jan. 14, 1990. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 233-238. Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 17, 1989-Jan. 14, 1990. Contents: Foreword / Philippe de Montebello and James R. McCredie -- Acknowledgements / Doreen Bolger -- American pastels, 1880-1930 : revival & revitalization / Doreen Bolger [and others] -- American pastels of the late nineteenth & early twentieth centuries : materials & techniques / Marjorie Shelley -- Catalogue / Mary Wayne Fritzche [and others].