The Most Difficult Journey: The Poindexter Collections of American Modernist Painting
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Montana-born New York commodity broker George Poindexter befriended Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and other rising stars of abstract expressionism and bought their works. His wife, Elinor, also became passionate about avant-garde American art, and in 1955, she opened the Poindexter Gallery on New York's West 56th Street. Together George and Elinor Poindexter assembled a collection of American modernist paintings. In the early 1960s, the Poindexters began donating a portion of their collection to the Montana Historical Society. Following George's death in 1974, Elinor created a second Poindexter Collection, donating another sizable group of paintings and prints to the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana. This title brings together 65 paintings from both collections. An essay by poet and cultural historian Rick Newby traces the history of the Poindexter family, the Poindexter Gallery and the creation of the Poindexter Collections. An assessment of the paintings by art historian Andrea Pappas is also included.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:029598242X
ISBN13:9780295982427
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.4" x 11.0"
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