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Paula Modersohn Becker: Germany's Pioneer Modernist
Book bound in stiff wraps with dust jacket titled PAULA MODERSOHN BECKER.
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Published January 1, 1983
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July 3, 2013
This is an essay and catalog of a show put up at the Galerie St. Etienne in New York in 1983-1984. (The first exhibition of her work at that gallery was in 1958.)
"[Paula] was an artistic sieve, sifting outside influences and collecting, bit by bit, the particles that would later be of use." --Jane Kallir
Acknowledgements/bibliography: Letters and Journals, by Busch & von Reinken, translated by Arthur Wesinger of Wesleyan University and Carole Clew Hoey
Cover: Detail from Self-Portrait with Lemon
Frontispiece: Self-Portrait with Lemon
B&W plates include:
1. Girl with Yellow Wreath and Daisy, c. 1902
2. Peasant Woman in Profile, Facing Right, c. 1898
3. Standing Femal Nude, 1900
4. Standing Female Nude, from Back, 1906
5. Study of an Egyptian Statue, 1903 or 1905
6. Study of the "Princess d'Este," after Pisanello, 1903 or 1905
7. Paris Street with Hooded Child, 1905-06
8. Horsedrawn Bus, Paris, 1905-06
9. Still-Life with Yellow Bowl, c. 1906
10. Self-Portrait in Front of Paris Buildings, 1900 (*)
13. Old Factory, 1900
14. Bare Tree in Landscape, c. 1900
16. Gooseherd Playing a Flute, 1899-1900
17. Woman with Goose, 1899-1900
18. The Woman with the Goose, c. 1900
21. Little Child in High Chair, c. 1904
22. Mother Nursing Her Infant, c. 1903 (*)
23. Nursing Mother, 1905
25. Two Little Girls in Front of Tree Trunks, c. 1905
28. Kneeling Mother with Child, 1906
29. Kneeling Mother with Child, 1906
30. Reclining Mother with Child, 1906
Color plates include:
11. Bathing Boys by Canal, 1901
12. Girl in Landscape, 1901
15. Bare Tree in Landscape, 1900
19. Girl with Green Hat, in Profile, c. 1901
20. Self-Portrait with Necklace, c. 1903 (*)
24. Peasant Woman with White Cap, c. 1904
26. Portrait of the Artist's Sister, Herma, c. 1905
27. Reclining Female Nude, c. 1905-06
31. Still-Life with Pitcher, Peonies and Oranges, c. 1906
32. Still-Life with Bouquet of Dahlias, 1907
"[Paula] was an artistic sieve, sifting outside influences and collecting, bit by bit, the particles that would later be of use." --Jane Kallir
Acknowledgements/bibliography: Letters and Journals, by Busch & von Reinken, translated by Arthur Wesinger of Wesleyan University and Carole Clew Hoey
Cover: Detail from Self-Portrait with Lemon
Frontispiece: Self-Portrait with Lemon
B&W plates include:
1. Girl with Yellow Wreath and Daisy, c. 1902
2. Peasant Woman in Profile, Facing Right, c. 1898
3. Standing Femal Nude, 1900
4. Standing Female Nude, from Back, 1906
5. Study of an Egyptian Statue, 1903 or 1905
6. Study of the "Princess d'Este," after Pisanello, 1903 or 1905
7. Paris Street with Hooded Child, 1905-06
8. Horsedrawn Bus, Paris, 1905-06
9. Still-Life with Yellow Bowl, c. 1906
10. Self-Portrait in Front of Paris Buildings, 1900 (*)
13. Old Factory, 1900
14. Bare Tree in Landscape, c. 1900
16. Gooseherd Playing a Flute, 1899-1900
17. Woman with Goose, 1899-1900
18. The Woman with the Goose, c. 1900
21. Little Child in High Chair, c. 1904
22. Mother Nursing Her Infant, c. 1903 (*)
23. Nursing Mother, 1905
25. Two Little Girls in Front of Tree Trunks, c. 1905
28. Kneeling Mother with Child, 1906
29. Kneeling Mother with Child, 1906
30. Reclining Mother with Child, 1906
Color plates include:
11. Bathing Boys by Canal, 1901
12. Girl in Landscape, 1901
15. Bare Tree in Landscape, 1900
19. Girl with Green Hat, in Profile, c. 1901
20. Self-Portrait with Necklace, c. 1903 (*)
24. Peasant Woman with White Cap, c. 1904
26. Portrait of the Artist's Sister, Herma, c. 1905
27. Reclining Female Nude, c. 1905-06
31. Still-Life with Pitcher, Peonies and Oranges, c. 1906
32. Still-Life with Bouquet of Dahlias, 1907
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