"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic... Read full biography
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise... Read full biography
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise typically reserved in the 1960s for male art stars. Lee Bontecou, whose enormous, enigmatic wall-mounted sculptures garnered the kind of public acclaim and institutional backing in the 1960s typically... Read full biography
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise typically reserved in the 1960s for male art stars. Lee Bontecou, whose enormous, enigmatic wall-mounted sculptures garnered the kind of public acclaim and institutional backing in the 1960s typically reserved for male art stars at the time, died on Tuesday at her home in Florida. She was 91. Her representative, Bill Maynes, confirmed the death but declined to specify where in Florida she lived. Ms. Bontecou was one of the first — and, for a time,... Read full biography
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise typically reserved in the 1960s for male art stars. Lee Bontecou, whose enormous, enigmatic wall-mounted sculptures garnered the kind of public acclaim and institutional backing in the 1960s typically reserved for male art stars at the time, died on Tuesday at her home in Florida. She was 91. Her representative, Bill Maynes, confirmed the death but declined to specify where in Florida she lived. Ms. Bontecou was one of the first — and, for a time, one of the only — women shown at the influential Leo Castelli Gallery, whose roster of artists included Cy Twombly, F... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (92)
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A Legacy of Giving: The Anna and Frank Hall Collection (The Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Embury, Stuart; Brandon K. Ruud; Norman Geske; Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Introduction
80 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective (Exhibition catalog)
2003
De Salvo, Donna (essay); Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Editor
212 pages (color)
Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights
2002
Komanecky, Michael K. (editor)
352 pages (color)
What You Say is What You See
2001
Meyer, James
340 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996
Wood, James N/T Edelstein
160 pages (color)
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990
1995
Hansen, Trudy (others)
248 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970
1992
Seitz, William C
250 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Women, Art, and Society
1990
Chadwick, Whitney
384 pages (color)
American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
638 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Universal Limited Art Editions History and Catalogue/the 1st 25 Years
1989
Sparks, Esther
552 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Women Artists An Illustrated History
1987
Heller, Nancy
224 pages (color)
The Empire State Collection Art for the Public
1987
Sandler, Irving
214 pages (color)
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Definitive Statements: American Art 1964-66 Brown University Department of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Plante, Michael; Christopher Campbell, Megan Fox, et all
181 pages
Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americai 1930-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Ecole Nationale/Beaux-Arts
290 pages (color)
With an Eye to American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Miller, Dorothy C
16 pages
The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984
DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones
320 pages
Twentieth Century American Drawin from the Arkansas Arts Center (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Glover, John/Townsend Wolfe
95 pages
World Artists 1950-1980
1984
Marks, Claude
912 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
American Printmaking A Century of American Printmaking 1880-1980
1984
Watrous, James
334 pages (color)
The American Artist as Printmaker (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Walker, Barry
144 pages (color)
American Art Since 1945
1982
Ashton, Dore
224 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
Handbook of the Collections: Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell University)
1981
Leavitt, Thomas W. (Editor)
106 pages
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981
Rugoff, Milton
669 pages (color)
Twentieth Century Drawings Selections from the Whitney
1981
Whitney Museum
136 pages
American Prints and Printmakers A Chronicle of Over 400 Artists
1980
Johnson, Una E
266 pages (color)
Documents, Drawings, and Collages Fifty American Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Butler, Hiram (others)
123 pages
American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979
Doumato, Lamia
246 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
Contemporary American Prints (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Towle, Tony/Peter Gale
64 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977
Ekdahl, Janis
260 pages
In This Academy: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-1976 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Boyle, Richard (Prefac); Frank Goodyear, Jr.; Louise Lippincott, et all
322 pages (color)
American Prints 1913-1963 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Castelman, Riva
160 pages
American Drawings The 20th Century
1976
Cummings, Paul
207 pages
Visual Arts in the United States: Book of Readings with Illustrations
1976
Fundaburk, Emma Lila
453 pages
The Art of America Since World War II
1976
Glubok, Shirley
48 pages
A Selection of American Art The Skowhegan School 1946-1976
1976
Institute of Contemporary Art
194 pages
Modern Art and the Object A Century of Changing Values
1976
Johnson, Ellen H
240 pages
Originals:American Women Artists
1976
Munro, Eleanor
528 pages (color)
American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper
1976
Stebbins, Theodore E
464 pages (color)
The Art Students League of New York Anniversarly Exhibition 100 Artists, Kennedy Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Fleischman, Lawrence A.(Intro); Lawrence Campbell (Foreward)