The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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1922 Tehran, Iran - 2019. Known for: Abstract figurative painting.
MANOUCHER YEKTAI's life has brought him through three cultures: Iran, France, the United States. This trajectory can be seen as a search for Modernism, and for a participation in Modernism, indeed,... Read full biography
MANOUCHER YEKTAI's life has brought him through three cultures: Iran, France, the United States. This trajectory can be seen as a search for Modernism, and for a participation in Modernism, indeed, for a home in it. For a painter, the itinerary seems clear in its meaning: from Iran where, under... Read full biography
MANOUCHER YEKTAI's life has brought him through three cultures: Iran, France, the United States. This trajectory can be seen as a search for Modernism, and for a participation in Modernism, indeed, for a home in it. For a painter, the itinerary seems clear in its meaning: from Iran where, under Islamic strictures about imagery, free artistic expression was not available, first (with a brief pause in New York) to the ripe ambience of the School of Paris, then (more permanently) to the fledgling... Read full biography
MANOUCHER YEKTAI's life has brought him through three cultures: Iran, France, the United States. This trajectory can be seen as a search for Modernism, and for a participation in Modernism, indeed, for a home in it. For a painter, the itinerary seems clear in its meaning: from Iran where, under Islamic strictures about imagery, free artistic expression was not available, first (with a brief pause in New York) to the ripe ambience of the School of Paris, then (more permanently) to the fledgling excitement of the emerging New York School. But Yektai's development, seen in a larger frame, has not been entirely simple and linear. His trajectory through three cultures seems nomadic, and his identification with Modern New York seems an... Read full biography
MANOUCHER YEKTAI's life has brought him through three cultures: Iran, France, the United States. This trajectory can be seen as a search for Modernism, and for a participation in Modernism, indeed, for a home in it. For a painter, the itinerary seems clear in its meaning: from Iran where, under Islamic strictures about imagery, free artistic expression was not available, first (with a brief pause in New York) to the ripe ambience of the School of Paris, then (more permanently) to the fledgling excitement of the emerging New York School. But Yektai's development, seen in a larger frame, has not been entirely simple and linear. His trajectory through three cultures seems nomadic, and his identification with Modern New York seems an acceptance of hybridity in the post-Modernist sense; but at the same time, in a kind of artistic double life, he has been careful to maintain his rooted... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesAmerican Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey
2003Herskovic, Marika (editor)372 pages (color)New York School: Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists
2000Herskovic, Marika393 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesDictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985DuPont, Diana, K Holland402 pages (color)Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977Barr, Alfred H655 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesThe Poindexter Collection of Contemporary American Art (Montana Historical Society)
1961E.G. Poindexter; Frank O'Hara30 pages60 American Painters 1960 Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Fifties
1960
(Exhibition catalog)Walker Art Center78 pages (color)