Author: Gregory Hedberg, Leif Sjoberg and Jan van der Marck
Title: Charles Biederman: A Retrospective
Description: Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1976. Hardcover. white cream cloth boards w/ tipped-in illustrations. 100 pp, 245 color & bw illustrations. Biederman is perhaps better known in Europe than in America. The first part of the exhibition includes 158 paintings and drawings from 1927-1937, most of which have never been exhibited before. The second part, from 1936-1976, shows his mature style and consists only of 85 three-dimensional reliefs. Includes an introduction by Gregory Hedberg; two lengthy essays "Charles Biederman's Search for a New Art" by Leif Sjoberg and "Landscapes by Whatever Name" with 22 notes by Jan van der Marck; two artist's statements; a checklist of the exhibition (chronological and by influence); 2-page biographical chronology; and a 2-page bibliography. Published to accompany the exhibition at Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Oct. 17, 1976 to Jan. 2, 1977. Good. shelf-wear & discolorization to lower cover edges; foxing, light soiling, smudges & scratches to covers. foxing to opening & closing pgs; instances of light foxing throughout, but clean. inscription to cover flyleaf.

Keywords: American Art; 20th Century; Excat; Charles Biederman ; Biederman, Charles ; 20th Century ; Excat


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