Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York

by Alexander Nemerov

Book Overview

A National Book Critics Circle finalist - One of Vogue's Best Books of the Year

A dazzling biography of one of the twentieth century's most respected painters, Helen Frankenthaler, as she came of age as an artist in postwar New York

"The magic of Alexander Nemerov's portrait of Helen Frankenthaler in Fierce Poise is that it reads like one of Helen's paintings. His poetic descriptions of her work and his rich insights...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525560181
• ISBN13: 9780525560180
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"