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The Painted Word
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Hardcover
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (May 1, 1975)
9780374228781 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $18.95
About: A social history of Modern Art, from its revolutionary origins to its current state, as seen by Wolfe, of self-parody and academic mannerism with certain art critics being more representative, prominent, and significant than the artists
About: A social history of Modern Art, from its revolutionary origins to its current state, as seen by Wolfe, of self-parody and academic mannerism with certain art critics being more representative, prominent, and significant than the artists
Paperback
from Picador USA (October 14, 2008)
9780312427580 | details & prices | 106 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.26 lbs | List price $15.00
from Bantam Dell Pub Group (November 1, 1999)
9780553380651 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $14.00
About: The author derails the great American myth of modern art in a scathing, witty, uncompromising critique of American art from the 1950s through the 1970s.
About: The author derails the great American myth of modern art in a scathing, witty, uncompromising critique of American art from the 1950s through the 1970s.
With Kathryn Lasky |
Reissue edition from Bantam Books (June 1, 1997)
9780553273793 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $6.99
This edition also contains Star Rise
This edition also contains Star Rise
Miscellaneous
1 edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (January 1, 1975)
9781429961202 | details & prices | 128 pages | List price $9.99
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Harold N. Cropp (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (February 1, 1999)
9780786114016 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $17.95
With Narold N. Cropp (other contributor), Harold N. Cropp (other contributor) |
from Blackstone Audio Inc (November 1, 1994)
9780786107957 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $17.95
About: "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this "masterpiece" (The Washington Post)Wolfe's style has never been more dazzling, his wit never more keen.
About: "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this "masterpiece" (The Washington Post)Wolfe's style has never been more dazzling, his wit never more keen.