Clyfford Still : the artist's materials / Susan F. Lake, Barbara A. Ramsay ; with contributions by Alan Phenix and Joy Mazurek.
Published / Created:
Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, [2022]
Physical Description:
ix, 166 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A Life in Art. Early Life and Education -- The Itinerant Artist and Teacher -- The Myth and the Man -- Visions and Revisions. 1940s: The Development of a Visual Vocabulary -- 1950s-1970s: Endless Self-Renewal -- Replicas -- Painting Materials. Auxiliary Supports: Strainers and Stretchers -- Supports: Fabrics -- Sizing and Priming -- Sketches and Underdrawing -- Paints -- Pigments -- Paint Medium -- Surface Coatings -- Signatures, Titles, and Other Inscriptions -- Frames -- Condition and Conservation. Fatty Acid Efflorescence -- Metal Soaps -- Discoloration and Fading -- A Question of Gloss -- Appendix I. Analysis of 40 Dry Pigments in Containers from Still's Studio -- Appendix II. Analysis of 15 Tube Paints from Still's Studio -- Appendix III. Pigments Identified in 37 Paintings, 1942- -- Appendix IV. Binding Media Identified in 37 Paintings, 1942- -- Appendix V. Still's Instructions on the Care of His Paintings -- Appendix VI. Analytical Methods, Instrumentation, and Sample Preparation.