Description
Book SynopsisPublished in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter's fifty-year career, this book reassesses De Forest's art-historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context.
Trade Review"It is a major book, a deeply researched biography of De Forest and an analysis of his art and career." -- Charles Desmarais The San Francisco Chronicle "In this thoroughly professional, immaculately organized, and factually overflowing book, the reader is set to be inspired by the adventure that was Roy De Forest." New York Journal of Books
Table of ContentsDirector’s Foreword and Acknowledgments
Lori Fogarty
Introduction
Roy De Forest: Tough Nut
Michael Duncan
1 Origins
2 Postwar San Francisco
3 In Pursuit of the Marvelous
4 Valley of the Dots: The Early Years at UC Davis
5 The Phantasmagoric Artist
6 Framing the Journey: Sculpture and Late Work
Chronology
Tirumular Chandrasekaran Narayanan
Selected Bibliography
Kristina Baybayan
Index
