For more information, please visit www.hollistaggart.com or contact the gallery at 212-628-4000.  To order the catalogue raisonné, call 888-216-7611 or visit www.manierredawson.com .

Manierre Dawson Exhibition: April 7th – April 30th

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Manierre Dawson (1887-1969)

A Catalogue Raisonné and Exhibition

Hollis Taggart Galleries is pleased to announce the April 2011 release of Manierre Dawson (1887-1969):  A Catalogue Raisonné, published by the Three Graces in association with our gallery.  To complement the completion of this 15-year venture, we are proud to present an exhibition of this pioneering artist’s work.

Heralded as one of the most inventive American artists of his generation, Dawson created his first series of non-representational abstract paintings in the spring of 1910, making him among the first American artists to paint abstractly.  Inclusion in the influential 1913 Armory Show in Chicago furthered his life-long commitment to abstract art.  Dawson’s innovative approach to art has been acknowledged by major public collections; his work is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, among more than 30 other institutions.

Authored by Randy J. Ploog, of the Pennsylvania State University; catalogue raisonné director Myra Bairstow; and Ani Boyajian, editor of Stuart Davis: A Catalogue Raisonné (Yale, 2007), this richly illustrated publication is the first comprehensive examination of Dawson’s life and work.  The publication provides detailed provenance, exhibition histories, and bibliographic references for his known 512 drawings, paintings, and sculpture.  The catalogued works are illustrated—including 71 in color—and many of them are reproduced for the first time.

To accompany the release of this catalogue raisonné, our exhibition includes more than twenty of Dawson’s paintings and sculptures, dating from 1905 to the 1950s. Paintings including Twelve (1913) and Sunstrike (1913) demonstrate the subtle palette and engineering-inspired forms that were central to his work. The dramatic Seven (1914) and Figure Party-Colored (1913) represent the artist’s sophisticated breaking-down of the traditional picture plane on a large scale, an interest repeated in the smaller, vibrant Monument by the Sea (1917).  These geometries are revisited in sculptures including Daphnis and Chloe (1957), complex explorations of his signature forms in three dimensions.

For more information please visit, www.hollistaggart.com or contact the gallery at 212-628-4000.  To order the catalogue raisonné, call 888-216-7611 or visit  www.manierredawson.com.

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Manierre Dawson (1887-1969):  A Catalogue Raisonné

First comprehensive Study of Seminal American Abstract Painter

The Three Graces, in association with Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, is delighted to  announce the April 2011 release of Manierre Dawson (1887-1969):  A Catalogue Raisonné.

Manierre Dawson (1887-1969) has been heralded as one of the most innovative American artists of his generation.  He created his first series of non-representational abstract paintings in the spring of 1910, making him the first American artist to paint abstractly–a significant position in art history.  Inclusion in the influential 1913 Armory Show in Chicago furthered his life-long commitment to abstract art.

This richly illustrated catalogue raisonné is the first comprehensive examination of Dawson’s life and work.  The publication provides detailed provenance, exhibition histories, and bibliographic references for his known 512 drawings, paintings, and sculpture.  The catalogued works are illustrated–including 71 in color–and many of them are reproduced for the first time.  An in-depth essay by Dr. Randy J. Ploog, of The Pennsylvania State University, examines the artist’s career and explores Dawson’s legacy as one of the most innovative, compelling, and masterful of American artists.

The catalogue entries are annotated with the artist’s statements and augmented by the facsimile reproduction of Dawson’s handwritten “Record of Paintings and Sculpture” (circa 1903-1963) and a transcription of his personal “Journal”, spanning the majority of his career.  A series of detailed appendices furnish detailed accounts of the artist’s exhibition history and works in public collections.

Authored by Randy J. Ploog, Myra Bairstow and Ani Boyajian, this publication is an invaluable resource to scholars in all fields of American art, facilitating a deeper understanding of Dawson’s work and his place in art history.

In conjunction with the publication of the catalogue, Hollis Taggart Galleries will hold an exhibition of Manierre Dawson, opening April 7th, 2011.  For more information please visit, www.hollistaggart.com or contact the gallery at 212-628-4000.