Objects Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel

Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel
£18.99

This compelling book tells the story of five women who dared to enter New York’s postwar art world. They are Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartington, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler. Named after the Ninth Street Show in 1951, which brought together the cream of New York’s artistic crop for one short month, it traces the development of Abstract Expressionism through their pioneering work. You’ll encounter their artistic highs and lows, their romantic and professional relationships, as well their own creative trajectories, life stories and New York studios. This is an engaging account that shines a new light on five powerful but oft-overlooked figures of postwar American art.