Rethinking abstraction: Mary Gabriel's Ninth Street Women
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A review of Mary Gabriel’s Ninth Street Women, a book discussing the lives and work of five women Abstract Expressionists, and their role in the development of American modernism.
A review of Mary Gabriel’s Ninth Street Women, a book discussing the lives and work of five women Abstract Expressionists, and their role in the development of American modernism.
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9th Street Women — Laura Vahlberg
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Ninth Street Women: 5 Women Behind Abstract Expressionism
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Ninth Street Women: 5 Women Behind Abstract Expressionism
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Rethinking Abstraction: Mary Gabriel's Ninth Street Women
In this expansive and timely study, Mary Gabriel chronicles the lives and careers of five ambitious women who revolutionized postwar art in the United
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Mary Gabriel: Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler
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Ninth Street Women 5 Artists Who Shaped History
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Mary Gabriel: Ninth Street Women Book
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Ninth Street Women: 5 Women Behind Abstract Expressionism
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Ninth Street Women' Shines a Welcome New Light on New York's Postwar Art Scene - The New York Times
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Ninth Street Women 5 Artists Who Shaped History
In this expansive and timely study, Mary Gabriel chronicles the lives and careers of five ambitious women who revolutionized postwar art in the United
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Mary Gabriel: Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler