Frisson
Subtitle: the Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis collection
By: edited by Catharina Manchanda ; with contributions by David Anfam, Michael Brenson, John Elderfield, Jack Flam, Carter E. Foster, Catherine Grenier, Bruce Guenther, Martin Harrison, Sanford Hirsch, Norman L. Kleeblatt, Eleanor Nairne, Amy Rahn, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Robert Storr, Carol Vogel, and Jeffrey Weiss
Contributors: Seattle Art Museum; University of Washington Press
Publisher: Seattle Art Museum; Wiley & Sons, Limited, John
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780932216793
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Exhibitions; Art collections; Abstract expressionism; New York school of art; American Art; European Art; Art; Private collections; Seattle Art Museum
Other titles: Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis collection
Description: Seattle art collectors Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis were frequent visitors to New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s when they collaboratively built their collection, filling their home with singular works of art. Their shared legacy and passion for engaging thoughtfully, deeply, and personally with art--and the frisson of excitement that arises with such a connection--are celebrated and echoed in this special exhibition catalogue. -- publisher's website

Spanning 1945 through 1976, the paintings, drawings, and sculptures in Frisson serve as significant examples of mature works and pivotal moments of artistic development from some of the most influential American and European artists of the postwar period, including Francis Bacon, Lee Krasner, Clyfford Still, Philip Guston, Joan Mitchell, David Smith, and others. Together they represent an inimitable archive of innovation and a cross-pollination of leading artistic positions in the postwar years. With twenty new scholarly essays written by leading experts, Frisson provides the first opportunity for in-depth research into and new insights about nineteen noteworthy artworks recently acquired by the Seattle Art Museum. -- publisher's website
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection, organized by Catharina Manchanda for the Seattle Art Museum, opening October 15, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.