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The catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of some 30 works by first-generation American abstract expressionist painter Pousette- Dart, held November 1997-February 1998, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Essays focus on his work and writings, including quotations from his notebooks published here for the first time, and a theoretical consideration of the spiritual nature of his work and his relationship with other abstract expressionists. Includes 33 color illustrations and 15 bandw. 10.5x10"Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR