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Additional authors

1. Burgard, Timothy Anglin.
2. Newby, Rick.
3. Ashton, Dore.
4. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.
5. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Description

1. 238 p. : ill. (some col.); 30 cm.

Summary

1. "Over the course of a fifty-year career, Stephen De Staebler (1933-2011) created powerful, elegiac figurative sculptures in clay and bronze. Extending and assimilating an artistic lineage that includes Michelangelo, Auguste Rodin, and Alberto Giacometti as well as the art of the ancient Americas, Egypt, and Greece, De Staebler developed a sculptural vocabulary uniquely his own. A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area since the late 1950s, De Staebler was among the first students of the legendary Peter Voulkos at the University of California, Berkeley. In conjunction with the Bay Area Figurative movement, De Staebler helped to infuse the existentialist agenda of Abstract Expressionism with a profound humanism. Illuminating the significance of De Staebler's practice as never before, curator Timothy Anglin Burgard analyzes the artist's major pieces. Poet and critic Rick Newby sketches a biographical portrait of the sculptor, and renowned art historian Dore Ashton offers a moving tribute to the artist, with whom she was a lifelong friend. Produced in collaboration with the artist and his estate, this authoritative volume--published on the occasion of a major exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco--offers an unprecedented glimpse into the sculptor's studio and process."--Publisher's website.

Alternative title

1. Matter and spirit : Stephen De Staebler
2. Stephen De Staebler

Subject

1. De Staebler, Stephen, 1933-2011 > Exhibitions

Contents

1. Stephen De Staebler: humanist sculptor in an Existentialist Age / Timothy Anglin Burgard -- Wrested from the earth: the life and art of Stephen De Staebler / Rick Newby -- The heart of the matter: a tribute to Stephen De Staebler / Dore Ashton -- Plates.

Call number

1. JQF 12-829

Note

1. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Matter and Spirit: The Sculpture of Stephen De Staebler" held at the De Young Museum, San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 14-Apr. 22, 2012.
2. "Edited by Leslie Dutcher ... index by Susan G. Burke."--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-233) and index.

Author

1. De Staebler, Stephen, 1933-2011.

Title

1. Matter + spirit : Stephen De Staebler / edited by Timothy Anglin Burgard ; with essays by Rick Newby and Dore Ashton.

Imprint

1. San Francisco, Calif. : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2012.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-233) and index.

Added author

1. Burgard, Timothy Anglin.
2. Newby, Rick.
3. Ashton, Dore.
4. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.
5. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

LCCN

1. 2011936826

ISBN

1. 0520272307 (hardcover)
2. 9780520272309 (hardcover)
3. 0520272315 (paperback)
4. 9780520272316 (paperback)

Research call number

1. JQF 12-829