biography
First biography of a prominent artist who retaught herself how to paint after becoming paraplegic, and became even more accomplished than she was before.
First full-scale biography of Elaine de Kooning, who had a starring roll in the close-knit world of New York artists at mid-century.
The first biography of leading Abstract Expressionist painter Grace Hartigan traces her rise from virtually self-taught painter to art-world fame and her plunge into obscurity after leaving New York to marry a scientist in Baltimore. Along the way, there were multiple affairs, four troubled marriages, a long battle with alcoholism, and a chilly relationship with her only child.