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In this generously illustrated and vibrant chronicle of the life and work of prolific painter and bohemian eccentric Alice Neel, Pamela Allara shows how portraits from a career spanning the 1920s to the 1970s constitute a virtual gallery of American cultural history. While some of Neel's portraits graced the covers of publications like Ms. and Time, most of her subjects were unknowns -- the marginalized, the disenfranchised, the oppressed. "Every person is a new universe unique with its own laws
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- Author
- Pamela Allara; Alice Neel
- Publisher
- Hanover, NH: University Press of New England [for] Brandeis University Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780874518375
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Art, Science, Biography
- Rating
- 4.43 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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