ART AND Essays and Reviews ÜBJECTHOOD MICHAEL FRIED The University of Chicago Press.:0. Chicago and London ii
Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments An Introduction to My Art Criticism XI XV 1 PART ONE: 1966-77 Shape as Form: Frank Stella's Irregular Po~gons (1966) 77 Mords Louis (1966-67) 100 Jules Olitski (1966-67) 132 Art and Objecthood (1967) 148 New Work by Anthony Caro (1967) 173 Ronald Davis: Surface and Illusion (1967) 176 Two Sculptures by Anthony Caro (1968) 180 Recent Work by Kenneth Noland (1969) 185 Caro'sAbstractness (1970) 189 Problems of Polychromy: New Sculptures by Michael Bolus (1971) 193 Larry Poons's New Paintings (1972) 197 Anthony Caro's Table Sculptures, 1966-77 (1977) 202 ix
x I CONTENTS PART TWO: 1965 PART THREE: 1962-64 Three American Painters: Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Frank Stella (1965) 213 Anthony Caro (1963) Frank Stella (1963) 26 9 277 New York Letter: Oldenburg, Chamberlain (October 25, 1962) 279 New York Letter: Louis, Chamberlain and Stella, Indiana (November 25, 1962) 281 New York Letter: Warhol (December 25, 1962) 287 New York Letter: Johns (February 25, 1963) 289 New York Letter: Hofmann (April 25, 1963) 294 New York Letter: Noland, Thiebaud (May 25, 1963) 297 New York Letter: Hofmann, Davis (December 5, 1963) 30 4 New York Letter: Kelly, Poons (December-January 1963-64) 308 New York Letter: Judd (February 15, 1964) 312 New York Letter: De Kooning Drawings (April 25. 1964) 3 14 New York Letter: Olitski, Jenkins, Thiebaud, Twombly (May 1964) 316 New York Letter: Brach, Chamberlain, Irwin (Summer 1964) 324 Writings by Michael Fried, 1959-77, Exclusive ofpoetry 327 Index of Names in "An Introduction to My Art Criticism" 331
Illustrations FRONTISPIECE Frank Stella, Portrait 0/Michael Fried Standing on His Head Far above Cayuga 's Waters, 1959 BLACK-AND-WHITE FIGURES 1-31 (followingpage 74) 1. Jackson Pollock, Number I, I948, 1948. 2. Jackson Pollock, lvhite Cockatoo: Number 24A, I948, 1948. 3. Jackson Pollock, The Wooden Horse: Number IoA, I948, 1948. 4. Jackson Pollock, Cut-Out, ca. 1948-50. 5. Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, I950, 195 6. Jackson Pollock, Number 3, I95 I, 1951. 7. Barnett Newman, Cathedra, 1951. 8. Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea, 1952. 9. Morris Louis, Trellis, 1953. 10. Morris Louis, Intrigue, 1954 1 1. Morris Louis, Floral, 1959. 12. Morris Louis, Aleph, 1960. 13. Kenneth Noland, Yellow Half, 1963. 14. Kenneth Noland, Hover, 1963. 15. Kenneth Noland, Karma, 1964. 16. Kenneth Noland, Thaw, 1966. 17. Kenneth Noland, Via Token, 1969. xi
xii ILLUSTRATIONS 1 8. J ules 0 litski, Cleopatra Flesh, 1 962. 19. Jules Olitski, FatalPlunge Lady, 1963. 20. Jules Olitski, Tin Lizzie Green, 1964. 21. Jules Olitski, Bunga 45, 1967. 22. Frank Stella, Die Fahne Hoch, 1959. 23. Frank Stella, Union Pacijic, 1960. 24. Frank Stella, Cipango, 1962. 25. Frank Stella, Sharpeville, 1962. 26. Frank Stella, lleana Sonnabend, 1963. 27. Frank Stella, Moultonbaro 111, 1966. 28. Frank Stella, Chocarua III, 1966. 29. Frank Stella, Conway 111, 1966. 30. Frank Stella, Union 111, 1966. 31. Frank Stella, FJfingham 111, 1966. BLACK-AND-WHlTE FIGURES 32-72 (followingpage I84) 32. Anthony Caro, Midday, 1960. 33. Anthony Caro, Midday, 1960. 34. Anthony Caro, Sculpture Seven, 1961. 35. Anthony Caro, Titan, 1964. 36. Anthony Caro, Bennington, 1964. 37. Anthony Caro, Yellow Swing, 1965. 38. Anthony Caro, Horizon, 1966. 39. Anthony Caro, Red Splash, 1966. 40. Anthony Caro, Carriage, 1966. 41. Anthony Caro, Span, 1966. 42. Anthony Caro, Deep Body Blue, 1966. 43. Anthony Caro, Prairie, 1967. 44. Anthony Caro, TreJoil, 1968. 45. Anthony Caro, Orangerie, 1969. 46. Anthony Caro, DeepNorth, 1969-70. 47. Anthony Caro, Sun Feast, 1969-7. 48. Anthony Caro, Wending Back, 1969-70. 49. Anthony Caro, Table Piece VIII, 1966. 50. Anthony Caro, Table Piece XXII, 1966. 51. Anthony Caro, Table Piece XlJX, 1968. 52. Anthony Caro, Table Piece UX, 1968. 53. Anthony Caro, Table Piece LXIV(The Clock), 1968. 54. Anthony Caro, Table Piece XCVII, 1969-7.
ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 55. Anthony Caro, Table Piece CLXXXII, 1974. 56. Ron Davis, Six Ninths Blue, 1966. 57. Ron Davis, Two Ninths Grey, 1966. 58. Michael Bolus, Untitled, 1971. 59. DonaldJudd, Untitled, 1966. 60. Robert Morris, Untitled (Ring with Light), 1965-66. 61. Carl Andre, Lever, 1966. 62. Carl Andre, two floor pieces. Front: I44 Magnesium Square, 1969. Back: I44 Lead Square, 1969. 63. Tony Smith, Die, 1962. 64. Tony Smith, The Black Box, 1963-65. 65. Vasily Kandinsky, Painting with White Form, 1913. 66. Vasily Kandinsky, Composition 8, 1923. 67. John Chamberlain, MissLucyPink, 1962. 68. JasperJohns, Diver, 1962. 69. Hans Hofmann, Memoria in Aeternum, 1962. 70. Ellsworth Kelly, Blue-on-Blue, 1963. 71. Jacques-Louis David, The Oath ofthe Horatii, 1785. 72. Jacques-Louis David, The Intervention ofthe Sabine Women, 1799. COLOR PLATES 1-16 (jollowingpage 238) 1. Jackson Pollock, Out ofthe Web: Number 7, I949, 1949 2. Morris Louis, Terranean, 1958. 3. Morris Louis, Saraband, 1959. 4. Morris Louis, Alpha Pi, 1960. 5. Morris Louis, Number 2-76, 1962. 6. Morris Louis, Hot Half, 1962. 7. Kenneth Noland, That, 1958-59. 8. Kenneth Noland, GoldenDay, 1964. 9. Kenneth Noland, I 7th Stage, 1964. 10. Jules Olitski, Hidden Combination, 1965. 11. Jules Olitski, Prince Patutsky 's Command, 1966. 12. Jules Olitski, End Run, 1967. 13. Anthony Caro, Midday, 1960. 14. Anthony Caro, Prairie, 1967. 15. Larry Poons, RailroadHorse, 1971. 16. Larry Poons, Ly, 1971.