This book, not for sale in Europe, is about "eight American artists, each of whom stands for certain aspects of American art and tradition. The book's underlining - and hitherto unexamined - theme between an artist's work - his "voice" and its reception by the public, which tends to comprehend the artist and his work as a "myth," and so provides itself with a special armature whereby the artist's image and body of work become stabilized and accessible. "This book attempts to recognise and clarify a dialogue inseparable from modernism: that between an artist and his work on the one hand, and the audience on the other." Eight artists are examined: Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg, Andrew Wyeth, and Joseph Cornell. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white.De papieren omslag heeft lichte gebruikerssporen.