Peter Selz (54 page)

Price, Lorna (now Dittmer),
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4

primitivism,
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,
90
–
91

punk movement,
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n
2

Ramírez, Martín,
xi

Ramos, Mel,
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Ramparts
(magazine),
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,
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n
40

Rannells, Susan,
129
,
134

Rapoport, Sonia,
131

Rathbone, Perry T.,
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,
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95

Rathenau, Walter,
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n
27

Rauschenberg, Robert: assemblage work of,
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,
130
; collaboration of,
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; collectors of,
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; Venice Biennale prize for,
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,
250
n
6
; work in Miller's exhibition series,
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n
17
; work in MoMA exhibition in Paris,
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Raven, Arlene,
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Rawson, David,
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Read, Herbert,
140

Reagan, Ronald,
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,
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,
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Realism: German (exhibition),
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–
99
; Selz's view of,
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–
4
.
See also
New Realism

Redon, Odilon,
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,
193

Reich, Steve,
125

Reinhardt, Ad,
35
,
162

Reis, Bernard,
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68

Rembrandt van Rijn,
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,
5
,
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,
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Renaissance Society (University of Chicago),
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,
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n
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Renan, Sheldon,
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,
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n
12
,
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n
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Representations
(journal),
152

Responsive Eye, The
(exhibition),
99

Rewald, John,
57

Rewald, Sabine,
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n
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Rheingold brewery (Bushwick),
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,
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,
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22

Richardson, Brenda: at BAM opening,
125
; BAM position of,
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;
Funk
exhibition and,
129
,
134
; Selz's departure and,
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–
48
,
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n
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,
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n
77

Rickey, George,
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Riegl, Alois,
29

Rilke, Rainer Maria,
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,
20

Rinder, Lawrence,
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40
,
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,
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n
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,
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n
60

Ritchie, Andrew,
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,
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Robert Colescott
(exhibition),
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Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich,
49
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51

Rockefeller, Mrs. John D.,
3
rd,
Fig. 14

Rockefeller, Nelson,
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,
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59

Rodia, Simon (Sam),
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Rodin, Auguste,
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,
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n
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“Roll over Beethoven” (song),
106

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
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Rosa (nanny),
Fig. 5
,
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4

Rosenberg, Harold,
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91

Rosenberg, Jakob,
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n
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Rosenblum, Robert,
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,
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,
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n
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Rosenfeld, Michael,
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Rosenquist, James,
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Rosenthal, Rachel,
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Roth, Moira,
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,
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,
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Rothko, Christopher,
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,
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,
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,
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Rothko, Kate,
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,
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,
167

Rothko, Mark: California visit of,
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; changing attitudes toward,
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; circle of,
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; exhibition preparations of,
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–
86
; intentions regarding estate,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n
49
; Italy trip with,
Fig. 17
,
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; nonobjective and figurative reconciled by,
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; philosophical paintings of,
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; proposed de Kooning show and,
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; red painting given to Selz,
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,
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n
8
; Selz's view of,
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,
186
; Symbolist context of work,
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–
26
n
35
; trial over estate of,
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–
69
. See also
Mark Rothko
(exhibition)

Rothko, Mary Alice Beistle (“Mell”),
Fig. 17
,
120
,
165

Rothko Chapel (Houston),
112

Rousseau, Théodore,
137

Rubens, Peter Paul,
138
–
39
,
140

Rubin, William,
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,
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n
59

Running Fence
project (Christo and Jeanne-Claude),
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–
54
,
185

Ruscha, Ed,
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,
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n
5

Rutberg, Jack,
Fig. 22
,
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,
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97

Ruvolo, Felix,
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n
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Saarinen, Aline B.,
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77

Sachs, Paul,
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Sacramento: later association with galleries in,
181
;
Tribute to Peter Selz
exhibition at gallery in,
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n
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,
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n
28

Sakata, Barry,
181
.
See also
b. sakata garo (gallery)

Sam Francis
(book, Selz),
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,
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–
92

Sam Francis
(exhibition),
181

Sandler, Irving,
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,
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n
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Sandvig, Elizabeth,
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,
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San Francisco: Chicano art venue in,
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; later association with galleries in,
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,
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,
182
; sculpture commission of,
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–
85
; Selz's impact on art scene of,
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–
87
.
See also
Bay Area art scene

San Francisco Art Institute,
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27

San Francisco Museum of Art (now San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [SFMOMA]): Abstract Expressionism exhibition,
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n
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;
Emil Nolde
exhibition (from MoMA),
91
; competition concerns of,
119
; film archive rejected by,
121
; symposium at,
189
; visits with step-granddaughter to,
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,
205
;
William Kent-ridge
exhibition,
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–
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,
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San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism
,
The
(Landauer),
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,
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n
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San Jose Museum of Art,
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,
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n
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Saturday Review
(magazine),
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,
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Savio, Mario,
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,
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n
3
.
See also
Free Speech Movement

Savoldo, Giovanni Girolamo,
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,
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Scanlan's Magazine
,
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Schad, Christian,
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,
199

Schapiro, Meyer,
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,
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,
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Schapiro, Miriam,
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Scheier, Ernest,
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Schemmerling, Carole.
See
Selz, Carole Schemmerling (fifth wife)

Schemmerling, Kryssa (stepdaughter),
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Schemmler, Oskar,
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Scheyer, Galka,
145

Schiele, Egon,
16

Schjeldahl, Peter,
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,
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Schlesinger, Norma.
See
Selz, Norma (second wife)

Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl,
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Schneemann, Carolee,
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Schoenberg, Arthur,
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Schulze, Franz,
33

Schwitters, Kurt,
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Scripps College,
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Scull, Ethel (“Spike”),
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,
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Scull, Robert C.,
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,
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sculpture: self-destructing (see
Jean Tinguely
); Selz's critique of modernist,
184
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85
; significance of Giacometti's,
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–
96
.
See also
assemblage; Chillida, Eduardo; kinetic art; Rodin, Auguste

Segal, George,
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Seitz, Irma,
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Seitz, William C.: arrival at MoMA,
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–
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,
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n
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;
The Art of Assemblage
exhibition,
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,
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,
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n
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;
Emil Nolde
exhibition,
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; MoMA shows proposed by,
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; proposed de Kooning show and,
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,
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–
71
;
The Responsive Eye
exhibition,
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; Selz's departure and,
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,
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; Selz's relationship with,
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,
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,
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–
10
,
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n
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; Warhol painting purchased for MoMA by,
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Seldes, Lee,
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,
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Seligmann, Kurt,
21

Selz, Adolf,
Fig. 4

Selz, Carole Schemmerling (fifth wife): at CAA reception,
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; characteristics of,
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,
180
; circle of,
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,
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n
4
,
245
n
6
;
Crucifixion
series unveiling and,
160
; environmental concerns of,
180
,
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n
11
; illustrations of,
Figs. 21,
24
,
25
;
marriage of,
178
–
80
; on Peter's character,
161
; support and travel of,
180
,
181
,
185

Selz, Edgar (brother): family time with,
30
; illustrations of,
Figs. 4,
6
;
immigration to London and then U.S.,
10
,
13
–
14
; outings with,
3
,
4
; on Peter as youth,
5
; on Peter's citizenship,
23

Selz, Edith (Drey) (mother): children of,
1
–
2
; illustrations of,
Figs. 4,
6
,
8
;
immigration of,
13
; Peter's relationship with,
3
,
4

Selz, Eugen (father): children of,
1
–
2
; illustrations of,
Figs. 4,
8
;
immigration of,
13
; outings with,
3
; Peter's relationship with,
3
; politics of,
9
–
10

Selz, Gabrielle (Gaby, daughter): birth of,
39
; current whereabouts of,
110
; on family relationships,
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–
15
,
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n
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,
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n
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; illustration of,
Fig. 13
;
on Peter as “force of nature,”
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; on Peter's creative life force,
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; Peter's relationship with,
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,
179
; on taped conversations,
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n
37
; on visits to museums with Peter,
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,
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,
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n
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; work: “Rush,”
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,
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n
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Selz, Norma (second wife): Berkeley move of,
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; divorce from Peter,
114
,
120
; illustration of,
Fig. 18
;
Italy trip with,
120
; on marriage with Peter,
232
n
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; Peter's affair with,
113
–
14
; previous marriage,
113
; reflections of,
234
n
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Selz, Peter: approach to,
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xii
i; illustrations of,
Figs. 1,
4
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11
,
13
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18
,
20
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26
;
name of,
2
,
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,
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n
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—career: anti-Semitism downplayed in,
65
–
68
,
106
; art tastes and interests as influences,
33
–
34
; Bellagio Study Center residency,
182
; Botero's
Abu Ghraib
series and,
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–
34
,
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nn
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16
; collaborations in,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n
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; curator to director shift in,
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; demonic and horrific in art and,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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n
6
,
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n
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; first art job,
21
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22
; first solo show at MoMA,
86
; Fulbright research,
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32
; identity in,
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200
; key themes in,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; later activities with art dealers and galleries,
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,
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,
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,
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; marginalized artists supported,
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,
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,
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–
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,
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n
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; nonobjective and representative approach combined in,
69
–
70
; as nude model for
Crucifixion
series,
160
; Pop Art symposium organized by,
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,
228
n
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; provocative approach in,
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–
82
; regional view in,
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,
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,
187
; revising opinion during,
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–
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,
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7
; Rothko estate trial and,
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–
69
,
243
n
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;
Running Fence
project director,
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–
54
,
185
; self-confidence and connections in,
64
; Southern California contribution of,
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–
44
; tributes to,
177
,
181
,
235
n
21
,
247
n
28
; as voice for modernist art,
200
–
205
; “working with friends,”
155
.
See also
art and politics connections; awards and honors; Berkeley Art Museum (BAM, formerly University Art Museum [UAM]); “living the art life”; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Pomona College; UC-Berkeley art history department