About the Author

Carter Ratcliff is a poet, art critic, and contributing editor of Art in America. His books on art include The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art; Out of the Box: The Reinvention of Art; and monographs on Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gilbert & George, and others. He has also published numerous volumes of poetry and a novel, Tequila Mockingbird.

Reviews

“Fascinating and lucid... a stunningly illustrated and illuminating life of a singular painter.” - Wall Street Journal

“Fascinating and lucid . . . a stunningly illustrated and illuminating life of a singular painter.” - Sue Roe, Wall Street Journal