Hassel Smith Monograph
Published in 2012 by Prestel Publishing (Random House), ‘Hassel Smith : Paintings 1937 - 1997’ is the first major critical assessment of the artist’s life and complex body of work. Edited by Petra Giloy-Hirtz, the monograph comprises eighty-four full-color plates, a biographical essay by Paul Karlstrom, and critical essays by Susan Landauer, Peter Selz, Robert C. Morgan, Petra Giloy-Hirtz, and Allan Temko. The monograph is an essential resource for research and awareness concerning the artistic achievement of Hassel Smith, and the changing times and places that accompanied and defined his life.
Essays of the Hassel Smith Monograph
The following essays were originally published in Hassel Smith: Paintings 1937-1997.
Allan Temko. Hassel Smith: Paintings, 1954-1975 (PDF)
Paul J. Karlstrom. An Itinerant Life in Modern Art (PDF)
Peter Selz. The Figurative Paintings of Hassel Smith (PDF)
Petra Giloy-Hirtz. “More and More Cosmic Funk” Hassel Smith's Late Paintings (PDF)
Robert C. Morgan. Hassel Smith and the Structure of Abstract Painting (PDF)
Susan Landauer. Hassel Smith and the Politics of Style (PDF)