American abstract artist Joel Perlrnan has earned renown for carrying forward the great modernist tradition of welded steel sculpture established by Picasso and Julio Gonzatez, and elab-orated by David Smith. Followers of contemporary sculpture may already be familiar with the examples of Perlrnan's work that reside in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and other leading institutions.

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

1943-1965

BEGINNINGS:ETHICAL CULTURE TO CORNELL

1964-1969

LONDON AND BERKELEY

1969-1972

BENNINGTON COLLEGE

1972-1982

RETURN TO NEW YORK

1971-1990

FROM LENINGRAD TO LONG ISLAND:CONSTRUCTIVIST VARIATIONS

1990-2004

STARBURSTS

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THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

NOTES

CHRONOLOGY AND EXHIBITIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

LIST OF PLATES

INDEX