CARMEN HERRERA

Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera has painted for more than 70 years, though it is only recently that acclaim for her work has brought her to prominence. This volume offers an examination of her early career from 1948-78, which spans the art worlds of Havana, Paris, and New York. Essays consider the artist's early studies in Cuba, her involvement with the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, and her groundbreaking New York output, as well as situate her work in the context of a broader Latin American avant-garde art. An essay by Dana Miller considers Herrera's New York work of the 1950s- 1970s, when Herrera was arriving at and perfecting her signature style of hard edge abstraction. Photographs from Herrera's archive enrich the narrative, and a chronology addressing the entirety of her life and career features additional documentary images.