{"product_id":"marcia-marcus-i-paint-what-i-like-9781917273329","title":"Marcia Marcus: I Paint What I Like","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished on the occasion of a major new career retrospective, \u003ci\u003eMarcia Marcus: I Paint What I Like\u003c\/i\u003e provides a much-needed, extensive monographic exploration of a strikingly original artist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeadstrong and wry, Marcia Marcus (1928-2025) was a fiercely original artist whose work challenges typical understanding of post-war American art. Rejecting mainstream abstraction, Marcus spent five decades painting what compelled her: languorous male nudes, parenthood, great style--subjects her peers rarely explored--all rendered in her distinctive cool and poised hand. Undaunted by New York's male-dominated art world, she was a vivid presence in downtown Manhattan and Provincetown, pioneering as one of the first women to stage a Happening. Through decades of self-portraiture, she boldly affirmed her own creative voice and upended narrow expectations of gender with wit and defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume illuminates Marcus's multifaceted significance: innovative artist of post-war New York, creator of radically assertive self-portraiture, and essential forerunner of figurative painting today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debra Lennard,Brandon Brame Fortune,Melissa Rachleff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.70h x 9.70w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917273329","brand":"Giles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47907052781705,"sku":"9781917273329","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a6b714c2-28ef-4369-8911-20c3e5e1bb05.jpg?v=1785883817","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/marcia-marcus-i-paint-what-i-like-9781917273329","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}