Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 9, 1969 - February 8, 1970. Text by Henry Geldzahler, with additional contributions by Michael Fried, Clement Greenberg, Harold Rosenberg, Robert Rosenblum, and William Rubin. Artists in the exhibition include Josef Albers, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, John Chamberlain, Joseph Cornell, Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Burgoyne Diller, Mark di Suvero, Dan Flavin, Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Edward Hopper, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Franz Kline, Gabe Kohn, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Isamu Noguchi, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Jules Olitski, Jackson Pollock, Larry Poons, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, George Segal, David Smith, Tony Smith, Frank Stella, Clyfford Still, Bradley Walker Tomlin, and Andy Warhol. Includes biographical data and a selected bibliography for each individual artist. "For the first time it is possible for admirers of mdoern art to appreciate fully the magnificent achievement of the New York School by finding this major book over 300 paintings, sculptures, and drawings by fort-three artists working in the styles known as Abstract Expressionism, Color-Field Painting, pop Art, and Minimal Art. The genesis of this book is the landmark exhibition, "New York Painting and Sculpture : 1940 - 1970," with which the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the celebration of its Centennial year." -- from book's back wrapper.