Lee Bontecou
Selected Bibliography
Publications
2007
Bontecou, Lee/ Sussman, Elisabeth (eds.), 'Lee Bontecou. Vacuum-formed Sculptures',
New York NY: Knoedler & Company 2007
2003
Smith, Elizabeth A. T. (ed.), 'Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective', Chicago IL/ Los Angeles CA:
Museum of Contemporary Art/ Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, New
York NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2003 (exh. cat.)
2002
Sussman, Elisabeth (ed.), 'Eva Hesse', San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art, New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2002, pp. 120-121 (exh. cat.)
Nixon, Mignon (ed.), 'Eva Hesse', Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2002, pp. 17, 14
2001
Ceruti, Mary, 'Personal Abstractions: Lee Bontecou, Diana Cooper and Gay Outlaw', New
York NY: Sculpture Center, 2001 (exh. broch.)
Hadler, Mona, '"Lee Bontecou" Art since 1850: An Introduction to the Collection', Akron
OH: Akron Art Museum, 2001 (exh. cat.)
Rapaport, Brooke K./ Stayton, Kevin L., 'Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the
Atomic Age, 1940-1960', New York NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2001 (exh. cat.)
2000
Meyer, James Sampson (ed.), 'Minimalism', London: Phaidon, 2000, pp. 209-210, 221
____, 'True Grit: Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Jay DeFeo, Claire Falkenstein, Nancy
Grossman, Louise Nevelson, Nancy Spero', New York NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery,
2000 (exh. cat.)
1997
Rembert, Virginia Pitts, 'Fiber and Form: The Woman's Legacy', vol. 18, no. 1, Spring/
Summer 1997, pp. 64-65
1996
Dreishpoon, Douglas, 'From A Curator's Point of View: Making Selections and Forging
Connections', Greensboro NC: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, 1996, pp. 9-31
Harrisburg, Halley K., 'Fiber and Form: The Woman's Legacy', New York NY: Michael
Rosenfeld Gallery, 1996, pp. 6-7 (exh. cat.)
1993
___, 'Lee Bontecou: Sculpture and Drawings of the 1960s', Los Angeles CA: The Museum
of Contemporary Art, 1993 (exh. broch.)
1991
Wheeler, Daniel, 'Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present', New York NY: Vendome,
p. 170
1990
Chadwick, Whitney, 'Women, Art, and Society', London: Thames and Hudson, pp. 334335
Rubinstein Streifer, Charlotte, 'American Women Sculptors', Boston MA: Hall, pp. 404-408
1989
Sparks, Esther, 'Universal Limited Art Editions: A history and Catalogue – The First TwentyFive Years', Chicago IL/ New York NY: The Art Institute of Chicago/ Harry N. Abrams,
1989, pp. 50-54
1987
Heller, Nancy G., 'Women Artists: An Illustrated History', New York NY: Abbeville Press,
1987, pp. 189-191
1986
Dreishpoon, Douglas, 'The Sculptural Membrane', New York NY: Sculpture Center, 1986,
pp. 2-15 (exh. cat.)
1984
Phillips, Lisa: 'The Third Dimension: Sculpture of the New York School', New York NY:
Whitney Museum of Modern Art, 1984 (exh. cat.)
1979
Munro, Eleanor, 'Originals American Women Artists', New York NY: Simon & Schuster,
1979, pp. 377-87
1978
___, 'Works by Women', in: Perspective, vol. 78, Reading PA: Albright, Gallery, Freedman
College 1978, p. 8 (exh. cat.)
1977
___, 'Lee Bontecou in Retrospect: Paintings and Drawings', Saratoga Springs NY:
Harthorn Gallery, Skidmore College, 1977 (exh. cat.)
1976
Johnson, Ellen H., 'Modern Art and the Object: A Century of Changing Attitudes', New
York NY: Harper Collins, 1976, pp. 14-15
1975
Field, Richard, 'Prints and Drawings by Lee Bontecou', Middletown CT: Davison Art
Center, Wesleyan University Press, 1975 (exh. cat.)
Munsterberg, Hugo, 'A History of Women Artists', New York NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1975
1974
___, 'Waves', Grand Rapids MI: Cranbrook Academy of Art/ Museum and Grand Rapids
Art Museum, 1974 (exh. cat.)
1973
Hunter, Sam, 'American Art of the Twentieth Century: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture',
New York NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1973
1972
___, 'American Women: Twentieth Century', Peoria IL: Lakeview Center for the Arts and
Sciences, 1972 (exh. cat.)
Ratcliff, Carter, 'Lee Bontecou', Chicago IL: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1972 (exh. cat.)
1970
Spahr, P. Andrews, 'Abstract Sculpture in America: 1930-1970', New York NY: American
Federation of the Arts, 1970
1968
Ashton, Dore, 'Lee Bontecou: Skulpturen, Tekeningen, Litho's', Rotterdam: Museum
Boijmans Van Beuningen, 1968 (exh. cat.)
Battcock, Gregory (ed.), 'Minimal Art: A Critical Anthology', New York NY: E. P. Dutton,
1968
___, 'Lee Bontecou', Leverkusen: Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, 1968 (exh.
cat.)
Weller, Allen S., 'The Joys and Sorrows of recent American Art', Urbana IL: University of
Illinois Press, 1968
1966
Hunter, Sam (ed.), 'New Art around the World: Painting and Sculpture', New York NY:
Harry N. Abrams, 1966
1964
Alfieri, Bruno (ed.), 'Metro International Directory of Contemporary Art', Milan: Metro, 1964
Ashton, Dore, 'Lee Bontecou. Recent American Sculpture', New York NY: The Jewish
Museum, 1964 (exh. cat.)
___, 'Documenta III: Internationale Ausstellung', Kassel: Kassel Alte Galerie, 1964 (exh.
cat.)
Faison, Lane S., 'Art Tours and Detours in New York State', New York NY: Random
House, 1964
___, 'New American Sculpture', Pasadena CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1964
1963
Miller, Dorothy, 'Americans 1963', New York NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1963 (exh.
cat.)
___, 'Women in Contemporary Art', Durham NC: Duke University, 1963 (exh. cat.)
1962
Janis, Harriet/ Rudi, Blesh, 'Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques', Philadelphia
PA: Chilton Company, Toronto: Ambassador Books, Ltd., 1962
1961
Seitz, William, 'The Art of Assemblage', New York NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961
(exh. cat.)
___, 'Six Sculptors', Los Angeles CA: Dwan Gallery, 1961 (exh. cat.)
Articles
2010
Applin, Jo, 'On Drawing/ Surviving Reality: Lee Bontecou's Worldscapes', on:
www.tate.org.uk, London, Autumn 2010
Rosenberg, Karen, 'Galaxies of Wire, Canvas and Velvety Soot', in: The New York Times,
New York NY, 12 August 2010
Russeth, Andrew, 'All Freedom in Every Sense: Curator Veronica Roberts on Lee
Bontecou', on: www.artinfo.com, New York NY, June 2010
2006
Applin, Jo, '"This Threatening and Possibly Functioning Object". Lee Bontecou and the
Sculptural Void', in: Art History, London, vol. 29, no. 3, June 2006
2005
Ashton, Dore, 'On Lee Bontecou', in: Raritan, New Jersey NY, Spring 2005
2003
Plagens, Peter, 'The Return of the Natural. Lee Bontecou, off the Scene for 30 Years, Hits
a Comeback Home Run', in: Newsweek, New York NY, 15 December 2003
Smith, Roberta, 'Art in Review: John Newman', in: The New York Times, New York NY, 30
May 2003, section E, p. 36
2002
Duncan, Michael, 'Lee Bontecou at Daniel Weinberg', in: Art in America, New York NY, no.
7, July 2002, pp. 103-4
Muchnic, Suzanne, 'Lee Bontecou', in: ARTnews, New York NY, vol. 101, no. 3, March
2002, p. 128
2001
Miles, Christopher, 'Lee Bontecou', in: Artforum, New York NY, vol. 40, no. 4, December
2001, p. 125
Pagel, David, 'Singularity of Purpose', in: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles CA, 26 October
2001, p. F24
2000
Nadelman, Cynthia, 'Lee Bontecou', in: ARTnews, New York NY, vol. 99, no. 3, March
2000, p. 144-145
Reilly, Maura, 'Lee Bontecou at Leo Castelli', in: Art in America, New York NY, vol. 88, no.
2, February 2000, p. 122
1999
Greben, Deidre Stein, 'Drawings from the 1960s', in: ARTnews, New York NY, vol. 98, no.
8, September 1999, p. 149
Kastner, Jeffrey, 'Cruise Control', in: Art Monthly, London, no. 231, November 1999, p. 15
1996
Landi, Ann, 'Ripe for Rediscovery', in: ARTnews, New York NY, vol. 95, no. 10, November
1996, pp. 118-121
1994
Hadler, Mona, 'Lee Bontecou's Warnings', in: Art Journal, New York NY, vol. 53, no. 4,
Winter 1994, pp. 56-61
McEvilley, Thomas, 'Lee Bontecou', in: Artforum, New York NY, vol. 32, no. 6, February
1994, pp. 90-91
Rubenstein, Raphael, 'Bontecou, Higgins and Moskowitz at Leo Castelli', in: Art in
America, New York NY, vol. 82, no. 12, December 1994, pp. 99-100
Sterling, Colleen, 'Lee Bontecou: Sculpture and Drawings of the 1960s', in: Art Papers,
Atlanta GA, vol. 18, no. 4, July/ August 1994, p. 59
1993
Knight, Christopher, 'Bontecou Sculpture: Hybrid Eruptions', in: Los Angeles Times, Los
Angeles CA, 5 April 1993, pp. F1 F10 (calendar)
Myers, Terry R., 'Lee Bontecou', in: Flash Art, Milan, vol. 26, no. 172, October 1993, pp.
75-76
Smith, Elizabeth A. T., 'Abstract Sinister.', in: Art in America, New York NY, vol. 81, no. 9,
September 1993, pp. 82-87
Smith, Roberta, 'Haunting Works from the 60s', in: The New York Times, New York NY, 3
October 1993, Secton 2, p. 42
1992
Hadler, Mona, 'Lee Bontecou – Heart of a Conquering Darkness', in: Source Notes in the
History of Art, vol. 12, no. 1, Fall 1992, pp. 38-44
1991
Colpitt, Frances, 'The Shape of painting in the 1960s', in: Art Journal, New York NY, vol.
50, no. 1, Spring 1991, p. 540
1990
Myers, Terry R., 'From the Junk Aesthetic to the Junk Mentality', in: Arts Magazine, Paris,
vol. 64, no. 7, February 1990, pp. 60-64
1982
Rigby, Ida K., 'Castelli Discovers', in: Artweek, vol. 13, no. 20, May 1982, p. 4
1980
___, 'Prints and Photographs Published', in: Print Collector's Newsletter, New York NY,
vol. 11, no. 2, May/ June 1980, p. 53
1976
Lippard, Lucy, 'Eva Hesse', in: New York University Press, New York NY,1976, p. 55-56
1975
Garretson, Julia, 'Tatyana Grosman's Universal Limited Art Editions', in: Craft Horizon's,
New York NY, vol. 35, no. 1, February 1975, pp. 52-54, 69-70
1974
Johnson, Lincoln F., 'A Diversity of Approaches in Contemporary Art: Rauschenberg,
Bontecou, and Noland', in: Academy of Arts Journal, Honolulu, vol. 1, 1974, pp. 51-67
Lippard, Lucy, 'Judy Chicago: Talking to Lucy R. Lippard', in: Artforum, New York NY, vol.
13, no. 1, September 1974, pp. 60-65
1973
Chicago, Judy/ Schapiro, Miriam, 'Female Imagery', in: Woman-space Journal, Summer
1973, p. 13
1972
Pincus-Witten, Robert, 'Rosenquist and Samaras: The Obsessive Image and PostMinimalism', in: Artforum, New York NY, vol. 11, no. 1, September 1972, pp. 63-69
1971
Canaday, John, 'All New Talent in Printmaking Show', in: The New York Times, New York
NY, 22 May 1971, p. 27
Mellow, James R., 'Bontecou's Well-Fed Fish and Malevolent Flowers', in: The New York
Times, New York NY, 6 June 1971, p. D 19
Perrault, John, 'Art', in: Village Voice, New York NY, 6 October 1971, p. 28
Piccard, Lil., 'Leo Castelli gallery, New York; Ausstellung', in: Das Kunstwerk, BadenBaden, vol. 24, September 1971, p. 74
Towle, Tony, 'Two Conversations with Lee Bontecou', in: Print Collector's Newsletter, vol.
2, no. 2, May/June 1971, p. 25-28
Welish, Marjorie, 'Art', in: Manhatten East, New York NY, June 1971, p. 2
1970
Field, Richards S., 'Lee Bontecou's Aquatints', in: Art International, London, vol. 14,
November 1970, pp. 25-28
1969
Kozloff, Max, 'Whitney Annual, Sculpture', Artforum, New York NY, vol. 8, no. 1, February
1969, p. 64
___, 'Lee Bontecou; Buffy Sainte-Marie; Barbara Jo Rubin', in: Vogue, New York NY, May
1969, pp. r94-95
___, 'Lee Bontecou, Untitled', in: Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH,
February 1969, pp. 78-80
1968
Lebel, Robert, 'L'Irruption des Femmes dans la Sculpture', in: XXe Siecle, Paris, no. 30,
June 1968, pp. 133-42
1967
Dienst, Rolf-Gunter, 'Lee Bontecou', in: Das Kunstwerk, Baden-Baden, vol. 20, June
1967, pp. 3-4
Kuh, Katharine, 'Pittsburgh's Mini-International', in: Saturday Review, Berwyn PA, 2
December 1967, pp. 45-47
Solomon, Alan, 'New York: The New Art Scene', New York NY, New York: Holt, Rinehart
and Winston, 1967, pp. 98-113
1966
Ashton, Dore, 'Art', in: Arts & Architecture, CA, vol. 8, no. 11, December 1966, p. 5
___, 'Cornucopia: Lee Bontecou', in: Newsweek, New York NY, 24 October 1966, p. 107
___, 'On the New York Scene', in: Harper's Bazaar, July 1966
Willard, Charlotte, 'Lee Bontecou', in: New York Post, New York NY, October 1966
1965
Ashton, Dore, 'Unconventional Techniques in Sculpture', in: Studio International, New York
NY, vol.169, January 1965, pp. 22-25
Boudaille, Georges, 'Peinture Fraîche', in: Lettres Françaises, 22 April 1965
Judd, Donald, 'Lee Bontecou', in: Arts Magazine, Paris, vol. 39, no. 7, April 1965, pp. 1721, 194-199
___, 'Specific Objects', in: Arts Yearbook, Manchester, vol. 8, Contemporary Sculpture,
New York: The Art Digest, pp. 74-83
___, 'Lee Bontecou', in: Das Kunstwerk, Baden-Baden, April/ June 1965, p. 10
1964
Coplans, John, 'Higgins, Price, Chamberlain, Bontecou, Wesselmann', in: Artforum, New
York NY, vol. 2, no. 10, April 1964, pp. 38-40
___, 'Fifty-six Painters and Sculptors', in: Art in America, New York NY, vol. 52, no. 4,
Summer 1964, p. 75
Hopps, Walter, 'Boxes', in: Arts International, London, vol. 8, no. 2, March 1964, pp. 3840
Johnson, Philip, 'Young Artists at the Fair and at Lincoln Center', in: Art in America, New
York NY, vol. 52, no. 4, Summer 1964, p. 123
Judd, Donald, 'Local History', in: Arts Yearbook, Manchester, vol. 7, in: The Art World,
New York NY, in: The Art Digest, New York NY, 1964, pp. 22-36
Kelly, Edward T., 'Neo Dada: A Critique of Pop Art', in: The Art Journal, New York NY, vol.
23, Spring 1964, pp. 192-201
Monte, James, 'Americans, 1963, San Francisco Museum of Art', in: Artforum, New York
NY, vol. 3, no. 1, September 1964, pp. 43-44
___, 'Young Sculptor Brings Jet Age to Lincoln Center: It's Art But Will It Fly?', in: Life, New
York NY, vol. 56, no. 15, 1964 pp. 43-44
1963
Ashton, Dore, 'Art', in: Arts & Architecture, CA, vol. 80, January 1963, p. 5
Ashton, Dore, 'Illusion and Fantasy: Lee', in: Metro, Milan, no. 8, March 1963, pp. 28-33
___, 'New York Letter', in: Das Kunstwerk, Baden-Baden, vol. 16, April 1963, p. 32
Baro, Gene, 'A Gathering of Americans', in: Arts Magazine, Paris, vol. 37, no. 10,
September 1963, pp. 28-33
Campbell, Lawrence, 'Lee Bontecou', in: ARTnews, New York NY, vol. 61, no. 9,
September 1963, p. 11
Canaday, John, 'Art: Fifteen Exhibit at Modern', in: The New York Times, New York NY, 22
May 1963, p. 38
___, 'Americans Once More: Museum of Modern Art Makes New Choices', in: The New
York Times, New York NY, Section 2, 26 May 1963, p.11
Judd, Donald, 'Lee Bontecou', in: Arts Magazine, Paris, vol. 37, no. 4, January 1963, p. 44
___, 'Leo Castelli, New York: la Sua storia, la Sua galleria', in: Domus, no. 406, September
1963, p. 43
___, 'The Loft-Waif', in: Time, New York NY, vol. 81, no. 5, 1 February 1963, pp. 58-59
1962
Ashton, Dore, 'Exhibition of Drawings at the Leo Castelli Gallery', in: Studio, vol. 164,
September 1962, pp. 106-7
Preston, Smart, 'What's New at the Modern', in: The New York Times, New York NY, 25
November 1962, Section 2, p. 25
1961
Craig, Martin, 'Notes on Sculpture in a Mad Society', in: ARTnews, New York NY, vol. 60,
September 1961, p. 61
___, 'Les Machines: Terreur de Lee Bontecou', in: Metro, no. 3, pp. 80-82
Lipman, Jean/ Cleve, Gray, 'The Amazing Inventiveness of Women Painters', in:
Cosmopolitan, New York NY, October 1961, p. 69
Norland, Gerald, 'West Coast in Review', in: Arts Magazine, Paris, vol. 36, December
1961, p. 64
1960
Hamilton, George Heard, 'Painting in Contemporary America', in: The Burlington Magazine,
London, vol. 102, May 1960, pp. 192-97
Judd, Donald, 'Lee Bontecou at Leo Castelli', in: Arts Magazine, Paris, vol. 35, December
1960, p. 56
Willard, Charlotte, 'Market Letter – Find of the Year', in: Art in America, New York NY,
March 1960, p. 4
1959
Munsterberg, Hugo D., 'In the Galleries: Lee Bontecou', in: Arts Digest, New York NY, vol.
33, no. 6, March 1959, p. 64