Nathaniel Mary Quinn: Split Face Laura Bruni and the Elevator Paintings

and the Elevator Paintings

in addition to numerous photographs and color reproductions

along with Dizzy Gillespie and other revered figures of jazz

Since the 1960s

The book’s unexpected pairings of Klaw’s photos of the model’s body with Kline’s expressive marks produce a frisson of surprise and extend the art historical significance of the female nude

Nathaniel Mary Quinn: Split Face Laura Bruni and the Elevator PaintingsThis book was published on the occasion of Nathaniel Mary Quinn: Split Face at Museo Novecento and Museo Stefano Bardini in Florence, the artists first solo exhibition in Italy. Split Face juxtaposed Quinns recent paintings, many of them not previously exhibited, with works by Renaissance artists and twentieth century masters including Donatello, Luca della Robbia, Felice Casorati, Virgilio Guidi, and Carlo Levi, among others. The catalogue reproduces