This intriguing monograph of painter and printmaker Robert Kipniss is an intimate look at a memorable period in his life and career. Thoughtful and articulate from conception to completion, the artist's never-before-published poems are choreographed with his early paintings in this contemplation of the influential and foundational years from 1950 to 1964. Kipniss's own thoughts on this period of his career are accompanied by insightful essays by Marshall N. Price, curator of modern and contemporary art at the National Academy Museum, New York; and Robin Magowan, an award-winning poet based in Santa Fe.