A brief history of the work of a West Coast abstract expressionist.

Physical gesture means the artist’s hand is present yet transcended: there is no question that the arcs or circles are handmade, but an unforced, lyrical all-overness creates a cosmic, suprapersonal sense of order and well-being.

Richard Pousette-Dart: Mythic Heads and Forms, Paintings & Drawings from 1935 to 1942 Knoedler & Co, 19 E 70th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues, phone: 212-794-0550 through Nov 5 33 MacDougal Alley: The Interlocking Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi PaceWildenstein, 32 E 57th Street, East of Madison Aveunue, phone: 212-421-3292, through October 4 Lee Krasner: “After … Continued