Art
History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from the Dawn of History to the Present Day
Abrams, 1971. Oversized Hardcover. Jacket slightly soiled. Textblock clean. More
The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin
Stanford Univ Pr, July 1985. Oversize Softcover. Cover slightly creased at corners. Long ink inscription on half-title page. Images and textblock clean. More
Art of Andrew Wyeth
New York Graphic Society Books, January 1973. Hardcover. Light foxing throughout. Tan bookcloth stained on edges. Dustjacket has some chipping and creases along edges, wrapped for future protection. More
Pop Trash: The Amazing Art of Jason Mecier
Chronicle Books, August 2018. Oversized Hardcover. Artist Jason Mecier creates insanely detailed portraits of celebrities using trash, candy, and other items, crafting sculptural celebrations as beautiful as they are outrageous. Here is Amy Sedaris assembled from her own trash, David Bowie made out of cosmetics and feathers, Snoop Dogg sculpted..... More
Picasso Museum
Connaissance des Arts. Paper Back. Cover creased; front few pages wavy. Textblock and photos clean. More
Avant-Garde Art
Collier-Macmillan / Art News Service, January 1968. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. First Collier books edition. Vertical crease along spine. Edgewear, scuff marks & chipping. [247 pages]. More
Gee Vaucher: Beyond punk, feminism and the avant-garde
Manchester University Press, January 2023. Paper Back. This is the first comprehensive study of the artist Gee Vaucher, a key figure in the punk and protest art of the 1970s and 1980s. Best known for the collage work she created as part of the anarcho-punk collective Crass, Vaucher has been..... More
Nina Simone's Gum
Faber & Faber, November 2022. Paper Back. From award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum. Featuring an introduction from Nick Cave. On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown..... More
Women Who Read Are Dangerous
Abbeville Press, March 2016. Hardcover. What is it about a woman reading that has captivated hundreds of artists over the centuries? Stefan Bollmann's Women Who Read Are Dangerous explores this popular subject in more than seventy artworks--drawings, paintings, photographs, and print--by iconic artists such as Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper, Suzanne..... More
Women Who Write Are Dangerous
Abbeville Press, October 2018. Hardcover. Writing has not always been considered a suitable career for women. Indeed, it was once common for women authors to adopt a masculine pseudonym in order to be taken seriously. And even today, some women writers still struggle to obtain the same recognition that is..... More
Truth Bomb: Inspiration from the Mouths and Minds of Women Artists
Thames & Hudson, October 2020. Hardcover. If anyone can teach readers how to pursue the life and work of an artist, it is the twenty-two amazing artists included in Truth Bomb. This colorful compilation of pioneering and established women artists from around the world motivates and empowers. Their stories and..... More
Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century
Random House, November 2022. Hardcover. "A fascinating read about a true genius and his unrelenting thirst for beauty in art and in life."--MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD Based on a decade of unprecedented research, the first major biography of George Balanchine, a broad-canvas portrait..... More
O'Keeffe, Stieglitz and the Critics, 1916-1929
UMI Research Press, January 1989. Trade Paperback. More
David Hockney
Thames & Hudson, December 1991. Paper Back. David Hockney has commanded greater popular acclaim internationally than any other British artist this century. Livingstone explores the relationship between Hockney's art and his life and charts the shifts in Hockney's work from the early '60s to the mid-'70s. 187 illustrations, 36 in..... More
Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion, Style, and Breaking All the Rules
Dey Street Books, February 2023. Hardcover. From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture--bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication of Sex and the City to the mainstream--comes a playful yet intimate memoir of a life spent challenging conventions. Carrie Bradshaw's pairing of a tutu..... More
David Hockney
Thames & Hudson, February 1988. Paper Back. More
Changing: 50 Drawings by Michael Leonard
GMP Publishers Ltd, 1984. Numbered. Hardcover. 1984 limited edition hardcover in slipcase; Hand-numbed 56 of 100 total copies; Signed by Michael Leonard and Edward Lucie-Smith at hand-numbered page; Tight binding, clean, sturdy black boards w/ immaculate gilt at spine; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket near fine; Slipcase VG w/..... More
A Documentary History Of Art (A114a) -- Volume I The Middle Ages & The Renaissance, Illustrated
Doubleday Anchor, 1957. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with shelfwear. Darkened spine and margins. Dust staied & soiling of cover. [380 pages]. More
The Art of the New Yorker: 1925-1995
Knopf, October 1995. Hardcover. Lee Lorenz, art editor of The New Yorker for more than two decades, and himself a noted cartoonist, tells and shows how the magazine's distinctive look has gradually developed. In a lively narrative filled with stories of the artists and anecdotes of life at The New..... More
Dali: Special Edition
Marboro Books, January 1996. Hardcover. Some discoloration on inside of front cover. More
What Shall We Do Without Us?: The Voice and Vision of Kenneth Patchen
Sierra Club Books for Children, September 1984. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Light shelf wear, and a scraped corner on the back of the cover. Includes a signed compliments card from James Laughlin, Patchen's friend, publisher, and writer of the afterword. More
Titian: Lady in White (Das Restaurierte Meisterwerk)
Sandstein, August 2018. Oversize Softcover. Titian's Lady in White is full of gracefulness and beauty but also full of mysteries. Speculations have always been made about the identity of the young woman. Is she the artist's daughter Lavinia; is she the ideal image of feminine beauty? The essays in this..... More
A Handbook of Greek Art (Da Capo Paperback)
N/A, January 1994. Oversize Softcover. Gisela Richter's classic book, first published in 1959, is the indispensable introduction to the study of Greek art: clear, factual, authoritative, and at the same time inspired and sensitive in its understanding and appreciation of the masterpieces it discusses. Lucidly arranged according to subject matter..... More
