Liveright Publishing Corporation, March 2021. Hardcover. The most prolific photographer of the Great Depression, Russell Lee has never been canonized for his iconic images. With this compulsively readable and definitive biography, historian and archivist Mary Jane Appel finally uncovers Lee's rebellious life, tracing his journey from blue-blood beginnings to intrepid..... More
Abrams, (1968). Oversized Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Prestel Publishing, October 2012. Oversized Hardcover. Drawing, often considered a minor art, was central to Surrealism from the very beginning. Automatic drawing, exquisite cadavers, and frottage are just a few of the techniques invented by Surrealists as means to tap into the subconscious realm. While previous books have examined the..... More
Hazan, January 2008. Oversize Softcover. Top corner faintly creased; else, fine. More
MIT Press (MA), September 1995. Oversized Hardcover. "Her book is immediately indispensable. . ." -- "American Book Review" "A first-rate cultural history, of interest to both the art historian and the general reader." -- "Kirkus Reviews" The French/European story of Surrealism has been written; the story of abstract expressionism has..... More
Harvard Art Museums/Yale University Press, October 2002. Oversize Softcover. Jean Fautrier, one of France's most important interwar and postwar artists, is perhaps best known for the Otages, his series of abstract paintings featuring partially obliterated or disfigured faces -victims of Nazi atrocities in France during World War II. This work..... More
Merrell, October 2000. Oversized Hardcover. An exploration of every aspect of the art of the celebrated Belgian/French writer and artist Henri Michaux. An exploration of every aspect of the art of the celebrated Belgian/French writer and artist Henri Michaux. More
Yale University Press, October 2000. Oversized Hardcover. An exploration of Pablo Picasso's political commitment, his motivations to join the French Communist Party, and his contribution as an active member. The author assesses the impact that communism had on the artist's life and examines how Picasso's political beliefs affected his art..... More
Yale Univ Pr, January 2007. Oversize Softcover. More
Prestel Publishing, February 2012. Oversized Hardcover. Filled with a wide array of illustrations, this book offers a fresh perspective on surrealism as it spotlights the important role that North American women artists played in the movement. The surrealist movement in art is most often identified with male artists, many of..... More
Rm, February 2021. Hardcover. A new, up-to-date retrospective on photography legend Lee Friedlander One of the masters of contemporary photography, Lee Friedlander has dedicated his career to the documentation of everyday life in the United States. His images are characterized by a composition that utilizes the urban geometry of storefronts..... More
Steidl, February 2021. Paper Back. A 10-CD box set of poems and memoirs spanning 50 years Read aloud by Jim Dine (born 1935), here are his poems (with, in Ron Padgett's words, their "wonderfully goofy playfulness and a no-holds-barred, slightly scary exhilaration"), an autobiography, a remembrance of Robert Creeley and..... More
Seven Stories Press, February 2021. Hardcover. The only book in English for readers of all ages by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk is a beautifully illustrated meditation on the fullness of life. Once upon a time there was a man who worked very hard and very quickly, and who had..... More
Crown Publishers, January 1970. Hardcover. 4 Volume Set in slipcase. Gilt-titled brown cloth volumes each in plastic wrap. Minimally used set. More
Ursus Books Limited, 1996. Trade Paperback. Octavo. Heavy bump, with tear, bottom of spine. More
ABRAMS, March 1999. Cloth. Very good all round. More
Aperture, January 1976. Cloth. Bound in light green cloth with gold gilt lettering along the spine. Name in fountain pen on the front free endpaper. Lightly rubbed corners and edge wear on the jacket. More
Thames & Hudson, November 2008. Oversized Hardcover. The authors have traveled thousands of miles in a country they know intimately to gather information and photographs of tribal and folk textiles woven for use within the family, as well as of workshop production in villages and towns. They first examine the..... More
Preservation Pr, February 1992. Oversize Softcover. More
Princeton Architectural Press, July 2009. Oversize Softcover. Architectural pioneers such as Frank Gehry and Greg Lynn introduced the world to the extreme forms made possible by digital fabrication. It is now possible to transfer designs made on a computer to computer-controlled machinery that creates actual building components. This "file to..... More
Trafalgar Square, March 1992. Hardcover. This book is both an absorbing social history and a comprehensive reference guide to 19th-century British and American artists who took Venice as their inspiration. Light shelf wear on the jacket. Price clipped. Textured red boards with gold lettering along the spine. Two small dings..... More
Random House~trade, January 1966. Hardcover. Moderate shelf wear on the jacket. Price clipped. Edges and borders of the print block lightly tanned. More
Earth Pledge Foundation, February 2001. Trade Paperback. A remarkable collection of vibrant and diverse readings, Sustainable Architecture White Papers explores the critical link between our built and natural environments. Cutting-edge architecture, design, planning, public works, and education leaders illustrate the value of a new architectural strategy. Sustainable Architecture teaches us..... More
Hoxton Mini Press, February 2021. Hardcover. - Extreme close-ups of Londoners in the '80s show the class divide between the City and the East End Photographer Paul Trevor has been documenting the East End for over 25 years. This new book of black-and-white close-ups, made spontaneously on the streets of..... More
Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, January 2021. Paper Back. - The story of American counterculture from the perspective of jewelry-making- The zeitgeist of 1960s and 1970s USA condensed in book formIn the 1960s and 1970s, a generation of young Americans rejected the promise of prosperity and the suburban dream embraced by their..... More
