Art Gallery of Ontario/High Museum of Art Atlanta, January 2013. Hardcover. Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) and Diego Rivera's (1886-1957) legendary passion for each other and for Mexico's revolutionary culture during the 1920s and 1930s have made them among the twentieth century's most famous artists. During their life together as a married... More about Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting
Getty Research Institute, October 2012. Paper Back. This collection of essays--the first major account of surrealism in Latin America that covers both literary and visual production--explores the role the movement played in the construction and recuperation of cultural identities and the ways artists and writers contested, embraced, and adapted surrealist... More about Surrealism in Latin America: Vivisimo Muerto (Issues & Debates
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, December 2005. Hardcover. Tradition and Transformation commemorates Chu-Tsing Li's achievements as an educator and scholar with essays by friends and former students, marking his long teaching career at the University of Kansas and, in particular, his contribution to the field of Asian studies... More about Tradition and Transformation: Studies in Chinese Art in Honor of Chu-Tsing Li
Museo 'Fournier' de Naipes, January 1991. Soft Cover. Quarto. More about A Vitoria, barajas: Asi ha ido reuniendo sus fondos una coleccion unica que alcanza sus bodas de...
Aix-en-Provence, L'arc, January 1971. Paper Back. Spine is starting to split at gutter of pages 56 & 57 but still intact; discoloration & foxing to cover and textblock edges; glassine wrap-around three inch band is discolored and has one inch tear. Octavo. In French. More about Bataille: Arc #44
Ellis Lane Press, March 2006. Hardcover. If readers haven't heard of Bill Arnett, the Atlanta art collector-dealer-patron whom Dietz reports on in this book, they'll certainly have an opinion about him by the time they close its covers. A self-made art expert who traveled the world and amassed a collection... More about The Last Folk Hero: A True Story of Race and Art, Power and Profit
Bowers Museum Foundation, January 1982. Paper Back. Signed by Labbe' on title page. More about Religion, Art, and Iconography: Man and Cosmos in Prehispanic Mesoamerica
Basic Books, March 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. The most important scientist of the twentieth century, and its most important artist, had their periods of greatest creativity almost simultaneously and in remarkably similar circumstances. This fascinating parallel biography of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso as young men examines their greatest works-Einstein's... More about Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, And The Beauty That Causes Havoc
Tarcher, May 1979. Trade Paperback. More about Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Tarcher, May 1989. Oversize Softcover. More about Drawing on the right side of the Brain
W W Norton & Co Inc, October 1986. Trade Paperback. When the original edition of this book was published, John Russell hailed it as "a massive contribution to our knowledge of one of the most fascinating and mysterious episodes in the history of modern art." Revised and expanded by Marian... More about Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922
Fondation nationale, January 1983. Paper Back. Foxing & tanning. More about Noeuds et ligatures
Art Gallery of Ontario, January 1992. Paper Back. Quarto. More about The Artists' Mecca : Canadian Art and Mexico
Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona, January 2003. Paper Back. More about Fantasies De L'harem I Noves Xahrazads
Dover Publications, June 1955. Trade Paperback. A pioneer of modern anthropology, Franz Boas introduced the concept of cultural relativism, arguing that all human groups have evolved equally but in different ways that resulted from historic conditions rather than genetic factors. This profoundly influential 1927 study analyzes in clear and simple... More about Primitive Art
Cambridge University Press, 1996. Paper Back. Salvador Dali's Art and Writing, 1927-1942 examines the evolution of Dali's art during the 1920s and 30s, when he was associated, first with the Catalan avant-grade, and then with the Surrealist group in Paris. During this period, Dali's painting style changed radically, a phenomenon... More about Salvador Dal&'s Art and Writing, 1927-1942: The Metamorphosis of Narcissus (Res Monographs in...
Thames & Hudson, February 1985. Trade Paperback. Drawing on the knowledge of a lifetime of study, and the understanding of one who himself participated in the creative adventure of modern art, the late Sir Herbert Read traces the development of modern sculpture from Rodin to the present day and brings... More about Modern Sculpture: A Concise History (World of Art
Rockport Art Associaton, January 1965. Hardcover. Pictorial boards without jacket. More about Rockport Sketch Book
British Museum Publications, Ltd, 1978. Paper Back. 2ND edition. More about The Potter's Art in Africa
Philip Wilson Publishers, October 2009. Paper Back. This richly illustrated study is the first on the subject and complements the first ever Gordine Retrospective Exhibition, as well as the wide-ranging monograph "Dora Gordine: Artist, Sculptor, Designer." It includes more than forty of Gordine's finest drawings, the majority of which have... More about Subtlety and Strength: The Drawings of Dora Gordine
Instituto De Cultura De Morelos, January 1995. Trade Paperback. More about Yishai Jusidman: Investigaciones Pictoricas - Pictorial Investigations, 1989-1994
Dover Publications, March 2005. Paper Back. Written by the foremost authority of the era on Oriental archeology and art, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art. First published in 1883, it responded to a vogue in Western culture for a growing awareness and appreciation... More about Ideals of the East: The Spirit of Japanese Art (Dover Books on Art, Art History
College Art Association of America, January 1987. Soft Cover. Periodical; Quarto; Previous owner's name inked on cover; scattered marginal markings & occasional underlining. Shelf worn. Mild darkening to spine. 88 pages. More about Mysticism and Occultism in Modern Art: Art Journal, Spring 1987, Vol. 46, No. 1
Grove Press, 1967. Cloth. Small quarto in price-clipped, mildly damp stained, edgeworn dust jacket. Textblock stained/soiled at top edge. Boards mildly damp stained, slightly bowed. More about The History of Surrealist Painting (Second Printing
Princeton University Press, April 1970. Oversize Softcover. The description for this book, American Painting From the Armory Show to the Depression, will be forthcoming. More about American Painting From the Armory Show to the Depression
