art monograph

Hardcover. New York, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 283 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sunfading to spine. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. 255 duotone photographs throughout. A tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Oversize hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, like new copy still in publishers shrink wrap. Large black and white & color photographs throughout. Tight copy. Henri Cartier-Bresson was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940. After two unsuccessful attempts, he managed to escape in 1943. During this period, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, assuming that the photographer had died in the war, started preparing what they thought would be a posthumous exhibition of his work. When he reappeared, Cartier-Bresson was delighted to learn of the exhibition and decided to review his entire oeuvre and curate it himself. In 1946 Cartier-Bresson traveled to New York with about 300 prints in his suitcase, bought a scrapbook, glued in the photos, and brought that album to MoMA's curators. His exhibition there, a celebration of his survival, opened on February 4, 1947.In the 1990s, Cartier-Bresson once again turned his attention to this scrapbook. Following his death in 2004, the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, the present owner of the prints, finished the job of restoring them, making it possible to bring a large body of his extraordinary work to the public, images that have now become a memorial collection after all.

Hardcover. New York , Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 376 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Hardcover, light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. "Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) is one of the most celebrated and influential figures in the history of photography. Published to accompany a major retrospective, this offers a fresh understanding of the panoramic scope of Cartier-Bresson"s photography, from his Surrealist innovations of the early 1930s to his career as a leading photojournalist after World War II."

Softcover. NY, Museum Of Modern Art (MOMA), 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, hefty 480 page exhibition catalog illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Henri Matisse A Retrospective" at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 24, 1992-January 12, 1993. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean. Lavishly produced in oversize format, here is the complete illustrated catalogue of a landmark new exhibition devoted to the artist--the largest ever assembled. Includes biographical notes, a chronology, and introductions to each major period of Matisse's career. 320 colorplates reproduce every painting and cutout in the exhibition; 92 black-and-white plates illustrate the sculptures, drawings, and prints. DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Quarto Format. 208 pages, 150 black-and-white and 48 colored illustrations. Notes; Bibliography; Index. Collection of paintings of the American West, primarily Native Americans. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 320 pages in color and b&w. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. From the late '70s, Herb Ritts gained a reputation as a master of art and commercial photography. In addition to his portrait and fashion work for Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Rolling Stone, he created campaigns for Calvin Klein, Coco Chanel, Gianni Versace, and Valentino Garavani. Churchward interviews Klein, Cindy Crawford, Elton John, Anna Wintour, Madonna, and Christopher Buckley and has many behind-the-scenes shots from photo shoots, parties, travels, intimate portraits, and moments with friends.

Hardcover. Amsterdam, Ludion Ghent/Abrams, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages with 282 color plates, 53 in b&w. No dust jacket. Published to coincide with a major exhibition of the artist's work in Europe, this loving tribute to one of the greatest, and most bizarre, of the medieval painters introduces readers to the often grotesque vision expressed in his work.

Hardcover. New York, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor soiling to front dust jacket cover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Hipgnosis created some of the most innovative and surreal cover art of the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s for the biggest names of the era-Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Wings, Yes, Genesis, 10cc, Peter Gabriel, Bad Company, Syd Barrett, and Black Sabbath, to name just a few. The sublime prism cover for Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon continues to be one of the most pervasive images in all popular culture. Hipgnosis's highly conceptual approach and graphic appeal earned them five Grammy nominations for cover design, and they profoundly influenced not only the history of music, but also all other creative fields from advertising to fashion.

Hardcover. US, Mets & Schilt, 2008-09-10, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Small, square and orange. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Illustrated in b/w and color throughout. - Hira Mandi (literally Diamond Market) is the tangled maze of backstreets and alleys hat is the red light district of Lahore (the second largest city in Pakistan) and is as famous in South Asia as the Amsterdam red light district is throughout the West. Hira Mandi is a portrait of the unknown world of Pakistan's transsexual and homosexual subculture.

Hardcover. 1st US, Bulfinch Press, New York, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 368 pages. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in full color. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Oversise hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 222 pages, 70 b&w and 41 color plates. All 89 prints by the artist collected here for the first time. This book includes the Japanese text of Oguru hyakunin isshu with Clay MacCauley"s translations & 89 of Hokusai"s plates, inspired by these poems. This was the last of Hokushai"s great print series. It has " a greater richness of colour and more wealth of detail than the prints of any other series in this large format".

Hardcover. NY, Glitterati Incorporated, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Beautiful monograph on artist Don Bachardy with portraits of people associated with Hollywood: directors, writers and actors. Also included are several abstract works. Introductions by Armistead Maupin, Don Bachardy and Tom Ford. Includes portraits of: Charlotte Rampling, Henry Fonda, Mia Farrow, Jack Nicholson, Angela Lansbury, Katherine Hepburn, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Modine, Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Andie McDowell, Tom Waits, Madeleine Stowe, Simon Callow, Patrick Swayze, Brooke Shields, Melanie Griffith, Joan Rivers, Stockard Channing, Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Joan Collins, Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Barbara Streisand, Natalie Wood, Marlene Dietrich, John Gielgud, Gore Vidal, John Huston, Ian McKellen, and many, many more. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Greenwich CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Limited to 1300 copies in English, this being #521. Two volumes in a slipcase with a label. Dark blue cloth covers, top edge gilt, spines with maroon and gilt design. Vol. 1: The Paintings, 446 pages with 208 b&w plates, 19 b&w text illustrations and tipped-in b&w photo of Daumier by Nadar as frontispiece. Vol. 2: The Watercolours and Drawings, 619 pages with 325 b&w plates(most with multiple images), 31 text illustrations, tipped-in errata slip. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf of volume 1, otherwise clean, tight set. Slipcase is very good with some rubbing to blue cloth.

Hardcover. US, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. From its founding in 1875, the firm of Liberty has been a byword for high-quality design. Arthur Lasenby Liberty, its founder, set out to transform the appearance of dress and interior decoration; that sense of energy and excitement remains integral to the house, making Liberty a world-recognized name. This account and celebration is divided into chronological sections. It begins with the early emporium and ends with a survey of the institution's influence on post-war aesthetics and design. The Arts and Crafts Movement found Liberty's associated with leading craftsmen-designers. After World War I its textiles continued the famous lines of prints. Now, in keeping with its role as innovator, the firm continues to commission designers and to promote both traditional and avant-garde furniture and artifacts. This history of a unique enterprise reflects in microcosm major developments in taste from the late 19th-century to the present.

Hardcover. New Castle DE, Oak Knoll Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two volumes, hardcovers with dust jacket, 872 pages. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines. Each is a quarto of 12 by 9 inches. At the dawn of the 20th century, Howard Pyle was America's most famous and influential illustrator. Through the illustrated pages of Harper's, Scribner's and Century magazines, the American public first became acquainted with the illustrator that they would come to love. Both by example and through his teaching, Pyle molded and influenced generations of young artists who have continued his unique vision of illustration far beyond his own lifetime. Published 93 years after the death of Howard Pyle, this book celebrates the enduring and far-reaching achievements of America's foremost illustrator. Illustrated with over 3300 images, this important research tool represents the complete record of all known Howard Pyle illustrations, hundreds of which have not been reproduced since their original publication over 100 years ago. DUE TO WEIGHT, This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Softcover. NY, Princeton Architectural Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 262 pages. The designers at San Francisco-based design firm Cahan & Associates, in their hunger for fresh ideas, find inspiration in the most unexpected places, such as an oddly sculptural piece of discarded metal in the alley near their office, or a conversation with an elaborately tattooed bicycle messenger. From these eclectic ingredients the office serves up in-your-face graphics that are exceptional for their visceral impact yet still convey the strategic thinking behind each piece. The firm's working methods, involving extensive exploration, collaborations, and play, are documented in this monograph through interviews with founder Bill Cahan, clients, and vendors; writings by colleagues; photo essays; proposals to clients that were accepted and rejected; and finished pieces, providing a portrait of a firm for whom process is just as important as product. Clean copy. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts/Universe Publishing, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 210 pages, 191 illustrations most in color. Bibliography and index. One of the foremost African-American artists of the twentieth century, Horace Pippin came to prominence in the late 1930s between the heyday of the American Scene painters and the ascendancy of Abstract Expressionism. An unschooled painter who was a disabled World War I veteran, Pippin is represented in public and private collections across America. I Tell My Heart features over 110 Pippin paintings including many never before reproduced nor shown in public since the artist's lifetime, as well as many black and white archival photographs of Pippin and his contemporaries.

Hardcover. NY, Hudson Hills, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A chronology, bibliography, and listing of exhibitions, collections, and commissions complete this comprehensive treatment of an important second-generation abstract expressionist, and one of the first of a generation of influential women artists to emerge in the second half of the 20th century. More than 100 color plates, foreward by Erik H. Neil, and essay by Michael Plante. Clean, bright copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press/Phaidon, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Some agewear to dust jacket, but no rips and still shiny. Previous owner inscription on title page. A touch of foxing to back pages, but doesn't affect text. In very good condition.

Hardcover. New York, Abrams, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. A tight copy. Inge Morath: On Style reveals the vital forms of fashion and self-expression that blossomed into existence in England, France, and the United States in the postwar decades. The book follows the photojournalist Inge Morath (1923-2002) through intimate sessions with Ingrid Bergman and Audrey Hepburn; scenes of window-shopping on Fifth Avenue; American girls discovering Paris; the frenetic splendor of society balls; and working women--from actresses to seamstresses to writers--everywhere taking their place in the world. The photographs in On Style focus on an extraordinary period of Morath's creativity, from the early 1950s to mid- 1960s, with a coda of work from later years. Here are the fundamental humanism, joy, and unerring eye for life's brilliant theatricality that characterized her work and made her one of the most celebrated photographers of her time.

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 334 pages. Spanning his renunciation of the Salon in 1834 until his large retrospective at the crucial 1855 Universal Exposition, this book examines the critical writing and journalistic reportage on Jean-Auguste-Dominque Ingres. It demonstrates how Ingres shaped his career in the rapidly evolving art world of mid-nineteenth century Paris. While enjoying the benefits of his affiliation with the Academy, the artist also pursued certain modes of presentation, most notably the single-artist exhibition and illustrated monograph, through which he distanced himself from the embattled world of artistic officialdom.

Hardcover. Canada, 5 Continents, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. light ding to bottom edge front board. 272 pages, many color and b&w photos. Josef Sudek (1896-1976) was a Czech photographer, best known for his photographs of Prague. He was a bookbinder before turning to photography after losing his right arm in WWI. This book, published to accompany an exhibition, examines how Sudek's photographs reflect his relationship to the world around him, from intimate explorations of cherished objects and views through his window to his night walks through the streets of Prague and its periphery, as well as excursions into the surrounding countryside. With essays, reminiscences by two former assistants, and stunning illustrations, here is a compelling view of Sudek's photographs, and the art of his friends and fellow artists. Sudek's legacy includes some of the 20th century's most haunting images of nature, monuments, city streets, and objects--all transformed by his sensitivity to the power of light to reveal and the power of darkness to render all impenetrable.

Capetown SA, Fernwood Press/Rembrandt van Rijn Art Foundation, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with minor edgewear 156 pages. Irma Stern (1894-1966) became a renowned artist in South Africa, the country she chose to live and paint the diversity of life and objects. She painted numerous portraits and still life and Rose to fame as one of their great artists. Herart works are exhibitted around the world, and this book is an attempt to shed some lights on Irma Stern?s life and her paintings. Printed on high quality stock, this oversized volume is jampacked with some of her finest works. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 216 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The first major retrospective of the work of Irving Penn in more than twenty years will open at The Museum of Modern Art on September 13, 1984. The exhibition surveys Penn"s long career, spanning the past four decades, and features his work in portraiture, fashion, advertising, the nude, ethnographic subjects and still life, as well as a selection of Penn"s early, unpublished photographs.