Hardcover. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. First edition (3,000 printed). Quarto, ~9 ¾” w x 12” h, 148pp. Beige cloth, brown dust jacket with painting, illustrated flyleaves. Jacket intact with...

A fascinating exploration of the life and work of one of America's most famous and enigmatic postwar visual artists Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in...

In this book, Natasha Staller closely examines for the first time the complex and intricate dialogue between Picasso and the multiple cultures of his early life. Staller argues that to a degree never...

What is the function of art in the era of digital globalization?How can one think of art institutions in an age defined by planetary civil war, growing inequality, and proprietary digital technology?...

Twenty-one scholars commemorate the artist's birthday, providing interpretations, attributions and previously unpublished photographs.

Book by

Book by

When Monet falls and injures his leg, young Frederic Bazille entertains the sufferer by painting his portrait in bed; when Monet is penniless and his mistress pregnant, Bazille buys a painting out of...

A layered and lyrical collaboration between two great artists--Anselm Kiefer and Alexander Kluge--that explores what it means to remain faithful amid the shifting forces of power, love, truth, and...

The first kings of the Achaemenid Persian empire, Cyrus the Great and Darius,sought to devise for their capital cities new styles in monumental architecture and sculpture to express their imperial...

"The first major biography on Anni Albers traces the complex personality and influential artistic career of the groundbreaking modern artist. Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a pioneer of...

Preface by Lessing J. Rosenwald. Contains a history of Shahn's works divided into prints, portfolios, posters, reproductions, greeting cards, and other categories. Appendices include bibliographic...