Pratapaditya Pal

Indian Sculpture: Volume II 700-1800

? University of California Press, 1992. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9780520064799 Clean unmarked pages, very slight wear to covers. The sheer wealth and dizzying diversity of Indian sculpture are celebrated in this second volume of the catalogue raisonné of the Los Angeles County Museum's collection. Nearly two hundred sculptures produced during eleven centuries are described. Of these, one-quarter of the pieces are part of the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, while the remaining three-quarters have been acquired since 1970. This splendid collection, while not representing all the major styles of sculpture that flourished on the Indian subcontinent from 700-1800, is certainly one of the most comprehensive among American and European museums. Included are stone, metal, ivory, and wood sculptures from fourteen states and territories of India and from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Organized by regions ?Central and Western, Eastern, and Southern India, and the Northwest?the catalogue contains detailed descriptions and illustrations of the 188 sculptures, many with details or multiple views, for a total of 259 illustrations?251 in duotone and halftone and 8 in color. 300 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9780520064799. Inventory No: dscf10658.

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Gillian Perry

Paula Modersohn-Becker: Her Life and Work

The Women's Press Ltd, 1979. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Top corner clipped from flyleaf, firm binding, clean pages; creasing and age-browning to edges of jacket, half-inch tear to lower front edge has been repaired but still visible. Illustrated biography which draws generously on the artist's letters and diaries. Over 90 duotone reproductions, with 26 full colour images of her finest works. 184 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: dscf10204.

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POPESCU-VÂLCEA, Gheorghe

Romanian Miniatures: Miniatures and Ornaments in Romanian Manuscripts

Meridiane Publishing, 1998. Softcover. Fine Condition. Very slight wear to covers, clean and bright inside. 95 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: dscf10448.

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Alan Powers

Twentieth Century Houses in Britain: From the Archives of "Country Life"

Aurum Press, 2004. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781845130121 2" thin mark to p. 175, otherwise clean unmarked pages, firm binding, bright jacket, some handling marks to rear. A handsome copy. Since its foundation in 1897, Country Life has consistently featured new British houses, thus building up an unrivalled photographic archive on twentieth-century architecture, and one that covers a much wider variety of houses than any other. This archive forms the basis for Alan Powers' new study of twentieth-century houses, illustrated with 200 stunning colour and duotone photographs, some of which are reproduced here for the first time. The book is divided into chronological chapters covering the 1920s to the 1990s, preceded by an enlightening introductory essay on the changing nature of architectural style over the course of the century. Both town and country houses are included, as well as remodellings of earlier buildings where the result has a clear twentieth-century character, such as London's glorious Eltham Palace. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9781845130121. Inventory No: dscf10907.

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Francesc Catala-Roca

Miro: Ninety Years

Macdonald, 1986. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780356124551 Bright, clean, unmarked pages, top corner clipped from front endpaper; lightly shelfworn jacket with short closed tear to rear. Large format, features 152 colour and black and white photographs by the author, a long-standing friend of Miro. Not just a catalogue of his work, but an exposition of Miro as he worked, and a survey of his life. Each chapter is introduced by Lluis Permanyer, an expert on the artist's work. 180 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9780356124551. Inventory No: dscf5160.

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Rosalind E. Krauss, intro.

David Smith: Photographs 1931-1965

Fraenkel Gallery, 1998. Softcover. Fine Condition. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, very slight wear to covers. A well-kept copy, almost as new. Issued in conjunction with the 1998 Fraenkel Gallery exhibition, this catalogue contains a wide variety of images, including still lifes, nudes, and installations of his own sculpture. Introduction by Rosalind E. Krauss. Essay by Joan Pachner. 128 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: dscf11306.

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Christopher Rowell

Turner at Petworth

TATE GALLERY, 2013. reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9781854374134 A very nice, bright copy. Very lightly worn covers,clean unmarked contents. This book celebrates Turner's relationship with Petworth and its owner through the reproduction of over 150 works, prefaced by thematic essays written by scholars from the National Trust and Tate. 208 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9781854374134. Inventory No: dscf10590.

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David Schaff

Rodin: Plasters & Bronzes

Gruppo Mondiale Est, 1999. Softcover. Fine Condition. Large format, slight wear to cover edges, clean and bright inside. Includes essay on Rodin his life and work, interviews with the artist, large duotone captioned images of the plasters and bronzes. 143 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: dscf10449.

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Barry Schwabsky

The Widening Circle: The Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art

Cambridge University Press, 1997. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9780521565691 Clean unmarked pages, very slight wear to covers. In this collection of critical essays, Barry Schwabsky re-examines the art produced since the 1960s, demonstrating how the achievements of 'high modernism' remain consequential to it, through tensions between representation, abstraction, and pictorial language. Offering close readings of works produced by several generations of European and American artists, he begins with an analysis of the late period of two Abstract Expressionists, Philip Guston and Mark Rothko, who saw their own success as a failure of reception and who came to question radically their own work. With the core of the book focused on Michelangelo Pistoletto and Mel Bochner, major figures of arte povera and conceptual art whose works in a variety of media demonstrate a continuing critical engagement with modernism, Schwabsky also studies the work of artists, such as L. C. Armstrong and Rainer Ganahl, who also continued to examine modernism's legacies. 252 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9780521565691. Inventory No: dscf10487.

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Keywords: BZDB229 Art & Design; The Widening Circle The Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art Barry Schwabsky

Wang Shixiang

Classic Chinese furniture: Ming and early Qing dynasties

Joint Publishing Co. 1994. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9789620404634 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; slight creasing and surface marks to jacket. Lavishly illustrated volume on classic Chinese furniture by the world's foremost expert. An essential reference. Hundreds of excellent color and black and white plates, along with a glossary and bibliography. An absolute must for collectors interested in Ming and Early Qing furniture. 327 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9789620404634. Inventory No: dscf11307.

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Evelyn Silber

Jacob Epstein: Sculpture and Drawings

Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, 1987. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Clean unmarked pages, firmly bound, light staining/marking to fore edge, slight rubbing to covers. Catalogue accompanying the 1987 exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 289pp, profusely illustrated with colour and b&w illustrations of Epstein's work and photos of him at work and his studio. 290 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: dscf10929.

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Charles Spencer

Bakst in Greece SIGNED/Inscribed

Gema Publications, 2009. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9789606893049 Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author, with an inscription to the previous owner. Clean unmarked pages, slight bumping to board corners, slight shelfwear to jacket. In this book Charles Spencer describes Bakst's travels in Greece, his numerous studies of landscapes, cities, art and costume. He explains the profound effect on Bakst of seeing Sir Arthur Evans working on the reconstruction of the palace of Minos at Knossos in Crete and his visit to the site of Mycenae in the Peloponnese. Architectural and sculptural details from these famous sites would constantly be incorporated in Bakst's decors. The text is fully illustrated with drawings, portraits, motifs, whilst a large series of colour plates acclaim Bakst's genius as a theatrical designer, notably in the recreation of Hellenic dress. In addition to drawings, the illustrations include original costumes, now in private and public collections, as well as fashion designs.This fascinating and sumptuous publication will delight lovers of Greece as well as admirers of the Ballets Russes and especially of Bakst's genius. 190 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inscribed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9789606893049. Inventory No: dscf11115.

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Stephen Shore, photographer, Lynne Tillman, intro.

The Velvet Years: Warhol's Factory, 1965-67

Pavilion Books, 1995. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 9781857933239 5mm split to top edge of front board, book's contents remain clean and bright, slight age toning to page edges; two 5mm. tears to top edge of jacket, creasing at head and tail of spine, surface indent marks on jacket's rear. Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of this century. The six portraits of Marilyn Monroe, the documentary images, electric chairs and consumer goods, are all synonymous with 20th-century popular culture and all were created within the anarchic, communal, creative atmosphere of the Factory. Adventurous and curious, Stephen Shore hung out at the Factory nearly every day from 1965 to 1967. An insider, he photographed Warhol, as well as the Velvet Underground, Nico, Donovan, Edie Sedgewick and other Factory notables and celebrity visitors. Like Shore, everyone was drawn to the scene around Warhol. This is a comprehensive collection of Stephen Shores photographs from this time, introduction by Lynne Tillman. 176 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9781857933239. Inventory No: dscf10265.

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Brian Steptoe

Vintage Funfairs: Amusement Rides, Carousels and Fairground Art

Jumper Books, 2002. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780952311225 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; curling to front upper edge of jacket, slight colour fading to spine. Text and colour photos of restored vintage fairground rides, with a focus on the carousel. Coverage includes English steam fairs and rallies, antique carousels across the UK, Europe, USA and Australia, together with museums and collections on this topic. Traditional scenic fairground art and signage is featured thoughout. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9780952311225. Inventory No: dscf11463.

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Kristine Stiles

Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings. 2nd Edition - Revised and Expanded

University of California Press, 2012. Second Edition, Softcover. Fine Condition. 9780520257184 2nd Edition-revised and expanded. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight wear to covers. First published in 1996, this irreplaceable resource has now been updated, revised, and expanded by Kristine Stiles to represent thirty countries and more than one hundred new artists. Stiles has added forty images and a diverse roster of artists, including many who have emerged since the 1980s, such as Julie Mehretu, Carrie Mae Weems, Damien Hirst, Shirin Neshat, Cai Guo-Qian, Olafur Eliasson, Matthew Barney, and Takashi Murakami. The writings, which as before take the form of artists' statements, interviews, and essays, make vivid each artist's aesthetic approach and capture the flavor and intent of his or her work. The internationalism evident in this revised edition reflects the growing interest in the vitality of contemporary art throughout the world from the U.S. and Europe to the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Australia. 1200 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9780520257184. Inventory No: dscf11420.

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