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Contemporary Art

Nicolas Schoffer Space, Light, Time

Pierre Arnauld

ISBN: HB: 9780300233247, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, April 2018
240 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.

Hungarian-born French artist Nicolas Schoffer (1912-1992), though relatively unknown today, was during his lifetime a significant presence in the art world. His 1956 piece CYSP 1 is considered the first cybernetic sculpture, making use of motors, mic...

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Mary Cassatt An American Impressionist in Paris

Mowll Mathews Nancy, Curie Pierre, Durand-Ruel Mouraux Flavie

ISBN: HB: 9780300236521, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2018
176 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 170 colour illus.

Acclaimed and beloved for her paintings of women and children in intimate, informal settings, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was the only American artist to exhibit with the French Impressionists in Paris. Cassatt celebrated women in an age of rapid female...

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AniMystikAKtivist Between Traditional and the Contemporary in African Art

Hoffmann Jens, Strother Zoe

ISBN: HB: 9780300233230, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2018
128 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 250 colour illus.

South African-born Belgian artist Kendell Geers changed his date of birth to MAY 1968 as a performance, effectively giving birth to himself as a work of art. His artistic practice weaves together African animism, European mysticism, and socio-politic...

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William Kentridge Smoke, Ashes, Fable

Koerner Margaret K., Borchert Till-Holger, Buchloh Benjamin H. D., Koerner Joseph Leo, Siegel Harmon

ISBN: HB: 9780300230253, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2017
224 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 300 colour illus.

The well-known South African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955) has become famous for his time-lapse animation movies and installations, as well as his activities as an opera and theater director. This book offers a unique selection of Kentridge's wo...

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Women Studies

Maternity Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa

Cole Herbert M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300229158, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2017
400 pp., 29.8x24.1 cm, 500 colour illus.

On the African continent, images of mothers and children are found wherever the visual arts are, from early rock-art sites in Egypt and the Sahara to the contemporary arts of South Africa. Found in a variety of materials, from stone, ivory, and metal...

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Thannhauser Gallery Marketing Van Gogh

Koldehoff Stefan, Stolwijk Chris, Koldehoff Nora, Hageman Monique, Fontanella Megan M., Herzog Gunter

ISBN: HB: 9780300226591, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, September 2017
304 pp., 26.7x19.7 cm, 95 colour illus., 75 black&white illus.

While legend has it that Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) sold only one work during his lifetime, it was not long after his death that sales of his paintings began to shatter auction house records. In this carefully researched book, leading Van Gogh scho...

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Pol Bury Time in Motion

Marquenie Gilles

ISBN: HB: 9780300229127, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, April 2017
272 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 110 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.

Pol Bury (1922-2005) was a painter, sculptor, jewelry designer, writer, and graphic artist, but is perhaps best known to the general public for his fountains and sculpture in public spaces throughout the world. Acclaimed as one of the first proponent...

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Contemporary Art

Walter Leblanc

Farrell Robyn, Lemoine Serge, Pola Francesca, Wittocx Eva

ISBN: HB: 9780300225969, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2017
208 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.

Little is known about Walter Leblanc (1932-1986), one of the key representatives of kinetic and optical art in the mid-20th century. This comprehensive monograph, the first on this artist for an international audience, includes unpublished materials,...

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Emma and Edvard Looking Sideways Loneliness and the Cinematic

Bal Mieke

ISBN: PB: 9780300229110, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2017
304 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 115 colour illus.

In this compelling publication, two masters come face-to-face when the works of Edvard Munch are juxtaposed against Gustave Flaubert's groundbreaking novel "Madame Bovary". Munch's art is presented in stills taken from an elaborate video installation...

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Catalogue Raisonne

Francis Picabia Catalogue Raisonne, Volume 2 (1915-1927)

Camfield William A., Pierre Arnauld, Clements Candace, Calte Beverley, Verdier Aurelie, Calte Pierre

ISBN: HB: 9780300222463, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, January 2017
550 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 600 colour illus., 25 black&white illus.

The second of an important multi-volume catalogue project, this publication features work by Francis Picabia (1879-1953) that dates from 1915 into mid-1927. Beginning with Picabia's elaboration of a personal machinist aesthetic, the book continues by...

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