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Surrealism in Belgium The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Verpoorten Frank

ISBN: HB: 9782930117430, DAP, Marot, October 2015
160 pp., 31.1x26 cm, illustrated throughout

Not for sale in Estonia! From the start, the Belgian Surrealists – among them Rene Magritte, Paul Delvaux, Paul Nouge, E.L.T. Mesens and Marcel Marien – distinguished themselves from their Parisian counterparts with their dry wit, brilliant concept...

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Polonica

De.Fi.Cien.Cy Andrzej Wroblewski, Rene Daniels, Luc Tuymans

Loock Ulrich

ISBN: HB: 9783954761210, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, September 2015
216 pp., 26x19.5 cm, 135 colour illus., 3 black&white illus., language: English / Polish

United in DE.FI.CIEN.CY are three artists from different generations and national backgrounds. Andrzej Wroblewski, perhaps Poland's preeminent postwar painter, died in 1957 at the age of thirty, and ill health forced Rene Daniels (b. Eindhoven, 1950)...

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Rachel Harrison G-L-O-R-I-A

Rutland Beau, Burton Johanna, Harrison Rachel

ISBN: PB: 9780300215960, Yale University Press, September 2015
124 pp., 29.9x22.2 cm, 40 colour illus.

Linking two influential figures in American art, this fascinating catalogue explores the intersection between works by modern master Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) and innovative contemporary artist Rachel Harrison (b. 1966). Taking its name from Gl...

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Art for Every Home Associated American Artists, 1934-2000

Seaton Elizabeth G., Myers Jane, Windisch Gail

ISBN: HB: 9780300215793, Yale University Press, September 2015
288 pp., 28x22.9 cm, 205 colour illus.

The Associated American Artists was a commercial enterprise best known for publishing prints by Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood. Founded in 1934, AAA began as a crucial income opportunity for artists during the Great Depression...

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Corita Kent and the Language of Pop

Dackerman Susan, Roberts Jennifer L., Meyer Richard, Bryan-Wilson Julia

ISBN: PB: 9780300214710, Yale University Press, September 2015
338 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 270 colour illus., 15 black&white illus.

Known widely as a Catholic nun with an avant-garde flair, Corita Kent (1918-1986) has a personal legacy that has tended to overshadow her extensive career as an artist. This handsomely illustrated catalogue places Kent in her rightful position among...

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Whitney Museum of American Art Handbook

Miller Dana, Weinberg Adam D.

ISBN: PB: 9780300211832, Yale University Press, September 2015
425 pp., 22.9x16.5 cm, 500 colour illus.

This all-new handbook, a fresh look at the "Whitney Museum of American Art's" collection, highlights the museum's extraordinary holdings and its fascinating history. Featuring iconic pieces by artists such as Calder, Hopper, Johns, O'Keeffe, and Warh...

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Art Deco – 50 Works of Art You Should Know New Edition

Orr Lynn Federle

ISBN: PB: 9783791381688, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
128 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 80 colour illus.

This highly accessible overview of Art Deco, embraces nearly every artistic medium – offering paintings and photography to furnishings and film – through fifty superb examples of Art Deco style that reveal the period's richness and range. This new a...

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Art Nouveau – 50 Works of Art You Should Know New Edition

Hodge Susie

ISBN: PB: 9783791381282, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
128 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 80 colour illus.

A new edition to Prestel's popular "50s Series", this collection of the finest examples of Art Nouveau shows how the movement impacted every artistic discipline. The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short, spanning the decades immediat...

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Broad Collection

Heyler Joanne, Schad Ed, Beck Chelsea

ISBN: HB: 9783791353302, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
464 pp., 32x25.5 cm, 400 colour illus.

This volume of superb writing and lavish illustrations pays tribute to one of the most significant collections of contemporary art in the world and now a major new museum, The Broad in Los Angeles. For more than four decades Eli and Edythe Broad hav...

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Colour from Coast to Coast Alice Mumford

Massey Ian

ISBN: PB: 9781908326676, Casemate, Sansom & Co, September 2015
80 pp., 25.5x21 cm, 100 illus.

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