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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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History of Art

Golden Age of European Art Celebrating Fifty Years of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Clifton James, Baert Barbara, Bayer Andrea, Dunlop Anne, Ostrow Steven F., Pon Lisa, Postle Martin, Wheelock Arthur K. Jr.

ISBN: HB: 9780300207811, Yale University Press, January 2017
272 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 200 colour illus., 45 black&white illus.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the acclaimed Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, this commemorative book presents masterpieces from the foundation's collection. The works span more than 400 years, from the 16th through the early 20th century, and fea...

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Biography & Memoires

History of Art

Biographic: Van Gogh Great Lives in Graphic Form

Collins Sophie

ISBN: HB: 9781781452752, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, December 2016
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, colour illus.

The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey eac...

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Fashion

Fashion Plates 150 Years of Style

Calahan April, Cannell Karen Trivette, Sui Anna

ISBN: PB: 9780300197709, Yale University Press, October 2016
440 pp., 24.8x21 cm, 225 colour illus.

A sumptuously illustrated, encyclopedic chronicle of fashion and its trends, from the 18th to the early 20th century Prior to the invention of photography, European and American magazines used colorful prints to depict the latest fashion trends. Thes...

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Contemporary Art

Sophie Calle And So Forth

Calle Sophie, Desplechin Marie

ISBN: HB: 9783791382043, Prestel Publishing, October 2016
508 pp., 23.5x16.5 cm, 400 colour illus.

Throughout her career, the photographer and installation artist Sophie Calle has been creating tableaux that recreate her personal journeys. Projects from the past 10 years are explored in this magnificently illustrated volume. Following on the heels...

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Design

Are We Human? The Archeology of Design

Colomina Beatriz, Wigley Mark

ISBN: PB: 9783037785119, Lars Muller Publishers, October 2016
288 pp., 18x11 cm, 181 illus.

The question "Are We Human?" is both urgent and ancient. Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley offer a multi-layered exploration of the intimate relationship between human and design and rethink the philosophy of design in a multi-dimensional exploration...

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History of Art

Contemporary Art

Evelyn Dunbar A Life in Painting

Campbell-Howes Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9781526205841, Casemate, Romarin, October 2016
448 pp., 24x16.9 cm, 300 illus.

The importance of Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960) in the history of British 20th century art is continually being reassessed and belatedly recognised. A gifted draughtswoman: youthful prodigy; brilliant student at the Royal College of Art under Sir William...

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Silk, Porcelain and Lacquer China and Japan and Their Trade with Western Europe and the World, 1500-1644

Canepa Teresa

ISBN: HB: 9781911300014, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, October 2016
440 pp., 30x24.5 cm, 400 colour illus.

Focusing on the prolific trade, transport and consumption of Chinese silk and porcelain, and Japanese lacquer abroad between 1500 and 1644, this groundbreaking book will show how the material cultures of late Ming China and Momoyama/Early Edo Japan o...

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History of Art

People, Places & Piazzas The Life & Art of Charles Hodge Mackie

Clark Pat

ISBN: PB: 9781908326911, Casemate, Sansom & Co, October 2016
176 pp., 24.4x17.2 cm, 40 colour illus.

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Contemporary Art

Before Pictures

Crimp Douglas

ISBN: HB: 9780226423456, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 151 colour plates

Douglas Crimp is the rare art critic whose work profoundly influenced a generation of artists. He is best known for his work with the "Pictures Generation" – the very name of which Crimp coined to define the work of artists like Robert Longo and Cind...

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