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Party! Party!! Party!!! Photographs from Weimar Germany
ISBN: FLEXI: 9780995185531, DAP, Bone Idle, December 2018
144 pp., 27.9x19.7 cm, 120 black&white illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! Drawing on more than 100 unpublished photographs, including unseen images of some of the most famous and infamous Berlin clubs of the 1920s, "Party! Party!! Party!!!" depicts the Weimar Republic through the people who parti...
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£28,00
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Mathias Goeritz Modernist Art and Architecture in Cold War Mexico
ISBN: HB: 9780300228601, Yale University Press, October 2018
352 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 84 colour illus., 93 black&white illus.
The first major work in English on Mathias Goeritz (1915-1990), this book illuminates the artist's pivotal role within the landscape of twentieth-century modernism. Goeritz became recognized as an abstract sculptor after arriving in Mexico from Germa...
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£50,00
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Progressive Revolution Modern Art for a New India
ISBN: HB: 9783791357683, Prestel Publishing, September 2018
208 pp., 28x23.5 cm, 120 colour illus.
Following the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Indian independence, this book focuses on the Progressive Artists Group, which included artists from different backgrounds and traditions who found common cause at a time of political and social up...
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£49,99
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Huma Bhabha: We Come in Peace The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: PB: 9781588396464, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2018
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 40 colour illus.
Often described as "post apocalyptic", the work of Pakistani sculptor Huma Bhabha (b. 1962) responds to the violence and turmoil in the world around her through depictions of anthropomorphic figures that often appear to be dismembered, melted, or dis...
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£6,95
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North East
ISBN: HB: 9783954762385, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, June 2018
176 pp., 27x20 cm, 114 black&white illus., language: English / German
The sculptures of Axel Anklam (b. Wriezen, 1971; lives and works in Berlin) captivate the beholder with their clarity and power. Dynamic and calmly flowing sections alternate, giving rise to forms filled with restrained energy. Although Anklam often...
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£27,50
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Peacock in the Desert The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India
ISBN: HB: 9780300232967, Yale University Press, March 2018
296 pp., 30.5x24.4 cm, 380 colour illus.
"Peacock in the Desert" traces the evolution of royal identity in the kingdom of Marwar-Jodhpur in southwestern Rajasthan from the 17th century to the establishment of independence after 1947, presenting the area as a microcosm of India's extraordina...
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£65,00
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Crafting Excellence The Furniture of Nathan Lumbard and His Circle
ISBN: HB: 9780300232950, Yale University Press, February 2018
288 pp., 31.8x24.1 cm, 321 colour illus.
When the inscription "Made by Nathan Lumbard Apl 20th 1800" was found in the late 1980s on a chest of drawers, the identity of an unknown craftsman suddenly surfaced. "Crafting Excellence" introduces the striking achievements of cabinetmaker Nathan L...
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£55,00
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Artists in Exile Expressions of Loss and Hope
ISBN: PB: 9780300225709, Yale University Press, November 2017
272 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 174 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.
This timely book offers a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated study of exiled artists from the 19th century through the present day, with notable attention to individuals who have often been relegated to the margins of publications on exile in a...
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£35,00
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Color Index XL More than 1100 New Palettes with CMYK and RGB Formulas for Designers and Artists
ISBN: FLEXI: 9780399579783, GMC Group, Watson-Guptill, November 2017
304 pp., 28x22.9 cm, colour illus.
Not for sale in selected countries! This updated, expanded and oversized inspirational resource for artists and designers working with colour presents more than 1,100 colour palettes, with light, bright, dark and muted varieties for each one, makin...
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£25,00
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Ellsworth Kelly Last Paintings
ISBN: HB: 9781944929077, DAP, Matthew Marks Gallery, September 2017
64 pp., 26x26 cm, 22 colour illus., 16 duotones
Not for sale in Estonia! These final paintings, made in the months leading up to his death in December 2015, further develop the non-compositional strategies he pioneered in the late 1940s and pursued throughout his life, including monochrome paint...
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£35,00
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