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John Singer Sargent Murals in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ISBN: PB: 9780878468096, DAP, MFA Publications, September 2013
88 pp., 20.9x14.6 cm, 70 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! Born in Italy, trained in Paris and a resident of London, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) became Boston's favorite painter in the 1880s. His commissions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to decorate its new building's g...
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£8,99
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Jennifer Bartlett: History of the Universe Works 1970-2011
ISBN: PB: 9780300197358, Yale University Press, June 2013
104 pp., 25.4x25.4 cm, 50 colour images, 110 black&white illus.
A critical and commercial success since the 1970s, Jennifer Bartlett (b. 1941) has become one of the most visionary and influential artists of our time. In the words of New York Times critic John Russell, Bartlett's art "enlarges our notion of time,...
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£30,00
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Jackson Pollock
ISBN: PB: 9780300192506, Yale University Press, May 2013
160 pp., 21x14 cm, 6 black&white illus.
Jackson Pollock's revolutionary 'drip paintings' put American art on the map, representing the first real break with the formal structures of European art. But it was not only his vibrant canvases that made him a celebrity during his life and a legen...
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£12,99
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Journeys to New Worlds Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art in the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780300191769, Yale University Press, March 2013
198 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 198 colour images, 7 black&white illus.
This beautifully illustrated catalogue showcases 126 Spanish and Portuguese artworks from the 17th and 18th centuries, all highlights from the dazzling collection of Roberta and Richard Huber. Featuring works in a variety of media and from far-flung...
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£50,00
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James Turrell A Retrospective
ISBN: HB: 9783791352633, Prestel Publishing, March 2013
304 pp., 30x24.5 cm, 250 colour illus.
Published in conjunction with a major retrospective, this comprehensive volume illuminates the origins and motivations of James Turrell's incredibly diverse and exciting body of work – from his Mendota studio days to his monumental work-in-progress R...
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£55,00
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Japan's Modern Divide The Photographs of Hiroshi Hanaya and Kansuke Yamamoto
ISBN: HB: 9781606061329, Getty Publications, February 2013
224 pp., 28.8x24.5 cm, 112 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
This title offers a superbly illustrated overview of the evolution of two very different strains of modern Japanese photography. In the 1930s, Japanese photography evolved in two very directions: one toward a documentary style, the other favouring an...
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£40,00
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Jean-Luc Moulene Opus + One
ISBN: HB: 9780300188820, Yale University Press, January 2013
264 pp., 29.2x19.1 cm, 100 colour illus.
Since the late 1980s, Jean-Luc Moulene (b. 1955) has developed a body of work informed by a critical investigation of artistic authorship, addressing such issues as autonomy, immanence, and anarchic politics. Although he is best known for his enigmat...
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£25,00
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Jay DeFeo A Retrospective
ISBN: HB: 9780300182651, Yale University Press, November 2012
320 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 300 colour images, 30 black&white illus.
Jay DeFeo (1929-1989) was part of a vibrant community of avant-garde artists, poets, and musicians in San Francisco during the 1950s and 1960s. Her circle included Wallace Berman, Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Edward Kienholz, Wally Hedrick, and Michael...
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£45,00
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John Heartfield and the Agitated Image Photography, Persuasion, and the Rise of Avant-Garde Photomontage
ISBN: HB: 9780226981772, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
336 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 134 halftones, 9 colour illus.
Working in Germany in the interwar era, John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld, 1891-1968) developed an innovative method of appropriating and reusing photographs to powerful political effect. A pioneer of modern photomontage, he assembled images that...
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John Singer Sargent Volume 7: Figures and Landscapes, 1900-1907 (The Complete Paintings)
ISBN: HB: 9780300177350, Yale University Press, October 2012
400 pp., 31x24.8 cm, 392 colour images, 73 black&white illus.
From 1900 to 1907, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) travelled considerably, visiting the Alps, Italy, Spain, Norway, and Palestine. In Palestine in 1905, he painted a significant group of oils and watercolours as well as a group of studies of the Bedo...
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