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John Sloan's New York

Schiller Joyce K., Campbell Coyle Heather, Hutton Molly S., Fillin-Yeh Susan, Manthorne Katherine Emma, Boylan Alexis L.

ISBN: HB: 9780300126198, Yale University Press, August 2007
224 pp., 30.5x25.1 cm, 128 colour images, 20 black&white illus.

John Sloan (1871-1951) began his career as a commercial newspaper artist in Philadelphia where he studied with Robert Henri. Following Henri to New York, Sloan joined a small circle of eight talented artists whose dissatisfaction with the dominating...

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Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mintz Messinger Lisa, Tinterow Gary

ISBN: HB: 9780300122527, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2007
176 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 100 colour illus.

This beautiful book features 63 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from "The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection", which was recently given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it will be exhibited beginning in September 2007. Long recogni...

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Window – Interface

Eckmann Sabine, Koepnick Lutz

ISBN: PB: 9780936316222, University of Chicago Press, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, August 2007
96 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 40 colour plates

Windows both connect and divide interior and exterior, public and private spaces. Interfaces update the function of the window in today's world of omnipresent screens and digital information".Window's Interface", based on a forthcoming exhibition at...

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Escultura Social A New Generation of Art from Mexico City

Rodrigues Widholm Julie, Schmelz Itala

ISBN: PB: 9780300134278, Yale University Press, July 2007
224 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 130 colour illus.

Mexico City has emerged as a thriving centre of contemporary art. "Escultura Social" features recent work by a group of artists whose influence has already extended far beyond Mexico and focuses on how they have contributed to an international dialog...

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Ted Fair Jubilee

Fulford Jason

ISBN: HB: 9780970165640, DAP, J&L Books, June 2007
64 pp., 23.5x20.3 cm, 30 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! "Jubliee" is Ted Fair's first book, comprised of color photographs taken between 2000 and 2003 across the United States. The selection of photographs is meant to be read as one would read the lines of a poem; each image off...

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50 Paintings You Should Know: Impressionism New Edition

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791338439, Prestel Publishing, May 2007
144 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 125 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

No artistic education is complete without a healthy dose of the Impressionists. Here fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries are gorgeously reproduced, including the best of Monet, Degas, van...

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Modern Patronage De Menil Gifts to American and European Museums

Brennan Marcia, Pacquement Alfred, Temkin Ann

ISBN: HB: 9780300123791, Yale University Press, May 2007
175 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 70 colour images, 50 black&white illus.

In the early 1940s, John and Dominique de Menil began to acquire art. Collecting in an intuitive and personal manner, the de Menils gathered "things in which we believe", as John phrased it, and proceeded to develop an inspired collection that would...

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Alchemy of Comedy... Stupid

Arceneaux Edgar

ISBN: PB: 9780945323112, University of Chicago Press, WhiteWalls, April 2007
96 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 74 colour plates

"Edgar Arceneaux: The Alchemy of Comedy... Stupid" documents a multi-channel installation by contemporary video artist Edgar Arceneaux. Centered on video footage of popular comedian David Alan Grier, the artwork examines the nuances and structures of...

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Pop Art Contemporary Perspectives

Wilmerding John, Foster Hal, Burton Johanna, Hatch Kevin, Hudson Suzanne, Kitnik Alex, Robinson Julia, Tuite Diana

ISBN: HB: 9780300122121, Yale University Press, March 2007
160 pp., 26.7x19.1 cm, 93 colour images, 42 black&white illus.

Princeton University Art Museum Monographs is a new series of in-depth explorations of the museum's rich collections. Beautifully designed and produced, these books by leading and emerging scholars offer new insights and perspectives on a single work...

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5 Year Diary Black Cover

Shopsin Tamara

ISBN: HB: 9780977648139, DAP, March 2007
376 pp., 16.8x10.2 cm

Not for sale in Estonia! Brought to you by The Ice Plant in collaboration with Shopsin's General Store, this charming, pint-sized and extremely well-designed diary, inspired by a 2006 story in The New York Times, lets you keep track of your life wi...

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