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Contemporary Art

Abramovic Marina, Battista Emiliano, Fol Carine, Samuelson Scott, Whettnall Sophie

ISBN: PB: 9780300233278, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, May 2019
208 pp., 31.8x22.9 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.

This unconventional publication explores the process of making art through the work and studio practice of Sophie Whettnall (b. 1973), a contemporary Belgian artist whose works range from video art, installation, and performance to sculpture and draw...

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Biography & Memoires

Contemporary Art

Alfred Stieglitz Taking Pictures, Making Painters

Rose Phyllis

ISBN: HB: 9780300226485, Yale University Press, May 2019
272 pp., 21x14.6 cm, 89 black&white illus.

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was an enormously influential artist and nurturer of artists even though his career is often overshadowed by his role as Georgia O'Keeffe's husband. This new book from celebrated biographer Phyllis Rose reconsiders Stiegl...

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History of Art

For America Paintings from the National Academy of Design

McCarthy Jeremiah William, Thompson Diana, Rather Susan, Spear Elizabeth, Haltman Kenneth, Reason Akela, Greenhill Jennifer, Shahi Kimia, Walz Jonathan F., Nemerov Alexander, Wilson Alona C., Hills Patricia, Earnest Jarrett

ISBN: PB: 9780300244281, Yale University Press, April 2019
304 pp., 27.9x21 cm, 200 colour illus.

This stunning book provides an unprecedented glimpse into the past two centuries of American art, tracing artistic tradition and innovation at the National Academy of Design from its 19th-century founding to the present. The nation's oldest artist ho...

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Design

Jan Tschichold and the New Typography Graphic Design Between the World Wars

Stirton Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780300243956, Yale University Press, April 2019
256 pp., 22.2x17.8 cm, 80 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

Richly illustrated with images from Jan Tschichold's little-known private collection of design ephemera, this important book explores a legendary figure in the history of modern graphic design through the artists, ideas, and texts from the Bauhaus th...

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Contemporary Art

Photography

Long Light Photographs by David Lebe

Barberie Peter

ISBN: PB: 9780876332887, Yale University Press, April 2019
144 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 120 colour and black&white illus.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, David Lebe (b. 1948) pushed the boundaries of photography, creating nuanced and visually complex images using innovative techniques. Often enhancing his prints with hand-coloring, Lebe made experimental pinhole photogr...

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History of Art

Mark Rothko Toward Clarity

Haag Sabine, Sharp Jasper, Rothko Christopher, Crow Thomas E., Heitzer Anja

ISBN: HB: 9780300243758, Yale University Press, April 2019
184 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 100 colour illus.

While Mark Rothko (1903-1970) has long been considered a preeminent figure in 20th-century art, few publications have examined his work within the broader context of Western art, even though Rothko himself continuously sought it out as inspiration. R...

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Photography

Music

Play It Loud Instruments of Rock & Roll

Dobney Jayson, Inciardi Craig, DeCurtis Anthony, DiPerna Alan, Fricke David, George-Warren Holly, Hill Matthew

ISBN: HB: 9781588396662, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2019
236 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, 127 colour illus., 51 black&white illus.

Play It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound – from Louis Jordan's alto saxophone and John Lennon's Rickenbacker to the drum set owned by Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Lady Gaga's keytar, and beyond. Seven en...

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Contemporary Art

Ruth Asawa Life's Work

Schenkenberg Tamara, D'Souza Aruna, Molesworth Helen

ISBN: HB: 9780300242690, Yale University Press, April 2019
160 pp., 27.9x23.5 cm, 100 colour illus.

Throughout her long and prolific career American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) developed innovative sculptures in wire, a medium she explored through increasingly complex forms using craft-based techniques she learned while traveling in Mexico in 194...

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Contemporary Art

Sea Star Sean Scully at the National Gallery

Herrmann Daniel, Wiggins Colin, McBride Eimear, Capildeo Vahni, Grovier Kelly

ISBN: PB: 9781857096453, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, April 2019
128 pp., 30.5x24.4 cm, 50 colour illus.

Sean Scully (b.1945) is an Irish-born, American-based painter and printmaker, best known for his monumental oil paintings which draw on the traditions of Abstract Expressionism. This beautiful catalogue showcases a new body of work inspired by the...

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History of Art

Vincent van Gogh His Life in Art

Bomford David, Bakker Nienke, Suijver Renske, Tervaert Renske Cohen, Aurisch Helga K., Minton Laura, Woodall Dena M.

ISBN: PB: 9780300243260, Yale University Press, April 2019
172 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 90 colour illus., 4 black&white illus.

"Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art" surveys the artist's creative evolution across his short but influential career. The narrative begins with Van Gogh's drawings, which were the foundation of his early practice, and describes how he transitioned int...

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