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American Moderns on Paper Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Kornhauser Elizabeth Mankin

ISBN: HB: 9780300151664, Yale University Press, April 2010
216 pp., 28x24.8 cm, 190 colour illus.

"American Moderns on Paper" presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolours, pastels, and drawings by leading American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. Works by Sloan, O'Keeffe, Hopper...

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2010 Whitney Biennial

Bonami Francesco, Carrion-Murayari Gary

ISBN: HB: 9780300162424, Yale University Press, March 2010
256 pp., 23.5x19.3 cm, 150 colour illus.

Since its inauguration in 1932, the Whitney Biennial has showcased contemporary artistic innovation, becoming a highly anticipated event in the art world. The 2010 Biennial is curated by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari and features works b...

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History of Art

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Time Out of Joint Recall and Evocation in Recent Art

Fassi Luigi, Gallun Lucy, Schillinger Jakob

ISBN: PB: 9780300159028, Yale University Press, March 2010
120 pp., 21x14 cm, 40 black&white illus.

This engaging publication explores the artistic practices that employ evocation – the calling forth of past emotions, desires, frustrations, and memories – as a mode of connecting past and present. Featuring the work of emerging artists working in a...

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Age of Reptiles The Art and Science of Rudolph Zallinger's Great Dinosaur Mural at Yale, Second Edition

ISBN: PB: 9780912532769, Yale University Press, March 2010
84 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 12 pullouts, 90 colour illus.

Rudolph Zallinger's 110-foot fresca secco painting of "The Age of Reptiles" is one of the largest natural history murals in the world. Completed in 1947, it is an overview of prehistoric life told through the principal features and concepts of "The A...

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Maurizio Cattelan Is There Life Before Death?

Sirmans Franklin

ISBN: HB: 9780300146882, Yale University Press, March 2010
128 pp., 23.5x16.5 cm, 50 colour illus.

The subversive, often jarringly direct sculptures of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960) are acclaimed for their seemingly absurd juxtapositions and uncanny photorealism. Reflecting deep suspicions of religious and political authorities, these...

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American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago World War I to 1955

Barter Judith A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300117387, Yale University Press, A+D Series, February 2010
376 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 140 black&white illus., 250 colour illus.

The first publication to focus on the Art Institute's outstanding collection of American modernism, this volume includes over 175 important paintings, sculptures, decorative art objects, and works on paper made in North America between World War II a...

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Max Neuhaus

Neuhaus Max

ISBN: HB: 9780300151671, Yale University Press, November 2009
144 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 40 colour images, 30 black&white illus.

In 1977, Max Neuhaus turned a triangle of pedestrian space between 45th and 46th Streets in Times Square into an island of harmonic sound. The rich textures of that sound continue today, emanating from beneath the sidewalk grating, to anonymously rea...

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Design

Steve Wolfe on Paper

Foster Carter E., Sirmans Franklin

ISBN: PB: 9780300158984, Yale University Press, November 2009
96 pp., 28.6x19.1 cm, 45 colour illus.

Working in the tradition of trompe l'oeil, Steve Wolfe (b. 1955) creates careful replicas of classic books, worn album covers, and vinyl records, crafted from modeling paste, screenprints, drawings, and many other media. Wolfe's reproductions embrace...

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Architecture

Contemporary Art

Modern Wing Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago

Cuno James, Goldberger Paul, Rosa Joseph

ISBN: HB: 9780300141122, Yale University Press, A+D Series, November 2009
160 pp., 25.4x27.9 cm, 120 colour images, 20 duotone illus.

This handsome book examines the remarkable new addition to the Art Institute of Chicago, designed by Renzo Piano and scheduled to open in May 2009. This expansion to The Art Institute of Chicago, already one of the largest museums in the country, wil...

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Catalogue Raisonne

Nexus New York Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis

Cullen Deborah, Saborit Antonio, Manthorne Katherine Emma, Fuentes Elvis, Wechsler James, Rogers Katy, Greet Michele

ISBN: PB: 9780300158960, Yale University Press, October 2009
272 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 60 colour images, 30 black&white illus.

Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context. The swiftly-changing urban landscape before and between the World Wars inspired the erosion of artistic boundari...

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