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Inventing Downtown Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952-1965
ISBN: HB: 9783791355580, Prestel Publishing, December 2016
296 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 225 colour illus.
While the achievements of New York City's most renowned postwar artists – de Kooning, Pollock, Rothko, Franz Kline – have been studied in depth, a large cadre of lesser-known but influential artists came of age between 1952 and 1965. Also understudie...
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£55,00
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Picasso and Rivera Conversations Across Time
ISBN: HB: 9783791355559, Prestel Publishing, December 2016
304 pp., 29x24.8 cm, 268 colour illus.
"Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time" explores the artistic dialogue between Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera that spanned most of their careers. The book showcases nearly 150 iconic paintings, sculptures, and prints by both artists, along wi...
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£45,00
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Impressionist and Modern Art The A. Jerrold Perenchio Collection
ISBN: HB: 9783791355610, Prestel Publishing, November 2016
256 pp., 30x24.8 cm, 187 colour illus.
The collection of former Univision CEO A. Jerrold Perenchio is a treasure trove of masterpieces, including important works by Bonnard, Degas, Leger, Magritte, Manet, Monet, Picasso, and others. By donating this incredible collection to LACMA, Perench...
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£49,99
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John McLaughlin Paintings Total Abstraction
ISBN: HB: 9783791355603, Prestel Publishing, November 2016
144 pp., 27x21.6 cm, 92 colour illus.
For decades before his death in 1976, John McLaughlin steadily produced some of the most fascinating paintings coming out of Southern California. Minimal geometric abstractions characterized by clean lines, bold colors, and flat, intersecting forms,...
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£39,99
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Nordic Painting The Rise of Modernity
ISBN: HB: 9783791381312, Prestel Publishing, November 2016
304 pp., 34x28 cm, 225 colour illus.
Delightful landscapes, idyllic genre scenes, light-flooded interiors, and atmospheric portraits: this richly illustrated book introduces the most important stylistic directions, artists, and works of Nordic painting. Concentrating on the period of th...
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£55,00
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Fit for a Queen Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's Creations by Balmain
ISBN: HB: 9786167339634, Prestel Publishing, River Books, November 2016
232 pp., 30.9x23.7 cm, colour photos
In 1960, Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand embarked on a historic, six-month-long state visit to 15 Western nations. Her Majesty, the first queen of Thailand to visit the West since the 1930s, anticipated that her...
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£35,00
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Sophie Calle And So Forth
ISBN: HB: 9783791382043, Prestel Publishing, October 2016
508 pp., 23.5x16.5 cm, 400 colour illus.
Throughout her career, the photographer and installation artist Sophie Calle has been creating tableaux that recreate her personal journeys. Projects from the past 10 years are explored in this magnificently illustrated volume. Following on the heels...
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£55,00
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Stationery Fever From Pencils to Paper Clips and Everything In Between
ISBN: HB: 9783791382722, Prestel Publishing, October 2016
208 pp., 27x21 cm, 230 colour illus.
This beautifully designed book shows how the seemingly mundane objects that populate desks and cubicles everywhere are now being re-imagined as collector's items. And as today's trendsetting artists and designers are increasingly returning to non-dig...
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£24,99
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Great Works Encounters with Art
ISBN: HB: 9783791383019, Prestel Publishing, October 2016
224 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 1 black&white illus., 49 colour illus.
Every Saturday for the best part of a decade, thousands of people have been turning to the pages of the British newspaper The Independent to read Michael Glover's thoughts about a particular piece of art. Pithy, astute, erudite, often humorous, and a...
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50 Contemporary Photographers You Should Know New Edition
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791382593, Prestel Publishing, October 2016
160 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 10 black&white illus., 60 colour illus.
This globetrotting collection of contemporary photographers and their work is a great way to become familiar with the wide variety of techniques and styles embraced by the medium. Organized chronologically by year of birth, each photographer is intro...
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£14,99
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