"An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 259 pages; Physical desc. : 259 p. : chiefly ill. (some col. ) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and indexes. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Jun. 24 - 26 Sept. , 2004; the Museum of Contempora ..."
"Ed Ruscha's relationship to photography is complex and ambivalent. The world-class painter--and author of a 1972 New York Times article called "'I'm Not Really a Photographer'"--has been known to refer to his work in this second medium as a "hobby," despite considerable, persistent critical interest. Whether he likes it or not, the small albums of plainly-shot, snapshot-sized images he produced in the 1960s and 70s, including Twenty-Six ..."
"Although known for his paintings and drawings, California artist Ed Ruscha has also attracted critical attention for his photography. A new exhibition and accompanying catalogue, Ed Ruscha, Photographer, departs from earlier analyses to explore how the artist’s different disciplines―painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography―are guided and shaped by a single vision. Ruscha’s relationship to photography is complex and ambivalent and ..."
Luciano Fabro Reinventing Sculpture by MargitRowell Published 2023 by Monacelli Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58093-611-8, ISBN: 1-58093-611-3
"The definitive monograph on the work of sculptor, installation artist, and Arte Povera pioneer Luciano Fabro Luciano Fabro was a founding member, and later leading critic, of Arte Povera, the materials- and experience-based art movement ..."
"This book is the first in-depth study of the still life as interpreted and transformed by avant-garde artists of the 20th century. Published to accompany a major exhibition opening in May 1997 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Objects of Desire traces a radical rethinking iof the genre ion terms of subject matter and formal invention.Through unprecedented juxtapositions of works by 56 artist, Objects of Desire profiled the changing ..."
"In December 1997, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, chose as architect for its ambitious expansion program Yoshio Taniguchi, designer of several admired museums in his native Japan. Since that time, the project, which is about to commence construction, and will temporarily relocate the Museum and its forthcoming exhibitions to Queens, has been a focus of international attention within the worlds of art, architecture, and design. In an ..."
"Manuel Alvarez Bravo is one of the foremost figures of modern photography and the only photographer among the great Mexican artists of the 20th century. Bravo has produced work of exceptional quality throughout his long career: formal experiments of the 1920s were followed by modernists works inspired by such international trends as Surrealism, and the early 30s saw him develop a gifted personal style that suggested specific Mexican cus ..."
"A deluxe slipcased boxed set that reunites the works of Joan Miró and Alexander Calder’s Constellations series. The sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and the painter Joan Miró (1893-1983) met in Paris in 1928 and became lifelong friends. This deluxe boxed set places the mobile sculptures of Calder alongside the poetical paintings of Miró and provides fresh insights into the visual dialogue between these two artists. The slipcased bo ..."
"- Includes a facsimile from one of the artist's sketchbooks - Publication accompanies an exhibition at Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, April 11-June 13, 2010 - Features an introductory essay by Klaus Ottmann, Robert Lehman Curator at Parrish Art Museum Fairfield Porter: Raw is an accessible and highly illustrated survey of the key developments in the career of this major post-war American realist painter (1907-1975), whose st ..."
"His unique innovations in the medium of wood--constructed three-dimensional grids and planes known as maderas--foreshadow later artistic developments in Europe and the Americas (such as the work of Louise Nevelson)."
"Marked by bold innovations in graphic design combined with daring experimentation in poetry, Russian avant-garde books are at last receiving the accolades and scholarly attention they merit. This astonishing volume includes a diverse assortment of over 300 of these artist's books by Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Rodchenko, and Natalia Goncharova, among other well-known members of the Russian avant-garde. Often handmade ..."
Sigmar Polke(1st Edition) Works On Paper by MargitRowell, Michael Semff, Bice Curiger, Sigmar Polke Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2002 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York Illustrated, International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-082-8, ISBN: 0-87070-082-0
"Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974 accompanies the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition of drawings, watercolors, and gouaches by this famous German painter. Polke's works on paper are beautiful and funny with strong tinges of emotion. Potato Heads: Nixon and Khrushchev, from 1965, is a colorful watercolor line drawing of two world leaders with bulbous heads and green polka dots. His almost-comic-book style can be both sweet, as in Yo ..."
Georges Noël Palimpsest : September 25-November 2, 2002 by Georges Noël, MargitRowell 32 Pages, Published 2002 by Haim Chanin Fine Arts ISBN-13: 978-0-9717902-2-3, ISBN: 0-9717902-2-1
""A great artist is never a closed subject, but this catalogue is a milestone production, as useful as it is beautiful." -- Norbert Lynton, The Art Book In twentieth-century sculpture, one name towers above all others: Romanian-born Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957). This book accompanies a major retrospective exhibition of Brancusi's sculpture, drawings, and photographs, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Centre Georges ..."
"Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974 accompanies the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition of drawings, watercolors, and gouaches by this famous German painter. Polke's works on paper are beautiful and funny with strong tinges of emotion. Potato Heads: Nixon and Khrushchev, from 1965, is a colorful watercolor line drawing of two world leaders with bulbous heads and green polka dots. His almost-comic-book style can be both sweet, as in Yo ..."