Museum Exclusive Quick view BOOM: Art & Design in the 1940s MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Tracing the surge in creativity and transformations in culture and the arts during one of history’s most tumultuous decades Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s looks at the complex shifts in technology and the arts, including music, film, and fashion,... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Marcel Duchamp: Étant Donnés (paperback) MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Michael R. Taylor (Author) with essays by Andrew Lins, Melissa S. Meighan, and Beth A. Price, Ken Sutherland, Scott Homolka, and Elena Torok In his early thirties, Marcel Duchamp convinced everyone that he had abandoned making art in favor of playing... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Essential Duchamp MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Matthew Affron (Author) With contributions by Cécile Debray, Alexander Kauffman, Michael R. Taylor, and John Vick This book offers an engaging and accessible introduction to one of the twentieth century’s greatest and most enigmatic artists, Marcel... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Souvenirs: From a Memoir - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: A selection from the memoir of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, the renowned eighteenth-century French portraitist and one of the most important women painters in art history In her memoir, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun offers a candid and thoroughly... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Fighting for Freedom Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: As the companion to the exhibition, Fighting for Freedom places Black craftspeople at the forefront of American history, from before the Revolutionary War through the Civil War and beyond Reconstruction. Delving into diverse narratives of creativity,... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Diego Rivera's America MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Diego Rivera’s America revisits a historical moment when the famed muralist and painter, more than any other artist of his time, helped forge Mexican national identity in visual terms and imagined a shared American future in which unity, rather than... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Process Book MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: No longer a catalog, but an intimate window into how and why Nakashima Woodworkers do what Nakashima Woodworkers do. THe Process Book acts a first step in understanding our foundations and identifying what you hope to achieve in working with us. Defined... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Isamu Noguchi MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: This definitive book explores the multidisciplinary career of one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century. Encompassing the entirety of Isamu Noguchi’s work in sculpture, ceramics, photography, architecture,... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Widely celebrated as the father of the Studio Furniture Movement, Wharton Esherick is one of the most important furniture designers of the twentieth century. Presenting his preserved hillside house and studio, this book showcases seven decades of... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Lee Krasner: Living Color MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: A richly illustrated monograph on the life and work of Lee Krasner, one of the twentieth century’s most inspiring women artists and a pioneer of abstract expressionism, now available in paperback. In 1984, Lee Krasner (1908–1984) became one of the few... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Sue Fuller: Into the Composition MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: The first monograph on the overlooked American modernist whose delicate geometric abstractions made brilliant and innovative use of string Balance, motion, suspension and tension form the guiding principles of the work of Sue Fuller (1914–2006), one of... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Focal Points: Ad Reinhardt MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: A scholarly meditation on Reinhardt’s work, bringing together his abstract painting, comics and slide lecture series The second volume of Focal Points takes as its subject the work of American artist Ad Reinhardt (1913–67). An American abstract painter,... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Eames: Beautiful Details MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Renowned designers Charles and Ray Eames are amongst the greatest designers of the 20th century. They are, of course, most well known for their groundbreaking and iconic furniture designs, but they also created important, creative, experimental, and... MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: The story of modernist designers Russel and Mary Wright and their collaboration to transform their Hudson Valley estate, Dragon Rock at Manitoga, into an artistic haven. In the mid-century era of TV dinners and suburban conformity, Russel and Mary... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Bertoia: The Metalworker MSRP: Now: $95.00 Was: A celebration of the rich and varied work of Italian-born American artist, designer, and master of metal, Harry Bertoia From chapel altarpieces and bronze fountains, to wire chairs and silver brooches, Harry Bertoia's creative output was varied in the... MSRP: Now: $95.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Carl Van Vechten: 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Portraits of 50 pioneering figures of the Harlem Renaissance This elegantly designed and beautifully produced volume presents portraits of 50 extraordinary individuals who contributed to making the Harlem Renaissance one of the great cultural movements... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Lincoln Kirstein's Modern MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Lincoln Kirstein was a polymathic writer, critic, curator and impresario: a key connector and an indefatigable catalyst whose sweeping contributions to American cultural life in the 1930s and ‘40s shaped artists and institutions. Best known for... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: A fabulous tribute to the artist whose stylized poster designs defined Art Nouveau's visual language, and whose influence can be seen everywhere from manga to the Grateful Dead This volume reappraises the graphic work of Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) and... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Noah Davis MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: This striking exhibition catalog celebrates the late artist whose deeply emotional works intermingled realism with abstraction to address complex themes of identity, race, and community. American artist Noah Davis (1983–2015) believed... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Betye Saar: Drifting toward Twilight MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Luminous and tranquil, Saar’s newest installation uses natural objects and materials to take the viewer on a spiritual journey. This volume features the Huntington Library and Museum’s commissioned site-specific installation Drifting toward... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Jack, Larger Than Life MSRP: Now: $18.99 Was: From Longhouse Reserver: Jack, Larger Than Life is an homage to the internationally acclaimed textile designer, author, and collector Jack Lenor Larsen (1927–2020) and a record of a public exhibition held at LongHouse Reserve—Larsen’s... MSRP: Now: $18.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Anni and Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal MSRP: Now: $150.00 Was: Josef - painter, designer, and teacher - and Anni Albers - textile artist and printmaker - are among the twentieth century's most important abstract artists, and this is the first monograph to celebrate the rich creative output and beguiling relationship... MSRP: Now: $150.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Jackson Pollock: The Early Years: 1934-1947 MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Trace the genesis of Jackson Pollock’s work in this intimate portrait of the radical twentieth-century artist through the diverse cultural influences that charted his artistic evolution. Jackson Pollock’s “drip technique” paintings are among the most... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Gordon Parks: Born Black: A Personal Report on the Decade of Black Revolt 1960–1970 MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Parks' impactful images from the forefront of the civil rights and Black Power movements Originally published in 1971, Gordon Parks’ Born Black was the first book to unite his writing and his photography and also the first to provide a focused... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Examining aesthetic connections between the works of more than 50 Black artists from throughout the global diaspora This book was born out of frustration with art histories that emphasize Black artists’ resilience over the aesthetic impact of their... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950 MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: This newly revised and updated hardback edition is published to coincide with an exhibition touring the USA. In the years between the Revolution of 1848 and the end of World War II, the art world, centered in Paris, witnessed remarkable transformations... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice Lonnie G. Bunch III, Virginia Mecklenburg MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: The first book to celebrate painter William H. Johnson’s Fighters for Freedom series, a tribute to African American heroes who worked to achieve social justice. William H. Johnson painted his Fighters for Freedom series in the mid-1940s as a... MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings - Bibliotheca Universalis Series MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Considered a founding father of modern painting, Vincent van Gogh is also one of the most famed tragic figures in art history. This comprehensive introduction brings together a detailed account of the artist's life with a complete catalog of... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: First published in 1998, Leeming’s landmark biography of Beauford Delaney returns to print Long out of print, this new edition of David Leeming’s landmark biography of Beauford Delaney (1901–79) features an introduction by Hilton Als... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Helen Frankenthaler: Painting without Rules MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: A sweeping overview of poetic compositions from the beloved American postwar painter known for her groundbreaking and inventive approach to abstraction. Celebrated among the second generation of postwar American abstract painters, Helen Frankenthaler... MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view El Anatsui: Art and Life MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: This expanded and revised edition celebrates the work of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui by exploring the artist's life and the trajectory of his remarkable career. El Anatsui: Art and Life by Susan Mullin Vogel is the essential resource on the Ghanaian... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: The product of more than 30 years of research, this astounding and authoritative volume reveals the political metaphors underpinning El Anatsui’s magnificent abstract sculpture Authored by two acclaimed scholars, Okwui Enwezor and Chika... MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Travelling with Vincent - Van Gogh in Drenthe MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Vincent van Gogh boarded the last train from The Hague to Hoogeveen on Tuesday, September 11, 1883. He stays there for several weeks, then moves to Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord and visits Zweeloo. The landscape makes a deep impression on him. Everywhere... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hans Memling in Bruges MSRP: Now: $49.00 Was: The Flemish Primitive artist Hans Memling (c. 1435–1494), who played a crucial role in early Netherlandish painting, is inextricably associated with Bruges. Among his most impressive creations are the St John Altarpiece and the St Ursula Shrine, which he... MSRP: Now: $49.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hokuei: Master of Osaka Kabuki Prints MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: This is the first book about Hokuei - one of the most intriguing artists ever in kabuki-actor prints Lavishly illustrated with over 300 images, it brings the world of kabuki alive in fascinating detail The book includes a fully illustrated and annotated... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Women Pioneers of the Arts and Crafts Movement MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: A celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Women Pioneers of the Arts and Crafts Movement is a celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the most influential... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Afterglow brings together the known memorial paintings by Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) for the first time, unveiling how Church returned to the medium of landscape throughout his career to create solace in times of loss. This book presents new... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: 'An encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - Vanity Fair 'We want people to see themselves… We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand.' - Alicia Keys Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz... MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Wangechi Mutu MSRP: Now: $54.95 Was: The first monograph on the work of celebrated and influential Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu Wangechi Mutu's remarkable body of work touches on such issues as sexuality, ecology, politics, and the rhythms and chaos that govern the world. Her... MSRP: Now: $54.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Amy Sherald: The World We Make MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: This is the first comprehensive monograph on acclaimed painter Amy Sherald, whose distinctive style of simplified realist portraiture features African American subjects rendered against colorful monochrome backdrops or in everyday settings. Sherald rose... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Claudette Johnson: Line, Rhythm, Space MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Tender yet compelling, Johnson's portraits of herself, her friends and her relatives are touchstones of Black figuration. A founding member of the Black British Arts Movement, Claudette Johnson (born 1959) creates large-scale drawings of Black people... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view African Art Now: 50 Pioneers Defining African Art for the Twenty-First Century Osei Bonsu MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: This deluxe hardcover survey, featuring profiles of 50 artists on the rise, is the definitive guide to contemporary African art. With African artists attracting sizable audience numbers to museums, setting sky-high auction records, and appearing in... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Reframing the Black Figure MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: This visual gift book introduces readers to the field of Black figuration by highlighting key works from the National Portrait Gallery exhibition The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure. The selections included in this brief introduction... MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Christina Ramberg (1946–1995) first gained renown for her acrylic-on-board paintings from the 1960s and 1970s that feature stylized fragments of female figures. Often associated with Chicago Imagism, Ramberg’s distinct linear approach was informed by a... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Barkley L. Hendricks: Solid! MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Barkley L. Hendricks is rightly known as one of the foremost American painters of the late 20th century. His six-decade artistic oeuvre encompasses not only portraits but also includes evocative landscapes, hard-edged geometric abstractions, lush... MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mapplethorpe Flora MSRP: Now: $100.00 Was: The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe’s flower photographs in a sophisticated new edition. Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century’s most important artists, known for his ground-breaking and provocative work. He studied painting,... MSRP: Now: $100.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Melissa Shook Daily Self-Portraits 1972-1973 MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Melissa Shook (April 18, 1939 – August 27, 2020) was an American photographer, artist and educator. Her photographs are part of an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Invitation Only: Photographs by Barbara Crane, Melissa Shook, and Carol... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view An Indigenous Present MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: This landmark volume is a gathering of Native North American contemporary artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, architects, writers, photographers, designers and more. Conceived by Jeffrey Gibson, a renowned artist of... MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Berthe Morisot MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Berthe Morisot won over the Impressionists with her talent and became the first woman of the group alongside Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley. Likewise, she was heralded by the greatest writers of her time; in this tribute to her, an anthology... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his life. He produced no fewer than seventy-four paintings and over thirty... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Japanese Prints the Collection of Vincent van Gogh MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: One hundred and fifty years ago, Vincent van Gogh fell under the enticing spell of Japanese printmaking while working in Paris. He bought over six hundred Japanese prints and displayed them in his studio as inspiration.Van Gogh admired the prints’... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Exquisite Dreams is the first full account of the art and life of Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012). Rather than only focusing on her well-known surrealist paintings, this book gives equal weight to Tanning’s lesser-known but equally powerful sculptures,... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Focusing on the work of 33 artists, this volume examines the ways contemporary Korean art reflects the dynamic changes in the country following the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and 1988 Seoul Olympics, when a newly democratic South Korea opened up to the rest... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art MSRP: Now: $34.99 Was: Elegant. Refined. Exclusionary. Interrupted. The foundations of the fine art world are shaking. Beyoncé and Jay-Z break the internet by blending modern Black culture with fine art in their iconic music video filmed in the Louvre. Kehinde Wiley powerfully... MSRP: Now: $34.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Souls Grown Deep Like Rivers MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: For generations, Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition. Working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces in clay, driftwood, roots, soil, and recycled and cast-off objects that... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Between Worlds the Art of Bill Traylor MSRP: Now: $85.00 Was: Bill Traylor (ca. 1853–1949) came to art-making on his own and found his creative voice without guidance; today he is remembered as a renowned American artist. Traylor was born into slavery on an Alabama plantation, and his experiences spanned multiple... MSRP: Now: $85.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Exploring the art and life of this important American artist whose work bridged the gaps between abstraction, feminism, and Blackness Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction is a fascinating examination of the multifaceted career of artist, activist,... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Sonia Delaunay MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Sonia Delaunay was a true pioneer of modernist abstraction; breaking with the figurative vocabulary that subordinated color to subject matter, she placed dynamic color interaction at the core of her vision, whether expressed through painting, book... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Presenting recently rediscovered drawings, Life and Death explores what it means for an artist to picture their own death, in both the context of Wyeth’s late career and contemporary American art. This volume presents for the first time a recently... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Barbara Chase-Riboud Malcolm X Steles MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Bringing together more than forty works from the United States and Europe, this exhibition examines Barbara Chase-Riboud’s artistic career, focusing primarily on her important Malcolm X sculptures. Five works from that series—among them the Museum’s... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Making of Rodin MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) was a radical sculptor whose unorthodox approach to multiplication, assemblage, industrial production, and serial repetition challenged classical sculptural traditions and provided a definitive break in the history of art... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Marcel Duchamp text by Robert Lebel 1959 facsimile MSRP: Now: $125.00 Was: Marcel Duchamp, the artist’s first legendary monograph and draft catalogue raisonné, was written by art historian and novelist Robert Lebel and published in French in 1959; later that same year, it was translated into English by George Heard... MSRP: Now: $125.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Start with a House, Finish with a Collection MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Offers a unique personal perspective on the journey of collecting American art and antiques Start with House, Finish with a Collection is the story of how a couple's use of American art and antiques evolved from furnishing a house into a full-blown... MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Meet Vincent van Gogh, one of the most famed tragic figures of 19th‑century art. This lush tome collects all his 871 paintings, alongside writings and essays, charting the life and work of a master who continues to tower over art. Today, the works of... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Eugene Atget: Paris MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Take an intimate promenade through Paris with some 500 images from Eugène Atget. Down main streets and side streets, through courtyards, arcades, and the city’s 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Young Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: This book surveys the work of a new generation of Black artists, and also features the voices of a diverse group of curators who are on the cutting edge of contemporary art. As mission-driven collectors, Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi have... MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Marcel Duchamp MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Editor: Anne D'Harnoncourt Published in connection with the 1973 retrospective exhibition "Marcel Duchamp," co-curated by Anne d'Harnoncourt of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Kynaston McShine of The Museum of Modern Art. This... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Arms and Armor: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Through the exceptional permanent collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this book looks at arms and armor as art—from warfare to war games, from hunting to the pursuit of glory. The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s holdings of arms and... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Cy Twombly: Fifty Days At Iliam MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Edited by Carlos Basualdo with essays by Carlos Basualdo, Olena Chervonik, Richard Fletcher, Emily Greenwood, and Nicola Del Roscio This revelatory publication provides a comprehensive and multifaceted account of Cy Twombly’s masterpiece Fifty Days... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view