Museum Exclusive Official Exhibition Catalog Brand X: Innovations in Screen Printing MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: The creative and collaborative history of vanguard printmaking studio and publisher Brand X. Brand X, founded in 1979 as a screenprinting laboratory in New York City, fosters creative collaborations in which paper, ink, and a seemingly endless variety... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was:
Museum Exclusive Official Exhibition Catalog 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:
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:
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:
The Short Story of Queer Art: A Pocket Guide to Key Movements, Works, Themes & Breakthroughs MSRP: Now: $23.99 Was: A new and innovative approach to the fascinating story of queer artists throughout art history. Part of the bestselling The Short Story series. The Short Story of Queer Art offers a fuller picture of the history of art - from the barriers broken... MSRP: Now: $23.99 Was:
Walter Gropius: New Works from Bauhaus Workshops - Bauhausbücher 7 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Walter Gropius outlines the guiding principles of Bauhaus living, from household utensils to textiles and ceramics The Bauhaus sought to unite life, craftsmanship and art under one coherent ethos and aesthetic. In New Works from Bauhaus Workshops—the... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was:
Theo van Doesburg: Principles of Neo-Plastic Art - Bauhausbücher 6 MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: The De Stijl protagonist’s elucidation of the basics of neoplasticism Painter, writer, architect, typographer, art theorist and leader of the De Stijl movement, Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) was one of the great modernist polymaths, and in this volume of... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
The Short Story of Women Artists: A Pocket Guide to Key Breakthroughs, Movements, Works and Themes MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: The Short Story of Women Artists tells the full history – from the breakthroughs that women have made in pushing for parity with male artists, to the important contributions made to otherwise male-dominated artistic movements, and the forgotten and... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was:
The Short Story of Photography: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Works, Themes & Techniques MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: The Short Story of Photography is a new and innovative introduction to the subject of photography. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key photographs from the first experiments in the early 19th century to digital photography. The design of the... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was:
All-American Ads of the 90s MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: From Game Boy to Gucci American advertising in the naughty 1990s From the Los Angeles riots to the Columbine High School massacre, Americans witnessed events and purchased items that reflected the best and worst of the decade. Bill Clinton’s presidency... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
Full Spectrum: Prints From The Brandywine Workshop MSRP: Now: $10.00 Was: By Ruth Fine and Shelley R. Langdale Since its founding in 1972, the Brandywine Workshop has become an internationally recognized center for printmaking and a vital part of the Philadelphia community. In 2009 the workshop donated one hundred prints to... MSRP: Now: $10.00 Was:
All-American Ads of the 80s MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Massaging the Consumer The digital future of ads in the extravagant 1980s With the cold war ebbing, crime and inflation at record levels, and movie star-turned-President Ronald Reagan launching a Star Wars of his own, the 1980s did not seem likely to... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
All-American Ads of the 70s MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Disco and Discovery Ads of the 1970s get funky and socially conscious Both eclipsed and influenced by television, American print ads of the 1970s departed from the bold, graphic forms and subtle messages that were typical of their sixties counterparts... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
All-American Ads of the 60s MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Americana in Full Bloom To the moon and back with advertising in the 1960s With the consumerist euphoria of the fifties still going strong and the race to the moon at its height, the mood of advertising in the sixties was cheerful, optimistic, and at... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
All-American Ads of the 50s MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Advertising in the Atomic Age From “The World’s Finest Automatic Washer” to the Cadillac which “Gives a Man a New Outlook” As McCarthyism swept across the United States and capitalism was king, white America enjoyed a feeling of pride and security that... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
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:
Hebdomeros : A Novel - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: This seminal 1929 surrealist novel by the painter Giorgio de Chirico merges the realms of dream and reality. In the artist’s only novel, de Chirico invites the reader into a world where language, time, space, and meaning are fluid, highlighting... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
All-American Ads of the 40s MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: From Darkness into Light Wartime action and postwar triumph in the advertising of the 1940s At the beginning of the decade, America was at war. Patriotism was an integral part of everyday life, with the sentiment mirrored in advertising. As America... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
Pissing Figures 1280 - 2014 - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Jean-Claude Lebensztejn’s history of the urinating figure in art, Pissing Figures 1280–2014, is at once a scholarly inquiry into an important visual motif, and a ribald statement on transgression and limits in works of art in general... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Giotto and His Works in Padua by John Ruskin - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: The Arena Chapel in Padua was completed in 1303; Giotto, then considered the preeminent painter in Italy, was commissioned to paint it in 1306. The resulting fresco cycle, detailing the history, birth, life, and death of Christ, ranks among the greatest... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Strange Impressions by Romaine Brooks - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Selections from Romaine Brooks’s unpublished memoir No Pleasant Memories expose the psyche and practice of this underrecognized queer, female artist. Most known for her bold and darkly painted portraits, Brooks was revolutionary in her... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Salon of 1846 by Charles Baudelaire - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Charles Baudelaire, considered a father of modern poetry, wrote some of the most daring and influential prose of the nineteenth century. Prior to publishing the international bestseller Les Fleurs du mal (1857), he was already notable as a forthright... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Dix Portraits by Gertrude Stein - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Written between 1913 and 1929, revolutionary years in art history, Dix Portraits conveys the deep human engagement between an artist and her subject. The artist book unites Stein’s ten portraits in prose with sketches by five artists: Pablo... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Blue by Derek Jarman - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Derek Jarman's Blue weaves a sensory tapestry that serves as both a political call to action and a meditation on illness, dying, and love. “For Blue there are no boundaries or solutions.” —Derek Jarman Originally... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter by Paul Gauguin - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: “Criticism is our censorship . . .” So begins one of the greatest invectives against criticism ever written by an artist. Paul Gauguin wrote “Racontars de rapin” only months before he died in 1903, but the essay remained... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Chardin and Rembrandt by Marcel Proust - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Long overlooked in Proust’s posthumously published writings, Chardin and Rembrandt, written when he was only twenty-four years old, not only reemphasizes the importance of visual art to his development, but contains the seeds of his later work... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
On Contemporary Art by César Aira - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Translated into English for the first time, On Contemporary Art, a speech by the renowned novelist César Aira, was delivered at a 2010 colloquium in Madrid dedicated to bridging the gap between writing and the visual arts. On... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Letters to A Young Painter (Balthus) by Rainer Maria Rilke - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Never before translated into English, Rainer Maria Rilke’s fascinating Letters to a Young Painter, written toward the end of his life between 1920 and 1926, is a surprising companion to his infamous Letters to a Young Poet, earlier correspondence... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Photography and Belief by David Levi Strauss - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: In this exploration of contemporary photography, David Levi Strauss questions the concept that “seeing is believing”. Identifying a recent shift in the dominance of photography, David Levi Strauss looks at the power of the medium in the age of... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
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:
Walter Gropius: International Architecture Bauhausbücher 1 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: The first installation in the Bauhausbücher facsimile series: Gropius' overview of mid-1920s architecture defined the International Style When the Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1924, it was finally possible to publish the first of the Bauhausbücher that... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was:
Paul Klee: Pedagogical Sketchbook Bauhausbücher 2 MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: The second installation in the Bauhausbücher facsimile series, presenting Paul Klee’s legendary Pedagogical Sketchbook Active at the Bauhaus between 1920 and 1931, teaching in the bookbinding, stained glass and mural-painting workshops, Paul Klee... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
Kasimir Malevich: The Non-Objective World Bauhausbücher 11 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: A facsimile of the gorgeous Bauhaus edition of Malevich's classic treatise on Suprematism Kasimir Malevich (1879–1935) debuted his new creative theory of basic geometric shapes with the publication of his Suprematist manifesto in 1915. He later published... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was:
Piet Mondrian: New Design Bauhausbücher 5 MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: The fifth installation in the Bauhausbücher facsimile series, revisiting Piet Mondrian’s influential essays on art theory Although Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was not an active member of the Bauhaus, his name is often mentioned in... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was:
Wassily Kandinsky: Point and Line to Plane Bauhausbücher 9 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: A facsimile edition of the Russian abstractionist’s legendary text on form and its emotional effects on the viewer In 1911, Russian painter and theorist Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) published his seminal treatise Concerning the Spiritual in Art; over a... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was:
Any Day Now: Toward a Black Aesthetic - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Larry Neal, a poet, dramatist, and critic, was a founding figure of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s in New York. Writing as the arts editor for Liberator magazine, a radical journal published in Harlem, Neal called for Black artists to... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
My Friend Van Gogh by Emile Bernard - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: “I exaggerate, I sometimes make changes to the subject, but I still don’t invent the whole of painting; on the contrary, I find it ready-made—but to be untangled—in the real world.” —Vincent van Gogh to Émile... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
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:
American Silver in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Vol.1, Makers A-F MSRP: Now: $150.00 Was: Beginning with Cesar Ghiselin in 1681, Philadelphia has a long and storied history of silversmithing that includes notable artists such as Joseph Richardson Sr. and Jr., Philip Syng Jr., and Olaf Skoogfors. Celebrating this legacy and showcasing the... MSRP: Now: $150.00 Was:
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:
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:
Philadelphia Museum of Art Highlights MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Featuring over five hundred masterpieces from around the world, this revised and expanded guide is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This updated version of the museum's handbook presents more... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was:
Art of Japan: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: By Felice Fischer and Kyoko Kinoshita Art of Japan presents one hundred highlights of Japanese art from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, dating from the Neolithic period to today. Among them are a temple and a teahouse, acquired in 1928,... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was:
The Critic as Artist by Oscar Wilde - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: In The Critic as Artist, arguably the most complete exploration of his aesthetic thinking, and certainly the most entertaining, Oscar Wilde harnesses his famous wit to demolish the supposed boundary between art and criticism... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Oh, to Be a Painter! by Virginia Woolf - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: The twentieth volume in the renowned ekphrasis series, this collection of Virginia Woolf’s writings on the visual arts offers a whole new perspective on the revolutionary author. Despite wide interest in Woolf’s writings, and in the... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Degas and His Model - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: There are many myths about the artist Edgar Degas—from Degas the misanthrope to Degas the deviant, to Degas the obsessive. But there is no single text that better stokes the fire than Degas and His Model, a short memoir published by Alice... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Mad About Painting by Katsushika Hokusai - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Mad about Painting collects beautiful new translations of Hokusai’s painting tutorials and related essays written by the artist and his peers—a selection made available in English for the first time. Best known for his iconic print... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: A compilation of esoteric musings, Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty explores Alexandre Kojève’s philosophical approach to the relationship between art and beauty. A teacher to Jacques Lacan, André Breton, and Albert Camus,... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Cathedral is Dying by Rodin - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Master sculptor Auguste Rodin’s illuminating writings on cathedrals in France are especially relevant and significant following the recent fire at Notre Dame. In this volume, the writer and Rodin scholar Rachel Corbett selects... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Psychology of an Art Writer - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Though she was widely known for her supernatural fictions, Lee hasn’t gained the recognition she so clearly deserves for her contributions in the fields of aesthetics, philosophy of empathy, and art criticism. An early follower of Walter Pater, her... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
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... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was:
Storied Stone: Reframing the Philadelphia Museum of Art's South Indian Temple Hall MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Storied Stone weaves together memories and scholarship to offer an illuminating perspective on one of the most striking museum spaces. While visiting Madurai, Tamil Nadu, in 1913, the Philadelphian Adeline Pepper Gibson purchased over sixty... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
Museum Exclusive Selected Records of Overseas Chinese Antiquities Volume The Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $250.00 Was: This volume in National Museum Series of International Communication ·Ancient Chinese Cultural Relics Collected in the Overseas Museums features the Philadelphia Museum of Art's outstanding collection of Chinese art. The goal of the program is to... MSRP: Now: $250.00 Was:
Renaissance Treasures From the Edmond Foulc Collection MSRP: Now: $12.00 Was: In 1930, the Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired the collection of medieval and Renaissance sculpture and decorative arts assembled by Edmond Foulc (1828–1916). Foulc’s beautiful Paris residence was an important gathering place for... MSRP: Now: $12.00 Was:
The Art of the Peales: Adaptations and Innovations MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Active from the late 1700s through the early twentieth century, the Peale family was America’s first artistic dynasty. This overview of the art of the Peales presents more than 160 works in a variety of media from the renowned collection of the... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was:
Pontormo, Bronzino and the Medici MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: This book accompanied an exhibition of the same name held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art upon the completion of conservation of Pontormo's famous portrait of Duke Alessandro de' Medici. Centering on that painting and Agnolo Bronzino's... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was:
American Furniture: 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: American Furniture, 1650–1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the first publication dedicated to one of the finest collections of its type in the country. Best known for furniture by artisans from Philadelphia and southeastern... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was:
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:
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:
Off The Wall: American Art To Wear MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Edited by Dilys E. Blum with essays by Dilys E. Blum and Mary Schoeser, and a contribution by Julie Schafler Dale This is the first publication to consider art to wear, also known as wearable art, as a discrete American movement that mirrored the... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was:
Impressionism And Post-Impressionism: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: By Jennifer A. Thompson with contributions by Joseph J. Rishel and Eileen Owens Featuring ninety highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s stellar collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, this handsome volume includes iconic works... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was:
Art Of China: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: By Hiromi Kinoshita This richly illustrated catalogue of highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s wide-ranging collection of Chinese art, spanning antiquity to the present day, includes such gems as Ming gold vessels and imperial court robes, a... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was:
Cy Twombly: Fifty Days At Iliam MSRP: Now: $65.00 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: $65.00 Was:
American Modernism: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Jessica Todd Smith (Author) With an emphasis on painting and sculpture made in the United States between 1910 and 1950, this gorgeously illustrated volume offers a rich introduction to American modernism through the world-class collection of the... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was:
Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés: Manual Of Instructions MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Out of print for a number of years, this facsimile of Marcel Duchamp’s Manual of Instructions was prepared by the artist for the disassembly of Étant donnés in his New York studio and its reassembly at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. First published more... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was:
Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley (Author), Peggy A. Olley (Author) with an essay by Jeffrey A. Cohen This handsome book explores in depth a group of stunning painted and gilded furniture designed by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, best known for... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was:
Embracing The Contemporary: The Keith L. And Katherine Sachs Collection MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Carlos Basualdo (Editor, Contributor), Anna Mecugni (Editor, Contributor), Timothy Rub (Foreword), Katherine Sachs (Contributor), Joseph J. Rishel (Contributor), Peter Barberie (Contributor), Erica F. Battle (Contributor), Adrianne O. Bratis... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was:
Drawn With Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur MSRP: Now: $54.00 Was: By Lisa Minardi, with an interview by Ann Percy Among the most beloved forms of American folk art, fraktur is a Germanic tradition of decorated manuscripts and printed documents noted for its use of bold colors and whimsical motifs. This publication... MSRP: Now: $54.00 Was:
Treasures From Korea: Arts And Cultures Of The Joseon Dynasty, 1392 - 1910 MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Edited by Hyunsoo Woo; with essays by Insoo Cho, Hongkyung Kim, Woollim Kim, So-hyun Kwon, Dongsoo Moon, Unsok Song, and Hyunsoo Woo and a chronology by Rose E. Lee Treasures from Korea is the first major publication outside of Korea to survey the... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was:
Rodin Museum Catalog MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: Jennifer A. Thompson (Author) The official guide to the Rodin Museum, complete with full-color photos, illustrations, and illuminating essays. MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was:
