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Exhibition Books

Exhibition Books

BOOM: ART & DESIGN IN THE 1940S

Exhibition Books

Learn more about this transformative era with monographs highlighting the artists and works featured in this exhibition, informational books, and long-standing classics.

  • Museum Exclusive
    BOOM: Art & Design in the 1940s BOOM: Art & Design in the 1940s

    BOOM: Art & Design in the 1940s

    $25.00
    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,...
    $25.00
  • The Process Book The Process Book

    The Process Book

    $35.00
    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...
    $35.00
  • A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi

    A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi

    $18.99
    Awarded an Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Picture Book Honor, this stunning picture book brings to life the imagination of Japanese American artist, Isamu Noguchi. (Cover image may vary.) If you are Isamu, stones are the most special of...
    $18.99
  • Isamu Noguchi Isamu Noguchi

    Isamu Noguchi

    $55.00
     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,...
    $55.00
  • The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick

    The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick

    $65.00
    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...
    $65.00
  • Lee Krasner: Living Color Lee Krasner: Living Color

    Lee Krasner: Living Color

    $35.00
    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...
    $35.00
  • Sue Fuller: Into the Composition Sue Fuller: Into the Composition

    Sue Fuller: Into the Composition

    $35.00
    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...
    $35.00
  • Focal Points: Ad Reinhardt Focal Points: Ad Reinhardt

    Focal Points: Ad Reinhardt

    $24.95
    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,...
    $24.95
  • Eames: Beautiful Details Eames: Beautiful Details

    Eames: Beautiful Details

    $70.00
    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...
    $70.00
  • DJANGO, Hand on Fire - The Great Django Reinhardt DJANGO, Hand on Fire - The Great Django Reinhardt

    DJANGO, Hand on Fire - The Great Django Reinhardt

    $19.99
    Beautifully painted life story of the legendary gypsy jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt. But Django -which may have meant "He who wakens"- was twice born. A first time in the snow, during the winter of 1910 in a nomadic gypsy family stationed in...
    $19.99
  • The Art Front by Rose Valland The Art Front by Rose Valland

    The Art Front by Rose Valland

    $55.00
    More than four decades after the passing of Monuments Woman Captain Rose Valland (1898–1980), one of the great heroines of World War II, the Monuments Men and Women Foundation released the first-ever English translation of her 1961 memoir, The Art Front:...
    $55.00
  • Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga

    Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga

    $60.00
    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...
    $60.00
  • Bertoia: The Metalworker Bertoia: The Metalworker

    Bertoia: The Metalworker

    $95.00
    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...
    $95.00
  • Mid-Century Modern Designers Mid-Century Modern Designers

    Mid-Century Modern Designers

    $89.95
    An homage to the design pioneers who defined the Mid-Century aesthetic through their work in furniture, glassware, ceramics and textiles More than 50 years later, the fascination with mid-century design is stronger than ever before. Explore the popular...
    $89.95
  • Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

    Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

    $8.99
    One late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist).  Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan use this moment as the departure...
    $8.99
  • Children of the 1940s - A Social History by Mike Hutton Children of the 1940s - A Social History by Mike Hutton

    Children of the 1940s - A Social History by Mike Hutton

    $42.95
    What was it really like growing up in the 1940s? There are tales of being dragged from bombed out homes and of watching dog fights in the skies above. Of evacuation and a clash of cultures between city center kids and their country cousins. All endured...
    $42.95
  • Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka

    Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka

    $7.99
    Ever hear of Charlie Parker? The great jazz saxophone player? If you have or if you haven't, it's okay. Look at this  book and you'll hear Charlie Parker; you'll hear music in your mind. "Be bop. Fisk, fisk. Lollipop. Boomba, boomba." Look. That's...
    $7.99
  • Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

    Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

    $20.99
    Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live. The problem was how to get them there through the busy streets of Boston. But with a little help from the Boston police,...
    $20.99
  • Charles and Ray Eames: Objects and Furniture Design Charles and Ray Eames: Objects and Furniture Design

    Charles and Ray Eames: Objects and Furniture Design

    $30.00
    Midcentury masterpieces from the inventors of the Eames chair Best known for their contributions to architecture, furniture design, industrial design, film and photography, Charles and Ray Eames remain among the most renowned American designers of the...
    $30.00
  • Lincoln Kirstein's Modern Lincoln Kirstein's Modern

    Lincoln Kirstein's Modern

    $55.00
    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...
    $55.00
  • All-American Ads of the 40s All-American Ads of the 40s

    All-American Ads of the 40s

    $40.00
    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...
    $40.00
  • domus 1940–1949 domus 1940–1949

    domus 1940–1949

    $40.00
    Forms on the front line Architecture and design in the context of WWII Founded in 1928 as a “living diary” by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world’s most influential architecture and design journal. With...
    $40.00
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    $12.99
    A pilot crashes in the Sahara Desert and encounters a strange young boy who calls himself the Little Prince. The Little Prince has traveled there from his home on a lonely, distant asteroid with a single rose. The story that follows is a beautiful and at...
    $12.99
  • Stuart Little 75th Anniversary Edition Stuart Little 75th Anniversary Edition

    Stuart Little 75th Anniversary Edition

    $9.99
    Stuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans, he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's also a true lover of adventure.  Stuart's greatest...
    $9.99
  • Curious George - 75th Anniversary Edition Curious George - 75th Anniversary Edition

    Curious George - 75th Anniversary Edition

    $19.99
    This treasured classic is where it all began for the curious, lovable monkey, Curious George. George meets the man in the yellow hat in the jungle and goes to live in a new home, but—oh, what happened! Though trying to be good, George is still very...
    $19.99
  • Jack, Larger Than Life Jack, Larger Than Life

    Jack, Larger Than Life

    $18.99
    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 longtime home in...
    $18.99
  • Anni and Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal Anni and Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal

    Anni and Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal

    $150.00
    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...
    $150.00
  • Patented: 1,000 Design Patents Patented: 1,000 Design Patents

    Patented: 1,000 Design Patents

    $49.95
    An unprecedented, substantial, and extraordinary celebration of more than a century of fascinating product and industrial design, as shown through their detailed original patent documents - the ultimate 'flick book' of modern design with hundreds of...
    $49.95
  • Saarinen Basic Architecture Saarinen Basic Architecture

    Saarinen Basic Architecture

    $20.00
    Sculptural Structures Eero Saarinen’s new dimensions The creator of the ubiquitous Knoll “Tulip” chairs and tables, Eero Saarinen (1910–1961) was one of the 20th century’s most prominent space shapers, merging dynamic forms with a modernist sensibility...
    $20.00
  • Eames Basic Architecture Eames Basic Architecture

    Eames Basic Architecture

    $20.00
    The creative duo Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser Eames transformed the visual character of America. Though best known for their furniture, the husband and wife team were also forerunners in architecture, textile design, photography, and film.   The...
    $20.00
  • Herman Miller: A Way of Living Herman Miller: A Way of Living

    Herman Miller: A Way of Living

    $125.00
     There have been many books about Herman Miller, its ethos, designers, and furniture, but none as comprehensive as this.’ – Interior Design The acclaimed chronicle of the rich history of this innovative furniture company, from its...
    $125.00