New Art Books
Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES Fall 2013
PHAIDON PRESS: Shiro Kuramata (2 Vols. Acrylic Slipcase) by Deyan Sudjic. 392 pp.; 9 3/8 x 12; B/W & Color Illus.; List of Works; List of Exhibitions (1950s —1990s); Index. $150.00 Hardcover. *****
MERRELL: Masterpieces of American Modernism From the Vilcek Collection by William C. Agee and Lewis Kachur. 288 pp.; 10 ¼ x 11 ¾; B/W & Color Illus.; List of Works; Further Reading; Index. $85.00 ****
ABBEVILLE PRESS: Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers by Christopher Finch. 400 pp.; 11 x 13; 332 Color Illus. $75.00 Hardcover. *****
Selling Russia's Treasures: The Soviet Trade in Nationalized Art, 1917-1938. (Eds) Natalya Semyonova & Nicolas V. Iljine. 364 pp.; 9 x 11 ¾; 383 Illus., 110 in Color; Appendix; Chronology; Bibliography; Index. $75.00 Hardcover. *****
SCHIRMER/MOSEL VERLAG: The Lenbachhaus Book: History, Architecture, Collections (Eds) Helmut Friedel and Matthias Muhling. 240 pp.; 9 ½ x 11 12; 200 Color Illus.; Bibliography. $65.00 *****
Edward Hopper: Paintings & Ledger Book Drawings by Deborah Lyons and Brian O'Doherty. 152 pp.; 7 5/8 x 12; 125 Illus., 56 in Color; Chronology. $49.95 Hardcover. ****
Zurbaran: Selected Paintings 1625-1664 by Cees Nooteboom. 132 pp.; 10 ¼ x 12; 77 Illus., 50 in Color; List of Plates. $35.00 Hardcover. *****
Balthus: Time Suspended: Painting and Drawings 1932-1960 (Ed.) Sabine Rewald. 164 pp.; 10 ½ x 12 ½; 172 Illus., 76 in Color; Chronology; List of Plates; Bibliography. $35.00 Hardcover. ****
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945 by Kendall Brown. 320 pp.; 9 x 12; 458 Color Illus.; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix; Index. $60.00 Softcover. ****
Wings of Resistance: The Giant Kites of Guatemala by Alison Fujino, et al. 128 pp.; 10 ½ x 11; 75 Color Illus.; Appendices. $29.95 Softcover. ***
Edward Hopper: Women by Patricia A. Junker. 64 pp.; 9 x 12; 35 Color Illus.; Chronology; Selected Bibliography. $24.95 Softcover. ****
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art (Ed.) Stephanie Smith. 400 pp.; 8 1/8 x 11 7/8; B/W & Color Illus.; Essays; Checklist. $45.00 Softcover. ***
HUDSON HOUSE: The Singing Bowl: Voices of the Enemy by Madeleine Segall-Marx. Un-numbered Pages; 8 ½ x 11; Color Illustrations; About the Artist; Notes. $40.00 Softcover. ****
smithsonian books: 5000 Years of Tiles by Hans van Lemmen. Over 289 pp.; 8 ½ x 10 ¾; B/W Illus.; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. $39.95 ****
Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes (Eds) David Penney, et al; 144 pp.; 8 3/8 x 10 ¾; Color Illus.; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. $24.95 Softcover. ***
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS: New Haven's Sentinels: The Art and Science of East Rock and West Rock by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer & John Wareham. 180 pp.; 10 x 8; 65 Illus., 48 in Color; Appendices; Bibliography; Webliography; Geologic Glossary; About the Authors. $30.00 Hardcover. *****
ARCADE / SKYHOUSE PUBLISHING: The Popular History of Graffiti From the Ancient World to the Present by Fiona McDonald. 232 pp.; 9 ½ x 9 ¼; Color Illus.; Graffiti Glossary; Bibliography; Index. $24.95 ***** Contemporary Art in the Light of History by Erwin Rosenthal. 228 pp.; 6 ¼ x 9 ¼; B/W Illus.; Notes; Plates. $22.95 Hardcover. ****
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Pleasure in Drawing by Jean-Luc Nancy (Philip Armstrong, trans): 116 pp.; 5 2/4 x 8; Notes. $18.00 Softcover. *****
AGATE PUBLISHING: Arts & Numbers: A Financial Guide for Artists, Writers, Performers, and Other Members of the Creative Class by Elaine Grogan Luttrull. 200 pp.; 6 x 9; B/W Illus.; Notes; Additional References; Index. $16.00 ****
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