New Art Books

Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES Summer 2013

PHAIDON PRESS, INC.: Impossible Reminiscences by René Burri. 320 pp.; 12 3/8 x 11; 136 Color Illus., 172 Color Photographs. $100.00 Hardcover *****  
Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing by Christian Rattemeyer. 352 pp.; 11 3/8 x 9 7/8; 500 B/W & Color Illus.; Artist Biographies; Index. $69.95 Hardcover *****

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS: Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu by Rene de Guzman, et al. 216 pp.; 9 ¼ x 10 ¾; 140 Color Illus.; Chronology; Selected Bibliography; Index of Artworks. $60.00 Hardcover.
Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art by Grant H. Kester. 262 pp.; 6 x 9; 32 B/W Illus.; Notes; Index. $31.95 Softcover ****

THAMES & HUDSON, INC.: The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss )Eds.) Richard Shone and John-Paul Stonard. 264 pp.; 7 x 9 ½; 54 B/W Illus.; Notes; Bibliographical Essays; Author Biographies; Index. $34.95 Hardcover *****
Rodin & Eros by Pascal Bonafoux. 272 pp.; 7 x 8 3/8; 156 Illus., 140 in Color; Bibliography. $34.95 Hardcover *****

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Manuel Izquierdo: Myth, Nature, and Renewal by Roger Hull. 136 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; 115 illus, 62 in color; Notes. $34.95 Hardcover *****

PITCAIRN-KNOWLES PUBL: The Unfinished Monk: The Life & Work of Reclusive Artist James Pitcairn-Knowles 1863-1954 by Richard Pitcairn-Knowles & Jeremy Howard. 268 pp.; 5 ¾ x 8 1/8; 101 B/W & Color Illus. £15.99/$25.00(?) Softcover. ****

WM. MORROW / HARPERCOLLINS PUBL: Paper: An Elegy by Ian Sansom. 232 pp.; 5 ¾ x 8 ½; B/W Illus.; Bibliography. $24.99 Hardcover *****

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO PRESS: Teaching Artist Handbook, Vol. 1: Tools, Techniques, and Ideas to Help Any Artist Teach by Nick Jaffe, et al. 238 pp.; 6 x 9; References; Index. $19.95 Softcover *****

ARTNETWORK PRESS:  Art Marketing 101 (4th Edition) by Constance Smith. 192 pp.; 8 x 10; B/W Illus.; Index. $19.95 Softcover*****