Rare and Out-of-Print

By Sophie Lillie and Georg Gaugusch Few paintings have captured the public's imagination as thoroughly as Gustav Klimt's 1907 Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Klimt's painting of Adele not only rendered her irresistible beauty and sensuality; its intricate ornamentation and exotic motifs heralded the dawn of modernity and a culture intent on radically forging a new identity. But as synonymous as her likeness has become with Vienna’s Golden Age, the real Adele Bloch-Bauer remained somewhat shielded from the public eye. This book attempts to reveal and honor the remarkable life and legacy of Adele Bloch-Bauer and her husband Ferdinand, and their patronage of one of Austria’s most radical forebears of modernity. Please note that this book is Out of Stock. Hardcover96 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 201511.5 x 9.5 x .5 inchesISBN 9781931794169Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Biography, Art History, History

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

Edited by Elisabeth Schmuttermeier and Christian Witt-Dörring The Wiener Werkstätte or Vienna Workshops was founded in 1903 by architect Josef Hoffmann and artist Koloman Moser. In 1907, the Wiener Werkstätte began publishing a numbered series of postcards, which would ultimately include nearly 1,000 cards. Many of them were designed to celebrate holidays, such as Christmas and Easter. Fashion, both contemporary and historical, became another popular subject, along with humorous topics and favorite tourist spots of the period.All of the major designers who worked for the firm were contributors in this medium including Josef Hoffmann, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, and Dagobert Peche. Other noteworthy artists who were active in this area whose names may be less familiar include Moriz Jung, Rudolf Kalvach, Mela Koehler, and Maria Likarz, among others.This catalog raisonné accompanies the first major museum exhibition ever held in the United States devoted exclusively to the postcards produced by the Wiener Werkstätte. The work in the exhibition is drawn exclusively from The Leonard A. Lauder Collection and coincides with the gift of nearly 1,000 of the cards to the Neue Galerie. A selection of these cards will be on view on a regular basis as part of the museum's permanent collection. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover336 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkHatje Cantz, 20119.5 x 1.5 x 11.2 inchesISBN 9783775727518Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Graphic Design, History, Essays

Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte: A Catalogue Raisonné

Edited by Jill Lloyd and Christian Witt-Dörring With this publication and its related exhibition, the Neue Galerie New York sheds new light on the subject of Vienna 1900 by revealing a common thread running through the fine and decorative arts of the period: the redefining of individual identity in the modern age. In fine art, decorative arts, and music, this entails both a dialogue between surface ornamentation and inner structure, and a search for a specifically modern, Viennese sense of self. Both the exhibition and the catalog also explore the new attitudes towards gender and sexuality that surface in Viennese literature and psychology at the time. With an interdisciplinary approach that covers not only art and design, but also music, literature, psychology, philosophy, and social history, a group of leading international scholars in the field reflects upon preoccupations of identity and how Vienna came to lead the way in so many fields. The book also treats the rise of modern and independent-minded patrons at the fin de siècle. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover288 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkHirmer, 201111.4 x 9.6 x 1.3 inchesISBN 9783777434414Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Austrian History, Art History

Vienna 1900: Style and Identity Exhibition Catalogue

Edited by Olaf PetersTexts by Olaf Peters, Dietrich Schubert, Ernst Kallai, Willi Wolfradt, Karsten Mueller and James Van Dyke More than almost any other German painter, Otto Dix and his works have profoundly influenced the popular notion of the Weimar Republic. His paintings were among the most graphic visual representations of that period, exposing with wicked wit the instability and contradictions of the time. The particular role that Dix played as an artist in the Weimar Republic can only be understood against the backdrop of the painter's experiences during the First World War, from 1914 to 1918. The essay in the present volume by Dietrich Schubert discusses this theme using Dix's war-era self-portraits as examples. The artist's wartime experiences also shaped his shockingly brutal depictions of sexual murders and his paintings of prostitutes, the subject of another of the essays in this publication. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover258 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20101.1 x 9.7 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783791350202Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Art History

Otto Dix Exhibition Catalogue

Edited by Annegret HobergWith contributions by Annegret Hoberg, Klaus Albrecht Schroder, Peter Assmann, Andreas Geyer, Werner Hofmann, and Olaf PetersAlfred Kubin (1877-1959) created drawings that plumb the depths of the shadow world of the human subconscious, with its unguarded impulses and fears. Though a contemporary of artist Gustav Klimt and designer Josef Hoffmann, Kubin eschewed the decorative impulses found in their work. Instead, he produced dark, hallucinatory visions of violence and eroticism.This catalogue accompanied an exhibition that featured more than 100 works on paper. Essays examine the artist’s early career, his status as a literary figure, and his development of a form of Modernism that ran counter to prevailing trends. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover230 pagesNeue Galerie New York Prestel, 200811.5 x 9.4 x 1 inchesISBN 9783791340944Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Illustration, Expressionism, Essays

Alfred Kubin: Drawings 1897-1909 Exhibition Catalogue

Edited by Renée PriceWith this exhibition, Neue Galerie New York pays tribute to its co-founder, Serge Sabarsky. A tireless advocate for German and Austrian art, Sabarsky was the driving force behind the creation of the museum. He was also a dedicated collector, who acquired numerous masterworks by the artists he cherished.The catalog demonstrates the range and quality of the Sabarsky Collection, with its holdings in works by Austrian artists Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka, and German artists Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, among many others. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover124 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20099.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inchesISBN 9781931794244Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue

From Klimt to Klee: Masterworks from the Serge Sabarsky Collection

Edited by Roland Marz With contributions by Peter-Klaus Schuster, Ronald Marz, Olaf Peters, Anke Daemgen, and Andrea Hollmann This exhibition presented a selection of important paintings from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin, one of Germany's major collections of twentieth-century art. Major Expressionist and Neue Sachlichkeit artists represented include Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, and Karl Schmidt-Rotluff. Arranged thematically and with in-depth explanatory texts, the catalog traces the evolution of German art as it moved from the mountains to city life, from optimism to bitter disillusionment. Essays by key scholars and curators examine these artists’ varied responses to their country’s abrupt encounter with industrialization and urbanization. Please note that this book is Out of Stock. Hardcover164 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 200411.5 x 9.6 x 0.8 inches ISBN 9783791330419Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Expressionism

Arcadia and Metropolis: Masterworks of German Expressionism from the National Galerie Berlin

Edited by Neue Galerie New YorkTexts by Vivian Endicott Barnett, Shulamith Behr, Christian Derouet, Reinhold Heller, Jill Lloyd, Peter Vergo, Rose-Carol Washton LongThe evolution of the Gesamtkunstwerk in the artist’s work from the Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus yearsAlongside his development of a revolutionary abstract style, Vasily Kandinsky (1866–1944) demonstrated an ambition to go beyond conventional easel painting. His famous large paintings with musical and theatrical associations transformed into veritable environments. The catalog explores the evolution of a Gesamtkunstwerk in the work of Kandinsky including essays by leading Kandinsky scholars on painting as a total work of art, or the artist’s interest in music and theatre. Separated into three sections, it illustrates how Kandinsky’s fascination for the Wagnerian concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk and the principles of synesthesia developed into large-scale painting within the context of the two highly significant artistic groups Blaue Reiter and Bauhaus, as well as in response to the changing historical circumstances, last but not least, culminating in his large-scale decorative utopian murals and installations. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover208 pages | 192 black-and-white and color illustrationsNeue Galerie New YorkHatje Cantz, 201323.50 x 28.50 cmISBN 9783775737340Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Art History, Essays, Movements

Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925 Exhibition Catalogue

By Christian Witt-DörringThe Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) is recognized as one of the leading figures in the modern movement. This catalog takes as its point of departure four rooms designed during his most creative period, the years between 1902 and 1913.Covering such diverse topics as interior design, literature, fashion, and psychoanalysis, the catalog examines the social and artistic developments occurring in Vienna during this period. An analysis of the design scene in Germany at the time helps establish a contrasting vision to Hoffmann’s own sensibility. Finally, Hoffmann’s private dwellings are revealed in photographs shown for the first time. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover224 pages | black-and-white and color illustrationsNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20069 x 12 x 1.5 inchesISBN 9783791337104Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Interior Design

Josef Hoffmann: Interiors, 1902-1913

Edited by Jill Lloyd and Michael Peppiatt The paintings of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) became the epitome of modern, international art during the period after his death up to the outbreak of World War I. In no other country was Van Gogh so admired as he was in Germany: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and other artists of Die Brücke were fascinated by Van Gogh's brushwork and strongly contrasting colors as well as by the dynamic aura of his glowing palette. Vasily Kandinsky and the artists of Der Blaue Reiter esteemed Van Gogh for rejecting visible reality and penetrating the essence of nature. Austrian artists Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, on the other hand, were especially impressed by the soulful expression of Van Gogh's art and his insightful psychological portraits. This catalog examines the enormous influence of Van Gogh on German and Austrian Expressionism. It presents numerous masterpieces by Van Gogh and the Expressionists, including extremely powerful works by the painters of Die Brücke, Der Blaue Reiter, and the Viennese avant-garde. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover180 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkHatje Cantz, 200711.4 x 9.7 x 0.9 inches ISBN 9783775719162Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Expressionism, Die Brücke, Blue Rider

Van Gogh and Expressionism Exhibition Catalogue

By Pamela Kort A founding member of the early twentieth century German avant garde artists' group Die Brücke, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner moved to Berlin in 1912 and became enthralled by what he called "the symphony of the great city." He responded to the intensity of Berlin's street life by recording the urban spectacle around him--most notably in "Berlin Street Scene" (1913-14), which is widely considered one of the greatest German paintings of the twentieth century. This beautifully illustrated, scholarly volume--written and edited by the noted independent curator and art historian Pamela Kort--provides a full exploration of the history and significance of Kirchner's masterpiece. Featuring full reproductions and details of "Berlin Street Scene" and other related artworks, as well as plentiful documentary photographs and supporting materials, this volume illuminates the ominous force of nervous energy and sexual tension that Kirchner sensed lurking beneath the veneer of civilized life. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover92 pagesNeue Galerie New York, 20080.6 x 9.1 x 11.3 inchesISBN 9781931794152Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Painting, German History, Urban Studies

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Berlin Street Scene

Edited by Pamela Kort Filled with irreverent wit, comical elements, and absurdist humor, the comic-grotesque has fascinated artists since ancient times. However, it was not until the late nineteenth century that it reemerged as a novel modernist method. This catalog begins with Arnold Böcklin's comic-grotesque pictorial compositions, and brings together a dazzling array of artists-including Paul Klee, Max Klinger, Alfred Kubin, Emil Nolde, and Max Ernst-who, inspired by his example, forged a unique aesthetic with enormous consequences for modern German art. Essays consider the connection between the visual arts and the rise of cabaret culture and satirical journals. In addition, the authors examine the legacy of the comic-grotesque in relation to the denunciation of Böcklin's art and its eventual reemergence in the work of the Dadaists. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover208 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 200411.5 x 9.6 x 1 inchesISBN 9783791331959Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Modernism, Dadaism, Essays

Comic Grotesque: Wit and Mockery in German Art, 1870-1940

Original Price: $50.00UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Tobias G. Natter Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) is considered one of the leading figures of the Expressionist movement. This catalogue provides an in-depth analysis of the sitters for his earliest portraits, painted in Vienna and Berlin on the eve of World War I, including Alma Mahler, Adolf Loos, and Peter Altenberg. In addition to the oil portraits, the catalogue includes a rare selection of the artist’s drawings, as well as examples of Kokoschka’s work for the Wiener Werkstätte, such as designs for postcards, fans and an illustrated book. Special attention is devoted to the architect Adolf Loos, who had a guiding role in the artistic development of the young Kokoschka. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Also available in German. Hardcover256 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkDumont Buchverlag, 20029.2 x 1 x 11 inches ISBN 9781931794046Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Expressionism, Drawing, Painting, Portraiture

Oskar Kokoschka: Early Portraits from Vienna and Berlin 1909-1914

Edited by Olaf Peters "An excellent collection of most of the works that made up the Nazi’s notorious 1937 Degenerate Art Exhibition." ―The Daily Beast This book accompanies the first major museum exhibition devoted to a reconstruction of the infamous Nazi display of modern art since the presentation originated by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1991. During the Nazi regime in Germany, "degenerate art" was the official term for much of the most important modern art of the day. "Degenerate art" was defined by the Nazi regime as artwork that was not in line with the National Socialists' ideas of beauty. Their condemnation extended to works in nearly every major art movement: Expressionism, Dada, New Objectivity, Surrealism, Cubism, and Fauvism. Banned artists included Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, and Oskar Kokoschka. Richly illustrated, Degenerate Art elucidates the historical and intellectual context of the notorious exhibition in Munich in 1937, which spurred the attack on modern art. The book contains reflections on the genesis and evolution of the term "degenerate art" and details of the National Socialist policy on art. Art works from the exhibition Degenerate Art are compared to works of art from The Great German Art Exhibition, which was held at the same time and displayed the works of officially approved artists. The book also presents the after-effects of the attack on modernism that are felt even today. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover320 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20149.5 x 1.3 x 11.2 inchesISBN 9783791353678Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Modernism, Art History, Essays

Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany 1937 Exhibition Catalogue

Original Price: $50.00UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Bei Tobias G. NatterDie Neue Galerie New York und die Hamburger Kunsthalle widmen den frühen Bildnissen von Oskar Kokoschka eine erste große Gesamtschau und konzentrieren sich damit auf das zentrale Werksegment der Jahre 1909 bis 1914, mit dem der Maler seinen Ruhm begründete und zur Leitfigur des Expressionismus wurde. Das Katalogbuch zur Ausstellung, herausgegeben von Tobias Natter, verbindet die Wiedergabe der frühen Bildnisse mit einfühlsamen Werkinterpretationen und Hinweisen auf die porträtierten Personen, unter denen sich zum weitaus überwiegenden Teil Freunde, Förderer und Gleichgesinnte des Malers befinden. Die Essays zeichnen ein plastisches Zeitkolorit der Metropolen Wien und Berlin unter den Vorzeichen eines tiefgreifenden Umbruchs. In Wien von dem Architekten Adolf Loos und später in Berlin von dem Herausgeber der Zeitschrift "Der Sturm", Herwald Walden, ermutigt und tatkräftig unterstützt, konnte sich Kokoschka von den malerischen Konventionen der Porträtaufträge befreien und seine eigenen expressiven Bildmittel einsetzen. Nachdenklichkeit, eindringliche Gestik der Hände und psychische Spannungen verdrängen alle posenhafte Eleganz gesellschaftlicher Repräsentation. Rascher Farbauftrag und nervöse Ritzungen greifen den Porträtierten unter die Oberfläche ihrer Haut, um ihre Physiognomien für den Blick auf innere Vorgänge durchlässig zu machen. In Kokoschkas frühen Bildnissen spiegelt sich daher nicht nur die Seele der Personen, sie sind auch Reflexe auf die abgrundtiefe Krise dieser Zeit vor dem ersten Weltkrieg. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Also available in English.Hardcover256 pagesText in GermanDuMont Verlag, 20029.2 x 11.2 inchesISBN 9781931794053Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Expressionism, Portraiture

Oskar Kokoschka: Das Moderne Bildnis 1909 bis 1914

Texts by Markus Brüderlin, William D. Godsey, Jr., Diether Halama, Michael Huey, J.S. Marcus, Joseph Rykwert, Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Christopher Wilk This sumptuously illustrated volume presents over 180 outstanding Viennese silver objects representing the period from Neoclassicism to the Wiener Werkstätte. Comparing early eighteenth-century works with examples of twentieth-century design and architecture, it offers a fascinating look at Vienna's contribution to the development of modern decorative arts. The authors demonstrate how the roots of modern design go back further than is generally assumed. Achieving remarkable clarity and formal reduction, Viennese Biedermeier designers created everyday objects of silver with astonishingly straightforward and purposeful forms that remain as progressive as ever today. In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser drew inspiration from the intellectual legacy of the period in their designs for the Wiener Werkstätte. Many of the ideas introduced by the Viennese avant-garde were later expressed in such movements as the Bauhaus and De Stijl. By examining this history in all its complexity, the book traces the development of the vocabulary for contemporary design. Please note that this item is Out of Stock. Hardcover400 pagesHatje Cantz, 20038.0 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783775713177Neue Exhibition Catalogue, Applied Arts, Silverware

Viennese Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918

Edited by Eric Dluhosch and Rostislav Svacha "Tiege was at one and the same time both an agent provocateur and seismograph, at once provoking action and debate and yet simultaneously reacting with the utmost sensitivity to the shifting political spectrum of his time." —Kenneth Frampton Karel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, participated in every important argument and controversy of those turbulent years. He edited the most influential avant-garde journals on Czech and international cultural affairs and wrote profoundly original essays and books on the theory and criticism of art and architecture. He also produced paintings, collages, photomontages, film scripts, book covers, and typefaces and participated in theatrical performances. When the Communists took over Czechoslovakia in 1948, Teige was first hailed as a progressive, then denounced for not toeing the party line—even though he was never a card-carrying member of the Communist Party. He died a broken man, forbidden to speak out or to publish. Since the recovery of his work after the "velvet revolution" of 1989, his legacy has been revived not only in Prague, but also in Western Europe and the United States. Teige firmly believed in an ars una, free of the artificial separation of one branch of the arts from the other. The concept of ars una is reflected in the essays of this book, which provide intellectual riches without overly compartmentalized attempts at "academic" criticism. Because the only significant writing by Teige to appear so far in English is his well-known argument with Le Corbusier, the Mundaneum Affair, four essays by Teige have been included. Contributors: Polana Bregantová, Lenka Bydzovská, Rumjana Daceva, Eric Dluhosch, Vojtech Lahoda, Miroslav Petrícek, Jr., Klaus Spechtenhauser, Karel Srp, Rostislav Svácha, Daniel Weiss Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover446 pagesMIT Press, 19999.6 x 10.1 x 1.3 inchesISBN 9780262041706Artist Monograph

Karel Teige / 1900-1951;  L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde

By Jenny Anger "For scholars steeped in the modernist distinction between art and the decorative, Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art offers a unique opportunity to consider the investment in the notion of purity essential to this distinction and the hierarchies of artistic practice, gender and race it fosters. Above and beyond Anger's book's value as a revisionist history of Klee or a detailed history of the decorative's rise and decline in the early twentieth century is tis presentation of a long-overdue study that confronts the issue of hierarchy in the arts under modernism and its consequences."―Elissa Auther, CAA ReviewsOne of the goals of Modernism was the presentation of the essence of art, or pure form. Encouraged by theorists, modern artists found pure form in ornament which, though promising, was sullied by connotations of materiality, domesticity, and femininity. Jenny Anger demonstrates that the decorative significantly informed Paul Klee's art. She compares his work to that of another major modernist, Henri Matisse, to confirm the critical role of the decorative in Modernism. Anger also explores the relevance of the decorative for contemporary and, especially, women artists. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover342 pages Cambridge University Press, 200410.2 x 7.1 x 0.8 inchesISBN 9780521822503Artist Monograph, Art History, Essay, Modernism

Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art

By Rudolf Kuenzli Dada developed in distinct periods and locations, providing the structure of the book. From Europe and New York during the First World War it spread to Eastern Europe and Japan in the 1920s. Its re-emergence as Neo-Dada in the 1950s and influence on Fluxus in the 1960s was linked to emigres such as Marcel Duchamp and Hans Richter. Survey: International Dada expert Rudolf Kuenzli surveys Dada in its historical context and examines its significant impact and resonance in art and culture today. Linking visual art, performance and literature, this is a fresh treatement of Dada as the Dadaists saw it. A reassessment of one of the twentieth century's most revolutionary movements in the arts, Kuenzli's clear style is accessible to the scholar and the general reader. Works: Each image is accompanied by an extended caption. The book is organized chronologically and geographically around major explosions of Dada activity. From its inception in Zurich during the First World War, we follow Dada to New York, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, Paris, Central and Eastern Europe, and Japan, finally looking at Neo-Dada. Arp's Automatic Drawing; Marcel Duchamp's readymades and Man Ray's assemblages; Francis Picabia's paintings linking machine and human form; collage with political comment from Raoul Hausmann and Hannah Höch; Kurt Schwitters' all-encompassing concept of Merz; Max Ernst; from the East, the graphics of Lajos Kassak and El Lissitzky; Okada Tatsuo's constructions and fireworks attached to the cover of Mavo magazine. A look at Neo-Dada includes Robert Rauschenberg's Erased de Kooning and the Happenings of Hi Red Center. Documents include a comprehensive collection of original Dada writings, researched at the International Dada Archive and sourced from around the world. Poetry, manifestos and statements are presented together with letters between Tristan Tzara and Marcel Duchamp; Beatrice Wood describes 'The Richard Mutt Case' (the first exhibition of a urinal) to her readers of The Blind Man in 1917; and in recent interviews artists such as Allan Kaprow and Arman relate their Dada inheritance. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock Hardcover304 pagesPhaidon Press, 200610.2 x 1.5 x 11.8 inchesISBN 9780714844237Dadaism, Movements

Dada (Themes and Movements)

By Veena Duncker, Lynn Springer Roberts, Reinhard Sanger, Eric Turner, and Mienke Simon Thomas. Original Price: $55.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Silver has been a cherished heirloom and gift for centuries. Historians claim that by 3100 B.C. ambassadors to the Egyptian king from Crete brought silver vases as gifts. Today, sterling silver is a favorite medium for creative and innovative designers because of its malleability. The mystical white metal has marked historical milestones throughout the ages, served as a medium of exchange and become an essential metal in today's world of high-tech consumer goods. Part of silver's intrigue is found in its versatility. Its unique properties include beauty, strength, sensitivity to light, malleability and ductility, electrical and thermal conductivity, reflectivity and the ability to endure extreme temperature changes. These properties allow scientists and engineers around the world to undertake groundbreaking research that changes the way we live. This generously illustrated volume presents almost 200 beautiful and rare pieces of utilitarian silver from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco period, selected from a private silver collection. It brings together objects by various renowned silversmiths, including Christopher Dresser, Charles Robert Ashbee, Omar Ramsden and Alwin Carr, and Edward Spencer, Henry Wilson and Paul Cooper. American silversmiths include the Kalo Shop, the International Silver Company of Meriden, The Gorham Manufacturing Company and Howard Crisp. The color photographs of the objects are accompanied by extensive captions, monograms and hallmarks, providing substantial new information. In addition, A Personal Touch includes essays by silver specialists: Eric Turner, of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, examines reforms in the work of English silversmiths and describes the pieces in this collection that illustrate these developments. Lynn Springer Roberts, former curator at The Art Institute of Chicago, writes about American silverware from the early 20th century, and Reinhard Sanger, of the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe, focuses on continental silver, paying special attention to beautifully decorated cutlery. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover263 pagesNAi Publishers/Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2003 12.9 x 9.7 x 1 inchesISBN 9789056623128Metalwork

A Personal Touch: Late 19th and 20th Century Silver From The Seawolf Collection

By Rostislav Švácha Foreword by Kenneth Frampton, essay by Eric Dluhosch Prague is one of Europe's oldest and most beautiful cities. Originally published in Czech in 1985, this seminal work focuses on the architecture of Prague from the turn of the century to the end of the Second World War: a rich matrix within which to place the figures who created the powerful, innovative spirit of modern Czech architecture. Encyclopedic in its coverage, The Architecture of New Prague documents the architects, structures, and theoretical underpinnings that helped to shape Prague's cultural heritage and present-day artistic spirit. Three supplements appear in this edition: a directory of approximately 1,200 buildings (with street addresses), 25 short biographies of the main Prague architects of the time, and a revised bibliography. The more than 300 illustrations, all commissioned for the book, were taken by architectural photographer Jan Maly. The text provides detailed coverage of the most important architects and their buildings, many of which have never been documented in any English-language publication. There are also valuable insights into the cultural conditions that helped to shape the Czech capital. An introductory chapter takes up Prague's urbanistic development and its context within international architectural movements. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover544 pages9.8 x 1.5 x 10.2 inchesThe MIT PressISBN 9780262193580Architecture, Prague

The Architecture of New Prague 1895-1945

By Gerda Breuer, T'ai Smith, Eva Forgacs, John Maciuika, Rafael Cardoso, Joseph Grima, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Martino Gamper, and Sara Ouhadou; edited by Regina Bittner and Reneé Padt Amid all the hammering, planing, sawing and weaving, the workshops at the Bauhaus Dessau must have been quite loud and active spaces. Craft Becomes Modern: The Bauhaus in the Making looks at the Bauhaus from the perspective of this noisy activity―handcraft. No term was more fiercely disputed there. Although conceived as “laboratories for industry,” a great deal was still done by hand in the Dessau workshops. Workshops at the Bauhaus straddled the different priorities and practical realities at play, falling somewhere between factory and craft business, between free experimentation and industrial contract work. From this field of tension, the Bauhaus tried to define handcraft anew as a utopian pursuit that could coexist with industrial culture. The Bauhaus’ interest in industrialization has been thoroughly studied; the persistence of craft among its teachers and students much less so. Craft Becomes Modern surveys this aspect of the Bauhaus’ teaching and work, and puts it in historical context. And these debates are far from over―this volume includes contributions from a range of contemporary design theorists and practitioners, including Julia Bryan-Wilson, Martino Gamper, John Maciuika, Rafael Cardoso, Joseph Grima, Gerda Breuer, T’ai Smith, Eva Forgacs and Sara Ouhadou, offering new insights for understanding handcraft in the 21st century. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover252 pagesKerber, 20178.3 x 0.8 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783735603432Bauhaus, Contemporary Design

Craft Becomes Modern: The Bauhaus in the Making

By Pavel Scheufler Jan Langhans lived from 1851 to 1928, and is now, once again, among the best known figures in Czech photography. This book presents a selection of the studio photographs that made his name, culled from the "Celebrities Gallery" he began in 1890, a valuable record not only of famous Czechs of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but also of important visitors to the country who had their portraits made in one of his studios in Prague or elsewhere in Bohemia. Jan Langhans opens with a brief introduction by Zuzana Meisnerova-Wismerov, the photographer's great-granddaughter and the manager of the Langhans Gallery in Prague, and illustrates not only Langhans's work but the height of portrait photography in the last decades of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Paperback140 pagesTorst, 20067.2 x 6.3 x 0.4 inchesISBN 9788072152513Out-of-Print, Artist Monograph, Photography, Portraits

Jan Langhans

By Tayfun Belgin, Andrea Fink-Belgin, and Erich FranzPopular and beloved in his lifetime but subsequently overlooked by historians of German Symbolist-era painting, Otto Modersohn (1865–1943) painted humble landscape scenes full of intimacy and sobriety, repeatedly mining the possibilities of his dark, moody palette. Aside from a handful of early city scenes done in the 1880s, Modersohn’s small-scale paintings depict quiet country lanes, fields with wildflowers or barns and churches in the background, somewhat in the tradition of French Romantic painters such as Daubigny, Corot and Dupré. After 1900, small girls and bathers began to crop up in these rural scenes. Following the death of his wife, Paula Modersohn-Becker, in 1907, Modersohn increasingly focused on translucent winter scenes realized with great simplicity of feeling, and often executed by night. This substantial overview of his works is the first comprehensive monograph in English. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover208 pagesKerber, 20139.3 x 1 x 10.4 inchesISBN 9783866787551Artist Monograph, Painting, Landscape

Otto Modersohn: Landscapes of Silence

By Charles Harrison What is modernism? The term is used generally to convey a faith in progress and a healthy skepticism for received ideas and traditional values. More specifically, the modernist tendency has often been associated with the most vital developments and highest achievements in the art of the past 150 years. However, those concerned with maintaining traditional values in one form or another see "modernist" art as merely one alternative among many, and perhaps even an empty or misguided one. This introduction looks at modernist works in order to consider what are the defining characteristics of modernism, and also explores the critical terms in which this art has been represented. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Paperback80 pagesCambridge University Press, 19977.2 x 0.2 x 9.5 inchesISBN 9780521627580Modernism

Modernism: Movements in Modern Art

Original Price: $250 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS By S. GiedionOne of the most highly regarded architects of the 20th century, Walter Gropius (18 May 1883 - 5 July 1969) was one of the founding fathers of Modernism, and the founder of the Bauhaus, the German "School of Building" that embraced elements of art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography in its design, development and production.Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.HardcoverText in German247 pages | black-and-white imagesVerlag Gerd Hatje Stuttgart, 19549 x 6 x 1 inchesASIN B0007DQS1AArchitecture, Design

Walter Gropius: Mensch und Werk

Edited by Dawn Ades The revolutionary Dada movement, though short-lived, produced a vast amount of creative work in both art and literature during the years that followed World War I. Rejecting all social and artistic conventions, Dadaists went to the extremes of provocative behavior, creating “anti-art” pieces that ridiculed and questioned the very nature of creative endeavor. To understand their movement’s heady mix of anarchy and nihilism—combined with a lethal dash of humor—it’s essential to engage with the artists’ most important writings and manifestos. And that is is precisely where this reader comes in. Bringing together key Dada texts, many of them translated into English for the first time, this volume immerses readers in some of the most famous (and infamous) periodicals of the time, from Hugo Ball’s Cabaret Voltaire and Francis Picabia’s 391to Marcel Duchamp’s The Blind Man and Kurt Schwitters’s Merz. Published in Europe and the United States between 1916 and 1932, these journals constituted the movement’s lifeblood, communicating the desires and aspirations of the artists involved. In addition to providing the first representative selection of these texts, The Dada Reader also includes excerpts from many lesser-known American and Eastern European journals. Compiled with both students and general readers in mind, this volume is necessary reading for anyone interested in one of the most dynamic and influential movements of the twentieth century. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Paperback320 pagesUniversity Of Chicago Press, 20066 x 0.9 x 9 inchesISBN 9780226006987Dadaism

The Dada Reader: A Critical Anthology

By Lucie YoungEdited by Mariso Bartolucci and Raul CabraKnown for her lyrical and shapely ceramic work, Eva Zeisel is one of the truly great designers of the twentieth century. In her 75-year career, she has designed over 100,000 objects and led a remarkable life that has taken her from Hungary to early Soviet Russia, and finally to the United States. Her designs are a reflection of a strong independent character that is never professionally or personally constrained by convention, trends, or current ideology. The humanistic aspect of her design is universally felt in the way she combines organic interrelationships with abstract Modernist ideas. She was the first designer in America to produce an all-white Modernist dinner service and the first to teach ceramic as industrial design for mass production, rather than as a handicraft. With an insightful text by Lucie Young and dozens of visual references to Zeisel's master works, this book is both a valuable introduction and reference guide to creativity. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover96 pagesChronicle Books, 20036 x 0.8 x 6 inchesISBN 9780811834339Artist Monographs, Ceramics, Design,

Eva Zeisel

Edited by Monika Faber This unique volume focuses on the luminous work of an important Austrian photographer. Heinrich Kühn’s early Pictorialist works were highly influential, and were exhibited at the Vienna Secession. Gradually, Kühn incorporated the influence of his peers, and moved in the direction of Modernist photography. He was also among the first important photographers to create color images. The publication aims to situate Kühn with regard to both the Viennese avant-garde and the international development of photography as an art form. It explores the close friendship among Kühn and major photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen and showcases photographic prints and autochromes by Kühn and other important photographers. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover132 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 201211.4 x 9.6 x 0.7 inchesISBN 9783791351964Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Photography, Viennese Secession

Heinrich Kühn and his American Circle: Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen

By Ingolf Kern The Bauhaus building in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius and built in 1926, is the built manifestation of a revolution in design and education. Today, it is accepted worldwide as the ultimate symbol of 'white modernism'. But what is it that gives it its lasting stylistic influence? How is Gropius‘s play with transparency, lightness and colour achieved? How was the building used, and how has it changed over the decades since its inauguration? This architectural guide looks behind the distinctive curtain wall, quite literally examines what lies beneath the building‘s facade and reveals frequently overlooked facets of this illustrious building. In concise chapters, the book takes the reader on a tour of the Bauhaus building and its history and thereby prompts an invitation to visit on a journey of rediscovery. The small and handy books, designed by the Berlin-based graphic designer Eike König, accompany the exhibitions and are also intended as practical guidebooks for the Bauhaus buildings. The Bauhaus paperback 5 on the Bauhaus Dessau is the first to also appear in English. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Paperback176 pagesSpector Books, 20144.1 x 0.5 x 5.7 inchesISBN 9783944669267Bauhaus, Architecture

The Bauhaus Building in Dessau

By Klaus-Jürgen Sembach “A picture of artistic revitalization.” ―PerspectiveFor a fruitful period between the 1880s and the First World War, European and North American culture deferred to nature. With a symphony of flowing lines and organic shapes, Art Nouveau (“New Art”) inflected architecture, design, painting, graphic work, applied arts, and illustration.With a spirit of willful reform, its practitioners sought to distance themselves from the imitative historicism that characterized much 19th-century art and replace it with undulating, decorative qualities. Turning to vine tendrils, flowering buds, and bird feathers as ornamental reference, they pursued not only a linear freedom but also liberation from the weight of artistic tradition and expectation.At the same time, Art Nouveau followed the example of the earlier English Aesthetic and Arts and Crafts movements to reject established hierarchies of artistic practice, to emphasize a return to hand-craftsmanship, and to synthesize artistic media and practices into a Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. In this, as in its turn to nature, Art Nouveau is often seen as an aesthetic response to the Industrial Revolution, a recoil from the mass-produced and mechanic, and an elevation of the human hand and wonders of the great outdoors.This fresh TASCHEN edition considers Art Nouveau as a broad historical phenomenon with distinct local features. We consider the style’s wider artistic, economic, and political circumstances, as well as its particular flavor in such hubs as Vienna, Glasgow, Munich, Weimar, and Chicago. Outstanding proponents such as Victor Horta, Antoni Gaudí, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh are featured in connection with the cities of their greatest activity. The result is a vivid portrait of the age and a movement that is as much entrenched in our imagination of the fin de siècle as it is in the trajectory of modernism. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover240 pagesTaschen; 25th Anniversary Ed., 20169.7 x 0.8 x 12.1 inchesISBN 9783836520966Art Nouveau, Gesamtkunstwerk, Art History

Art Nouveau

Edited by Manfred Reuther and Christian RingEmil Nolde (1867-1956) devoted as much time and care to his prints as to his paintings. Drawing on the massive collection of the Nolde Stiftung, The Painter’s Prints surveys his etchings, woodcuts and lithographs, and his various suites in each medium. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover152 pages47 color and 56 b&w illustrationsText in English and GermanDuMont, 20130.8 x 9.8 x 11.8 inchesISBN 9783832194666Artist Monograph, Printmaking, Expressionism

Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints

by Patrick Rössler Between 1929 and 1943, an outstanding new lifestyle magazine called Die Neue Linie (“The New Line”) was published by Beyer Press in Leipzig. No other publication in this period was so consistent in bringing avant-garde typographic ideas to a mass audience, as leading graphic designers from the Bauhaus, including László Moholy-Nagy, Umbo and Herbert Bayer, steered the look of the magazine, whose contents combined fashion, literature, graphic design and art. Unembellished fonts, dynamic diagonals and dramatic use of photomontage were key to the journal's striking appearance. Its authors included Walter Gropius, Aldous Huxley, Gottfried Benn and Thomas Mann; even the advertising pages, designed by Bauhaus veterans Herbert Bayer and Kurt Kranz, were always attractively composed. Despite widespread media conformity during the Nazi era, strangely Die Neue Linie was largely spared the regime's sanctions. The Bauhaus at the Newsstand illustrates the turbulent times in which the magazine appeared, reproducing spreads, statements, articles, a visual checklist of every issue and analyses of the magazine's delicate balancing act between modernism and conformity. The Bauhaus at the Newsstand is published as an abridged, revised and bilingual edition of the bestselling edition of 2007. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Paperback160 pagesKerber, 20109.7 x 0.5 x 13.4 inchesISBN 9783866782822Bauhaus, Graphic Design

The Bauhaus at the Newsstand: Die Neue Linie 1929-1943

By Doris KutschbachThis beautiful introduction to art and language features some of the world’s most beloved masterpieces as it entices children to discover art, language, objects, and colors. First pictures, first words—this familiar and time-proven book concept for young children is incorporated brilliantly in this multi-lingual art book. The works of Renoir, Kandinsky, Dürer, Rousseau, Franz Marc, and others are featured in beautiful full-page reproductions. Opposite each image is a word that helps describe the painting—for instance “play,” “bunny,” “horse,” “train.” The words are presented in twelve different languages, each with their phonetic pronunciation. Organized thematically, the book touches on a child’s everyday experience through simple and comforting images that will invite further investigation: What are the men playing with? What does the bunny’s fur feel like? How many teddy bears do you see? Together adults and children can explore great works, planting the seeds for an appreciation of the world’s masterpieces and the words to describe them. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover160 pages80 color illustrationsAge Range: 9 and upPrestel Junior, 20149 x 0.8 x 8.9 inchesISBN 9783791371740Art History, Multilingual

Art: A World of Words

Original Price: $50.95 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Timothy O. Benson and Éva Forgács The avant-garde movements of Central Europe were an integral part of modernism’s evolution as it reached its peak throughout the continent during the 1920s. Written documents—manifestoes, artists’ statements, and reviews—were the lifeblood of these movements and, during the periods when political events conspired to isolate them, one of their few means of communication and exchange. Much of this crucial evidence has become lost to us, and the artistic avant-gardes of Central Europe have been a blind spot of modernist studies. Until their narratives have been recovered, the story of modernism will remain incomplete. In this book an international team of scholars has selected an essential compendium of documents that take an important step toward regaining this lost perspective. Between Worlds contains primary documents of the avant-gardes in Austria, the Czech lands, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia from 1910 to 1930. The manifestoes and magazines of Western European radical art circles are well known to Western scholars, but few have researched the pages of magazines such as Zenit, Integral, Punct, 75 HP, Tank, and Ma. We know about Italian Futurism but not about Polish Futurism. Few Westerners are aware that French surrealist magazines drew much of their inspiration from Czech publications. The hundreds of documents in the book, almost all of them translated into English for the first time, bring back into circulation landmark texts by the major writers, editors, artists, magazines, and movements of Central Europe. With this publication they are restored to their rightful place in the pantheon of modernism. Between Worlds is distributed for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover736 pages | 32 illustrationsMIT Press, 20026.6 x 2 x 9.9 inchesISBN 9780262025300Avant-garde, Modernism

Between Worlds: A Sourcebook of Central European Avant-Gardes, 1910-1930

Edited by Detlef Mertins and Michael W. JenningsFirst published in 1923, the journal G: Material zur Elementaren Gestaltung (G: Materials for Elemental Form-Creation) helped shape a new phase in the history of the European avant-garde. Founded by Hans Richter, a pioneer of abstract animated film, G featured works by some of the important names in the advanced cultures of Europe: Hans Arp, Walter Benjamin, Theo van Doesburg, Viking Eggeling, Naum Gabo, Werner Graeff, George Grosz, Hugo Häring, Raoul Hausmann, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Frederick Kiesler, El Lissitzky, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Antoine Pevsner, Man Ray, and Tristan Tzara.This edition, the first in English translation, preserves the original design by Lissitzky, Richter, and Graeff, and includes essays that explore the role of the journal in its time and in relation to contemporary culture. An introduction analyzes the principles of the journal, situates it in the culture of the early 1920s, and evaluates its achievements. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover280 pages | 22 color and 118 black-and-white illustrations, 2 four-page folded insertsGetty PublicationsISBN 9781606060391Art History, Avant-Garde, Essays

G: An Avant-Garde Journal of Art, Architecture, Design, and Film, 1923-1926

By Claudia Bohn-Spector The long life of German photographer August Sander (1876-1964) spanned one of the most turbulent eras in his country's history. The Great War of 1914-1918, the Weimar Republic, the reign of National Socialism, and the horrors of World War II all left an indelible imprint on both the man and his work. Sander, a conventional studio portraitist who transformed himself into an avant-gardist, exemplified the complex and sometimes contradictory nature of his time. He was at once innovative and deeply wedded to the past, blending a progressive vision with a traditional view of society and his craft. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Paperback144 pages J. Paul Getty Museum, 20006 x 0.4 x 7.6 inchesISBN 9780892365678Artist Monograph, Photography, Portraits

In Focus: August Sander Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

By Hans Joachim Neidhardt 60 masterpieces of European painting from the Dresden Gallery of New Masters; by, and amongst others:Arnold Böcklin, Lovis Corinth, Carl Gustav Carus, Johan Christian Clausen Dahl, Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas, Otto Dix, Lyonel Feininger, Caspar David Friedrich, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Gustav Klimt, Gotthardt Kuehl, Max Liebermann, Edouard Manet, Hans von Marées, Adolph von Menzel, Claude Monet, Emil Nolde, Auguste Renoir, Adrian Ludwig Richter, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Max Slevogt, Carl Spitzweg, Henri R. de Toulouse-Lautrec, Fritz von Uhde, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover64 pages10 x 0.4 x 12 inchesSeemann Henschel, 2006ISBN 9783363006216Out-of-Print, Art History

Picture-Gallery, New Masters: Masterpieces of Dresden

Original Price: $70 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Matthias Frehner and Daniel Spanke Kunstmuseum Bern, the oldest museum in Switzerland, turns its gaze toward its own acquisition history in this lavish book that features artistic masterpieces considered worthless by the Nazis, and the stories of how they came to Switzerland. As a result of the Nazi regime’s scorn for modern art, virtually all non-traditional art between 1933 and 1945 was banned in Germany on the grounds that it was un-German, Jewish, or Communist in nature. Those identified as “degenerate” artists were dismissed from teaching positions and forbidden to exhibit or to sell their works. This book sheds light on the historical significance and provenance of nearly 525 works by modernist greats, such as Picasso, Chagall, and Kandinsky, which were acquired by the Kunstmuseum Bern through a combination of auctions and private donations. The book traces the fates of artists who suffered under the Nazi regime and who had connections to Switzerland, including Kirchner, Klee and Dix, and contrasts the cultural policies of the Third Reich with those of Switzerland in the same period. Finally, it details the dramatic events and unprecedented efforts that went into preserving invaluable works of art. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover376 pagesPrestel, 20169.2 x 1.4 x 11.2 inchesISBN 9783791355368Art History, Museum Studies

Modern Masters: "Degenerate" Art at the Kunstmuseum Bern

By Antonia BostromAn astonishing group of sixty-nine “Character Heads” by German sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783) has fascinated viewers, artists, and collectors for more than two centuries. The heads, carved in alabaster or cast in lead or tin alloy, were conceived outside the norm of conventional portrait sculpture and explore the furthest limits of human expression. Since their first exposure to the public in 1793, artists, including Egon Schiele (1890–1918), Francis Bacon (1909–1992), Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), and, more recently, Tony Cragg (born 1949) and Tony Bevan (born 1951), have responded to their overwhelming visual power.Lavishly illustrated, Messerschmidt and Modernity presents remarkable works created by and inspired by Messerschmidt, an artist both of and ahead of his time. The Character Heads situate the artist's work squarely within the eighteenth-century European Enlightenment, with its focus on expression and emotion. Yet their uncompromising style stands in sharp contrast to the florid Baroque style of Messerschmidt's earlier sculptures for the court of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. With their strict frontality and narrow silhouettes, the Character Heads appear to contemporary eyes as having been conceived in a “modern” aesthetic. Their position at the apparent limits of rational art have made them compelling to successive generations of artists working in a variety of media. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Paperback80 pagesJ. Paul Getty Museum, 20127.4 x 0.4 x 9.2 inchesISBN 9780892369744Artist Monograph, Sculpture, Portrait

Messerschmidt and Modernity

Edited by Gordon Hughes and Philipp Blom "The book's many portraits can be pieced together into a larger picture, one that shows artists struggling to balance the new reality of mechanized destruction with the personal necessity of creation."—The New York Times“Nothing but the Clouds Unchanged is a slim volume that packs a big punch.”—Against the Current Much of how World War I is understood today is rooted in the artistic depictions of the brutal violence and considerable destruction that marked the conflict. Nothing but the Clouds Unchanged examines how the physical and psychological devastation of the war altered the course of twentieth-century artistic Modernism. Following the lives and works of fourteen artists before, during, and after the war, this book demonstrates how the conflict and the resulting trauma actively shaped artistic production. Featured artists include Georges Braque, Carlo Carrà, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, Käthe Kollwitz, Fernand Léger, Wyndham Lewis, André Masson, László Moholy-Nagy, Paul Nash, and Oskar Schlemmer. Materials from the Getty Research Institute’s special collections—including letters, popular journals, posters, sketches, propaganda, books, and photographs—situate the works of the artists within the historical context, both personal and cultural, in which they were created. The volume accompanied a related exhibition at the Getty Research Institute Gallery from November 25, 2014, to April 19, 2015. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover198 pagesGetty Publications, 20148 x 0.8 x 10 inchesISBN 9781606064313Art History, European History, Exhibition Book

Nothing but the Clouds Unchanged: Artists in World War I

By Gregor Langfeld "Offers a useful analysis of a key aspect of modern German art heretofore unexplored in the literature. Langfeld clearly outlines the scope of his inquiry, and his approach is well organized and well documented with primary material. Recommended."—ChoiceWhy did the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York, and art collectors and curators such as Katherine Dreier and Alfred Barr, collect modern German art in the first half of the twentieth century? And why did certain works of art belong to the canon while others did not?In this book, Gregor Langfeld argues that National Socialism played a crucial role in the canonization of movements such as Expressionism and the Bauhaus. A role which undermined the post-1945 reputations of many artists associated with classical and figurative trends. Langfeld offers important new insights into the political and ideological motivations behind the New York art world's fluctuations in opinion, fashion, and price. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Paperback232 pages | 40 color plates, 100 halftonesUniversity of Chicago Press, 20156.7 x 0.5 x 9.2 inchesISBN 9789089647665Modernism, American Art, German Art

German Art in New York: The Canonization of Modern Art 1904 - 1957

By Martina Bauer Grafiker, Designer, Mosaik- und Glaskunstler, Entwerfer fur Denkmaler, Grabkunst, Innenarchitektur. Leopold Forstner (1878 - 1936) war ein Meister seiner Disziplin. Er interpretierte die Mosaik- und Glaskunst neu und fuhrte sie einer Renaissance zu. Forstner war ein Universalkunstler, der die Kreativitat eines Kunstlers und die Perfektion eines Kunsthandwerkers in einer Person vereinte. Als Maler und Grafiker ware er einer unter vielen gewesen, als Mosaik-, Glas- und Materialkunstler war er ein Visionar. Sein Talent, Entwurf und Umsetzung zu verschmelzen und im Material zu denken, brachte ihm viele Auftrage namhafter Kunstgrossen und Architekten ein, wie etwa Gustav Klimt, Kolo Moser, Otto Wagner und Josef Hoffmann. Das Buch blickt auf die Stationen seines Lebens, auf die Projekte und Meilensteine im Schaffen dieses Kunstlers, der nicht mude wurde, sich immer wieder neu zu erfinden. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Paperback247 pagesText in German Bohlau Verlag, 20168.3 x 9.5 inchesISBN 9783205200871Monograph, Design, Mosaic

Leopold Forstner (1878-1936): Ein Materialkunstler Im Umkreis Der Wiener Secession

Edited by Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy, Christian Philipsen, and Thomas Bauer-FriedrichFranz Marc ist einer der bedeutendsten expressionistischen Maler. Parallel zu seinem großen malerischen und grafischen Oeuvre hat der Künstler eine kleine, aber beeindruckende Werkgruppe aus sechzehn Plastiken und Skulpturen geschaffen, die besonders sein großes Interesse an Tierdarstellungen widerspiegelt. Seine bekannteste Plastik, Zwei Pferde, entsteht 1909, während er seinen ersten und wichtigsten theoretischen Text? Über das Tiermotiv in der Kunst? schreibt. In diesem Band werden die Arbeiten aus Wachs, Marmor, Sandstein, Kalkstein und Bronze in großformatigen Abbildungen aus verschiedenen Perspektiven gezeigt und durch Texte zur Entstehung, Ästhetik und Sammlungsgeschichte ergänzt. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover91 pagesText in GermanWienand Verlag & Medien, 20208.3 x 10.6 inchesISBN 9783868326109Museum Collection, Sculpture

Franz Marc. Skulptur und Plastik: Katalog zur Ausstellung im Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See und Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle

Von Magdalena M. Moeller Der Band versammelt Spitzenwerke von Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Pechstein und Otto Mueller aus dem reichen Bestand des Brücke-Museums Berlin. Sie werden in einen spannungsreichen Dialog mit den im Oldenburger Land entstandenen Werken der Künstlergruppe gesetzt. Von 1907 bis 1912 kamen Schmidt-Rottluff, Heckel und Pechstein immer wieder ins abgelegene Nordseebad Dangast. Hier vollzogen sie den Wechsel vom pastosen Farbauftrag der frühen Werke zum die Tradition der Raumillusion hinter sich lassenden Flächenstil. Es entstanden einige Hauptwerke des epochemachenden Brücke-Stils. Der Band ist eine Hommage an die faszinierende Geschichte der Brücke im Oldenburger Land. Glanzstücke aus dem Brücke-Museum geben in einem Rausch aus Farben einen Querschnitt durch das Schaffen der Künstlergruppe. Meisterliche, von und nach Dangast gesandte Künstlerpostkarten bilden den spontanen wie intimen Gegenpol zu den großformatigen Hauptwerken. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover160 pages | 118 illustrationsText in GermanHirmer, 20177.7 x 9.8 inchesISBN 9783777426693Expressionism

Die Welt in Diesen Rauschended Farben

Von Kay Heymer und Jürgen Weichardt Original Price: $31.37 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Der Maler Franz Radziwill (1895-1983) entwickelte eine einzigartige Bildsprache, zu deren Merkmalen ein unverkennbarer Umgang mit Fläche gehört. Mit avantgardistischem Anspruch setzt Radziwill Figuren und Gegenstände in rhythmisch gesetzte Farbflächen. Im Zuge der Neuen Sachlichkeit hebt Radziwill die Flächigkeit durch bildparallele Darstellungen hervor. Im Spätwerk kombinierte er häufig räumliche Darstellung und flächenhafte Gestaltung. Ab 1950 integriert er Schachbrettmuster und Gitterstrukturen in seine Bildräume. Auf diese Weise werden abwechselnd Räumlichkeit als auch Zweidimensionalität der Fläche als Träger der Farbe wahrnehmbar. Mit dieser Bildkonzeption verknüpft Radziwill Moderne mit Tradition. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover88 pagesText in GermanKerber Verlag; Auflage: 1, 20188.5 x 0.6 x 9.6 inchesISBN 9783735604118Artist Monographs, Painting, Still-Lifes

Franz Radziwill: Fläche wird Bild

Von Ulrike Draesner Die kraftvollen Jugendstil-Illustrationen des Wiener-Werkstätte-Künstlers Carl Otto Czeschka von 1908 sind legendär: Sie gelten als absolutes Spitzenwerk der Buchillustration, gehören zu den bekanntesten Jugendstilkunstwerken. Bei ihrer Erstausgabe waren diese einzigartigen Bilder mit einer eher unerheblichen Nacherzählung der Nibelungensage kombiniert.Für diese opulent ausgestattete Neuausgabe der Heldensage wurde die Dichterin (und promovierte Altgermanistin) Ulrike Draesner gebeten, ihre eigene, höchst persönliche Nibelungen-Version zu schreiben. Dabei ist ein Zyklus wuchtiger und beeindruckender moderner Lyrik um den Nibelungenschatz entstanden, in dem Ulrike Draesner das großartige und grausame Geschehen durch die Subjektivität der vier Protagonisten hindurch in Klang und Stimme bannt: es sprechen Kriemhild, Siegfried, Brunhilde und schließlich Hagen. Einen Epilog liefern Kriemhilds Söhne mit einem Nibelungen-Computerspiel, bevor sich die Stimme einer Erzählerin und Dichterin selbst zu Wort meldet: »Immer wieder vergesse ich...«, was alles im Nibelungenlied geschieht. »Das Lied erzählt mir: Es gibt Lebenslagen, da fährt, was du liebtest und verlorst und noch liebst, unverhofft, unerwartet, erschreckend und schön, durch die Luft auf dich zu. Das vergesse ich nicht. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardback122 pagesText in GermanReclam, Philipp, jun. GmbH, Verlag, 20167.2 x 0.8 x 10.1 inchesISBN 9783150110058Artist Monographs, Illustration, Wiener Werkstätte

Nibelungen. Heimsuchung.

By Hugo Ball Translated from the German by Jonathan Hammer Illustrated by Jonathan Hammer In this unconventional book, Jonathan Hammer offers a new translation of Hugo Ball's visionary novella Tenderenda the Fantast, along with his own unique Tenderenda-inspired images. The resulting "dialogue" between Ball, the founder of Zurich Dada, and Hammer, a contemporary artist, casts new light on Dadaism and its postmodern legacies.In Tenderenda, composed between 1914 and 1920, Ball recounts a hallucinatory tale of his own Dada enchantment and disenchantments. Jeffrey T. Schnapp introduces the book, elaborating the cultural and historical context of Ball's work and situating Hammer's work in relation to Dada. In a concluding essay, Hammer probes various aspects of Ball's asceticism, spirituality, and sexuality to arrive at a revisionist interpretation of Zurich Dada and the origins of modernism as well as postmodern art-making. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover144 PagesYale University Press, 20028.75 x 1 x 10.75 inchesISBN 9780300083736 Dada, Modernism

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