World Food Books

Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection

2014, English
Softcover, 128 pages, 22 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / as new
Published by Yale University Press / New Haven

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Since the 1960s, Leatrice and Melvin Eagle have acquired decorative arts of the highest quality, beginning with contemporary ceramics and then expanding to works in other mediums produced from the 1940s to the present. Although primarily American in scope, their collection also encompasses significant pieces by acclaimed international artists. This book presents, for the first time, key highlights from the Eagle collection, which was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2010. At the core of the collection are stunning examples of ceramics by groundbreaking California-based artists, such as Robert Arneson, Ralph Bacerra, Viola Frey, David Gilhooly, Ron Nagle, Ken Price, Adrian Saxe, and Peter Voulkos. Also included is furniture by Wendell Castle and Sam Maloof; textile and fiber art by Olga de Amaral, John Garrett, John McQueen, and Cynthia Schira; and jewelry and metalwork by William Harper, Albert Paley, Earl Pardon, and Joyce J. Scott. This catalogue features works by about 40 key artists and an illustrated checklist of about 170 objects in the collection.

As New copy.

File under: Robert Arneson Ralph Bacerra Viola Frey David Gilhooly Ron Nagle Ken Price Adrian Saxe Peter Voulkos Wendell Castle Sam Maloof Olga de Amaral John Garrett John McQueen Cynthia Schira William Harper Albert Paley Earl Pardon Joyce J. Scott Yale University Press / New Haven Ceramics / Glass Textiles Sculpture / Installation Theory / Essay Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare SALE

Nine West Coast Clay Sculptors 1978

1978, English
Softcover, 48 pages, 25.5 x 20.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Everson Museum of Art / Syracuse

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Very scarce catalogue published to accompany an exhibition curated by Margie Hughto at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, September 29 - December 3, 1979; Arts and Crafts Center of Pittsburgh, February 24 - March 18, 1979. Centring around The California Clay Movement (or American Clay Revolution), a school of ceramic art that emerged in California in the 1950s that was part of the larger transition in crafts from "designer-craftsman" to "artist-craftsman", the exhibition features the influential work of Peter Voulkos and Stephen de Staebler, two of the movement's driving forces, and their students and associated Funk (non-functional Bay Arena ceramic art movement) artists including Marilyn Levine, Robert Arneson, Karen Breschi, David Gilhooly, David Middlebrook, Kenneth Price, and Richard Shaw. Text by Judy S. Schwartz. Acknowledgments & Foreword by Margie Hughto, Adjunct Curator of Ceramics. Each artist with a one page write-up profile with images, notes and biographies.

Very Good with some light creasing.

File under: David Gilhooly David Middlebrook Karen Breschi Marilyn Levine Peter Voulkos Richard Shaw Robert Arneson Stephen de Staebler Ken Price Judy S. Schwartz Margie Hughto Everson Museum of Art / Syracuse Art Out-of-print / Rare Ceramics / Glass Group Shows / Collections Sculpture / Installation

ARTFORUM
LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE

1984, English
Softcover, 342 pages, 270 x 280 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan

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Softcover edition of "LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE", the heavy 342 page volume anthology of the first 21 years of the world's most important modern and art journal. An incredibly valuable collection of art theory.

Edited by Amy Baker Sandback, designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath and published in 1984 by U.M.I. Research Press, this dense volume, bound in hardcover to the dimensions of a copy of ARTFORUM, begins with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from ARTFORUM's June 1962 inaugural issue, and ends with Barbara Kruger reviewing the film "TRON" for the November 1982 issue. An amazing compendium of articles and reviews from the magazine's important first 21 years, featuring contributions by the likes of John Cage, Robert Morris, Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Boris Groys, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, J. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. Artists featured include: Josef Albers, Richard Tuttle, Jo Baer, Carl Andre, Ant Farm, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Lee Bontecou, Constantin Brancusi, Bertholt Brecht, Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, Diane Arbus, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Lynda Beglis, Larry Bell, Terry Fox, James Byers, Rober Barry, Marcel Breuer, AA Bronson, Luis Buñel, Daniel Buren, Chris Burden, Joseph Beuys, Anthony Caro, Marcel Broodthaers, John Chamberlain, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Merce Cunningham, Sonia Delauney, Walter de Maria, Bruce Connor, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Walker Evans, Dan Flavin, Marcel Duchamp, Albrecht Dürer, Lucio Fontana, Hollis Frampton, Alberto Giacometti, Eva Hesse, Gilbert & George, Philip Glass, John Cage, Nancy Graves, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Nancy Grossman, Walter Gropius, Hans Haacke, Hairy Who, David Hockney, Douglas Huebler, Jorg Immendorff, Donald Judd, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Keinholz, Paul Klee, Alison Knowles, Joseph Kosuth, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Roberto Matta, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Jannis Kounellis, Markus Lüpertz, El Lissitzky, Rene Magritte, Robert Mapplethorpe, John McCracken, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzio, A. R. Penck, Irving Penn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Larry Poons, Ken Price, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Roman Polanski, Jackson Pollock, Steve Reich, Gerrit Rietveld, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dorothae Rockburne, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, Oscar Schlemmer, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, David Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Robert Venturi, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Saul Steinberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bruno Taut, Jean Tinguely, Anne Truitt, Paul Wunderlich, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Bourgeois, Alfred Hitchcock, and so many more.

A Good copy throughout, with cover rubbing and corner bumping. Tightly bound and clean copy internally.

File under: A.R. Penck AA Bronson Agnes Martin Alain Robbe-Grillet Alberto Giacometti Albrecht Dürer Alfred Hitchcock Alighiero Boetti Alison Knowles Allan Kaprow André Masson Andy Warhol Anne Truitt Ant Farm Anthony Caro Barbara Kruger Barnett Newman Brice Marden Bruce Conner Bruno Taut Carl Andre Chris Burden Cindy Sherman Claes Oldenburg Constantin Brâncuși Dan Flavin Dan Graham Daniel Buren David Hockney David Smith Diane Arbus Donald Judd Dorothea Rockburne Douglas Huebler Edward Kienholz El Lissitzky Ellsworth Kelly Eva Hesse Francis Bacon Francis Picabia Frank Stella Gerrit Rietveld Hairy Who Hans Haacke Henri Matisse Hollis Frampton Irving Penn Jackson Pollock James Rosenquist Jannis Kounellis Jasper Johns Jean Cocteau Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Jo Baer Joan Jonas John Cage John Chamberlain John McCracken Jörg Immendorff Josef Albers Joseph Beuys Joseph Kosuth Karlheinz Stockhausen Ken Price Kenneth Noland Kurt Schwitters Larry Bell Larry Poons Lawrence Weiner Lee Bontecou Louise Bourgeois Louise Nevelson Lucas Samaras Lucio Fontana Luis Buñuel Lynda Benglis Marc Chagall Marcel Breuer Marcel Broodthaers Marcel Duchamp Mario Merz Mark Rothko Markus Lupertz Martial Raysse Max Bill Max Ernst Mel Bochner Michael Snow Nancy Graves Nancy Grossman On Kawara Pablo Picasso Paul Cézanne Paul Klee Paul Wunderlich Philip Glass Ree Morton René Magritte Richard Avedon Richard Serra Richard Tuttle Robert Grosvenor Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Robert Ryman Robert Smithson Robert Venturi Roberto Matta Roman Polanski Roy Lichtenstein Saul Steinberg Sol Lewitt Sonia Delaunay Steve Reich Terry Fox Walker Evans Walter de Maria Walter Gropius Wolf Vostell Yvonne Rainer Michelangelo Antonioni Jean Arp (Hans Arp) James Lee Byars Merce Cunningham Oskar Schlemmer Gilbert & George Robert Barry Eduardo Paolozzi Ad Reinhardt Agnes Martin Allan Kaprow Andy Warhol Annette Michelson Anselm Kiefer Barbara Kruger Barbara Rose Billy Kluver Boris Groys Carl Andre Carter Ratcliff Cindy Nemser Claes Oldenburg Dan Flavin Dan Graham Dennis Adrian Don Factor Donald Kuspit Ed Ruscha Edit De Ak Hal Foster Harold Rosenberg Henry Geldzahler Henry T. Hopkins Hilton Kramer Hollis Frampton Ingrid Sischy J. Hoberman Jane Livingston Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe John Cage John Coplans Kate Steinitz Kathy Acker Kenneth Baker Laurie Anderson Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Weiner Lizzie Borden Louise Bourgeois Lucy R. Lippard Lynda Benglis Manny Farber Max Kozloff Mel Bochner Michael Fried Peter Plagens Peter Schjeldahl Philip Leider Richard Flood Richard Serra Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Pincus-Witten Robert Rosenblum Roberta Smith Roger Shattuck Roy Lichtenstein Sam Wagstaff Sidney Tillim Stuart Morgan Thomas McEvilley Walter De Maria Walter Hopps Rosalind E. Krauss Bertolt Brecht U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Counterculture Curatorial Dada Drawing Feminism Fiction / Poetry Film / Video Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Periodicals Photography Poetry Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Theory / Essay

ARTFORUM
LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE

1984, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 342 pages, 270 x 280 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan

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First, hardcover edition of "LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE", the heavy 342 page volume anthology of the first 21 years of the world's most important modern and art journal. An incredibly valuable collection of art theory.

Edited by Amy Baker Sandback, designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath and published in 1984 by U.M.I. Research Press, this dense volume, bound in hardcover to the dimensions of a copy of ARTFORUM, begins with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from ARTFORUM's June 1962 inaugural issue, and ends with Barbara Kruger reviewing the film "TRON" for the November 1982 issue. An amazing compendium of articles and reviews from the magazine's important first 21 years, featuring contributions by the likes of John Cage, Robert Morris, Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Boris Groys, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, J. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. Artists featured include: Josef Albers, Richard Tuttle, Jo Baer, Carl Andre, Ant Farm, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Lee Bontecou, Constantin Brancusi, Bertholt Brecht, Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, Diane Arbus, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Lynda Beglis, Larry Bell, Terry Fox, James Byers, Rober Barry, Marcel Breuer, AA Bronson, Luis Buñel, Daniel Buren, Chris Burden, Joseph Beuys, Anthony Caro, Marcel Broodthaers, John Chamberlain, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Merce Cunningham, Sonia Delauney, Walter de Maria, Bruce Connor, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Walker Evans, Dan Flavin, Marcel Duchamp, Albrecht Dürer, Lucio Fontana, Hollis Frampton, Alberto Giacometti, Eva Hesse, Gilbert & George, Philip Glass, John Cage, Nancy Graves, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Nancy Grossman, Walter Gropius, Hans Haacke, Hairy Who, David Hockney, Douglas Huebler, Jorg Immendorff, Donald Judd, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Keinholz, Paul Klee, Alison Knowles, Joseph Kosuth, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Roberto Matta, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Jannis Kounellis, Markus Lüpertz, El Lissitzky, Rene Magritte, Robert Mapplethorpe, John McCracken, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzio, A. R. Penck, Irving Penn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Larry Poons, Ken Price, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Roman Polanski, Jackson Pollock, Steve Reich, Gerrit Rietveld, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dorothae Rockburne, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, Oscar Schlemmer, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, David Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Robert Venturi, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Saul Steinberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bruno Taut, Jean Tinguely, Anne Truitt, Paul Wunderlich, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Bourgeois, Alfred Hitchcock, and so many more.

Very uncommon hardcover edition, with dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good (light wear to very good book and dust jacket, protected under acid-free plastic wrap. Small ex-library markings, stickers) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: A.R. Penck AA Bronson Agnes Martin Alain Robbe-Grillet Alberto Giacometti Albrecht Dürer Alfred Hitchcock Alighiero Boetti Alison Knowles Allan Kaprow André Masson Andy Warhol Anne Truitt Ant Farm Anthony Caro Barbara Kruger Barnett Newman Brice Marden Bruce Conner Bruno Taut Carl Andre Chris Burden Cindy Sherman Claes Oldenburg Constantin Brâncuși Dan Flavin Dan Graham Daniel Buren David Hockney David Smith Diane Arbus Donald Judd Dorothea Rockburne Douglas Huebler Edward Kienholz El Lissitzky Ellsworth Kelly Eva Hesse Francis Bacon Francis Picabia Frank Stella Gerrit Rietveld Hairy Who Hans Haacke Henri Matisse Hollis Frampton Irving Penn Jackson Pollock James Rosenquist Jannis Kounellis Jasper Johns Jean Cocteau Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Jo Baer Joan Jonas John Cage John Chamberlain John McCracken Jörg Immendorff Josef Albers Joseph Beuys Joseph Kosuth Karlheinz Stockhausen Ken Price Kenneth Noland Kurt Schwitters Larry Bell Larry Poons Lawrence Weiner Lee Bontecou Louise Bourgeois Louise Nevelson Lucas Samaras Lucio Fontana Luis Buñuel Lynda Benglis Marc Chagall Marcel Breuer Marcel Broodthaers Marcel Duchamp Mario Merz Mark Rothko Markus Lupertz Martial Raysse Max Bill Max Ernst Mel Bochner Michael Snow Nancy Graves Nancy Grossman On Kawara Pablo Picasso Paul Cézanne Paul Klee Paul Wunderlich Philip Glass Ree Morton René Magritte Richard Avedon Richard Serra Richard Tuttle Robert Grosvenor Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Robert Ryman Robert Smithson Robert Venturi Roberto Matta Roman Polanski Roy Lichtenstein Saul Steinberg Sol Lewitt Sonia Delaunay Steve Reich Terry Fox Walker Evans Walter de Maria Walter Gropius Wolf Vostell Yvonne Rainer Michelangelo Antonioni Jean Arp (Hans Arp) James Lee Byars Merce Cunningham Oskar Schlemmer Gilbert & George Robert Barry Eduardo Paolozzi Ad Reinhardt Agnes Martin Allan Kaprow Andy Warhol Annette Michelson Anselm Kiefer Barbara Kruger Barbara Rose Billy Kluver Boris Groys Carl Andre Carter Ratcliff Cindy Nemser Claes Oldenburg Dan Flavin Dan Graham Dennis Adrian Don Factor Donald Kuspit Ed Ruscha Edit De Ak Hal Foster Harold Rosenberg Henry Geldzahler Henry T. Hopkins Hilton Kramer Hollis Frampton Ingrid Sischy J. Hoberman Jane Livingston Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe John Cage John Coplans Kate Steinitz Kathy Acker Kenneth Baker Laurie Anderson Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Weiner Lizzie Borden Louise Bourgeois Lucy R. Lippard Manny Farber Max Kozloff Mel Bochner Michael Fried Peter Plagens Peter Schjeldahl Philip Leider Richard Flood Richard Serra Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Pincus-Witten Robert Rosenblum Roberta Smith Roger Shattuck Roy Lichtenstein Sam Wagstaff Sidney Tillim Stuart Morgan Thomas McEvilley Walter De Maria Walter Hopps Rosalind E. Krauss Bertolt Brecht U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Counterculture Curatorial Dada Drawing Fashion Feminism Fiction / Poetry Film / Video Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Periodicals Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Theory / Essay

Ken Price
The Large Sculptures

2014, English
Hardcover, 80 pages (colour ill.), 28 x 33 cm
Published by Matthew Marks gallery / New York

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For over five decades, Ken Price (1935–2012) produced small-scale ceramic sculptures with brightly colored finishes that achieved a balance between form and surface. Then, in the last years of his life, he initiated a dramatic shift in scale and finish. Ken Price: The Large Sculptures unveils this final body of work in its entirety. With dimensions that echo those of the human body, these sculptures speak directly to the viewer’s corporeality. Cast in bronze composite and painted with color-shifting automotive paint, the large sculptures are in one sense the culmination of Price’s long career and in another the beginning of a new path cut tragically short. This large-format book includes a detailed essay by Alex Kitnick that situates these works in the history of modern sculpture. The plates section features multiple views of the works’ seemingly ever-shifting forms. Completing the book are numerous unpublished photographs of the fabrication process at Price’s studio.

File under: Ken Price Matthew Marks gallery / New York Art Ceramics / Glass Drawing Sculpture / Installation

Color and Fire

2000, English
Hardcover (w. dustjacket), 251 pages, 26.4 x 26.4 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by LACMA / Los Angeles Rizzoli / New York

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Drawn from the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Color & Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000 accompanies a major touring exhibition on the history of ceramic art in the second half of the twentieth century. Illustrated with more than 250 color photographs, Color & Fire explores the roles of key artists and the major stylistic movements they developed during the decades of pioneering innovation.

Based on the premise that the history of studio ceramics can be regarded as a series of breakthroughs or milestones, Color & Fire highlights the moments when talented artists came together to produce work in clay that challenged traditions and promoted aesthetic freedom. In the early years of the twentieth century, pottery was primarily mass-produced in factories, where specialists in wheel throwing, glazing, and kiln firing worked under a system of divided labor. In the 1930s and 1940s, ceramists such as the renowned team of Gertrud and Otto Natzler began to perform all of these exacting functions-from mixing clay to firing kilns-in their own studios, creating one-of-a-kind pots, breathtaking in design and construction. Since that time, ceramic art has followed a metaphorical journey from the earth to the air, as concerns with utility, materials, and techniques have given way to abstract conceptual considerations.

In Los Angeles in the 1950s, Peter Voulkos and his students upset the traditional values of craft pottery and the Bauhaus- inspired "form follows function" doctrine by creating nonfunctional, oversized, off-kilter vessels with cracks and holes, along with massive Abstract Expressionist monuments. In the 1960s in northern California, Robert Arneson and his students shattered taboos against clay as a sculptural medium in the oversized, off-kilter vessels with cracks and holes, along with massive Abstract Expressionist monuments. In the 1960s in northern California, Robert Arneson and his students shattered taboos against clay as a sculptural medium in the hands of potters with their radical, irreverent, and satirical "Funk" pieces. Today, no longer confined to the decorative arts or other craft categories, ceramic artists around the world explore an unlimited range of influences, styles, and ideas, engaging in a graceful and inventive dialogue with centuries of ceramic tradition.

A celebration as well as a valuable art-historical survey, Color & Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000 showcases the finest works form the unparalleled collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Accessible to the novice as well as to the enthusiast, the book includes essays by Grechen Adkins, Garth Clark, Jo Lauria, Rebecca Niederlander, Susan Peterson, and Peter Selz.

Condition: Very Good – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: David Gilhooly Gertrud Natzler Jerry Rothman John Mason Ken Price Michael Frimkess Otto Natzler Paul Soldner Peter Voulkos Robert Arneson Ron Nagle Garth Clark Grechen Adkins Jo Lauria Peter Selz Rebecca Niederlander Susan Peterson LACMA / Los Angeles Rizzoli / New York Art Ceramics / Glass

West Coast Ceramics
Keramisch beeldhouwwerk uit de Verenigde Staten

1979, English / Dutch
Softcover (stapled), 44 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 21 x 27.5 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Stedelijk Museum / Amsterdam

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Catalogue for "West Coast Ceramics", the 1979 exhibition held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Artists include; Ken Price, Robert Arneson, David Gilhooly, Richard Shaw, Ron Nagle and Peter Voulkos.

Catalogue design: Wim Crouwel, Arlette Brouwers, Total Design

Condition: Very Good – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Arlette Brouwers David Gilhooly Ken Price Peter Voulkos Richard Shaw Robert Arneson Ron Nagle Total Design Wim Crouwel Rose Slivka Stedelijk Museum / Amsterdam Art Ceramics / Glass Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Sculpture / Installation

Abstract Expressionist Ceramics
John Coplans (Ed.)

1966, English
Softcover, 54 pages, 21.5 x 24 cm
1st edition of 1000, Out of print title / used*,
Published by University of California Irvine / US

$170.00 - Out of stock

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This is the exhibition catalogue in which curator and editor John Coplans first coined the term "Abstract Expressionist Ceramics".

A very rare piece of West Coast ceramics history, this handsome catalogue, designed by James Turrell and printed in a once-only edition of 1000 copies, was published in conjunction with the seminal 1966 University of California, Irvine survey exhibition ("Abstract Expressionist Ceramics") of West Coast artists affiliated with Peter Voulkos and his pioneering work at the Ceramic Center at Otis Art Institute and the University of California, Berkeley.

Curated by John Coplans, the pivotal figure here is Peter Voulkos, but the catalogue also features incredible and rare photo documentation of the amazing early works of Billy Al Bengston, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, Malcolm McClain, James Melchert, Ron Nagle, Manuel Neri, Kenneth Price, and Henry Takemoto, presented in large colour and black and white photography alongside Coplans' exhibition essay.

A very special, and super scarce item in the history of West Coast ceramic art.

Condition: Very Good (only minor shelf wear/light creasing to back cover, internal pages/binding clean and tight)– All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Billy Al Bengston Henry Takemoto James Melchert John Mason Malcolm McClain Manuel Neri Michael Frimkess Peter Voulkos Ron Nagle Ken Price John Coplans University of California Irvine / US Art Ceramics / Glass Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections

Choice from America: Modern American Ceramics
Arthur C. Danto, Janet Koplos

1999, English
Hardcover, 135 pages, 29.5 x 23.7 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by The Kruithuis Museum Collection / Netherlands

$62.00 - Out of stock

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Published by the Kruithuis Museum Collection in The Netherlands in 1999, this large hard-cover volume profiles the important ad diverse ceramic work of American artists Robert Arneson, Ronald Baron, Christina Bertoni, Kathy Butterly, William Daley, Richard Devore, Robert Forman, Viola Frey, David Gilhooly, Andrea Gill, Wayne Higby, Graham Marks, James Melchert, Ron Nagle, George Ohr, Ken Price, Adrian Saxe, Rudolf Staffel, Robert Turner, Peter Voulkos, Betty Woodman, Rhonda Zwillinger. The work of this incredible grouping of artists is photographed in glorious detail and reproduced very large across the numerous page-spreads that profile each and every artist.
A very visual book!

Includes essays by Arthur C. Danto and Janet Koplos, and photographic portraits of all the artists alongside in-depth bibliographies. An incredible resource.

Condition: Very Good (only minor shelf wear, sticker on inside back end-paper)– All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Adrian Saxe Andrea Gill Betty Woodman Christina Bertoni David Gilhooly George Ohr Graham Marks James Melchert Kathy Butterly Ken Price Peter Voulkos Rhonda Zwillinger Richard Devore Robert Arneson Robert Forman Robert Turner Ron Nagle Ronald Baron Rudolf Staffel Viola Frey Wayne Higby William Daley Arthur C. Danto Janet Koplos The Kruithuis Museum Collection / Netherlands Art Out-of-print / Rare Ceramics / Glass Group Shows / Collections Sculpture / Installation

Ceramic Sculpture: Six Artists

1981, English
Softcover, 144 pages, 22 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Whitney Museum / New York University of Washington Press / Washington

$38.00 - Out of stock

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Out of print catalogue from the exhibition "Ceramic Sculpture: Six Artists", Whitney Museum of American, 9 Dec 1981 - 7 Feb, 1982; SF MOMA, 8 Apr - 27 Jun 1982.

Features the great ceramic work of Peter Voulkos, John Mason, Kenneth Price, Robert Arneson, David Gilhooly and Richard Shaw.

Included the texts: "Ceramic Sculpture in California: An Overview" by Suzanne Foley and "Ceramic Sculpture: Six Artists" by Richard Marshall.

Condition: Very Good (copy has sun tanning to spine and general light shelf wear) - All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: David Gilhooly John Mason Ken Price Peter Voulkos Richard Shaw Robert Arneson Richard Marshall Suzanne Foley Whitney Museum / New York University of Washington Press / Washington Art Objects / Ephemera / A/V Sculpture / Installation Ceramics / Glass Group Shows / Collections

The New Ceramics
Trends + Traditions

1988, English
Softcover, 208 pages (colour/b&w ill. throughout)
Out of print title / used*,
Published by Thames and Hudson / London

$32.00 - Out of stock

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The most popular of all the decorative arts, pottery has established itself as a modern art, form universal in its appeal and language. This presentation of ceramics worldwide has been updated to reflect the latest developments in a fast-evolving field, revealing a blend of tradition with new ideas, and spectacular use of ornament and colour. Dormer discusses the nature and roots of today's trends, and examines form and decoration in an authoritative compilation.

Condition: Good copy, some sun tanning to the spine and cover edges, some library markings/stickers – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Karen Bennicke Ken Price Matteo Thun Mieke Blitz Richard Shaw Ron Nagle Rudolf Staffel Thames and Hudson / London Art Ceramics / Glass Graphic Design / Typography Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation

Ken Price
Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Works on Paper 1962-2010

2013, English
Softcover, 164 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 15 x 23 cm
Published by The Drawing Center / New York

$38.00 - Out of stock

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This publication accompanies the first survey of drawings by Los Angeles artist Ken Price (1935–2013), best known for his abstract, brightly colored ceramic sculptures. Price’s work was only widely exhibited later in his life, but scholars have long admired his highly original forms. As early as 1966, Lucy Lippard commented: “No one else on the East or West Coast is working like Kenneth Price.” Like his better-known sculptures, these drawings feature an idiosyncratic array of amorphous shapes. The book includes an in-depth 44-page illustrated essay by exhibition curator Douglas Dreishpoon, a 20-page section detailing a rarely seen large-scale scroll drawing from 1962, and color plates of all of the nearly 70 works in the exhibition, tracking the evolution of Price’s drawings over 48 years and demonstrating a wide range of characters and techniques.

File under: Ken Price Douglas Dreishpoon The Drawing Center / New York Art Ceramics / Glass Sculpture / Installation

Ken Price
New Sculpture & Works on Paper

2009, English
Softcover (stapled), 16 pages (colour ill. throughout), 220 x 145 mm
Out of print title / used*,
Published by Matthew Marks gallery / New York

$35.00 - Out of stock

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This brightly illustrated publication accompanied the exhibition Ken Price: New Sculpture & Works on Paper at the Art Dealers Association of America Art Show, February 19-23, 2009 at the Park Avenue Armory. Features photographs of many new sculptural works and drawings. Very scarce catalogue.

Condition: Very Good - All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Ken Price Matthew Marks gallery / New York Art Ceramics / Glass Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation

PIN-UP 14
Spring Summer 2013

2013, English
Softcover, 172 pages, ills colour & bw, 23 x 28 cm
Published by PIN-UP MAGAZINE

$25.00 - Out of stock

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PIN–UP is a magazine that captures an architectural spirit, rather than focusing on technical details of design, by featuring interviews with architects, designers, and artists, and presenting work as an informal work in progress – a fun assembly of ideas, stories and conversations, all paired with cutting-edge photography and artwork. Both raw and glossy, the magazine is a nimble mix of genres and themes, finding inspiration in the high and the low by casting a refreshingly playful eye on rare architectural gems, amazing interiors, smart design, and that fascinating area where those areas connect with contemporary art. In short, PIN–UP is pure architectural entertainment!

Issue 14 features:
Paulo Mendes Da Rocha, ROLU, Delfina Delettrez, Hans Kollhoff, PLUS a 60-page BRAZIL SPECIAL including a portfolio by Wolfgang Tillmans on the city São Paulo; a cinematic portrait of Rio by the artist Sarah Morris; a Hans Ulrich Obrist-led tour of Lina Bo Bardi’s luminous domestic masterpiece and former residence, the Casa de Vidro; and an insightful new take on Brasilia’s genesis and legacy by Richard Williams with photographs by Marcelo Krasilcic. As well as conversations with established and up-and-coming architects, artists and designers from all over Brazil, including an introduction to ten of the most exciting contemporary Brazilian architects.
Also:
An ethereal tour of Valerio Olgiati’s unbuilt wonders, a visit to legendary gay artist Tom of Finland’s Los Angeles sanctuary, a look inside Michael Capo’s auction house treasure palace, and a trip to Mozambique to revisit the life and work of the unbelievably prolific Portuguese architect Pancho Guedes. Also in the issue, Kate McCollough trawls Second Life cataloging traditional stair typologies and PIN–UP’s recommendations for the contemporary corporate environment. Plus a 15-page PIN–UP Board showcase including the PIN–UP Book Club, Norman Foster, Jerszy Seymour, Ken Price, Horrace Gifford, OMA for Knoll, FAUX/real, Adeline André, and so much more.

File under: Delfina Delettrez Hans Kollhoff Ken Price Pancho Guedes Paulo Mendes Da Rocha Rolu Sarah Morris Tom of Finland Valerio Olgiati Wolfgang Tillmans Hans Ulrich Obrist PIN-UP MAGAZINE Architecture / Interior Art Graphic Design / Typography Fashion Periodicals Photography

Clay Revisions
Plate, Cup, Vase

1987, English
Softcover, 64 pages (colour ill. throughout), 280 x 220 mm
Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Seattle Art Museum / Seattle

$10.00 - Out of stock

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Published by Seattle Art Museum, this catalogue accompanied the exhibition "Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup, Vase", held at Renwick Gallery in 1988. The show was organized by the Seattle Art Museum and curated by Vicki Halper, the author of this catalogue. It documents work by many of the world's leading ceramists, including Ken Price, Peter Shire, Mary Heilmann, Peter Voulkos, Ron Nagle, Richard Shaw, Robert Arneson, and many more.

Condition: Good, former library book, library stickers and markings on cover, inside cover and back pages, wear to some pages, wrapped in plastic contact - All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Ken Price Mary Heilmann Peter Shire Peter Voulkos Richard Shaw Robert Arneson Ron Nagle Vicki Halper Seattle Art Museum / Seattle Art Ceramics / Glass Graphic Design / Typography Objects / Ephemera / A/V Out-of-print / Rare

Clay Today
Contemporary Ceramists and Their Work

1990, English
Softcover, 240 pages, 305 x 230 mm
Out of print title/Used*,
Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Los Angeles

$30.00 - Out of stock

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A catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This publication showcases the collection, one of the most outstanding selections of contemporary vessel ceramics in the world. The goal of this collection, begun in the 1970s, was to gather works by living artists, that showed their diversity, energy, and intellectual concerns. It is composed principally of works from 1979 to 1988, with a core representative of southern California potters. For background on the interwoven histories of English and American studio potters in the development of the clay movement, work of European and especially English artists are represented, including works that illustrate a technique or "moment" to show a specific genre. The catalogue profiles 64 ceramists through biographies, photographs, and discussions of the artist's work.

Condition: Good, Slight bumping on corners and sun damage on spine - All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Adrian Saxe Ken Price Peter Voulkos Phillip Cornelius Ralph Baccera Rudolf Staffel Martha Drexler Lynn Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Los Angeles Art Ceramics / Glass Graphic Design / Typography Out-of-print / Rare

Ken Price
Happy's Curios

1978, English
Softcover, 89 pages, 230 x 255 mm
Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Los Angeles

$130.00 - Out of stock

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“After settling in Taos, Price began to identify with the folk artists who make roadside monuments and the artisans who produce pottery in villages all over Mexico. He determined to make a body of work, using commercial material and readily available preparations, that was true in spirit to the folk/cottage industry sensibility, that was ‘easy, offhand but utterly assured characteristic’ of ‘low art’ pottery.” The resulting project, “Happy’s Curios,” which Price spent nearly six years working on (the bulk of the decade), culminated with a show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1978"

Condition: Very Good - All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Ken Price Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Los Angeles Art Ceramics / Glass Out-of-print / Rare

Ken Price
Sculpture: A Retrospective

2012, English
Hardcover (w. dustjacket), 288 pages, 248 x 280 mm
Published by Prestel / Munich

$85.00 - Out of stock

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This definitive book on American sculptor Ken Price presents a comprehensive overview of the artist's exquisite and innovative work.

For more than 50 years, Ken Price created remarkable and unique objects that have redefined contemporary sculpture practice. Published in conjunction with a LACMA- organized retrospective exhibition, this monograph features superbly reproduced color photographs of Price's vibrant and anthropomorphic work, which has garnered a cultlike following among artists, critics, and scholars since the 1960s. Also included are essays tracing the arc of Price's career and addressing his development as a colorist; a compilation of in-depth interviews from 1980 to 2011; and an appreciation by his friend Frank Gehry, who is also designing the exhibition. An illustrated checklist and chronology as well as an anthology of historical texts from the 1960s allow readers to envision the remarkable trajectory of Price's work. Examining the artist's prolific career and influence, this authoritative book on Price will serve as the catalyst for further scholarly investigation.

File under: Ken Price Dave Hickey Frank Gehry Lauren Bergman Stephanie Barron Prestel / Munich Art Sculpture / Installation