World Food Books

Conversations with Artists
by Selden Rodman

1961, English
Softcover, 234 pages, 20.5 x 13 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Capricorn Books / New York

$70.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce first paperback edition of this classic survey of conversations, published by Capricorn Books, New York, in 1961. Selden Rodman, a poet, compiled this lively survey of modern American art, architecture and sculpture at the close of the 1950s - by means of amusing and often revealing interviews with several dozen exponents. These revealing and entertaining conversations, convey the vitality, range and excitement of the art world in America in the 1950s through the words of the artist's themselves.

Artists include: Leonard Baskin, Alexander Calder, Joseph Glasco, Adolph Gottlieb, Morris Graves, David Hare, Edward Hopper, Philip Johnson, James Kearns, Frank Kline, Willem de Kooning, Rico Lebrun, Jack Levine, Jacques Lipchitz, Kenzo Okada, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Larry Rivers, Mark Rothko, Ben Shahn, David Smith, Saul Steinberg, Mark Tobey, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Andrew Wyeth.

Very Good copy from the collection of American curator and art critic Norman A. Geske, who authored many books on American art, directed the Sheldon Art Gallery in Nebraska (which included his building collaboration with architect Philip Johnson, who is featured herein), and curated the American Pavillion at the Venice Biennale in 1968, amongst other things. Norman A. Geske collection personal stamp to title page.

File under: Leonard Baskin Alexander Calder Joseph Glasco Adolph Gottlieb Morris Graves David Hare Edward Hopper Philip Johnson James Kearns Willem de Kooning Rico Lebrun Jack Levine Jacques Lipchitz Kenzo Okada Jackson Pollock Ad Reinhardt Larry Rivers Mark Rothko Ben Shahn David Smith Saul Steinberg Mark Tobey Frank Lloyd Wright Andrew Wyeth Franz Kline Capricorn Books / New York Art Painting Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Sculpture / Installation Architecture / Interior

Inventory : Essays
by Michel Butor

1970, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 320 pages, 20 x 14.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Jonathan Cape / London

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First 1970 hardcover Jonathan Cape English edition of Michel Butor's Inventory, a selection from Butor's writings, edited and with a foreword by Richard Howard.

"Michel Butor, author of three celebrated novels - A Change of Heart, Passing Time and Degrees - is, with Alain Robbe-Grillet and Nathalie Sarraute, a leader of the revolutionary literary movement, the French 'new novel'. He is also, as he displayed in Histoire Extraordinaire: Essays on a Dream of Baudelaire's, a brilliant and original critic and essayist. Richard Howard, critic, poet and the outstanding translator of modern French writers, has made a selection from Butor's writings that reveals the uncommon depth and scope of his critical accomplishment. An important group of theoretical essays on the aesthetics of the novel is followed by essays on classic French writers such as Balzac, Chateaubriand, Verne, Proust and Apollinaire. A discussion of fairy tales and science fiction as literary genres meriting serious critical thought precedes essays on modern art - the work of Mondrian, Pollock and Rothko - and on modern music as created by Stravinsky, Schönberg and Boulez. In every essay, Butor writes with an intensity, intellect and imagination that make Inventory one of the most valuable collections of critical writings to appear in this country in recent years."—Jacket

Michel Butor (1926—2016) was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator, and one of the leading exponents of the nouveau roman (“new novel”) alongside Alain Robbe-Grillet, Claude Simon, Nathalie Sarraute, an avant-garde literary movement that emerged in France in the 1950s.

Very Good copy, light wear and tear to VG dust jacket.

File under: Piet Mondrian Jackson Pollock Mark Rothko Arnold Schönberg Igor Stravinsky Pierre Boulez Michel Butor Richard Howard Honoré de Balzac Guillaume Apollinaire Marcel Proust Jules Verne Jonathan Cape / London Fiction / Poetry Out-of-print / Rare Literary Theory / Semiotics / Language Theory / Essay Art Painting Sound / Music

The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art
by Mark Rothko

2004, English
Softcover, 176 pages, 23 x 17.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Yale University Press / New Haven

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First edition of this recently discovered book manuscript by the celebrated artist Mark Rothko offering a landmark discussion of his views on topics ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary art, criticism, and the role of art and artists in society.

One of the most important artists of the twentieth century, Mark Rothko (1903–1970) created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting over the course of his career. Rothko also wrote a number of essays and critical reviews during his lifetime, adding his thoughtful, intelligent, and opinionated voice to the debates of the contemporary art world. Although the artist never published a book of his varied and complex views, his heirs indicate that he occasionally spoke of the existence of such a manuscript to friends and colleagues. Stored in a New York City warehouse since the artist’s death more than thirty years ago, this extraordinary manuscript, titled The Artist’s Reality, is now being published for the first time.

Probably written around 1940–41, this revelatory book discusses Rothko’s ideas on the modern art world, art history, myth, beauty, the challenges of being an artist in society, the true nature of “American art,” and much more. The Artist’s Reality alsoincludes an introduction by Christopher Rothko, the artist’s son, who describes the discovery of the manuscript and the complicated and fascinating process of bringing the manuscript to publication. The introduction is illustrated with a small selection of relevant examples of the artist’s own work as well as with reproductions of pages from the actual manuscript.

The Artist’s Reality will be a classic text for years to come, offering insight into both the work and the artistic philosophies of this great painter.

Out-of-print. First edition. Good copy with small creases to bottom cover corner, few pages. A few removable pencil underlines in text.

File under: Mark Rothko Mark Rothko Yale University Press / New Haven Painting Theory / Essay Out-of-print / Rare Art

Boston Collects : Contemporary Painting and Sculpture

1986, English
Softcover, 156 pages, 23 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Museum of Fine Arts / Boston

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Exhibition catalogue published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1986, surveying their collection of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture. Illustrated throughout in full colour with works by Pierre Alechinsky, Miquel Barcelo, Alfonse Borysewicz, Terry Allen, Siah Armajani, Arman, Richard Artschwager, Jennifer Bartlett, Georg Baselitz, Gerry Bergstein, Troy Brauntuch, Jack Bush, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Anthony Caro, Joseph Cornell, Enzo Cucchi, Willem De Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Richard Estes, Roy Deforest, Robert Freeman, Adolph Gottlieb, Al Held, Yves Klein, Michael Lucero, Louise Nevelson, Katherine Porter, Susan Rothenberg, Cy Twombly, Terry Winters, Gilbert & George, Gregory Gillespie, Ralph Goings, Arshile Gorky, Nancy Graves, Philip Guston, Duane Hanson, Jess, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Franz Kline, Joseph Kosuth, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Michael Mazur, John Mcnamara, Catherine Murphy, Alice Neel, A.R. Penck, Sigmar Polke, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Lucas Samaras, George Segal, David Smith, Kenneth Snelson, Joan Snyder, Pat Steir, Frank Stella, Gary Stephan, Clyfford Still, Tom Wesselmann, William T. Wiley, Bill Woodrow, Robert Yarber, and many more.

File under: Terry Allen Siah Armajani Arman Richard Artschwager Jennifer Bartlett Georg Baselitz Gerry Bergstein Troy Brauntuch Jack Bush Pier Paolo Calzolari Anthony Caro Joseph Cornell Enzo Cucchi Willem De Kooning Jean Dubuffet Richard Estes Roy Deforest Robert Freeman Adolph Gottlieb Al Held Yves Klein Michael Lucero Louise Nevelson Katherine Porter Susan Rothenberg Cy Twombly Terry Winters Gilbert & George Gregory Gillespie Ralph Goings Arshile Gorky Nancy Graves Philip Guston Duane Hanson Jess Jasper Johns Ellsworth Kelly Franz Kline Joseph Kosuth Roy Lichtenstein Morris Louis Michael Mazur John Mcnamara Catherine Murphy Alice Neel A.R. Penck Sigmar Polke Robert Rauschenberg Gerhard Richter Mark Rothko Lucas Samaras George Segal David Smith Kenneth Snelson Joan Snyder Pat Steir Frank Stella Gary Stephan Clyfford Still Tom Wesselmann William T. Wiley Bill Woodrow Robert Yarber Pierre Alechinsky Miquel Barcelo Alfonse Borysewicz Museum of Fine Arts / Boston Group Shows / Collections Sculpture / Installation Pop Art Painting Art Out-of-print / Rare SALE

Eloquent Silences - Writings On Art And Architecture
by Carlos Martí Arís

2020, English
Softcover, 172 pages, 17 x 24 cm
Published by Cosa Mentale / Marseille

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Jorge Luis Borges, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Yasushiro Ozu, Mark Rothko, Jorge Oteiza - a writer, an architect, a filmmaker, a painter, a sculptor. Five personalities of the 20th century separated by their mediums, their subjects of investigation and their disciplines. They are brought together in this book by the need to save art from its current alteration, and to bring it back to a more contemplative and introspective dimension.

It is a form of spiritual revolt that architect Carlos Martí Arís (Barcelona, 1948 - 2020) highlights through this transversal analysis of different artistic expressions that mix and meet to enrich his reflection. The key words of this consideration, which has the appearance of a manifesto, are: silence, contemplation, renunciation, transparency, anonymity and atemporality. Twenty years later, the lesson of Carlos Martí Arí is contemporary and of fundamental importance for our discipline today

Edited by Claudia Mion and Fabio Licitra
Cosa Mentale is a collective and independent publishing project which promotes new reflections within the field of architecture.

File under: Carlos Martí Arís Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Yasushiro Ozu Mark Rothko Jorge Oteiza Jorge-Luis Borges Cosa Mentale / Marseille Art Painting Ceramics / Glass Architecture / Interior Theory / Essay Fiction / Poetry Film / Video

Un art autre : où il s'agit de nouveaux dévidages du réel
by Michel Tapiè

1952, French
Softcover, 26 x 22 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Gariel-Giraud / Paris

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First, very rare 1952 edition of this important piece of art history, considered the manifesto of "L'art Informel". Published in an edition of only 1000 copies, Michel Tapié's book Un Art Autre (Art of Another Kind) defined a tendency in postwar European painting that he saw as a radical break with all traditional notions of order and composition—an art that worked through ‘paroxysm, magic, total ecstasy’. This dominant trend of abstract art in the 1940s and 1950s was characterised by an improvisatory approach and highly gestural technique, much aligned with America's Abstract Expressionism. In describing such work he used the term art informel (from the French ‘informe’, meaning unformed or formless), and presented the exemplary works of Wols, Herni Michaux, Jean Dubuffet, Mark Tobey, Jackson Pollock, Pierre Soulages, Georges Mathieu, Ruth Francken, René Guiette, Victor Brauner, Alfonso A. Ossorio, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Jean Fautrier, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Karel Appel, Mario Sironi, Camille Bryen, Alberto Burri, Hans Hofmann, Claire Falkenstein, Slavko Kopač, Germaine Richier, Graham Sutherland, Sam Francis, Mark Rothko, Gianni Dova, Jaroslav Serpan, André-Pierre Arnal, Roger-Edgar Gillet, Lucio Fontana, Roberto Matta, Eduardo Paolozzi, Willem de Kooning, and more.

Very Good copy with tanning from age and light spotting. Beautifully preserved copy.

File under: Karel Appel Wols Henri Michaux Willem de Kooning Ruth Francken Pierre Soulages Jackson Pollock Gianni Dova Sam Francis Lucio Fontana Jean Dubuffet Mark Tobey Georges Mathieu Victor Brauner Alfonso Ossorio Jean Fautrier Giuseppe Capogrossi Jean-Paul Riopelle Alberto Burri Roberto Matta Eduardo Paolozzi René Guiette Mario Sironi Camille Bryen Hans Hofmann Claire Falkenstein Slavko Kopač Germaine Richier Graham Sutherland Mark Rothko Jaroslav Serpan André-Pierre Arnal Roger-Edgar Gillet Michel Tapiè Gariel-Giraud / Paris Arte Informale / Haute Pâte / Tachism Out-of-print / Rare Painting Drawing Art Arte Povera

Milton Avery

1969, English
Hardcover, 86 pages, 22 x 26 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by New York Graphic Society / New York National Collection of Fine Arts - Smithsonian Institution / New York

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First edition hardcover catalogue on the work of Milton Avery, published in 1969 by the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, New York. Illustrated throughout with examples of Avery's paintings in colour and black and white, accompanied by an introduction by Adelyn D. Breeskin and commemorative essay by Mark Rothko. Includes biography and bibliography.

Milton Clark Avery (March 7, 1885 – January 3, 1965 ) was an American modern painter. Born in Altmar, New York, he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to New York City. Avery's work is seminal to American abstract painting—while his work is clearly representational, it focuses on color relations and is not concerned with creating the illusion of depth as most conventional Western painting since the Renaissance has. Avery was often thought of as an American Matisse, especially because of his colorful and innovative landscape paintings. His poetic, bold and creative use of drawing and color set him apart from more conventional painting of his era. Early in his career, his work was considered too radical for being too abstract; when Abstract Expressionism became dominant his work was overlooked, as being too representational.

File under: Milton Avery Mark Rothko Adelyn D. Breeskin New York Graphic Society / New York National Collection of Fine Arts - Smithsonian Institution / New York Painting Drawing Out-of-print / Rare

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

Modern Furniture and Decoration

1972, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 210 pages, 32 x 24 cm
Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Collins / London

$90.00 - Out of stock

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One of the great books on 1960s-70s interior design, Modern Furniture and Decoration, edited by Robert Hartling and published by Collins and Condé Nast in 1971/1972, presents over 200 pages of over-sized, colour-saturated photographs from around the world by the leading interior photographers of the period, bound into one heavy hard-covered volume. One of the must for any design library.

From the dust jacket:
"The contemporary revolution in interior design has a very tolerant philosophy. It accepts with delight unusual combinations of periods, motifs, products, colours, notions. An eighteenth-century commode, an Art Nouveau lampshade, a rare Benin head, a mass-production poster - any one of them is equally likely to be placed in a room alongside a Breuer tubular chair, an Italian lamp, or a Saarinen table."

Features the work of Joe Colombo, Oliver Mourgue, Alvar Aalto, George Nelson, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Ralph Erskine, Robin Day, Verner Panton, Pierre Paulin, Gae Aulenti, Billy Baldwin, Warren Platner, Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Karl Largerfeld, Charles Eames, Kartell, Achille Castiglioni, Vico Magistretti, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Alexander Liberman, Morris Louis, Thonet, Georg Jensen, Eero Aarnio, Cy Twombly, Erwin and Estelle Laverne, Mario Bellini, Ristomatti Ratia, Anthony Caro, Jules Olitski, David Smith, Cassina, Mark Rothko, Marimekko, Terence Conran, and many more, spanning living and workspaces.

Very Good copy in Good dust jacket, preserved in plastic wrap.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Anthony Caro Jules Olitski David Smith Joe Colombo Oliver Mourgue Kartell Ralph Erskine Verner Panton Billy Baldwin Alvar Aalto Warren Platner Eero Saarinen Karl Largerfeld Charles Eames Vico Magistretti Thonet Georg Jensen Eero Aarnio Cy Twombly George Nelson Marcel Breuer Le Corbusier Marimekko Terence Conran Robin Day Barnett Newman Kenneth Noland Alexander Liberman Morris Louis Cassina Mark Rothko Pierre Paulin Gae Aulenti Mario Bellini Estelle and Erwine Laverne Terence Conran Billy Baldwin Collins / London Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Architecture / Interior Textiles Ceramics / Glass

Önskemuseet : The Museum of Our Wishes

1963, Swedish
Softcover, 76 pages, 16.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Moderna Museet / Stockholm

$55.00 - Out of stock

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Önskemuseet: The Museum of Our Wishes (December 26, 1963 - February 16, 1964), was a unique and very ambitious exhibition initiated by director Pontus Hultén and Moderna Museet staff that gathered together a collection of modernist art from private owners, in order to present to the public and political administration their vision of what a museum collection could actually be. The exhibition featured works from private collections alongside a “wish list” of works that were still available on the market, calling for the government to allocate funds for purchasing new works for the museum. The request was acknowledged and the Museum received a one-off allocation of five million kronor, a substantial amount in today’s currency, which enabled the purchase of several works that now constitute the core of the collection, positioning Moderna Museet as one of the most dynamic and committed contemporary art institutions of the 1960s.

This is a copy of the first and only edition of the catalogue for the exhibition, which makes up a visual checklist of the artworks and artists featured in this enormous exhibit, taking it's form from art history guides that had started to be created after the war.
Includes introduction by Gerard Boniier as well as additional text by Olle Granath, K.G. Hulten, Ulf Linde and Karin Bergqvist Lindegren. Features works by Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, Raoul Dufy, Emil Nolde, Edwin Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Oscar Kokoschka, Max Beckmann, Chaim Soutine, Wassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Henri Le Fauconnier, Fernand Léger, Robert Delaunay, Roger de la Fresnaye, Henri Laurens, Amédée Ozenfant, Juan Gris, Alexander Archipenko, Jacques Lipchitz, Giacomo Balla, Ardengo Soffici, Carlo Carrà, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini, Francis Picabia, Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, Piet Mondrian, El Lissitzky, Theo van Doesburg, Antoine Pevsner, Georges Vantongerloo, Sophie Tauber-Arp, Naum Gabo, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Alexander Calder, Charles Despiau, Andre Derain, Maurice Utrillo, Amedeo Modigliani, Otto Dix, Ben Shahn, Marie Laurencin, Constantin Brancusi, Julio Gonzales, Paul Klee, Giorgio de Chirico, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Juan Miró, Andre Masson, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Alberto Giacometti, Wilfredo Lam, Victor Brauner, Salvador Dali, Sebastian Matta, Henry Moore, Roger Bissière, Jean Bazaine, Maurice Esteve, Alfred Manessier, Nicolas De Staël, Auguste Herbin, Serge Poliafkoff, Victor Pasmore, Barnett Newman, Richard Mortensen, Jean Fautrier, Lucio Fontana, Henri Michaux, Jean Dubuffet, Germaine Richier, Francis Bacon, Wols, Asger Jorn, Alberto Burri, Antonio Tapies, Karel Appel, Mark Tobey, Fritz Hundertwasser, Mark Rothko, Archile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Sam Francis, Robert Jacobsen, Robert Rauschenberg, Enrico Baj, César, Jasper Johns, Richard Stankiewicz, Jean Tinguely, Arman, and Yves Klein.

All texts in Swedish. The bulk of the reproductions are in black-and-white with several larger, tipped-in images in color.
Ex-library copy with stamps, stickers and covering. Otherwise a good copy.

File under: Henri Matisse Georges Rouault Raoul Dufy Emil Nolde Erich Heckel Max Beckmann Chaim Soutine Wassily Kandinsky Pablo Picasso Georges Braque Jacques Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon Henri Le Fauconnier Fernand Léger Robert Delaunay Roger de la Fresnaye Henri Laurens Amédée Ozenfant Juan Gris Alexander Archipenko Jacques Lipchitz Giacomo Balla Ardengo Soffici Carlo Carrà Umberto Boccioni Gino Severini Francis Picabia Marcel Duchamp Man Ray Kurt Schwitters Piet Mondrian El Lissitzky Theo van Doesburg Antoine Pevsner Georges Vantongerloo Sophie Tauber-Arp Naum Gabo Alexander Calder Germaine Richier Francis Bacon Wols Alberto Burri Antonio Tapies Karel Appel Mark Tobey Fritz Hundertwasser Mark Rothko Willem de Kooning Jackson Pollock Jean-Paul Riopelle Sam Francis Robert Jacobsen Robert Rauschenberg Enrico Baj César Jasper Johns Richard Stankiewicz Jean Tinguely Arman Yves Klein Asger Jorn René Magritte Yves Tanguy Alberto Giacometti Victor Brauner Salvador Dalí Sebastian Matta Henry Moore Roger Bissière Jean Bazaine Maurice Esteve Alfred Manessier Nicolas De Staël Auguste Herbin Victor Pasmore Barnett Newman Richard Mortensen Jean Fautrier Lucio Fontana Henri Michaux Jean Dubuffet Marc Chagall Max Ernst Otto Dix Ben Shahn Marie Laurencin Constantin Brancusi Julio Gonzales Paul Klee Giorgio de Chirico Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Maurice Utrillo Amedeo Modigliani Charles Despiau André Derain Arshile Gorky Oskar Kokoschka André Masson Joan Miró László Moholy-Nagy Wifredo Lam Serge Poliakoff Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Olle Granath K.G. Hulten Ulf Linde Karin Bergqvist Lindegren Gerard Boniier Pontus Hultén Moderna Museet / Stockholm Art Painting Dada Surrealism Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Pop Art Drawing Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

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.

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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

Aspects of Postwar Painting in America (Acquisition Priorities)

1976, English
Softcover, 120 pages, 28 x 27 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation / New York

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Offering a unique glimpse into the acquisition priorities of a large-scale institution, this catalogue juxtaposes works from the Guggenheim’s own collection with a selection of highly ranked artworks on the list of potential acquisitions, showcasing 32 American artists who shaped the mid-20th century's art world.
Published by Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, to accompany the exhibition Acquisition Priorities: Aspects of Postwar Painting in American, October 15, 1976–January 16, 1977, this book functions as much more than just a review of postwar American painting, acting as a self-analytical, institutional critique bringing the strengths and weaknesses of the Guggenheim’s holdings into stark relief. The catalogue features large images in both colour and black and white, followed by artists’ biographies, which are illustrated by social photographs.

Features: Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Agnes Martin, Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Philip Guston, Alfred Jensen, Jack Tworkov, Robert Motherwell, Arshile Gorky, Mark Tobey, Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Barnett Newman, Adolph Gottlieb, Ad Reinhardt, amongst others.
Text by Thomas M. Messer

Condition: Good (good book throughout but with rubbing and cracking to the spine with age) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Ad Reinhardt Adolph Gottlieb Agnes Martin Alfred Jensen Andy Warhol Arshile Gorky Barnett Newman Frank Stella Helen Frankenthaler Jack Tworkov Jackson Pollock Jasper Johns Josef Albers Mark Rothko Mark Tobey Philip Guston Robert Indiana Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Roy Lichtenstein Willem de Kooning Thomas M. Messer Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation / New York Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Group Shows / Collections

Renderings : Critical Essays on a Century of Modern Art
by Max Kozloff

1970, English
Softcover, 352 pages, 21 x 14 cm
Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Studio Vista / London

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"Renderings : Critical Essays on a Century of Modern Art" is a collection of forty-three essays, originally published in The Nation, Artforum, Art International and elsewhere, organized in six sections, "Revisitations Within the Modern Tradition"; "American Art and the Generation of the Second World War"; "Essays in Modern Sculpture"; "Current Art: Options and Responses"; "Sketches in the Aesthetics of Photography" and "The Methodology of Criticism". Illustrated sections reproduce selected works by the many artists featured throughout the texts collected here, including Gustave Courbet, Claes Oldenburg, Edward Kienholz, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Toulouse-Lautrec, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, David Smith, Rene Magritte, Mark Rothko, Camille Pissarro, Henri Matisse, Frank Stella, Robert Motherwell, Édouard Manet, Pierre Bonnard, Alberto Giacometti, Joseph Cornell, Medardo Rosso, Francis Bacon,Julio Gozalez, John Chamberlain, Ronald Bladen, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Larry Poons, Diane Arbus, Marcel Duchamp, and many others.

Max Kozloff (born 1933) is an American Art Historian, art critic of modern art and photographer. He has been art editor at The Nation, and Executive Editor of Artforum. His essay, "American Painting During the Cold War" is of particular importance to the criticism on American Abstract Expressionism.

Condition: Good Very (general light wear only otherwise clean, tight) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Alberto Giacometti Camille Pissarro David Smith Diane Arbus Édouard Manet Edward Kienholz Francis Bacon Frank Stella Gustave Courbet Henri Matisse Jackson Pollock Jacques Henri Lartigue Jasper Johns John Chamberlain Joseph Cornell Julio Gozalez Larry Poons Marcel Duchamp Mark Rothko Medardo Rosso Pablo Picasso Pierre Bonnard René Magritte Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Ronald Bladen Toulouse-Lautrec Claes Oldenburg Max Kozloff Studio Vista / London Art Dada Out-of-print / Rare Painting Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Surrealism Theory / Essay