"The surrealist movement, launched by André Breton's 1924 manifesto declaring his quest for the fusion of dream and reality, has flourished as one of the most important, controversial, and pervasive modern movements, one that has affected the course of literature, the visual arts, even politics. ... [details]
Monograph on the artist Paul Klee. Text by Carola Giedion-Welcker, translated by Alexander Gode. Includes list of illustrations, biography, and selected bibliography. Printed in color and black-and-white. [details]
Anthology of writing on art by Guillaume Apollinaire. Edited by LeRoy C. Breunig, Arthur A. Cohen Robert Motherwell, and Bernard Karpel. Writing organized chronologically. Includes bibliography and an index. ... [details]
A collection of essays and poems by the artist Jean Arp. Edited by Robert Motherwell and Arthur A. Cohen. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Bibliography compiled by Bernard Karpel. "Although far better known for his sculpture than for his writing, Jean Arp expressed himself in poetry throughout his life, and it is an essential part of his oeuvre. ... [details]
Anthology of writings by Ad Reinhardt assembled and edited by Barbara Rose. Edited by Arthur A. Cohen and Robert Motherwell. Bibliography compiled by Bernard Karpel. Includes list of illustrations and chronology. ... [details]
"Throughout the more than fifty years of his prolific career, Fernand Léger, one of the most influential of twentieth-century painters, wrote enthusiastic, lucid essays to explain his theories about the purposes of art, which he believed had an important role to play in modern life - not as decoration but as an embodiment of the modern spirit on all levels of society. ... [details]
Anthology of Futurist manifestos edited by Umbro Apollonio and Robert Motherwell. Translated by Robert Brain, Caroline Tisdall, R.W. Flint, and J.C. Higgitt. Bibliography compiled by Bernard Karpel. Includes chronology, selected bibliography, list of illustrations, and index. ... [details]
Anthology of writings by Richard Huelsenbeck. Edited by Richard Huelsenbeck, Edited by Hans J. Kleinschmidt, Robert Motherwell, and Bernard Karpel. Introduction by Kleinschmidt.Translated by Joachim Neugroschel. ... [details]
"In this informal biography, Lipchitz provides a living history of himself, man and artist, with a personal description of the creation of each of his works. Published on the occasion of a major exhibition of his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (June 1972), in honor of his eightieth birthday, My Life in Sculpture is a unique work of extensive documentation that will be invaluable source material for students of modern art history. ... [details]
Anthology of writings about art and painting. Edited by Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Arthur A. Cohen Robert Motherwell, Bernard Karpel, and Klaus Lankheit. Includes a bibliography and an index. Printed in black-and-white. [details]