"More than fourteen years in preparation, this anxiously awaited book by Pierre Schneider, therefore, impressively fills a large gap in the literature of contemporary art history. The author discusses his original and personal views of Matisse's art, and has compiled a prodigious amount of information previously unknown either to specialists or to the general public. ... [details]
Profusely illustrated monograph on the painter Francis Bacon. Text by Michel Leiris, translated by John Weightman. Includes bibliography, chronology, index and artist's exhibition history. Printed in color and black-and-white. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, May 30 - July 19, 1980. Traveled to the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, September 12 - October 12, 1980; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 12 - May 31, 1981; Yale University Art Gallery, September 8 - October 20, 1981; Forth Worth Art Center, November 7 - December 13, 1981; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, January 7 - March 7, 1982. ... [details]
Large-scale monograph on the work of Henry Moore. Writing by the artist, and Franco Russoli. Edited by David Mitchinson. Includes chronology, list of references, and list of works. Printed in color and black-and-white. [details]
Project initiated by Leo Castelli Gallery, inviting architects to "propose prototypical solutions for private dwellings." -- from introduction. Text by B.J. Archer. Architects include Emilio Ambasz, Peter Eisenman, Vittorio Gregotti, Arata Isozaki, Charles Moore, Cesar Pelli, Cedric Price and Oswald Mathias Ungers. ... [details]
Artist's book by LeWitt featuring images of sunsets over ocean waters taken in Praiano, Italy. Four images per page in grid over 30 pages. [details]
Artists' book / photographic narrative of two roosters [cocks] fighting. Somehow a natural progression of LeWitt's systematic works. Reference: "Sol LeWitt: Books, 1966-1990," Portikus Frankfurt and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Frankfurt and Köln, Germany, 1990. ... [details]
Collection of critical essays by Charles Jencks. "Late-Modernism has now become one of the most important contemporary architectural movements and has provided some of the most stimulating and sophisticated buildings of the past decade. ... [details]
Reference text comprised of a series of informal conversations with members the New York of the art community, conducted by Barbaralee Diamondstein, at the New School for Social Research. Diamondstein interviews Edward Larrabee Barnes, Romare Bearden, Isabel Bishop, J. ... [details]
Artist's book composed of photographs, nine per page, taken by Sol LeWitt with a Rollei 110 of mostly architectural details: doors, windows, window and sewer grates, manhole covers, sidewalks, tile mosaics, tile grids, bridges, LeWitt's own sculptural works, etc. ... [details]
