Anthology of writings by major figures associated with the Dada movement. Edited by Robert Motherwell. Writing by Jean Arp, Hugo Ball, André Breton, Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia, Arthur Cravan, Paul Eluard, Richard Huelsenbeck, Georges Hugnet, Erik Satie, Kurt Schwitters, Tristan Tzara, Jacques Vaché, Hans Richter, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Philippe Soupault, Harriet Janis, Sidney Janis, Albert Gleizes, Raoul Hausmann, and Bernard Karpel. ... [details]
Anthology of surrealist texts, selected and edited by Marcel Jean. General editor for The Documents of 20th-Century Art series: Robert Rauschenberg. Includes texts by Giorgio de Chirico, Arthur Rimbaud, Guillaume Apollinaire, Alfred Jarry, Jacques Vaché, Pierre Reverdy, Lautréamont, Marcel Duchamp, André Breton, Francis Picabia, Max Ernst, and many others. ... [details]
"At the age of ninety, Pablo Picasso is undoubtedly the greatest living artist of the twentieth century. Although he has had tremendous influence as a painter and sculpture, he has rarely committed himself in writing on the subject of art, and in fact the vast Picasso literature contains only three documents that he has verified himself. ... [details]
"Now, for the first time, the sculptor George Rickey provides the several definitions necessary to understand Constructivism, an important twentieth-century art movement. The development of Constructivism is traced, through the thoughts of its founders, from its origins in Russia in 1913, to its dispersion throughout Europe, and its later manifestations in the United States. ... [details]
"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 work of photographer Harry Callahan published by the Museum of Modern Art in 1967. Introduction by Sherman Paul. Includes a chronology by Grace M. Mayer and a selected bibliography by Bernard Karpel. [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held March 18 - May 10, 1959. Essay by James Thrall Soby. Includes list of exhibitions, index. Bibliography by Bernard Karpel. [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with traveling show held in 1973. Edited by Anne d'Harnoncourt and Kynaston McShine. Written contributions by Michel Sanouillet, Richard Hamilton, Lawrence D. ... [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]