New & Noteworthy

By Robert WalserTranslated from German by Susan Bernofsky "A clairvoyant of the small." — W.G. Sebald "Walser has in recent years regained some of the status he enjoyed in the 1920s. Instead of Kafka and Benjamin, we have Sebald and Lydia Davis championing him. But we still don’t know where we stand with him. Are we dealing with pure literature, the vagaries of the everyday, jokes, or empty fancies? The writing is radical and elegant enough to encompass all these possibilities and many more. Is it the stuff of life? Perhaps." — The Times Literary Supplement A Chirstine Burgin co-publication Now in paperback, with newly translated, additional microscripts and full-color paintings by Maira Kalman. Robert Walser wrote many of his manuscripts in a highly enigmatic, shrunken-down form. These narrow strips of paper (many of them written during his hospitalization in the Waldau sanatorium) covered with tiny ant-like markings only a millimeter or two high, came to light only after the author’s death in 1956. At first considered a secret code, the microscripts were eventually discovered to be a radically miniaturized form of a Germanic script: a whole story could fit on the back of a business card. Selected from the six-volume German transcriptions from the original microscripts, these twenty-five short pieces are gathered in this gorgeously illustrated co-publication with the Christine Burgin Gallery. Each microscript is reproduced in full color in its original form: the detached cover of a trashy crime novel, a disappointing letter, a receipt of payment. Sometimes Walser used the pages of small tear-off calendars (but only after cutting them lengthwise and filling up each half with text). Schnapps, rotten husbands, small town life, the radio, pigs (and how none of us can deny being one), jealousy, Van Gogh and marriage proposals are some of Walser’s subjects. These texts take strength from Walser’s motto: “To be small and to stay small.” Paperback 160 pages New Directions/Christine Burgin, 2012 6 x 9 inches ISBN 9780811220330Literature

Microscripts

By Sheridan Le Fanu "Succeeds in inspiring a mysterious terror better than any other writer"—M.R. James In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest – the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day… Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance. Paperback160 pagesPushkin Press, 20255.07 x 0.5 x 7.8 inchesISBN 9781805332121Literature, Fiction

Carmilla: The Dark Sapphic Romance That Inspired Dracula

By Megan Brandow-Faller “The strength of Brandow-Faller's study lies in its ability to yoke together disparate cultural realms-Secessionist Vienna and postwar American childhood, and vastly successful designers and pedagogues with those largely forgotten-to reveal surprising and fascinating points of connection.” ―Laura Morowitz, Associate Professor of Art History at Wagner College, New York “A deeply informed examination of three visionary art educators from Vienna-Franz Cizek, Emmy Zweybruck, and Viktor Lownfeld-and their profound influence on progressive art education in the United States.” ―Ellen Winner, Professor Emerita, Psychology & Neuroscience, Boston College “Insightful and compelling, this book draws on previously unexamined sources to explore how three educators disseminated, popularized, and commodified ideas of child art from the Vienna Secession to mid-century modernism.” ―Mary Ann Stankiewicz, Emerita Professor of Art Education, Penn State University Tracing the dissemination of Secessionist ideas of child creativity – from their origination in early-20th century Vienna through to their eventual commodification in postwar America – this book highlights the central role that visual art has played in child education and in nurturing creativity in elementary and preschool curricula. Taking the reader through the ideas of three artistic visionaries and their students – Franz Cižek, and Austrian-American émigrés Emmy Zweybrück and Viktor Löwenfeld – this book reveals how these ideas developed in postwar America through a focus on child-centered methods of 'learning by doing' in artistic practice. By centring the visual arts as a vital educational medium, we see how these teachings have been popularized as a means of nurturing creativity in childhood. Across three chapter length case studies, interspersed with three 'mini chapters' on the reception of each artist-educator's radical teachings in the American education system, Child Creativity and the Visual Arts provides new interpretations into the impact of these three luminaries' differing philosophies on a broader program of socio-political activism in the USA. Drawing on previously untapped archival and primary source materials, it blends deep material culture analysis with narrative elements to present a compelling account of the unrecognized influence of émigré art pedagogy on progressive, international art education. In doing so, it provides fresh transregional and thematic perspectives on early-1900s Vienna as a hotbed of creative and cultural experimentation and 'mecca' of progressive art education. Hardback264 Pages, 70 color IllustrationsBloomsbury, 20259 x 6 InchesISBN 9781350456792Viennese History, Secession

Child Creativity and the Visual Arts: From Secessionist Vienna to Postwar America

Let your imagination run wild with Scratch and Sketch Sheets! Use the wooden styluses included to scratch off the black coating on each sheet, revealing gold, silver, or rainbow swirls! Enjoy this no-mess art activity with the 4 drawing stencils included. Or scratch off your own designs freehand! And because the box contains 5 styluses, you can invite friends and family to join in on the fun. Art kit comes with 50 Scratch and Sketch Sheets! 20 rainbow-patterned sheets, 15 gold sheets, and 15 silver sheets. Large sheets measure 6-1/2'' x 8-1/4.'' Kit also includes 4 drawing stencils and 5 styluses. Non-toxic. A note regarding the styluses included in this kit: A pencil sharpener or sandpaper may be used, if needed, to make the stylus points sharper. Caution: Keep particles of scratch coating away from eyes, as irritation may occur. In case of accidental contact, flush eyes with water. Avoid inhaling particles of scratch coating. Use in a well-ventilated area under close adult supervision. Not for children under 5 years of age. Hardcover50 sheetsAge range: 5 and upPeter Pauper Press, 20226-1/2 x 8-1/4 inchesISBN 9781441339713Children

Deluxe Scratch and Sketch Kit

Learn all about the world of art, from Leonardo da Vinci to Vincent van Gogh, from Frida Kahlo to Georgia O'Keeffe! Trace outlines of art masterpieces and discover the artists who created them! This is a Trace-Along Scratch and Sketch! White outlines on black scratch-off pages create a fun way for younger children (5 and up) to build confidence in their own creativity as they reveal brilliant patterns, swirls, and colors beneath! They can also use the sketch pages in the back to create their own works of art. Includes a wooden stylus for drawing on the black-coated pages. 20 black-coated scratch-off pages, 20 illustrated pages with informative text, and 20 extra pages for independent drawing and sketching. Sturdy wire-o hardcover binding. Non-toxic. Potential eye irritant. Avoid inhaling particles of scratch coating. Not for children under 5 years. Meets all applicable safety standards. Hardcover 64 pagesAge Range: 5 and up 6.3 x 0.7 x 8.3 inchesPeter Pauper Press, 2020ISBN 9781441334008Children, Activity Book

Fine Art Scratch and Sketch

LIMITED EDITION The Neue Galerie Manhattan Diary, produced by Gallery Leather, features endpapers with Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann's Adler pattern from 1910, gilded edges, metal protective corners, and a black full-grain leather binding debossed with our logo. For over 30 years, the Manhattan City Diary has been a must-have resource for everything New Yorkers need to know about the Big Apple. Featuring a wealth of city listings including restaurants, shops, art galleries, nightlife, 24-hour services, and emergency numbers. Packed with useful information like conversion charts, a vintage wine list, holidays, and more. For keeping up to date on your appointments, it offers a week-to-a-spread calendar layout. Full-color street maps to make navigating the city a breeze. MTA, Metro-North, LIRR, and NJ Transit maps ensure you will always be on the right track. Area and zip code maps assist you at all times. Other features: Book Bound 3.25" x 7" Contains week-to-a-spread calendar Over 3,000 Area-Specific Listings Full-color Street, Transit, and Vicinity Maps Black ribbon bookmark 112 Sheets/224 pages

Neue Galerie Manhattan Diary 2026

By Edmund de Waal Edmund de Waal has created a book about archives that is itself archival, a gathering together of his reflections on archives from over a decade in chronological order. The book is also cyclical, it starts in Odessa in 2009 and ends in Paris in 2021 encountering his family archives in both places. In-between there are his responses to the archives of poets and artists and places he loves. An Archive offers the opportunity to read texts by de Waal originally included in previous publications that are no longer available to the reader. The effort to put together all this material is not only an archival work but also an essay on the topic that offers different approaches to the definition and the experimentation of an archive by the viewer or its creator. Like much of de Waal’s work, this book is concerned with collecting and collections—how objects are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed. This book is part of the Ivory Press Archives series, which aims to make unpublished, long-lost or sold out material available to the general public. Paperback250 PagesIvory Press, 20254.72 x 0.79 x 6.3 inchesISBN 9788412749311Archive, History

An Archive

Edited by Anja Richter and Florence Thurmes A collection of art works from Europe in the 1920s and 30s, an exceptionally diverse period of art presented as never before. Three hundred works from twenty-one countries form a European panorama of the many facets of realism in art that were ubiquitous in Europe during the 1920s and 1930s. They tell of poverty and misery, economic upheaval, artistic flourishing and progress, urban culture, nightlife, emancipation, and diversity. A devastating world war, the Spanish flu, poverty, global economic crisis, National Socialism—such was the 1920s. No other epoch has as many parallels to today as the period between the two world wars. This richly illustrated volume brings together realist treasures from across Europe, offering fresh inspiration through superb works of art that remain strikingly relevant. The eclectic period known as the Golden Twenties promises to be a magnet for visitors in Chemnitz, the European Capital of Culture in 2025. Featured artists include Aleksandra Belcova, Maria Blanchard, Otto Dix, Pranas Domšaitis, Stina Forssell, August Jansen, Jean Jacoby, Alexander Kanoldt, Pyke Koch, Béla Kontuly, Ivan Kos, Sonja Kovacic-Tajcevic, Lotte Laserstein, Rafal Malczewski, Milada Marešová, Ubaldo Oppi, Sergius Pauser, Cagnaccio di San Pietro, William Roberts, Ángeles Santos, Franz Sedlacek, Ilona Singer-Weinberger, Ludomir Slendzinski, Niklaus Stoecklin, Marijan Trepše, Kiril Tsonev, Gerda Wegener, and Carel Willink. Hardcover384 Pages | 300 colorHirmer Publishers, 20259.45 x 11.61 inchesISBN 9783777445793 Modern European Art

European Realities

Maria Pranke (1891-1972)Flowers, 1911 Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 478ASingle Postcard

Maria Pranke: Flowers [Postcard]

By Daniel Brook "A well-informed life of a scientist worth remembering."—Kirkus Reviews "Jaunty… Brook succeeds in bringing his subject to fresh life, including a description of Hirschfeld’s world travels in 1930, which he undertook to lecture and research."—Casey Schwartz, Washington Post "You’ve probably never heard of Magnus Hirschfeld—and this is an injustice to a truly great man. Daniel Brook’s excellent biography. . . resurrects Dr. Hirschfeld’s status as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century, whose insights into human nature can illuminate our turbulent times."—Deborah Mason, BookPage An illuminating portrait of a lost thinker, German-Jewish sexologist and activist Magnus Hirschfeld. More than a century ago, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, dubbed the “Einstein of Sex,” grew famous (and infamous) for his liberating theory of sexual relativity. Today, he’s been largely forgotten. Journalist Daniel Brook retraces Hirschfeld’s rollicking life and reinvigorates his legacy, recovering one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. In an era when gay sex was a crime and gender roles rigid, Hirschfeld taught that each of us is their own unique mixture of masculinity and femininity. Through his public advocacy for gay rights and his private counseling of patients toward self-acceptance, he became the intellectual impresario of Berlin’s cabaret scene and helped turn his hometown into the world’s queer capital. But he also enraged the Nazis, who ransacked his Institute for Sexual Science and burned his books Driven from his homeland, Hirschfeld traveled to America, Asia, and the Middle East to research sexuality on a global scale. Through his harrowing lived experience of antisemitic persecution and a pivotal late-in-life interracial romance, he came to see that race, like gender, was a human invention. Hirschfeld spent his final years in exile trying to warn the world of the genocidal dangers of racism. Rich in passion and intellect, The Einstein of Sex at last brings together this unsung icon’s work on sexuality, gender, and race and recovers the visionary who first saw beyond the binaries. A century after his groundbreaking work—as the fights for personal freedom and societal acceptance rage on—Hirschfeld’s gift for thinking beyond the confines of his world has much to teach us. Hardcover320 pagesW. W. Norton, 20256.4 x 9.4 inchesISBN 9781324007241Biography, German History

The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)The Dancer, 1916-18 (unfinished) This archival pigment print was custom-printed with wide-gamut archival pigment inks on 100% cotton acid-free fine art paper. The colors will last more than a lifetime. 11"x14"

Gustav Klimt: The Dancer [Giclée Print]

Written and Illustrated by Wanda Gág Inducted into the Picture Book Hall of Fame in 2017 by the Indies Choice Book Awards. The original American classic with a refrain that millions of kids love to chant: Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats. Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman who were very lonely. They decided to get a cat, but when the old man went out searching, he found not one cat, but millions and billions and trillions of cats! Unable to decide which one would be the best pet, he brought them all home. How the old couple came to have just one cat to call their own is a classic tale that has been loved for generations. Winner of a Newbery Honor, this collector’s edition of Wanda Gág’s original edition—featuring a heavy interior stock, spot gloss and embossing on the cover, and a thread-sewn binding—will bring this beloved tale to a whole new generation of readers. Paperback32 pagesAge range: 2-5 yearsPuffin Books, 2006Originally published in 195210.5 x 7.25 inchesISBN 9780142407080Classic Children's Book

Millions of Cats

By Gustav JanouchContribution by Francine Prose "This remarkable book, itself the result of a miraculous discovery of material believed lost, is one of the most exciting works—fiction, nonfiction, poetry—I remember having read." —Joyce Carol Oates, Partisan Review The value of Gustav Janouch’s Conversations with Kafka was immediately recognized when it was first published in America in 1953. Through a series of mishaps, however, the original text did not include several large and critical segments of the manuscript. The missing material, only recovered by chance, was integrated in 1971 into this revised and enlarged edition of Janouch’s extraordinary portrait of Kafka. “The living Kafka whom I knew,” the author writes in his post-script, “was far greater than the posthumously published books, which his friend Max Brod preserved from destruction. The Franz Kafka whom I used to visit and was allowed to accompany on his walks through Prague had such greatness and inner certainty that even today, at every turning point in my life, I can hold fast to the memory of his shade as if it were solidly cast in steel …. [He] is for me one of the last, and therefore perhaps one of the greatest, because closest to us, of mankind’s religious and ethical teachers.” Paperback228 pagesNew Directions, 20125.2 x 0.7 x 8 inchesISBN 9780811219501Biography, Literary Criticism

Conversations with Kafka

Edited by Markus Kristan »Josef Hoffmann hat alle seine Gedanken und Eingaben und Aufsätze immer mit der Hand zu Papier gebracht. Ich habe ihn niemals an einer Schreibmaschine ­sitzen gesehen und er ist doch der modernste Mensch, dem man begegnen kann, der alle Strömungen und Bewegungen in sich aufgenommen hat, der stets der erste war, neue Impulse auszuteilen und die Jugend zu entflammen. Er hat Architektur und Kunsthandwerk aus der Zeit wachsen lassen, er ist der Meister der großen Form und der klaren Linie. Die Kraft, die ihn dazu befähigte, liegt nicht nur in seiner Geburt und Kindheit gesichert, sie hat ihre ewige Geborgenheit in der Idee, die ihn umfing, die ihn zuerst zur Kunst hinführte. Andere Menschen haben nur den irdischen Gewinn am Ausgang und Ziel ihres Weges und damit vergeuden sie Erbschaft, Leben und Freude.«(L. W. Rochowanski 1951) Hardcover192 pagesText in GermanBibliothek der Provinz, 202415.5 x 22 x 2 cmISBN 9783991262329Art and Architecture

Essays & Texte

Edited by Bernadette Reinhold and Patrick Wekner The photographic estate of Oskar and Olda Kokoschka comprises approximately 5.000 photographs. It contains portraits by renowned photographers, including Madame d’Ora (Dora Kallmus), Hugo Erfurth, Brassaï, George Platt Lynes, René Burri, Trude Fleischmann or Erich Lessing. Apart from artistically composed images, the estate also features numerous press photographs and astonishing snapshots. With its extensive commentary, this first photo-biography of Kokoschka provides an insight into the artist’s many-faceted work and eventful life. The publication offers a vivid record of the evolution of photography and a historico-cultural journey through the 20th century as reflected by the mirror of this extraordinary artist. Paperback208 pages | 206 colored illustrationsText in English and GermanAmbra Verlag, 20139 x 0.75 x 11 inchesISBN 9783990435656 Monograph, Photographs

Oskar Kokoschka - ein Künstlerleben in Lichtbildern | Oskar Kokoschka - An Artist's Life in Photographs

By Henry Wiencek How the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens transcended scandal to enrich their times. Stanford White was a louche man-about-town and a canny cultural entrepreneur—the creator of landmark buildings that elevated American architecture to new heights. Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the son of an immigrant shoemaker, a moody introvert, and a committed procrastinator whose painstaking work brought emotional depth to American sculpture. They met when Stan was walking down the street and heard Gus whistling Mozart in his studio. They pursued their own careers in Italy and France, then came together again in New York, where they maintained an intimate friendship and partnership that defined the art of the Gilded Age. Over the course of decades, White would help sustain his friend's troubled spirits and vouch for Saint-Gaudens when he failed to complete projects. Meanwhile, Saint-Gaudens would challenge White to take his artistic gifts seriously—and so it went amid brilliant commissions and sordid debaucheries all the way to White’s sensational murder by an enraged husband in 1906. In Stan and Gus, the acclaimed historian Henry Wiencek sets the two men’s relationship within the larger story of the American Renaissance, where millionaires’ commissions and delusions of grandeur collided with secret upper-class clubs, new aesthetic ideas, and two ambitious young men to yield work of lasting beauty. Hardcover320 pagesFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 20255.7 x 1.05 x 8.65 inchesISBN 9780374162498Biography, Art & Architecture

Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age

PEPIN Gift & Creative Paper Books all contain 4 introductory pages and 12 large sheets of very high-quality paper. These sheets can be easily removed from the books by tearing them along the perforated line. The sheets are folded to fit into the book; when removed and opened they measure about 50 cm x 70 cm (19½ inch x 27½ inch; a standard size for gift wrapping papers). PEPIN papers will make your gift package look special. In addition, our papers are suitable many forms of paper craft. Paperback12 large sheetsPepin Press, 202010 x 13.5 inchesISBN 9789460091261Wrapping Paper

Wiener Werkstätte Gift and Creative Papers

By Erich KästnerTranslated by Anthea Bell "It’s not the most famous book by the author of Emil and the Detectives but it’s his best… breathes new life into the school story" —Alex O’Connell, Books of the Year The Times "Atmospheric… bittersweet… a memorable exploration of bravery, boyhood and friendships" —Wall Street Journal Martin’s school is no ordinary school. There are snowball fights, kidnappings, cakes, a parachute jump, a mysterious man called ‘No-Smoking’ who lives in a railway carriage and a play about a flying classroom. As the Christmas holidays draw near, Martin and his friends – nervous Uli, cynical Sebastian, Johnny, who was rescued by a sea captain, and Matthias, who is always hungry (particularly after a meal) – are preparing for the end-of-term festivities. But there are surprises, sadness and trouble on the way – and a secret that changes everything. The Flying Classroom is a magical, thrilling and bittersweet story about friendship, fun and being brave when you are at your most scared. (It also features a calf called Eduard, but you will have to read it to find out why.) Paperback 160 pagesPushkin Children's Books, 20255.08 x 7.77 inchesISBN 9781782694656Children's Books

The Flying Classroom

Edited by Aya Soika, Eveline Suter, and Annika Weise This publication magnificently illustrates the diversity and depth of Max Pechstein’s oeuvre. The Expressionist and “Brücke” artist Max Pechstein was a pioneering representative of modernism in Germany. His intensely colorful depictions of people and nature are regarded as foundational to Expressionism and were a defining inspiration for an entire epoch. Many of his paintings are regarded as icons of Expressionism, yet the stylistic breadth of Max Pechstein’s art extends well beyond his works from the “Brücke” period. He found inspiration in his visits to what he called “painter’s paradises” on the Baltic Sea and the South Pacific, where his focus on the unity of man and nature was crystallized. Pechstein’s art and his yearning for harmony in an unstable world reflect our current and increasingly appreciative view of nature and the environment, and thus serve as a bridge to the present time. PB/Hardcover not yet listed on publisher website224 pages | 150 color platesText in English and GermanHirmer Publishers, 20259.84 x 11.02 inchesISBN 9783777445694German Expressionism

Max Pechstein: Vision und Werk/Vision and Work

By Erich KästnerIllustrated by Walter TrierTranslated by Anthea Bell The book behind the world-famous film — in a new translation by Anthea Bell Luise has ringlets. Lottie has braids. Apart from that they look exactly the same. But they are sure that they have never set eyes on each other in their lives. When the two girls meet at a summer camp and discover the secret behind their similarity, they decide to switch places. Everyone is fooled (apart from the dog) and, despite a few mistakes and misadventures, everything goes to plan for Luise as Lottie and Lottie as Luise – until their father meets a young, beautiful woman and things start to unravel… Funny, moving, affectionate and improbable, The Parent Trap has twice been adapted for film – but the book remains one of the great classics of German children’s literature. Paperback144 pagesAge range: 8-12 yearsPushkin Children's Books, 20255.08 x 7.8 inchesISBN 9781805331704Children's Books

The Parent Trap

By Irmgard KeunTranslated by Kathie von Ankum “A highly original, extremely stylish novel...The narrator is a young woman whose irreverent and funny voice you will not easily forget.” —Daniel Kehlmann, New York Times Book Review “A young girl navigates interwar German society and the expectations—or lack thereof—placed upon women, in this poignant, melancholy novel from the late Keun…[This] heartbreaking story of dashed hopes is one that still has the power to affect and inspire.” —Publishers Weekly This enthralling tale of a “material girl” in 1930s Berlin is the masterpiece of a literary icon, rediscovered and restored to the same heights as such luminaries as Isherwood and Brecht. In 1931 a young woman writer living in Germany penned her answer to Anita Loos’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the era of cinematic glamour: The Artificial Silk Girl. Though a Nazi censorship board banned Irmgard Keun’s work in 1933 and destroyed all existing copies, the novel survived, as fresh and relevant today as the day it was written. The Artificial Silk Girl is the story of Doris, beautiful and striving, who vows to write down all that happens to her as the star of her own life story. But instead of scripting what she hopes will be a quick rise to fame and fortune as either an actress or the mistress/wife of a wealthy man, she describes a slow descent into near prostitution and homelessness. Prewar Berlin is not the dazzling and exciting city of promise it seems; Doris unwittingly reveals a bleak, seamy urban landscape. Paperback224 pagesOther Press, 20255.24 x 8 inchesISBN 9781635425086Fiction, Literature

The Artificial Silk Girl: A Novel

By Chiêu Anh Urban These illusions will play tricks on your eyes! Find two animals on each page in a clever, stylish exploration of negative and positive space for the very young. Singing, tweeting, small and round.Lion likes this whistler’s sound. Look closely. What do you see? Could that be a bird nestled in the curl of Lion’s tail? And who is swimming by Whale? Or basking in the sun near Swan? Colorful spreads invite children in with a rhyme that contains a clue, while the bold, graphic design steers the eye to a negative space revealing a hidden familiar animal. Black-and-white spreads at the end depict the same animals again, further clarifying the concept of positive and negative space. Fun and enticing for even the youngest children and a delight for art-oriented parents, this interactive seek-and-find book begs for many repeat sharings. Board Book28 pagesAge range: 0-3 yearsCandlewick Studio, 20238 x 0.64 x 8 inchesISBN 9781536223705 Children's Literature, Board Books

Illusions in Art: Animals

Edited by Lilli Hollein and Bärbel Vischer With contributions by Kimberly Bradley, Lilli Hollein, Nina Schedlmayer, and Bärbel Vischer The iconic designs that are still handcrafted today by the Auböck workshop, now in its fourth generation in Vienna, were ahead of their time from the beginning and shaped Austrian design across generations. The book and exhibition focus on the defining era of the interwar and post-war periods and also refer to the experimental 1980s. The works are viewed through the lens of surrealism. For the first time, works by the sculptor and textile artist Mara Uckunowa-Auböck (1895-1987), who met Carl Auböck II (1900-1957) at the Bauhaus in Weimar, are also presented. The book contains, among other things, newly published photographs of the essential, original works shown in the exhibition, as well as a foreword by Lilli Hollein, texts by Kimberly Bradley on the workshop in the international design context, by Nina Schedlmayer on the history of the workshop, and by Bärbel Vischer on the surrealist perspective on the comprehensive oeuvre of the Auböck workshop. The work of the celebrated workshop for mid-century home decor Furniture, cutlery, key rings, smoking utensils, and much more Exhibition at the MAK, Vienna, 15.5.2024-13.10.2024 Paperback186 pages | 1 b&w and 120 color illustrationsBirkhäuser, 2024Text in German and English6.7 x 9.4 inchesISBN 9783035629057Architecture and Interior Design, Exhibition Catalog

Iconic Auböck: A Workshop Shapes Austria's Concept of Design

By Hervé Tullet 'Instantly engage the child from the very beginning … it is clear to see that they go far beyond the realms of everyday books; enlightening, inspiring and exciting children.'—Family Fun Guide 'Hervé's work is a sumptuous visual assault to the eyes, a stylised celebration of colour, of pattern, of textures … the brevity of text is precisely what brings the books to life.'—Junior Experience the magic of Hervé Tullet in The Game of Mix and Match, a title from his much-loved Let’s Play Games series of interactive board books for readers aged 3-6 years. This hands-on game has more than 50 different pictures – use the flaps to discover what you get when you mix a heart with an apple or a snail with a lemon! The book features Tullet’s unique hand lettering and a vibrant riot of illustrations. Beloved by children the world over since they first appeared in print, each book in this series works like a game, occupying busy minds and little fingers, and stimulating thought and imagination. Hardcover14 pages | 16 illustrationsPhaidon, 2011Age range: 3-6 years8.25 x 5.8 inchesISBN 9780714860732Children's Books

The Game of Mix and Match

By Tomi Ungerer 'Tomi Ungerer has been proving the pen is mightier than the sword for six decades ... [A] style marked by great originality of illustrative technique, and a use of language that refused to patronise his young readers.'—Dazed & Confused One the most memorable, entertaining and beautiful storybooks ever published, in which good triumphs over evil in a delightfully unexpected way In this timeless tale, three robbers wearing tall black hats walk the roads at night, terrifying everyone they meet. But one day, they encounter an orphan girl named Tiffany, who isn't scared of them at all ... An ALA Book award winner, this classic story of mystery and suspense celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Written and illustrated by one of the world's most acclaimed and award-winning children's authors, The Three Robbers has been translated into 16 languages and has sold millions of copies since it was first published. Tomi Ungerer has been described as 'the direct natural descendant of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen' and, like all the best fairy tales, The Three Robbers is by turns scary, charming and surprising. Hardcover40 pages | 20 illustrationsPhaidon, 2009Age range: 8-12 years11.4 x 8.25 inchesISBN 9780714848778Children's Books

The Three Robbers

By Paul KleeTexts by Michael Baumgartner, Dr. Christine Hopfengart, Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Osamu Okuda Back in print, the most authoritative overview on the beloved Bauhaus Renaissance man and pioneer of abstraction, the first artist to "take a line for a walk" Paul Klee (1879-1940) is one of the most important representatives of modern art. His oeuvre is as universal as it is individual, standing tall among all of the currents and "isms" of his day. His overwhelming body of paintings, drawings, and other visual works; his letters, journal entries, and, last but not least, his teaching notes form the background for this pointed depiction of the life and work of the meditative artist and visual thinker. This richly illustrated volume traces Klee's eventful biography, ranging from his artistic beginnings with caricature-like drawings and nudes, his encounter with the avant-garde and the famous watercolors from his journey to Tunisia, the abstract color compositions from the Bauhaus era, to the mysterious, inventive images of his last years in Bern. Hardcover344 pages, 488 photosHatje Cantz, 202010.1 x 11.7 inchesISBN 9783775747196Monographs

Paul Klee: Life and Work

Herzensbund/ Heart Strings Green KyaniteProduced by Sharing BijouxKyanite is a rare and sought-after gem, cherished for its calming energy. Known to restore spiritual balance, it offers a sense of gentle clarity and inner harmony.Hand-faceted gemstones nestled in artisanal micro-macramé net, with faceted, semi-precious beads on a resilient beige or tobacco thread.Length: 20.9 inches (53 cm)Each piece is unique and handmade with love.Freshwater resistant.Avoid saltwater, chlorinated water, or any abrasive products.Handle with care.

Herzensbund Necklace

Sophia 203 for Neue NOWEmbroidered with a Wiener Werkstätte textile pattern designed by Ugo Zovetti, 1910Lined in black suede with hidden magnetic claspH. 7 x L. 9 x W. 2 in.

Vienna 1900 Evening Clutch

Von Rainer Maria Rilke. Mit einem Vorwort von Ulrich Baer Im Jahr 1902 erhält Rainer Maria Rilke Post von einem jungen Mann, Franz Xaver Kappus, einem literarisch begabten, 19-jährigen Offiziersanwärter. Kappus ist sich nicht sicher, welche Richtung er in seinem Leben einschlagen soll, und fragt daher den großen, nur wenige Jahre älteren Dichter um Rat. Rilke antwortet ihm – auf gänzlich unerwartete Weise. In den folgenden Jahren schreibt er Kappus neun weitere Briefe. Sie reden, mit der ihm eigenen bescheidenen Eindringlichkeit, von nichts Geringerem als dem richtigen Leben. Die von Franz Xaver Kappus 1929 herausgegebene Sammlung der Rilke-Briefe hat Epoche gemacht und ganze Generationen immer wieder inspiriert. Paperback 78 pagesText in German Insel Verlag, 20194.65 x 7.48 inchesISBN 9783458363828Literature

Briefe an einen jungen Dichter

By Emily Hall. Illustrations by Victoria Semykina A colorful exploration of the artwork and influences of Anni Albers—who changed our ideas about art and craft—this engaging book introduces young readers to the fundamentals of weaving and the world of textiles. Bert, a plucky but sometimes lazy bird, wakes up one morning to discover that his nest has fallen apart. After an unsuccessful search for a quick fix, he finds himself in the studio of the legendary artist Anni Albers, who shows him how to weave a home that’s both useful and beautiful. Hardcover40 pagesMuseum of Modern Art, 20259.25 x 12 inchesISBN 9781633451469Children

Anni & Bert: A Weaving Story

Von Kurt TucholskyAusgewählt von Matthias Reiner. Mit farbigen Illustrationen von Katrin Stangl »Er war vom ersten Augenblick an ein Publikumsschriftsteller« (Marcel Reich-Ranicki): Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935), Autor berühmter Liebesgeschichten wie Schloß Gripsholm oder Rheinsberg, engagierter Journalist, Pazifist und Republikverteidiger, Lyriker und Coupletschreiber, zählt immer noch zu den meistgelesenen deutschen Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der vorliegende Band versammelt seine schönsten Texte von »Mutterns Hände« bis »Sonntags im Bett«, von »Kreuzworträtsel mit Gewalt« bis »Saisonbeginn an der Ostsee« – zusammen mit kongenialen Illustrationen von Katrin Stangl. Hardcover100 pages Text in GermanInsel Verlag, 20243.94 x 5.91 inchesISBN 9783458205210 Literature

Vorn die Ostsee, hinten die Friedrichstraße

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)Forester's House in Weissenbach II (Garden), 1914 This archival pigment print was custom-printed with wide-gamut archival pigment inks on 100% cotton acid-free fine art paper. The colors will last more than a lifetime. 11"x14"

Gustav Klimt: Forester's House in Weissenbach II (Garden) [Giclée Print]

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907 This archival pigment print was custom-printed with wide-gamut archival pigment inks on 100% cotton acid-free fine art paper. The colors will last more than a lifetime. 11"x14"

Gustav Klimt: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I [Giclée Print]

A classic collection of Gustav Klimt's finest works, in their glittering glory. A fine new art calendar from Flame Tree. Renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt is well known for his golden masterpieces full of sumptuous ornamentation, as well as his incredible portraits and vibrant landscapes. In this opulent art calendar, revel in 12 of Klimt’s fantastic paintings, including The Kiss and Fulfilment. In this wall calendar, informative text accompanies each work, and the datepad features previous and next month’s views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging. Paperback12 pagesFlame Tree Calendars, 202511.75 x 0.3 x 11.75 inchesISBN 9781835623459 2026 Calendars

Gustav Klimt Wall Calendar 2026

Gustav Klimt's gorgeous landscape art is an unexpected inspiration. A fine new art calendar from Flame Tree. Renowned Austrian artist Gustav is well known for his richly decorative commissioned artwork and murals, but he also produced a number of beautiful landscape paintings that are unique masterpieces in their own right. The Viennese artist would often experiment with new techniques in these landscapes, and much of the sumptuous patterning and vibrancy of his more famous work can be traced in his landscapes too. This calendar gathers together twelve such examples, including Fruit Trees and Fir Forest I. Informative text accompanies each work, and the datepad features previous and next month’s views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging. Paperback12 pagesFlame Tree Calendars, 202511.75 x 0.3 x 11.75 inchesISBN 97818356234662026 Calendars

Klimt Landscapes Wall Calendar 2026

By Joseph Horowitz “Heroically researched . . . chock-full of fascinating vignettes, stunning quotations, and shrewd insights on the fly.” —New York Times A masterful study of how the Russian Revolution, the rise of European fascism and the second world war all transformed the American performing arts —The Economist National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Decades of war and revolution in Europe forced an "intellectual migration" during the last century, relocating thousands of artists and thinkers to the United States. For many of Europe's premier performing artists, America proved to be a destination both strange and opportune. Featuring the stories of George Balanchine, Kurt Weill, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and many others, Artists in Exile explores the impact that these famous newcomers had on American culture, and that America had on them. Paperback 480 pagesHarper Perennial, 20095 x 8 inchesISBN 9780060748500History

Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts

By Pamela Reitman “Evocative and moving, this gorgeous novel is perfect for fans of historical and literary fiction. With a firm grasp of the relevant history, Reitman immerses us in the time period with perfectly-placed details and captivating drama. From page one I was swept along for the glorious ride, anxious to discover what destiny awaits Charlotte.” —Heather Bell Adams, author of The Good Luck Stone “A vividly detailed rendering of a real life caught in a maelstrom of 20th-century horror.” —Kirkus Reviews Inspired by the life and work of Charlotte Salomon, this novel shows an artist intent on pursuing her art against all odds. As a young German-Jewish art student at The Berlin Art Academy during Hitler’s rise to power in 1938, Charlotte’s first place prize is denied because she is a Jew, her enrollment annulled. After Kristallnacht, she is sent from Berlin into exile with her grandparents. When Charlotte’s grandmother leaps to her death, her Old World grandfather shocks her with the family secret, a legacy of female suicides. She struggles against her grandfather’s insistence that suicide, not art, is her destiny too. Haunted by the encroaching terror of the Third Reich and the threat of psychological disintegration, Charlotte clings to her determination to become a serious modernist painter, to complete her monumental work “Life? Or Theater?” and get it into safekeeping in a race against time before capture by the Nazis. Paperback304 pagesSibylline Press, 20258.5 x 5.3 inchesISBN 9781960573919Historical Fiction

Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life: A Novel

Edited with text by Nicholas Sawicki and Marie Rakušanová Preface by Zuzana Jürgens Text by Alexander Klee, Marek Nekula, and Miroslav Halak Journey through Kafka’s Prague and discover the art, architecture, media and performances that influenced the author’s oeuvre What did Franz Kafka see and do, whom did he meet and what did he read while roaming the streets of Prague? Through the Eyes of Franz Kafka brings the world of turn-of-the-century Czechoslovakia and its cultural milieu to life. The author’s home city was a heterogeneous and multilingual metropolis whose visual environment shaped his everyday experiences, from local painting and sculpture to architecture, monuments and popular visual media including advertisements, photography and cabaret. Kafka’s attention to the modern visual culture of his era was reflected in his writings and in his interest in drawing, a practice in which he received preliminary training and which he took up in his free time during his years as a university student. This illustrated publication immerses us in Kafka’s world; by following in his footsteps and looking through his eyes, we gain a new understanding of his thoughts, philosophies and inspirations. Hardcover224 pages | 231 color and 16 tri-tone IllustrationsKant, 20258.25 x 11.25 inchesISBN 9788074374265Exhibition Catalogue, Biography

Through the Eyes of Franz Kafka: Between Image and Language

By Else Lasker-SchülerTranslated and Introduction by Jean M. Snook Concert was one of the last books published by a Jew in Germany before Hitler came to power. The work is autobiographical, a collection of essays and vignettes that both entertain and engage the reader at a deeper level. Like Robert Schumann's piano suites, each in itself a perfect concert, Else Lasker-Schüler's Concert contains pieces that vary greatly in theme, mood, length, and complexity, yet they are unified by the medium and by the distinct and lyrical personality of the artist. Lasker-Schüler is able to transform and transcend the everyday scenery and events that are her points of departure. She makes magical an unmagical corner of Germany, discerns the miraculous in the neglected and ignored, and finds wisdom and comfort in prayer and cosmic perspective.Lasker-Schüler was attuned to the world and in some ways uncannily prophetic. It may come as a surprise to some readers that Concert, published in German in 1932, contains a warning about the climatic dangers of interfering 'with the merry green leaf people who give us ozone and the breath of life.' With her respect for the natural environment and her emphasis on spiritual development rather than the materialistic, Lasker-Schüler's voice remains relevant to our own times. A recent German edition of her complete works has proven immensely popular. Prior to the Third Reich, Lasker-Schüler had a well-established reputation in her native Germany as a poet, dramatist, and prose writer, as well as for her work in the visual arts, and she received the Kleist Prize for Literature. As a Jew, though, she was increasingly threatened by 'people wearing swastikas,' and was forced to flee the country in 1933, never to return. She died in exile in Palestine in 1945. This is the first English translation of any of Lasker-Schüler's prose: a challenging task because she includes sections in dialect, poems, numerous neologisms, witty alterations of German sayings, and structural emulations with phonetic echoes of famous German art songs. Hardcover164 pagesUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1994Originally published in 19325.78 x 7.92 inchesISBN 9780803229006Essays, Autobiographical Short Stories

Concert

By Lene Rock The first extensive comparison of the German-Jewish literary corpus and contemporary minority writing in German Since the turn of the 21st century, countless literary endeavors by ‘new Germans’ have entered the spotlight of academic research. Yet ‘minority writing’, with its distinctive renegotiation of traditional concepts of cultural identity, is far from a recent phenomenon in German literature. A hundred years previously, the intense involvement of German-Jewish intellectuals in cultural and political discourses on Jewish identity put a clear stamp on German modernism. This book is the first to unfold literary parallels between these two riveting periods in German cultural history. Drawing on the philosophical oeuvre of Jean-Luc Nancy, a comparative reading of texts by, amongst others, Beer-Hofmann, Kermani, Özdamar, Roth, Schnitzler, and Zaimoglu examines a variety of literary approaches to the thorny issue of cultural identity, while developing an overarching perspective on the ‘politics of literature’. Paperback370 pagesLeuven University Press, 20206.14 x 9.21 inchesISBN 9789462701786Literary Criticism

As German as Kafka: Identity and Singularity in German Literature around 1900 and 2000

By Sandra Dzialek, Kerstin Jesse, Jane Kallir, Hannes Leidinger, Edith Schiele, Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Simone HöniglEdited by Kerstin Jesse, Jane Kallir, Hans-Peter Wipplinger This spring, the Leopold Museum is dedicating a large-scale monographic exhibition to the central artist of the Leopold Collection, Egon Schiele (1890–1918). Changing Times. Egon Schiele’s Last Years: 1914–1918 is the first presentation to shine the spotlight on the artist’s late oeuvre. The eccentric exceptional artist only had around ten years of activity before he died at the age of 28 from the “Spanish Flu.” Throughout this decade, Schiele created a comprehensive oeuvre, which is best known for his key paintings and the drawings he realized between 1910 and 1913, in which he addressed his own mental states as well as the self-questioning and inner conflicts of an entire generation. From 1914, right in the middle of his professional career, Schiele faced dramatic changes both of a private and historical nature, which he was forced to adapt to and which impacted on his oeuvre. His previous introspection gave way to a new focus on external realities and novel themes, altering his artistic style. Hardcover336 pages | 362 illustrationsWALTHER KONIG, 20259.25 x 1.22 x 11.02 inchesISBN 9783753308166Monographs

Changing Times. Egon Schiele's Last Years: 1914-1918

Von Ulrich Luckhardt Wie schlagen sich Kirchners Lebensstationen, geographische Veränderungen und neue Motivgruppen in seinem Werk nieder? Der reich bebilderte Band veranschaulicht den engen Zusammenhang von Orts- und Themenwechsel in seinem Oeuvre: Dresden als Impuls der Freiheit für die künstlerische Entwicklung des jungen Kirchner und Berlin als Inspiration für seine berühmten Straßenszenen, Fehmarn als Idylle einer Sehnsucht nach Einheit von Mensch und Natur, der erste Weltkrieg als Phase von Krise und Sanatoriumsaufenthalten und schließlich Davos als neue Lebenswelt. Hardcover176 pagesText in GermanHirmer Verlag, 20248.31 x 0.91 x 10.71 inches ISBN 9783777441986Monographs

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Stationen

von Hermann HesseAusgewählt und mit einem Nachwort von Siegfried Unseld Siegfried Unseld stellt in diesem Band die ihm liebsten Gedichte von Hermann Hesse vor, also diejenigen Verse, von denen er im Nachwort sagt, dasss sie ihn durch sein Leben begleitet haben. Neben den schönsten Naturgedichten und Hesses zeitloser Gedankenlyrik (Glück, Bücher, Sprache, Besinnung, Stufen), enthält seine Auswahl auch Gedichte über die der Lyrik verwandteste Gattung, die Musik (Orgelspiel, Flötenspiel). Hesses Gedichte lösen ein, was er über den Impuls sie zu schreiben sagte: »Alle Lyrik ist Spiegelund der Welt im vereinzelten Ich, Antwort des ich auf die Welt, ist Klage, Besinnung und Spiel einer ganz und gar bewußt gewordenen Vereinsamung.« Wiedergaben der Handschriften und farbig reproduzierte Aquarelle des Dichters machen den Band zu einer bibliophilen Kostbarkeit. »Jeder, der eine solche Auswahl zu treffen hat, würde jeweils andere Gedichte bevorzugen, aber weiß zugleich: Die Gedichte sind ein Hauptteil von Hesses Werk, sie sind Hardcover 75 pagesInsel, 2025Text in German 4.61 x 0.39 x 7.28 inchesISBN 9783458192121Literature

Wege nach Innen: 25 Gedichte

Herausgegeben von Herbert Schnierle-Lutz »Und wo bleibt das Positive?« wurde Erich Kästner immer wieder gefragt, wenn er seine zeitkritischen Gedichte und Kolumnen veröffentlichte. »Ja, weiß der Teufel, wo das bleibt«, antwortete er.Es ist nicht einfach in dieser Welt, Literatur zu schreiben, die das Leben ohne Wenn und Aber bejaht; das viele, das menschlich und gesellschaftlich im argen liegt, beansprucht die Aufmerksamkeit der Schriftsteller, die das Leben möglichst wirklichkeitsnah und ungeschönt darstellen wollen. Und außerdem ist das Positive, wenn es ab und zu doch zum Zuge kommt, »kein guter Stoff für Dichter«, wie der Schriftsteller Robert Walser einmal feststellte. Dennoch brauchen wir zuweilen auch Nachrichten vom Glück, wollen von positiven Erfahrungen und Erlebnissen lesen. Und manchmal tun uns die Dichter, allen Bedenken zum Trotz, den Gefallen. Hymnen und Lobpreisungen, die uns Mut machen, erblicken dann das Licht der Welt. Gedichte von Franz von Assisi bis Ingeborg Bachmann, von Goethe, Eichendorff und Mörike bis Wolf Biermann und Sarah Kirsch finden sich in diesem Band versammelt. Hardcover89 pages | 4 illustrations in colorText in German Insel Verlag GmbH, 20214.6 x 0.47 x 7.3 inchesISBN 9783458192794Poetry

Es kommt ein neuer Tag, eine neue Nacht

Von Anne Funck Gestaltet von Marion Blomeyer Wassily Kandinsky mag die Farbe Blau, Franz Marc liebt Pferde und August Macke greift zur Gießkanne, um ein Pflänzchen gedeihen zu lassen, das einen Namen trägt: Es ist die neue Kunst der Blauen Reiter, die aus dem Gefühl entsteht, in leuchtenden Farben, wild, frei und revolutionär. Georg, der Sohn des Murnauer Schreinermeisters, trifft Wassily Kandinsky und Gabriele Münter in ihrem »Russenhaus«, als die Künstlergemeinschaft noch in den Kinderschuhen steckt. Bald lernt er Alexej Jawlensky, Marianne von Werefkin, Franz und Maria Marc, August Macke, Heinrich Campendonk, Alfred Kubin und Paul Klee kennen, ist mit dabei, wenn Almanach und Ausstellung entstehen und macht sich auf den Weg zum »Ähndl«, dem Kirchlein von Ramsach, in dem die Geschichte ihren Anfang nimmt. Hardcover40 pages | 46 color illustrations Text in German Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlag, 20169.76 x 0.39 x 11.3 inches ISBN 9783943616354Movements, Children's Books

Die Blauen Reiter

Von Anne Funck Illustriert von Philip Loersch Hg. Magdalena M. Moeller Mit acht Berliner Sehenswürdigkeiten für Ausflüge mit Kindern Wer ein Tigerkleid anhat, sollte auch tigern - da sind sich Marcella und ihre Katze einig. Mit ihrem roten Flitzeroller starten sie eine Spritztour durch Berlin, treffen alte und neue Bekannte, verlieren dies und das, aber nie ihre gute Laune. Warum auch? Denn unterwegs zu sein, ist immer spannend: bei den Tieren im Zoo, im "Zauberhaus" KaDeWe, mit der Katzenbande auf dem Winterfeldtmarkt, am Brandenburger Tor, die Spree hinab, auf Tauchgang im Wannsee und im Großstadtdschungel Botanischer Garten. Hardcover40 pagesHirmer Verlag, 20179.7 x 0.47 x 11.3 inchesISBN 9783943616439Children's

Marcella Tigert Durch Berlin

By Otfried Preußler Translated by Anthea Bell Illustrated by F.J. Tripp The Little Ghost is a well-known German children’s book by famous writer Otfried Preußler. In this edition, readers of all ages can follow a funny story about a very friendly little ghost and his friend Schuhu, the eagle owl. The little ghost lived in an old oak chest in a cobwebbed corner of an attic in an old castle. He was one of those harmless little ghosts who haunt places by night, and never hurt anyone unless they are provoked. He enjoyed haunting, but he did so wish he could see the town by day instead of by night. Then one day it happened. But a town by daylight is no place for a little ghost… Paperback137 pagesThienemann Verlag, 20015.6 x 0.6 x 8 inchesISBN 9783522174404Children's Books

The Little Ghost

FRANCESCO MAGLIA FOR NEUE NOWHandcrafted in Milan, by one of the oldest and most prestigious Italian umbrella makersHand-stitched pebbled calf-skin handleChrome-plated brass shaft60% cotton 40% polyesterD. 34 x H. 34 in.

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