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Herausgegeben von Anke Blümm, Elizabeth Otto, Patrick Rössler Bauhaus und Nationalsozialismus galten bis weit nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als unvereinbare Gegensätze. Der Band versammelt neueste Erkenntnisse zum ambivalenten Schaffen Bauhausangehöriger nach 1933. Wir stehen mitten im Existenzkampf und haben höchstens ein Restchen alter Ideale in ganz, ganz persönliche Gebiete retten können, aber nie werden Sie erfahren, was die Bauhäusler in Prag, Paris und Berlin wirklich tun«, schrieb der frühere Bauhaus-Student Ernst Göhl 1935 an den langjährigen Direktor Walter Gropius. In 15 biografischen Studien verdeutlicht der Band anhand neuester Forschungsergebnisse, wie sich Bauhausangehörige, die nach 1933 in Deutschland verblieben waren, mit den neuen Machthabern im NS-Staat arrangierten. Von den Konflikten mit völkisch-nationalen Kräften während der Weimarer Republik ausgehend, zeigen Untersuchungen renommierter deutscher und internationaler Autorinnen und Autoren – u.a. zu Wassily Kandinsky und Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Else Mögelin und Wilhelm Wagenfeld – das breite Spektrum im Umgang mit dem verbrecherischen NS-Regime. Die seit über 30 Jahren erste umfassende Auseinandersetzung mit dem ambivalenten Verhältnis von Bauhaus und Nationalsozialismus wendet sich an Kunsthistorikerinnen und Kunsthistoriker mit Schwerpunkt auf der Geschichte der Moderne im 20. Jahrhundert, aber auch an alle, die sich für die vielfältigen Schicksale von Künstlerinnen und Künstlern in einer Diktatur interessieren. Paperback352 pagesGöttingen Wallstein, 202414 x 22.2 cm.ISBN 9783835357556Art History, Bauhaus

...ein Restchen alter Ideale: Bauhäuslerinnen und Bauhäusler im Nationalsozialismus

By Andrew S. Dolkart Neue Galerie New York opened in 2001 in a distinguished home: a 1913 Beaux-Arts mansion designed by Carrère and Hastings, one of the preeminent architectural firms of its era. The house was commissioned by William Starr and Edith Warren Miller, both members of old and established American families. It was later occupied by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III. The mansion was purchased in 1994 by Serge Sabarsky and Ronald Lauder, with the intention of turning it into a museum for German and Austrian art. Architect Annabelle Selldorf was given the considerable task of transforming the building into a modern museum. Architectural historian Andrew Dolkart recounts the colorful history of the building on its journey from mansion to museum. In the process, he illuminates the social changes of New York over the course of a century. Hardcover79 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkExpanded and revised edition, 20239.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inchesISBN 9781931794213 History, Architecture

1048 Fifth Avenue: From Mansion to Museum

By Friedrich Wolfrum and Co. The novelty of Art Nouveau derived in part from its innovative approach to the very concept of art. More than just a style, it eliminated the barriers between fine and applied arts and embodied a new way of thinking about modern society and production methods. Art Nouveau attempted nothing less than the redefinition of the meaning and nature of art. This multipurpose treasury features luxuriant patterns and designs that date from the early twentieth century, the heyday of Art Nouveau. Featuring both allover patterns and stand-alone designs, it consists of 49 full-page illustrations, plus eleven pages with numerous individual images. Handsomely reproduced from a rare Viennese publication, this inexpensive volume offers a sumptuous assortment of authentic designs from a revolutionary art movement. Paperback64 pagesDover Publications, 2005 8.4 x 0.2 x 10.7 inchesISBN 9780486445113Art Nouveau, Graphic Design, Decorative Arts

150 Full-Color Art Nouveau Patterns and Designs

Contributions by Tommy Orange, Ali Smith, Naomi Alderman, Elif Batuman and Helen OyeyemiWhat happens when Kafka’s idiosyncratic imagination meets some of the greatest literary minds writing in English across the globe today? Find out in this anthology of brand-new Kafka-inspired short stories by prizewinning, bestselling writers.Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most enigmatic geniuses of European literature. He’s been hailed a profit and a diagnostician, and a century after his death, his unique perspective on the anxieties, injustices, and rapidly shifting belief systems of the modern world continues to speak to our contemporary moment. From a future society who ask their AI servants to construct a giant tower to reach God; to an apartment search that descends into a comically absurd bureaucratic nightmare; to a population experiencing a wave of unbearable, contagious panic attacks, these ten specially commissioned stories are by turns mind-bending, funny, unsettling and haunting. Inspired by a twentieth-century visionary, they speak powerfully to the strangeness of being alive today.Paperback208 pagesCatapult, 20245.5 x 8.25 inchesISBN 9781646222636 Franz Kafka, Short Story Anthology

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird (Ten Kafkaesque Short Stories)

Edited by Erika A. Metzger and Michael M. MetzgerContributors: Alan F. Keele, Erika and Michael Metzger, and George C. Schoolfield"The ten essays by eminent Rilke scholars succeed in their intent to move toward a new image of Rilke."—German Quarterly "This study is a wonderful, animated text, a lovely tribute to the poet's great humanity, and it should be included in any study of Rilke."—Colloquia Germanica"The cosmopolitan solitary is shown against the background of a developing modernistic culture, to which (Rilke) substantially contributed. The authors show profound insight into the many problems raised ... by work which combines the ineffable with the physical."—Modern Language StudiesRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the best-known German poet of his generation and is widely appreciated today by readers in Europe, the United States, and world-wide. Because of the inventiveness and musicality of his poetic language and the visionary intuition of his thinking, Rilke's influence extends well beyond poetry to include religion, philosophy, the social sciences, and the arts. His works have been widely translated into English, and new renderings of such poem cycles as "Duino Elegies" and "The Sonnets to Orpheus" appear frequently. Critics regard Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge as a seminal modern novel. The Companion to Rilke provides essential, up-to-date essays by top Rilke scholars on a wide range of the major aspects of Rilke's life and works. The volume follows the chronology of Rilke's career, emphasizing those works that have not been met with the greatest critical interest. Among the topics covered are: Rilke's life and thought; the writings before 1902; Das Stunden-Buch and Das Buch der Bilder; the Neue Gedichte, The Cornet and other brief narratives; Malte Laurids Brigge; The Duino Elegies; The Sonnets to Orpheus; Rilke as a poet in French; Rilke and the visual arts.Paperback323 pagesBOYE6, 20046 x 0.7 x 9 inchesISBN 9781571133021Literary Criticism

A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke

By Robert WalserTranslated by Christopher Middleton, Susan Bernofsky, and Tom Whalen "It is no wonder that Walser has been so influential to artists and writers whose work is similarly charged with social criticism, examinations of the individual in relation to the world, and the attempt to fathom artistic inspiration."—K. Thomas Kahn, The Quarterly Conversation A Little Ramble: In the Spirit of Robert Walser is a project initiated by the gallerist Donald Young, who saw in Walser an exemplary figure through whom connections between art and literature could be discussed anew. He invited a group of artists to respond to Walser’s writing. A Little Ramble is a result of that collaboration. The artists have chosen stories by Robert Walser (1878-1956) as well as excerpts from Walks with Robert Walser, conversations with the writer recorded by his guardian Carl Seelig. Much of this material appears in English for the first time. Accompanying these pieces are over fifty color artworks created specifically for this project, a preface by Donald Young, and an afterword by Lynne Cooke. Hardcover176 pages | 50 color illustrationsNew Directions/Christine Burgin, 2013 6.7 x 0.9 x 9.1 inchesISBN 9780811220996Literary Criticism

A Little Ramble: In the Spirit of Robert Walser

By Veena Duncker, Lynn Springer Roberts, Reinhard Sanger, Eric Turner, and Mienke Simon Thomas. Original Price: $55.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Silver has been a cherished heirloom and gift for centuries. Historians claim that by 3100 B.C. ambassadors to the Egyptian king from Crete brought silver vases as gifts. Today, sterling silver is a favorite medium for creative and innovative designers because of its malleability. The mystical white metal has marked historical milestones throughout the ages, served as a medium of exchange and become an essential metal in today's world of high-tech consumer goods. Part of silver's intrigue is found in its versatility. Its unique properties include beauty, strength, sensitivity to light, malleability and ductility, electrical and thermal conductivity, reflectivity and the ability to endure extreme temperature changes. These properties allow scientists and engineers around the world to undertake groundbreaking research that changes the way we live. This generously illustrated volume presents almost 200 beautiful and rare pieces of utilitarian silver from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco period, selected from a private silver collection. It brings together objects by various renowned silversmiths, including Christopher Dresser, Charles Robert Ashbee, Omar Ramsden and Alwin Carr, and Edward Spencer, Henry Wilson and Paul Cooper. American silversmiths include the Kalo Shop, the International Silver Company of Meriden, The Gorham Manufacturing Company and Howard Crisp. The color photographs of the objects are accompanied by extensive captions, monograms and hallmarks, providing substantial new information. In addition, A Personal Touch includes essays by silver specialists: Eric Turner, of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, examines reforms in the work of English silversmiths and describes the pieces in this collection that illustrate these developments. Lynn Springer Roberts, former curator at The Art Institute of Chicago, writes about American silverware from the early 20th century, and Reinhard Sanger, of the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe, focuses on continental silver, paying special attention to beautifully decorated cutlery. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover263 pagesNAi Publishers/Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2003 12.9 x 9.7 x 1 inchesISBN 9789056623128Metalwork

A Personal Touch: Late 19th and 20th Century Silver From The Seawolf Collection

By Robert Walser Introduction by Ben LernerTranslated by Damion Searls“Robert Walser moves me more and more. . . He is truthful without making a frontal attack on the truth, he becomes truth by walking around it.”—Elias CanettiA Schoolboy’s Diary brings together more than seventy of Robert Walser’s strange and wonderful stories, most never before available in English. Opening with a sequence from Walser’s first book, “Fritz Kocher’s Essays,” the complete classroom assignments of a fictional boy who has met a tragically early death, this selection ranges from sketches of uncomprehending editors, overly passionate readers, and dreamy artists to tales of devilish adultery, sexual encounters on a train, and Walser’s service in World War I. Throughout, Walser’s careening, confounding, delicious voice holds the reader transfixed.Paperback 208 pagesNYRB Classics, 20135 x 8 x 0.5 inchesISBN 9781590176726Fiction, Short Stories

A Schoolboy's Diary and Other Stories

Adalberta Kiessewetter (1887-Unknown, after 1948)Dromedary Enclosure. Schönbrunn: In the Menagerie, 1912Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 663 1 card and envelope4 ¾ x 6 ⅞ inches

Adalberta Kiessewetter,Dromedary Enclosure. Schönbrunn: In the Menagerie, 1912 [Single Card]

Adalberta Kiessewetter (1887-unknown) Schönbrunn: On Sunday Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 659

Adalberta Kiessewetter: On Sunday [Postcard]

By Kathrine Kressmann TaylorIntroduction by Margot Livesey A rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany. In this searing novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vividly to life the insidious spread of Nazism through a series of letters between Max, a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco, and Martin, his friend and former business partner who has returned to Germany in 1932, just as Hitler is coming to power. Originally published in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an international sensation. Credited with exposing the dangers of Nazism to American readers early on, it is also a scathing indictment of fascist movements around the world and a harrowing exposé of the power of the pen as a weapon. A powerful and eloquent tale about the consequences of a friendship—and society—poisoned by extremism, Address Unknown remains hauntingly and painfully relevant today. Paperback96 pagesHarper Collins, 2021Originally published in 19385 x 7 x .4 inchesISBN 9780063068490Novella

Address Unknown

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907 (detail) Matte laminate finish2.75” x 8.25”1 bookmark

Adele Bloch-Bauer Bookmark

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907. 100 Piece Puzzle, 12x12 inches

Adele Bloch-Bauer I Jigsaw Puzzle

Adolf Loos (1870-1933) Mantelpiece clock, ca. 1902

Adolf Loos: Mantelpiece clock [Postcard]

By Christopher Long Christopher Long’s latest volume of essays on the prestigious 19th-century architect, essayist and progenitor of modernism. Architectural historian and leading voice on Adolf Loos, Christopher Long returns with another commentary on the Austrian pioneer of modern architecture. Adolf Loos (1870–1933), an opponent of ornamentation on buildings, designed buildings in Vienna that contrasted with the popular Art Nouveau and Secession styles. In this anthology of eight essays, Long takes on the meanings of Loos’ writings and design work, the cultural world in which he was embedded, and how he was regarded by the critics and public. Long exposes and explodes old myths about Loos, fostering in the process a new, brilliant and compelling view of one of modern architecture’s key protagonists. Christopher Long is the author of Adolf Loos on Trial and Essays on Adolf Loos. He is a professor in the Architectural History program at the University of Texas School of Architecture. Softcover 144 pagesKANT, 2024 6.5 x 9 inches ISBN 9788074373954Architecture and Design

Adolf Loos: Meaning, Context, Reception: Essays

By Peter Stephan JungkIllustrated by John Martinez This beautifully rendered children’s work tells the story of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the elegant daughter of a Viennese banking family who would grow up to marry the wealthy sugar manufacturer Ferdinand Bloch and later be immortalized in one of the greatest portraits of the twentieth century. Illustrated with all of the pattern, color, and gilt of fin-de-siècle Vienna, this sophisticated storybook is a delight for children and adults alike. Hardcover34 pagesAge range: 5–6Neue Galerie New York, 2009 9.3 x 11.3 x 0.4 inchesISBN 9781931794183Children's, Art History

Adorable Adele

By Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, and Georg Lukacs With an afterword by Fredric Jameson "This is vital reading for anyone concerned with the relationship between art and socialism."—John Fowles, Philosophy"They are key texts in the study of modernism, of expressionist drama and of realism, and of many closely related general questions...It is genuinely an indispensable volume."—Raymond Williams"A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature."—Susan SontagAn intense and lively debate on literature and art between thinkers who became some of the great figures of twentieth-century philosophy and literature.No other country and no other period has produced a tradition of major aesthetic debate to compare with that which unfolded in German culture from the 1930s to the 1950s. In Aesthetics and Politics the key texts of the great Marxist controversies over literature and art during these years are assembled in a single volume. They do not form a disparate collection but a continuous, interlinked debate between thinkers who have become giants of twentieth-century intellectual history.Paperback256 pagesVerso, 20205 x 7.8 inches ISBN 9781788738583Theory

Aesthetics and Politics

Edited by Walter Gropius, László Moholy-NagyA key text of Cubism from the movement’s foremost theorist, in unique dialogue with the Bauhaus French artist and theorist Albert Gleizes (1881–1953) wrote his influential essay on Cubism in 1912 in the aftermath of the Salon d’Automne exhibitions. In the new century, artists continued to subvert the already rapidly changing conventions of representational painting with a particular focus on form. Gleizes, aided by fellow artist Jean Metzinger, composed a treatise on the relatively new artistic movement in the hopes of convincing their audiences that Cubism was an unsubsidized pursuit with genuine intentions. Though Gleizes was never officially a member of the school, Bauhaus greats László Moholy-Nagy and Walter Gropius promoted his text as a companion piece to their other Bauhaus publications to emphasize the school’s international context.As part of the publisher’s ongoing Bauhausbücher series, Lars Müller has released a facsimile edition of Gleizes’ text translated into English with the original design and typography.Hardcover104 pagesLARS MÜLLER PUBLISHERS, 20217 x 9 inchesISBN 9783037786666Bauhaus, Cubism

Albert Gleizes: Cubism (Bauhausbücher 13)

By Robert Elton Brooker III and Adam ErdeszForeword by Marton Orosz “Albert Kner is a hidden treasure of the design world, and deserves far greater recognition for his many achievements. This book presents not only his later, important work in package design and consumer research, but also explores his extensive work in graphic design when he was still living in Europe. Brooker and Erdész have done a superb job in presenting Kner’s remarkable life in all its phases; their narrative is supported by 112 inspiring illustrations in black-and-white and full color. A wonderful book from start to finish.” —Bruce Kennett, author and designer of W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design Albert Kner (1899-1976) invented hundreds of things we encounter in our daily lives, such as the cardboard six pack and the flip top cigarette box. Yet his name is almost unknown. He started his life in Hungary in the book arts, having designed and typeset his first book at age 12. His artistic training was interrupted by World War I, where he suffered a paralyzing war injury that forced him to tape one eye shut in order to sleep. He did not enter the family printing business, a decision that saved his life, but also led to decades of artistic struggle as a designer of books, posters, packaging, stage sets, and furniture. In 1940, with limited English, Albert emigrated to Chicago with his wife and two young children. Almost instantly he was hired as Design Director of the largest cardboard manufacturer in America. His charge: make cardboard beautiful. Hardcover222 pagesCorvina Books and the Club of Odd Volumes; First Edition, 2023ISBN 9789631369236Design

Albert Kner: Artist, Icon, Legend - Discovering His Legacy in Industrial Design

By Vivian Endicott Barnett “Alexei Jawlensky presents the chronological and thematic development of Jawlensky’s art from early figure painting to landscapes and from still lives to the late iconic portraits and fascinating meditations. An inherently fascinating and exceptionally informative study of a single artists work, influence, and career."―Midwest Book Review Focusing on one of the lesser known Expressionist artists of the Blue Rider movement, this richly illustrated book presents the colorful paintings of Alexei Jawlensky. Alexei Jawlensky (1864–1941) was Russian, but lived in Germany much of his life and obtained German citizenship in 1934. He was a friend of Vasily Kandinsky, who he met in Munich when studying painting with Anton Azbè, and had close ties to the German Expressionist artists. This book illustrates how the artist was influenced, apart from the German Expressionists, by the art of Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse and the Fauves, and by Ferdinand Hodler. The book presents the chronological and thematic development of Jawlensky’s art from early figure painting to landscapes and from still lives to the late iconic portraits and fascinating meditations. Please note that this book is Out of Stock.Hardcover192 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20179.5 x 0.9 x 11.4 inchesISBN 9783791356389Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Expressionism, Art History, Essays

Alexei Jawlensky Exhibition Catalogue

Exhibition notecard for "Alexei Jawlensky."February 16 — May 29, 2017Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941)Byzantine Woman (Bright Lips), 19131 notecard and envelope5.75 x 8.75 inches

Alexei Jawlensky Exhibition Notecard [Large Single Card]

Original Price: $18.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941), Byzantine Woman (Bright Lips), 1913 Exhibition poster for "Alexei Jawlensky" 16 x 24 inches

Alexei Jawlensky Poster

Edited by Lærke Rydal Jørgensen, Kaspar ThormodForeword by Poul Erik Tøjner, Mathias Ussing SeebergIntroduction by Mathias Ussing SeebergText by Alexander Tovborg, Joe Graham Influenced by Byzantine art, Fauvism and German Expressionism, Jawlensky explored color, religious iconography and portraiture in his masterful serial paintings Russian German painter Alexej Jawlensky (1864–1941) found his own artistic voice late in life. He was part of the revitalization of painting in the early 20th century, developing his Expressionist style through exchanges with the Fauves in Paris and his peers in Germany, including friends in and around Der Blaue Reiter. Until arthritis ended his ability to paint, Jawlensky explored color, religious iconography and portraiture in his masterful serial paintings. His last series of works, Meditations, comprises more than 1,000 paintings: modest in format, yet sensational. These paintings, which he described as "prayers in color," became an artistic redemption for Jawlensky, who throughout his life sought to connect his spiritual reflections with his painting. Featuring a clothbound spine, this small, slender and appealing volume features essays on Jawlensky's unique artistic projects, as well as an encyclopedia of his life and work. Paperback 152 pagesLouisiana Museum of Modern Art, 20255 x 9 inches ISBN 9788793659889 Monographs

Alexej Jawlensky: Variations

By Alfred Ehrhardt "...an island of tranquil beauty in a cultural sea that was becoming increasingly barbaric." —Martin Parr, The PhotobookThe reprint of the book Das Watt (The Tidelands) from 1937, as an exclusive facsimile edition by Éditions Xavier Barral...is an ode to nature and a masterpiece of book art." —BINT, Photobooks Alfred Ehrhardt (1901–1984) taught at the Bauhaus between 1928 and 1933 alongside scenographer Oskar Schlemmer and painters Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky. Accused of Bolshevism in 1933 by the Nazis, Erhardt was forced to leave the Bauhaus. At that time he was working in painting, drawing and printmaking, but his exile precipitated a turn toward photography and film, of which the fundamentals he taught himself. In 1934, after leaving Germany, Ehrhardt produced his first photographic reportage—a series of spare, enigmatic images taken on the windswept sand dunes of the Curonian Spit along the Lithuanian-Russian border. This gorgeously produced book presents his works from that time. Strongly influenced by his years of modernist training at the Bauhaus, Ehrhardt’s photographs focus on the clear geometric patterns abundant in this seaside wilderness. Maritime landscapes, shells, corals and crystals offered a plethora of subjects from which Ehrhardt could produce stark, stylized compositions. Hardcover96 pagesText in German, French, and EnglishEditions Xavier Barral, 20140.8 x 10 x 12 inchesISBN 9782365110266Landscape Photography, Experimental Photography, Bauhaus

Alfred Ehrhardt: Das Watt

Original Price: $10.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), "Self-Observation," 1901-02 Exhibition poster for "Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 1897-1909" 16 x 19.5 inches

Alfred Kubin Exhibition Poster

Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) Die Promenade (The Promenade), ca. 1904-05

Alfred Kubin: Die Promenade (The Promenade) [Postcard]

Edited by Annegret HobergWith contributions by Annegret Hoberg, Klaus Albrecht Schroder, Peter Assmann, Andreas Geyer, Werner Hofmann, and Olaf PetersAlfred Kubin (1877-1959) created drawings that plumb the depths of the shadow world of the human subconscious, with its unguarded impulses and fears. Though a contemporary of artist Gustav Klimt and designer Josef Hoffmann, Kubin eschewed the decorative impulses found in their work. Instead, he produced dark, hallucinatory visions of violence and eroticism.This catalogue accompanied an exhibition that featured more than 100 works on paper. Essays examine the artist’s early career, his status as a literary figure, and his development of a form of Modernism that ran counter to prevailing trends. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover230 pagesNeue Galerie New York Prestel, 200811.5 x 9.4 x 1 inchesISBN 9783791340944Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Illustration, Expressionism, Essays

Alfred Kubin: Drawings 1897-1909 Exhibition Catalogue

Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) Sterben (Dying), ca. 1899

Alfred Kubin: Sterben (Dying) [Postcard]

Edited by Elizabeth DutzText by Elizabeth Dutz, Brigitte Holzinger and Natalie Lettner For Austrian artist Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), evil was intrinsic to his life and work. After a traumatic childhood growing up in Zell am See and subsequent mental crises, he began his artistic training in Munich in 1898. He processed his nightmares and obsessions in a large number of fantastical drawings. His subjects, perpetually pessimistic, remain relevant a century later: war, famine, pestilence, death and every horror in between. Kubin had a pronounced fear of the feminine, sexuality, night time and of being at the mercy of fate, all of which visited him in uncanny dreams. For Kubin, the aesthetic of evil proved to be the antithesis of the idyll: the deliberate suppression of a hideous reality. Drawn from the Albertina Museum’s collection of over 1,800 drawings by the artist, The Aesthetic of Evil displays Kubin’s grotesque vision as well as his superb draftsmanship. Amid the violent, haunting atmosphere of his graphic works it is easy to see how Kubin became trapped in his dark visions, to the point where the inexhaustible, intangible specter of evil consumed his life. Essays by Elisabeth Dutz, Natalie Lettner and Brigitte Holzinger explore Kubin’s cosmos of the sinister: his personal iconography of evil fueled by his nightmares and obsessions. Hardcover224 pages | 180 color illustrationsHatje Cantz, 20249.75 x 9.75 inchesISBN 9783775757737Monographs, Drawings

Alfred Kubin: The Aesthetic of Evil

Alfred Kubin: The Kiss [Postcard]

Alfred Kubin (1877-1959)The Wind, ca. 1902-031 notecard and envelope4 ¼ x 6 inches

Alfred Kubin: The Wind, ca. 1902-03 [Single Card]

By Erich Maria Remarque Introduction by Sebastian Faulks Widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time, this classic tale of a young German soldier’s harrowing experiences in the trenches of World War I is the basis for an Academy Award-winning film. With an introduction by bestselling author Sebastian Faulks. When twenty-year-old Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches. Through the ensuing years of horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another. Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel not only portrays in vivid detail the combatants’ physical and mental trauma, but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home. Remarque’s stated intention–“to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war”–remains as powerful and relevant as ever, a century after that conflict’s end. Paperback224 pagesRandom House, Inc.Originally published in 19295.17 x 0.66 x 8 inchesISBN 9780593688670 Literature, Historical Fiction

All Quiet on the Western Front

Original Price: $26.99 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS "All Quiet on the Western Front" was the focus of our Literatur Café event in January 2026. To buy tickets to future events and find out more, please visit our Programs page here.By Erich Maria RemarqueTranslated by Kurt Beals An immediate sensation when it was published in 1929, Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide since then, making it the best-selling German novel of all time. Its impact is indisputable: it has been adapted for film, television, and other media; has influenced all subsequent works of war literature; and has been taught in high school and college classes ever since. Until now, one translation—published in 1929, and very much a product of its time—has introduced most readers in English to Remarque's wrenching portrait of the horrors of trench warfare. Now, nearly a century later, renowned translator Kurt Beals recaptures the energy and descriptive force of the German original, rendering Remarque's distinctly terse, telegraphic prose into a contemporary idiom, conveying for a new generation the immediacy and intensity of this classic novel. Hardcover240 pagesLiveright Publishing, 20255.8 x 0.9 x 8.6 inchesISBN 9781324006930Literature, Historical Fiction

All Quiet on the Western Front [Hardcover]

"All Quiet on the Western Front" was the focus of our Literatur Café event in January 2026. To buy tickets to future events and find out more, please visit our Programs page here.By Erich Maria Remarque Translated by Kurt Beals "It is very fortunate that Kurt Beals has written a new translation of Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, and produced a crisp, fresh and very much more faithful to the German original version that brings new life to one of the classic novels to come out of the First World War, and makes it well worth reading again, or reading for the first time. Beals’s translation makes it clear why the book has sold millions of copies in almost every language, and been made into two major motion pictures―it is a moving story about war, all war, and not dated at all."― Michael Korda, author of Muse of Fire "A leaner, far more kinetic reading experience than that old Wheen translation...lively, unsentimental...a welcome invitation for a re-read.― Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review "We all know how the story ends, but Beals’s taut, approachable translation casts the wartime classic in a fresh light."― New Criterion The greatest war novel of all time rendered in a taut, muscular, and urgent new translation. An immediate sensation when it was published in 1929, Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide since then, making it the best-selling German novel of all time. Its impact is indisputable: it has been adapted for film, television, and other media; has influenced all subsequent works of war literature; and has been taught in high school and college classes ever since. Until now, one translation―published in 1929, and very much a product of its time―has introduced most readers in English to Remarque’s wrenching portrait of the horrors of trench warfare. Now, nearly a century later, renowned translator Kurt Beals recaptures the energy and descriptive force of the German original, rendering Remarque’s distinctly terse, telegraphic prose into a contemporary idiom, conveying for a new generation the immediacy and intensity of this classic novel. Paperback240 pagesLiveright, 2026Originally published in 19285.2 x 8 inchesISBN 9781324097792War Fiction, Classic Literature

All Quiet on the Western Front [Paperback]

By Fernando González Viñas and José LázaroEmmy Ball-Hennings war Schriftstellerin und Dichterin, nebenbei galt sie als Muse der Literaten und Künstler der avantgardistischen Bohème-Szene, die sich Anfang des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts in Berlin und München entwickelte.Sie schrieb Gedichtbände und Romane, kam aber aufgrund ihrer prekären Lebensumstände häufig mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt.Nach einer mehrmonatigen Gefängnisstrafe emigrierte sie in die Schweiz. Gemeinsam mit Hugo Ball gründete Emmy Hennings im Jahre 1916 mit dem Zu?rcher „Cabaret Voltaire“ die Geburtsstätte der Dada-Bewegung.Die zu Unrecht Vergessene, wenn es um diese Zäsur in der Kunstgeschichte geht, hielt das „Cabaret Voltaire“ wirtschaftlich durch ihre Tätigkeit als Sängerin und ihre anziehende Ausstrahlung am Laufen.Fernando Gonzáles Viñas und José Lázaro erzählen in „Alles ist Dada“ die Geschichte eines Lebens, das in seiner Radikalität vollkommen aus der Zeit gefallen zu sein schien.Paperback232 pagesText in GermanAvant Verlag, 20206.9 x 9.3 inches ISBN 9783964450340Biography, Dada, Woman Writer, Graphic Novel

Alles ist Dada: Emmy Ball-Hennings

By Sasho DimoskiTranslated by Paul Filev Alma Mahler presents the imagined memories of a talented, passionate woman living in the shadow of a famous husband. The novel deals with Alma's marriage to the distant and introverted Gustav Mahler and with the many intellectual and emotional sacrifices Alma makes in order to be a support for him. Alma Mahler presents the imagined memories of a talented, passionate woman living in the shadow of a famous husband. The novel deals with Alma's marriage to the distant and introverted Gustav Mahler, the Austrian late-Romantic composer and conductor, and with the many intellectual and emotional sacrifices Alma makes in order to be a support for him. Throughout, Alma wrestles with the tension between her desire to be near genius and her growing awareness that all she will ever receive in return for her sacrifice are the great man's silence and the pains of solitude. Paperback152 pagesDalkey Archive Press, 20185 x 8 inchesISBN 9781628972368 Historical Fiction, Literature

Alma Mahler

PEPIN Artists’ Coloring Books contain 12 sheets of superior acid-free drawing paper, printed with exceptional designs in very light lines. The printing is done in such a way that, depending on the techniques used, the original outline will be hardly visible after coloring. The 180 gsm drawing paper is made to Pepin's specifications by one of the best paper mills in Europe and is suitable for a wide range of coloring applications, including pencil, crayon, pastel, felt marker, gouache, etc. Also watercolors and liquid inks can be used. Pepin's first-rate paper has a long life and colored sheets can be framed and displayed without the risk of rapid deterioration. These books match the quality of the finest artists’ pads. They are perfectly suited to practice your coloring skills and create beautiful pieces at the same time. High-quality coloring materials are recommended. Paperback 12 pagesPepin Press, 202410 x 13 inchesISBN 9789460098260Activity Book, Coloring Book

Alphonse Mucha: Artists' Colouring Book

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

By Angie Littlefield and Dorothy RoweEdited by Michael Parke-TaylorAngelika Hoerle (1899–1923) and her artist husband Heinrich Hoerle were protagonists in the Dada movement in Cologne, alongside Max Ernst and Johannes Baargeld. Between 1919 and her tragic death from tuberculosis in 1923, Hoerle built an outstanding oeuvre of Dada collages, caricatures, linocuts and drawings―some of which was acquired by Katherine Dreier and Marcel Duchamp's famous Société Anonyme collection, with other works going to the Art Gallery of Toronto, and the rest of which was sadly destroyed by the Nazis as “degenerate art.” Hoerle brought to Cologne Dada's ranks a fully formed Marxist and feminist politics, and when Dada proved too dogmatic to contain her, she and Heinrich formed the breakaway “Stupid Group.” The Comet of Cologne Dada situates Hoerle among the artistic and political ferment of Weimar Germany, as a key figure whose artistic drive and political conscience were unthwartable and exemplary.Paperback128 pagesWalther König, Köln, 2010 7.9 x 0.5 x 9.7 inchesISBN 9783865606310Artist Monograph, Woman Artist, Dada

Angelika Hoerle: The Comet of Cologne Dada

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

By Nicholas Fox Weber "This handsome, cloth-bound visual biography celebrates the prolific output and fascinating relationship of Anni and Josef Albers, two pioneers of modern art and design."—Galerie"An ideal gift for the artist couple on your list."—The Strategist"This volume—the first to be fully dedicated to the couple—traces their relationship through rarely seen photographs, collages, paintings and weavings, which form a visual biography of the duo."—The Financial Times, How to Spend ItA spectacular and unprecedented visual biography of the leading pioneers and protagonists of modern art and design.Josef—painter, designer, and teacher—and Anni Albers—textile artist and printmaker are among the twentieth century's most important abstract artists, and this is the first— monograph to celebrate the rich creative output and beguiling relationship of these two masters in one elegant volume. It presents their life and work as never before, from their formative years at the Bauhaus in Germany to their remarkable influence at Black Mountain College in the United States through their intensely productive period in Connecticut.Accessibly written, the book is packed with more than 750 artworks, archival images, and documents—many published here for the first time—all tracing the remarkable lives and careers of this legendary couple.Dispersed throughout area series of short essays on artists that focuses on the Albers' relationship with a number of important artists and architects of the 20th century, like Ruth Asawa, Marcel Breuer, Merce Cunningham, Philip Johnson, Paul Klee, Jacob Lawrence, and many more.The beautifully cloth-bound package utilizes an elegant color palette and design that speaks to the work of both artists. This comprehensive visual biography showcases the artists’ rich and dynamic lives, and their infinite influence on each other, as they shared the profound conviction that art was central to human existence.Hardcover512 pages | 750 illustrationsPhaidon Press, 202012 x 9.3 inchesISBN 9781838661427Artist Monographs, Textile Design, Design

Anni and Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal

von Anna Grosskopf und Tobias HoffmannFrauen im Fokus: Der Band präsentiert 42 faszinierende Künstlerinnen, die in der namhaften Sammlung des Bröhan-Museums vertreten sind. Von den Malerinnen der Berliner Secession über die Frauen der Wiener Werkstätte bis zu Metall-, Keramik-, Möbel- und Textildesignerinnen der Bauhauszeit zeigt sich ein breites Panorama weiblicher Gestaltung.Hardcover224 Seiten, 150 Abbildungen in FarbeText in GermanHirmer Verlag, 20238.6 x 10.2 InchesISBN 9783777440095Movements, Wiener Werkstätte

Ansehen! Kunst und Design von Frauen 1880 - 1940

By Friedrich NietzscheIntroduction by Chad WellmonEdited by Paul ReitterTranslated by Damion Searls “Prof. Nietzsche was one of the most prominent of modern German philosophers, and he is considered the apostle of extreme modern rationalism and one of the founders of the socialistic school, whose ideas have had such a profound influence on the growth of political and social life throughout the civilized world…his doctrines however, were inspired by lofty aspirations, while the brilliancy of his thought and diction and the epigrammatic force of his writings commanded even the admiration of his most pronounced enemies, of which he had many.”—The New York Times “Nietzsche wants to hear idols break. Dismay, exasperation, anger, outrage, disgust, humiliation disappointment: they fuel his philosophy, and it is little without them. Exhilaration, joy, exuberance, excess: they feed it too.”—William H. Gass“Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon’s introduction and notes helpfully contextualize Nietzsche’s barbs, though much of what Nietzsche has to say transcends the milieu in which it was written, and many of his criticisms will resound with readers today…this translation, with its useful notes and introduction, certainly provokes and surprises.”—Jon Morris, Popmatters In 1869, at the age of twenty-four, Friedrich Nietzsche was appointed to a professorship of classical philology at the University of Basel. He seemed marked for a successful and conventional academic career. Then the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the music of Wagner transformed his ambitions. The genius of such thinkers and makers—the kind of genius that had emerged in ancient Greece—this alone was the touchstone for true understanding. But how was education to serve genius, especially in a modern society marked more and more by an unholy alliance between academic specialization, mass-market journalism, and the militarized state? Something more than sturdy scholarship was called for. A new way of teaching and questioning, a new philosophy...What that new way might be was the question Nietzsche broached in five vivid, popular public lectures in Basel in 1872. Anti-Education presents a provocative and timely reckoning with what remains one of the central challenges of the modern world. Paperback160 pagesNYRB Classics, 20155 x 0.4 x 8 inchesISBN 9781590178942Social Philosophy

Anti-Education: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions

Anton Velim (1892-1954)Greeting Card, 1912Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 875A 1 card and envelope4 ¾ x 6 ⅞ inches

Anton Velim, Greeting Card, 1912 [Single Card]

Anton Velim (1892-1954)Merry Christmas!, 1912Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 8741 card and envelope5 x 7 inches

Anton Velim: Merry Christmas!, 1912 [Single Card]

Von Karl Kraus Die Aphorismen von Karl Kraus, in kleinen Gruppen zunächst in der Fackel veröffentlicht, dann von ihm selber in drei Büchern zusammengefaßt, bilden die Quintessenz seines Denkens über Natur und Gesellschaft, Eros und Kunst, Sprache und Literatur und vermitteln zugleich einen deutlichen Eindruck von seiner aufs äußerste konzentrierten Kunst der Prosa. Paperback544 pagesText in GermanSuhrkamp Taschenbuch, 1986Stories originally published in 1919, 19244.3 x 0.7 x 6.9 inchesISBN 9783518378182Aphorisms

Aphorismen

By Rainald Franz, Robert Keil, and Markus KristanHow does one experience the art and culture of previous times? What are the formal criteria which span a period of ten years and are therefore decisive for the decade? Is there something valid that has characterized this epoch? And what has come down to us, in our memories, of this?For the first time an attempt is made not only to describe the diversity of possibilities for styles within a particular decade, but also to make these visible within the areas of architecture, interior design, handicrafts and fine arts. Wie nimmt man Kunst und Kultur vergangener Zeiten wahr? Welches sind die formalen Kriterien, die einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren umfassen und dafuer bestimmend sind? Gibt es etwas Gueltiges, das diese Epoche gepraegt hat? Und was ist uns davon in Erinnerung geblieben?Zum ersten Mal wird der Versuch unternommen, die Vielfaeltigkeit der Gestaltungsmoeglichkeiten, die Einrichtung, das Kunstgerwerbe und die bildende Kunst sichtbar zu machen.Paperback160 pages | 150 color and black-and-white illustrationsText in German and English Amaratis, 20119.8 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9783950101232Architecture, Austrian History

Architektur Wohnkultur Kunst Austria 1900-1910; Architecture Living Culture Art Austria 1900-1910

By Rainald Franz, Robert Keil, and Markus KristanHow does one experience the art and culture of previous times? What are the formal criteria which span a period of ten years and are therefore decisive for the decade?Is there something valid that has characterized this epoch? And what has come down to us, in our memories, of this?For the first time an attempt is made not only to describe the diversity of possibilities for styles within a particular decade, but also to make these visible within the areas of architecture, interior design, handicrafts and fine arts.Wie nimmt man Kunst und Kultur vergangener Zeiten wahr? Welches sind die formalen Kriterien, die einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren umfassen und dafür bestimmend sind? Gibt es etwas Gültiges, das diese Epoche geprägt hat? Und was ist uns davon in Erinnerung geblieben?Zum ersten Mal wird der Versuch unternommen, die Vielfältigkeit der Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten, die Einrichtung, das Kunstgerwerbe und die bildende Kunst sichtbar zu machen. Paperback160 pages | 150 color and black-and-white illustrationsText in German and EnglishAmaratis, 20119.8 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9783950101249Architecture

Architektur Wohnkultur Kunst Austria 1910-1920; Architecture Living Culture Art Austria 1910-1920

By Rainald Franz, Robert Keil, and Markus KristanHow does one experience the art and culture of previous times? What are the formal criteria which span a period of ten years and are therefore decisive for the decade?Is there something valid that has characterized this epoch? And what has come down to us, in our memories, of this?For the first time an attempt is made not only to describe the diversity of possibilities for styles within a particular decade, but also to make these visible within the areas of architecture, interior design, handicrafts and fine arts.Wie nimmt man Kunst und Kultur vergangener Zeiten wahr? Welches sind die formalen Kriterien, die einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren umfassen und dafür bestimmend sind? Gibt es etwas Gültiges, das diese Epoche geprägt hat? Und was ist uns davon in Erinnerung geblieben?Zum ersten Mal wird der Versuch unternommen, die Vielfältigkeit der Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten, die Einrichtung, das Kunstgerwerbe und die bildende Kunst sichtbar zu machen.Paperback160 pages | 150 color and black-and-white illustrationsText in German and English Amaratis, 20129.8 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9783950101256Architecture, Interior Design

Architektur Wohnkultur Kunst Austria 1920-1930; Architecture Living Culture Art Austria 1920-1930

Arnold Nechansky (1888-1938)Merry Christmas, 1912Wiener Werkstätte Postcard 8371 card and envelope5 x 7 inches

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