Monographs

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

Edited by René SpitzPhotographs by Hans G. ConradPrefaces by Volker Troche and Alexander Wetzig A rare and intimate portrait of Albers in the classroom Legendary for his tenure at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College and Yale, Josef Albers (1888–1976) was one of the most influential art educators of the 20th century. Between 1953 and 1955, Albers taught several preliminary design courses at the Ulm School of Design (HfG) in Germany. Swiss photographer Hans G. Conrad (born 1926), then a student at HfG, documented Albers’ teaching in an extensive series of over 400 photographs, depicting his lectures to and interactions with the students. These images are published here for the first time in their entirety. Juxtaposed with around 80 works on paper by Conrad from Albers’ exercise on “Interaction of Color,” they create a multifaceted and lively portrait of Albers in action teaching the fundamentals of art and design. Hardcover302 pagesText in German and EnglishWalther Koenig, 20219.8 x 1 x 9.1 inchesISBN 9783753300634Monographs

Interaction of Albers

By Fritz Horstman The essence of Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color in a format that engages learners of all ages and levels and encourages a hands-on approach Interaction of Color is often presented as an overarching theory of color, but it is actually a method of learning how to better see and understand color—many of the color exercises illustrated in Interaction of Color were devised by Albers’s students: cutting and pasting, looking, pondering, and learning. This workbook companion is a teaching tool designed to enable readers to engage in the kinds of tactile creativity and exploration that characterized Albers’s own classroom.Focusing on eight of the most important lessons in Interaction of Color, this book invites readers to learn by doing, using only simple materials. Core instructions for each exercise are enhanced by additional tips, references to Albers’s original text and illustrations, and stories about how Albers presented the ideas in class. The book and exercises are sufficiently nuanced to challenge and inspire seasoned artists, designers, and educators while also being readily accessible to younger readers and less-experienced practitioners.Paperback144 pages | 112 color illustrationsYale University Press, 20246 x 9.25 inchesISBN 9780300272437Literature, Education

Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers's Color Experiments

By Josef AlbersForeword by Nicholas Fox Weber"The magnificent presentation of this edition will continue to make this book indispensable to the next generation of art students and teachers alike."—Douglas F. Smith, Berkeley Public Library, Library Journal"Josef Albers' Interaction of Color stands alone among color theory books: a classic that never fails to surprise with its continued relevance."—ImprintOne of the most influential books on color ever published, Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color is a masterwork. Originally issued in 1963 as a limited-edition set of commentary and 150 silk-screened color plates, the book introduced generations of students, artists, designers, and collectors to Albers’ unique approach to complex principles.While the original publication has long been out of print, this beautiful new edition now brings Interaction back into classrooms, studios, and onto bookshelves, where it will find an eager new audience. Lavishly produced as a two volume slip-cased set, this book replicates Albers’s revolutionary exercises, explaining concepts such as color relativity and vibrating and vanishing boundaries through the use of color, shape, die-cut forms, and movable flaps that illustrate his astonishing demonstrations of the changing and relative nature of color. Also included for the first time are new studies from the Albers archive, produced by the artist’s students in the early 1960s.A celebration of Albers’s legendary achievements, this beautiful publication is an essential addition to any serious art library.Hardcover cloth-bound144 pages, 2-volume set | 6 black-and-white, 145 color illustrationsYale University Press, 200916.6 x 12 x 2.6 inchesISBN 9780300146936Artist Monographs, Color Theory

Interaction of Color: Complete Edition

Foreword by David Cleaton-RobertsTexts by Brenda Danilowitz and Jeannette Redensek Josef Albers was one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists, teachers, and theorists of art. Alongside teaching at the Bauhaus school in Germany and later at Black Mountain College and Yale University in the United States, he created seminal work in diverse mediums from painting and printmaking to furniture design and stained glass. His lifelong explorations into form, vision, and the processes of making art led to his ground-breaking Homage to the Square paintings and confirmed his reputation as a leading proponent of abstraction. This publication considers Albers’s early development as an artist, beginning with the pre-Bauhaus years when he worked as an elementary-school teacher in his native Bottrop in north-west Germany, while sketching the landscape and architecture of his home town and studying courses in art by night. Focusing on his prints and other works on paper, the book reveals not only the unappreciated naturalistic origins of his art, but also his ongoing interest in producing organic, surrealistic forms alongside the geometric abstraction for which he is best known. It presents dozens of prints, paintings, and drawings from the first half of his career, as well as previously unseen photographs of the artist at work and on research trips to the ancient sites of Mexico where he found important sources of inspiration for his art and theories. With texts by two recognized Albers scholars, this volume offers a fresh and surprising view of a celebrated pioneer of modernism.Hardcover160 pages | 158 illustrationsArt/Books, 20228.2 x 10.5 x 0.8 inchesISBN 9781908970572Modernism, Artist Monograph

Josef Albers: Discovery and Invention – The Early Graphic Works

Original Price: $39.95 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS By Charles Darwent “A meticulously researched, elegantly written, and generously illustrated biography of an artist whose personality was as enigmatic as his art…Darwent deftly characterizes the outsized egos and philosophical and petty rivalries that roiled the Bauhaus…An authoritative and sensitive portrait of a modern master.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review“A gripping biography of a German artist unjustly pigeonholed as the creator of interminable variations of pictures of squares…Darwent draws extensively on Albers’s previously unpublished writings and drawings to fully capture the artist’s life…Sympathetic and generously illustrated.”―Publishers Weekly Drawing on extensive unpublished archival writings, documents, and illustrations, this is the first full-scale biography of one of the 20th-century’s great artists. In his accessible study of the “whole” Albers, Charles Darwent combats the fables while telling the fascinating story of an artist, friend, and intellectual. Among Albers’s unpublished papers are letters from friends John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, and Eva Hesse, as well as fans and collectors ranging from the composer Virgil Thomson to the cartoonist Saul Steinberg. If his network of influence was surprisingly wide, so too, were his interests. He started life at the Bauhaus as a glass-maker and went on to create fonts, to run their famous wallpaper workshop, and to make furniture whose designs are still in production eighty years later. He pioneered the study of color at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and chaired the design department at Yale University. While books have been written about Albers for specialist audiences, this new volume fulfills the clear need for a more general study. Hardcover400 pagesThames & Hudson, 20186.8 x 1.5 x 9.8 inchesISBN 9780500519103Artist Monographs, Art History, Biography

Josef Albers: Life and Work

Original Price: $60.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Olaf Peters This generously illustrated and comprehensive book focuses on a decisive decade in Max Beckmann’s career as one of the leading figurative painters of the twentieth century. This publication will provide insight into a critical period in the artist’s development and the accomplishments that earned him such high esteem. Beckmann’s brief but profoundly jarring service as a medical orderly during World War I led to a nervous breakdown. He assimilated his experiences and incorporated recent and radical developments in art, such as Cubism and Expressionism, leading him to advance new pictorial conceptions beginning in 1915.To many of his contemporaries, the work Beckmann created between 1917 and 1925 placed him at the forefront of the latest developments in representational painting. In 1925, Beckmann’s celebrated status was confirmed by his prominence in the groundbreaking “Neue Sachlichkeit” (New Objectivity) exhibition in Mannheim, although he later distanced himself from the term.This book will situate Beckmann artistically and historically. Essays by both established experts and emerging scholars investigate the seminal energy found in the work he created between 1915 to 1925—a period to which the artist himself repeatedly returned over the course of his lifetime.The self-referential aspect of Beckmann’s output is key to understanding his progression as an artist, which comes more clearly into focus via an analysis of these critical early years. Hardcover256 pagesPrestel, 20239.25 x 2.05 x 11.22 inchesISBN 9783791379944Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue

Max Beckmann: The Formative Years, 1915-25 Exhibition Catalogue

By Jill LloydSelf-Portrait with Horn is one of the greatest, most resonant paintings by the German Expressionist Max Beckmann. It was painted in 1938, just after Beckmann fled Nazi Germany to seek refuge in Amsterdam, and it evokes the tribulations of an entire generation. This book celebrates the painting and the special place it holds for the Neue Galerie. Jill Lloyd has brought her superb scholarship to bear in tracing the work's history and its importance within the Beckmann oeuvre. Hardcover84 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 200911.1 x 0.6 x 9.2 inchesISBN 9781931794220Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Art History, History, Biography, Painting

Max Beckmann: Self-Portrait with Horn

by Hans Christian Adam “It would be only a slight exaggeration to say that photographers in the know have been waiting for this book.” ―The New York Times German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself. Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealing a formally rigorous talent whose precision and dedication bridge the 19th- and 20th-century worlds of image-making and bring a distinctly sculptural aspect to a firmly two-dimensional art form. Beautifully but starkly composed against plain cardboard backgrounds, Blossfeldt’s images, relying on a northern light for their sense of volume, reveal nothing of the man but everything of themselves. They are still life's, piercingly final statements on their subject, and have endured owing to their aesthetics and the ongoing fascination of students and photographers. Like their maker, they are quietly and lastingly effective. Hardcover512 pagesTaschen America Llc, 20246.1 x 8.5 inches ISBN 9783836598514Monographs, Photography

Karl Blossfeldt: The Complete Published Work. 40th Ed.

Von Ulrike Draesner Die kraftvollen Jugendstil-Illustrationen des Wiener-Werkstätte-Künstlers Carl Otto Czeschka von 1908 sind legendär: Sie gelten als absolutes Spitzenwerk der Buchillustration, gehören zu den bekanntesten Jugendstilkunstwerken. Bei ihrer Erstausgabe waren diese einzigartigen Bilder mit einer eher unerheblichen Nacherzählung der Nibelungensage kombiniert.Für diese opulent ausgestattete Neuausgabe der Heldensage wurde die Dichterin (und promovierte Altgermanistin) Ulrike Draesner gebeten, ihre eigene, höchst persönliche Nibelungen-Version zu schreiben. Dabei ist ein Zyklus wuchtiger und beeindruckender moderner Lyrik um den Nibelungenschatz entstanden, in dem Ulrike Draesner das großartige und grausame Geschehen durch die Subjektivität der vier Protagonisten hindurch in Klang und Stimme bannt: es sprechen Kriemhild, Siegfried, Brunhilde und schließlich Hagen. Einen Epilog liefern Kriemhilds Söhne mit einem Nibelungen-Computerspiel, bevor sich die Stimme einer Erzählerin und Dichterin selbst zu Wort meldet: »Immer wieder vergesse ich...«, was alles im Nibelungenlied geschieht. »Das Lied erzählt mir: Es gibt Lebenslagen, da fährt, was du liebtest und verlorst und noch liebst, unverhofft, unerwartet, erschreckend und schön, durch die Luft auf dich zu. Das vergesse ich nicht. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardback122 pagesText in GermanReclam, Philipp, jun. GmbH, Verlag, 20167.2 x 0.8 x 10.1 inchesISBN 9783150110058Artist Monographs, Illustration, Wiener Werkstätte

Nibelungen. Heimsuchung.

Edited by Waleria Dorogova and Laura MicroulisBy Rachel Silveri, Cécile Godefroy, Gail Levin, Margarete Zimmermann, Hilde D’haeyere, Steven Jacobs, Tamar Kharatishvili, Celeste Day Moore, Dirk Van Oost, Ruth Hommelen, Maude Bass-Krueger, Marjan Sterckx, Werner Adriaenssens, Kasia Stempniak, Noah Dubay, Emilie Hammen, Laurent Cotta, Christoph Benjamin Schulz, Geoffrey Ripert, Kaat Obbels and Patrick Raynaud A richly crafted tribute to the avant-garde artist and designer Sonia Delaunay, whose boundary-breaking approach is echoed in the volume’s interdisciplinarity and its inspired design Described as “the most significant contribution to Sonia Delaunay studies in a decade,” this catalogue sets a new standard for the study of this pioneering avant-garde artist, designer, and entrepreneur (1885–1979). Eschewing traditional chronological structures to better showcase groundbreaking research unifying the artist’s timeless oeuvre across mediums, this publication demonstrates Delaunay’s innate versatility and willingness to create without material limitation using her unique language of light and color. Textiles, fashion, interiors, book art, and more are highlighted across 26 chapters by leading international scholars to give new insight into Delaunay’s strategies of self-promotion, entrepreneurial endeavors, legacy-building efforts, and vast network of collaborators. These in-depth analyses, including previously underinvestigated material such as film, mosaics, tapestries, and interior design, offer a comprehensive perspective on Delaunay’s lifelong effort to unite art with life by harnessing the energy of technological advancement and the beauty of artisanal craftsmanship. Finally, an appendix provides a unique personal note—an epilogue by Patrick Raynaud, the last living member of Delaunay’s atelier—is a touching firsthand account of the artist’s working practices toward the end of her life. The design, by award-winning book creator Irma Boom, embraces Sonia Delaunay’s own approach to layout and typography, rendering a book that unites past and present to become a work of art in its own right. Hardcover540 pages | 375 color, 150 black-and-white illustrationsYale University Press, 202410.5 x 10.5 inchesISBN 9780300275766Avant-Garde

Sonia Delaunay: Living Art

Original Price: $50 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Hemma Schmutz, Brigitte Reutner-Doneus, and Lentos Kunstmuseum LinzA richly illustrated appreciation of artist and educator Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and her wide-ranging achievements.Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1989–1944) was one of the most important students of the Bauhaus. She was a painter, art teacher, and politically active poster artist. Initially, she specialized in textile and graphic design, and later she worked as an interior designer. Her paintings reflect her profound study of the classical avant-garde. This publication traces in detail the wide-ranging creative achievements of an artist who suffered great political persecution.The lavishly illustrated volume positions Dicker-Brandeis’s work within the framework of Classic Modernism and shows how versatile she was as an artist. Until the end, she tried to encourage children in the ghetto of Theresienstadt to draw, offering secret art lessons, for which the Nazi regime harshly persecuted her. Contributors to this book describe the particular characteristics of her artistic work, and they also delve into the art therapy techniques she pioneered and developed. Hardcover252 pages | 200 color platesHirmer Publishers, 20228.75 x 1.1 x 10.75 inchesISBN 9783777438467Avant-Garde, Modernism

Friedl Dicker-Brandeis: Bauhaus Student, Avant-Garde Painter, Art Teacher

Original Price: $57.99 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Stefanie Kitzberger , Cosima Rainer, and Linda SchädlerBauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-BrandeisThe work of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944) occupies a key position in the broader history of the Austrian avant-garde while also deepening our understanding of modernism.Her work covers an impressive range of media and genres in the visual and applied arts. Influenced by her studies at Vienna’s Kunstgewerbeschule (which later became the University of Applied Arts Vienna), the Itten Private School, and the Bauhaus in Weimar, she worked as a painter, stage designer, architect, designer in Vienna and Berlin, in exile, and as a deportee.This book explores the heterogeneity of Dicker’s work, reconstructs her artistic strategies and references to aesthetic and political discourses from the 1920s to the 1940s, and documents for the first time her works in the collection of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.Essays by Julie M. Johnson, Robin Rehm, Daniela Stöppel, and others. Monograph made to accompany an exhibition in Vienna and Zurich; awarded as one of the most beautiful books in Austria in 2022.Hardcover352 pages | 150 colored illustrationsDe Gruyter, 20226.5 x 9.4 inchesISBN 9783110789065 Monograph, Bauhaus Design and Architecture

Friedl Dicker-Brandeis: Works from the Collection of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Edited by Olaf PetersTexts by Olaf Peters, Dietrich Schubert, Ernst Kallai, Willi Wolfradt, Karsten Mueller and James Van Dyke More than almost any other German painter, Otto Dix and his works have profoundly influenced the popular notion of the Weimar Republic. His paintings were among the most graphic visual representations of that period, exposing with wicked wit the instability and contradictions of the time. The particular role that Dix played as an artist in the Weimar Republic can only be understood against the backdrop of the painter's experiences during the First World War, from 1914 to 1918. The essay in the present volume by Dietrich Schubert discusses this theme using Dix's war-era self-portraits as examples. The artist's wartime experiences also shaped his shockingly brutal depictions of sexual murders and his paintings of prostitutes, the subject of another of the essays in this publication. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover258 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20101.1 x 9.7 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783791350202Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Art History

Otto Dix Exhibition Catalogue

Edited by Walter Gropius, László Moholy-NagyPainter, writer, architect, typographer, art theorist and leader of the De Stijl movement, Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) was one of the great modernist polymaths, and in this volume of the Bauhausbücher, he attempts to make elementary concepts in the visual arts generally comprehensible for a broad audience.Van Doesburg’s book addresses the “modern artist” of his day, who had to deal with both shifting social paradigms and a changing understanding of art and art theory. Unifying a range of disciplines, van Doesburg describes theory as a necessary consequence of creative practice: artists, he says, “do not write about art but from within art.”Principles of Neo-Plastic Art is a revolutionary synthesis of practice and theory.Hardcover68 pages | 1 color, 31 black-and-white imagesLars Müller Publishers, 20217 x 9 inchesISBN 9783037786291 Bauhaus, Neoplasticism

Theo van Doesburg: Principles of Neo-Plastic Art (Bauhausbücher 6)

By Ulrich Bischoff With unparalleled artistic originality Max Ernst (1891–1976) transformed everything he touched. By pushing the boundaries and breaking loose from the confined view of the culture of his time, he became one of the most important figures of Dadaism and Surrealism. Driven by the counter-reaction to the horrors of World War I, he became a pioneer of the Dada movement. The closing of the famed Dada exhibit in Cologne for ‘obscenity’ led Ernst to spend the rest of his life in Paris, where he came in contact with the Surrealists. Above all, Ernst stands out for his varied style and technique, having produced an oeuvre that reaches from paintings, drawings, and sculpture, across texts and stage settings to collage novels and the development of his own ‘frottage’ technique. During World War II, Ernst, like many of his colleagues, became an ‘undesirable foreigner’ and was forced to emigrate; however, he returned to France after the war. Continuing a career that spanned decades, in 1954 he received the Grand Prize for Painting at the Biennial in Venice. This book is a journey through magic, vividness, and fantasy. It is a gateway into the intricate mind and world of Max Ernst. Hardcover96 pagesTaschen, 20238.5 x 0.75 x 10.5 inchesISBN 9783836595292Surrealism, Artist Monograph

Max Ernst (Basic Art Series 2.0)

By Andreas PlatthausEr prägte das von Walter Gropius gegründete Bauhaus, dem er als einziger Meister vom ersten bis zum letzten Tag angehörte – von 1919 bis zur Auflösung durch die Nationalsozialisten 1933 –, wie kaum ein Zweiter. Mit seinen Freunden Paul Klee und Wassily Kandinsky revolutionierte er die Kunst. Später wurde er so populär und von der Alltagskultur eingemeindet, dass man Bilder von ihm als Plakate bei einem großen schwedischen Möbelhaus kaufen konnte: Lyonel Feininger. 1871 in New York geboren, hielt er sich von seinem siebzehnten Lebensjahr an fast ein halbes Jahrhundert lang in Deutschland auf. Den Großteil dieser Zeit verbrachte er in Berlin, wo sich auch die rätselhaftesten Episoden seines Lebens abspielten. Warum blieb er, obwohl als "feindlicher Ausländer" registriert, während des Ersten Weltkriegs? Und warum verließ er, obwohl mit einer Jüdin verheiratet und Vater dreier Söhne, Nazi-Deutschland erst 1937? In der Persönlichkeit des Malers spiegelt sich das Dilemma einer doppelten Exil-Existenz im 20. Jahrhundert.Andreas Platthaus, der für dieses Buch zahlreiche Archivbestände auswerten konnte, erzählt das Leben eines Mannes, der sich im steten Zwiespalt zwischen amerikanischem und deutschem Selbstverständnis befand.Hardcover448 pagesText in GermanRowohlt Berlinm, 20215.7 x 8.6 inchesISBN 9783737101165Biography

Lyonel Feininger - Porträt eines Lebens

Edited by Wolfgang SchwägerlText by Agnes Waldstein, Christian Bauer, Nikolaus Kratzer An introduction to the oeuvre of a long-overlooked German Expressionist. A student of Corinth and friend to Die Brücke and the Vienna Secession, the Prussian artist Oskar Gawell (1888–1955) made expressionistic, otherworldly paintings of small towns, landscapes, domestic scenes and portraits. This volume reintroduces his work to an English-language audience.Hardcover312 pages | 180 color imagesVerlag für Moderne Kunst, 20228.75 x 11.25 inchesISBN 9783903796089Artist Monographs, Expressionism

Oskar Gawell: The Lyrical Expressionist

Original Price: $54.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Jill Lloyd, Ingrid Pfeiffer, and Raymond CofferRichard Gerstl (1883–1908) has recently emerged from the shadows of his contemporaries Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele to be ranked by art historians as one of the leading artists of the Vienna-based Austria expressionist movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. This lush catalogue of his work introduces this significant artist to a broad, international audience.Gerstl painted for just four to six years before his tragic suicide at age twenty-five. Because he had refused to show his work during his lifetime, he was for many years largely overlooked. But his portraits and landscapes like Self Portrait Against a Blue Background and The Fey Sisters are today regarded by both the academy and the art world as some of the best examples of Austrian expressionism for their ability to evoke a visceral, emotional response in viewers through their distorted forms and exaggeratedly expressive use of color. With more than eighty works by Gerstl, this book provides a comprehensive portrait of his amazingly short, but powerfully prolific career.Hardcover224 pages | 200 color platesNeue Galerie New YorkHirmer Publishers, 20179.5 x 1.1 x 11 inchesISBN 9783777427546Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Artist Monograph, Painting, Expressionism

Richard Gerstl Exhibition Catalogue

Original Price: $45.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS By Roman Zieglgänsberger and Evelyn Bergner “The Museum Weisbaden’s monograph introduces an underknown artist and underscores the vibrancy of the interwar avant-garde. . . .Recommended.”—CHOICEPainter, graphic artist, typographer, photographer, and sculptor, Werner Graeff (1901–78) was a key figure in the Bauhaus and the Constructivism movements. Alongside reproductions of his major works, including pictograms, multiples, drawings, and other graphic works, this book presents the story of Graeff’s life—including, for the first time, the moving autobiography he wrote at the urging of his friend Mies van der Rohe, The Obstacle Race of the Twentieth Century. Through an analysis of Graeff’s work with the Bauhaus and the De Stijl group of Dutch artists, as well as the Ring Neue Werbegestalter founded by Kurt Schwitters, we see his prominent place in the vibrant life and culture of the German art world of the period.Hardcover288 pagesHirmer Publishers, 20177.5 x 1.3 x 9.8 inchesISBN 9783777427973Bauhaus, Graphic Design, Monograph

Werner Graeff: Recollection of a Bauhaus Artist

By Magnus Englund and Leyla Daybeldge A stunning visual biography of the life of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and one of the world's most influential architects This illustrated biography tells the story of Gropius's life, beginning with his shattering experiences in World War One, his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler, the establishment of the Bauhaus, and the tragic death of their daughter Manon. After Gropius's agonized decision to leave Nazi Germany in 1933, the book explores his life in exile in London and then his move to America in 1937, where he lived and worked until his death in 1969.Features more than 375 illustrations including letters, telegrams, sketches, drawings, photographs, posters, brochures, and other ephemera. The authors present the life of Walter Gropius as not just a key figure of 20th-century architecture, but as an extraordinarily generous person - a connector, protector, and benefactor who improved the lives and careers of all those with whom he came into contact.This is the first comprehensive illustrated biography of one of Modern architecture's most important figures.Hardcover320 pages | 377 illustrationsPhaidon, 202212 × 9.75 inchesISBN 9781838664213 Monograph, Architecture, Bauhaus

Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography

Edited by Lars Müller "The handsome hardcover reprint is most valuable as a historical artifact."—A Daily Dose of Architecture Books When the Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1924, it was finally possible to publish the first of the Bauhausbücher that Walter Gropius (1883–1969) and László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) had first conceived of in Weimar. The series was intended to give insight into the teachings of the Bauhaus and the possibilities it offered for incorporating modern design into everyday aspects of an ever-more-modern world. First in the series was Gropius’ International Architecture, an overview of the modern architecture of the mid-1920s and an early attempt to articulate what would come to be known as International Style architecture. In a brief preface, Gropius summarized the guiding principles he identified uniting the avant-garde around the world. But the real thrust of the book is visual, with an extensive illustrated section showing buildings in Europe and the Americas. According to Gropius, these illustrations show the “development of a consistent worldview” that dispensed with the prior decorative role of architecture and expressed itself in a new language of exactitude, functionality and geometry. Published for the first time in English, this new edition of the first of the Bauhausbücher is accompanied by a brief scholarly commentary. Presented in a design true to Moholy-Nagy’s original, International Architecture offers readers the opportunity to explore the Bauhaus’ aesthetic and its place in the world as Gropius himself was trying to define them. Hardcover108 pagesLARS MÜLLER PUBLISHERS, 20197 x 9 inchesISBN 9783037785843Bauhaus, Architecture

Walter Gropius: International Architecture (Bauhausbücher 1)

Edited by Jill Lloyd and Ulf Kuster Ferdinand Hodler’s emotionally loaded landscapes and ritualized portraits were among the earliest harbingers of Expressionist painting in Europe, and a key bridge between the idioms of late-nineteenth-century Symbolism, Realism and modernist Expressionism. This volume gathers a selection of Hodler’s best-loved work: his famous late paintings, in which figures are heavily stylized and landscapes are pared down to simple effects of mood and color; his outstanding works on paper; and the much-acclaimed, extremely moving series of works chronicling the illness and early death of the artist’s lover, Valentine Godé-Darel. A documentary section reproduces letters, sketchbooks and photographs that illuminate the relationship between Hodler and Godé-Darel. Central to this publication is the role that series and variations play throughout Hodler’s oeuvre--most famously in his groups of figures arranged in ritualized poses, a style to which he gave the name “Parallelism.” This volume reveals Hodler both as a painter of great emotional intensity and as a crucial progenitor of the Expressionist worldview. Please note that this book is Out of Stock. Hardcover240 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkHatje Cantz, 20129.5 x 1 x 11.4 inchesISBN 9783775733809Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Artist Monograph, Essays, Painting

SOLD OUT - Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity

By Ralph Jentsch Text by Juerg Judin, Pay Matthis Karstens, Mechthild Hagemann Previously unseen early works from the Weimar Republic's greatest chronicler and satirist. This volume is dedicated to the early life and career of the brilliant young artist Georg Ehrenfried Gross (1893-1959), who would later become known as George Grosz. Known for his politically charged paintings and caricatural depictions of Berlin life in the 1920s, the youthful Gross had a long way to go before changing his name and becoming the most popular and sharp-tongued chronicler of the Weimar Republic. Gross made his first oil paintings in 1912 while still a student, and by 1914 was working in a style deeply influenced by Expressionism, Futurism and popular illustration. Presenting over 50 works made between the years 1904 and 1917, all but a few exhibited for the first time ever, the inaugural exhibition of Das kleine Grosz Museum, and this accompanying catalog, trace the artistic and biographical trajectory of this great artist's journey.Hardcover 178 pages Walther Konig, 20228.25 x 1 x 11 inchesISBN 9783753302041Artist Monograph, Arts & Photography Criticism

Gross Before Grosz: The Early Years

Original Price: $200 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERSBy Rainer Willmann and Julia Voss “…as energetic and colorful as Haeckel’s life. It’s scientific eye candy that feels as fresh as Haeckel’s groundbreaking biological art must have seemed more than a century ago.”―The Washington Post“…a glorious book… his influence on art and the natural sciences remains profound, and his stunning artworks continue to stand the test of time.”―American Scientist“This is a bible for those who love pattern.”―The Times Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher, and doctor, who spent his life researching flora and fauna from the highest mountaintops to deepest ocean. A vociferous supporter and developer of Darwin’s theories of evolution, he denounced religious dogma, abandoned an early career in medicine, authored philosophical treatises, gained a doctorate in zoology, and coined scientific terms which have passed into common usage, including ecology, phylum, and stem cell. Haeckel’s colossal legacy has fascinated, confounded, and polarized generations. But what was at the heart of his extraordinary life’s work? Rather like his intellectual forebear, Alexander von Humboldt, Haeckel was motivated not only to discover but also to explain. To do this, he created hundreds of detailed drawings, watercolors, and sketches of his findings which he published in successive volumes during the 20th century, including several marine organism collections and the majestic Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), which could serve as the cornerstone of Haeckel’s entire life project. Like a meticulous visual encyclopedia of living things, Haeckel’s work was as remarkable for its graphic precision and meticulous shading as for its understanding of organic evolution and cellular development. From bats to the box jellyfish, lizards to lichen, and spider legs to sea anemones, he emphasized the essential symmetries and order of nature, and found biological beauty in even the most unlikely of creatures. The prints not only furthered the study of natural history but also influenced generations of 20th-century artists and architects, from the emerging proponents of Art Nouveau to architects such as Hendrik Petrus Berlage, whose Amsterdam Commodities Exchange was inspired by Haeckel’s illustrations. In this book, we celebrate the scientific, artistic, and environmental importance of Haeckel’s work, with a collection of prints from several of his most important tomes on marine biology, including Die Radiolarien, Monographie der Medusen, Die Kalkschwämme: eine Monographie, and Kunstformen der Natur. At a time when biodiversity is increasingly threatened by human activities, the book is at once a visual masterwork, an underwater exploration, and a vivid reminder of the precious variety of life. Hardcover704 pagesText in English, French and GermanTaschen, 201713.5 x 3.2 x 16.5 inchesISBN 9783836526463Artist Monograph, Illustration, Nature, Marine

The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel

By Rainer Willmann and Julia Voss “A dazzling graphic work...One is left astounded by these mesmerizing wonders.”―Le Monde“…as energetic and colorful as Haeckel’s life. It’s scientific eye candy that feels as fresh as Haeckel’s groundbreaking biological art must have seemed more than a century ago.”―The Washington PostErnst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher, and doctor who spent his life researching flora and fauna from the highest mountaintops to the deepest ocean. A vociferous supporter and developer of Darwin’s theories of evolution, he denounced religious dogma, authored philosophical treatises, gained a doctorate in zoology, and coined scientific terms which have passed into common usage, including ecology, phylum, and stem cell.At the heart of Haeckel’s colossal legacy was the motivation not only to discover but also to explain. To do this, he created hundreds of detailed drawings, watercolors, and sketches of his findings which he published in successive volumes, including several marine organism collections and the majestic Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), which could serve as the cornerstone of Haeckel’s entire life project. Like a meticulous visual encyclopedia of living things, Haeckel’s work was as remarkable for its graphic precision and meticulous shading as for its understanding of organic evolution. From bats to the box jellyfish, lizards to lichen, and spider legs to sea anemones, Haeckel emphasized the essential symmetries and order of nature, and found biological beauty in even the most unlikely of creatures.In this book, we celebrate the scientific, artistic, and environmental importance of Haeckel’s work, with a collection of 300 of his finest prints from several of his most important tomes, including Die Radiolarien, Monographie der Medusen, Die Kalkschwämme, and Kunstformen der Natur. At a time when biodiversity is increasingly threatened by human activities, the book is at once a visual masterwork, an underwater exploration, and a vivid reminder of the precious variety of life. Hardcover512 pagesTaschen, 20206.1 x 8.5 inchesISBN 9783836584289Artist Monographs, Illustration, Science

The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel. 40th Anniversary Edition

By Vivian Endicott Barnett Explore the œuvre of Erich Heckel, one of the most important German Expressionist painters of the twentieth century.Erich Heckel, 1883–1970, was one of the co-founders of the Künstlergruppe Brücke (Artists’ Group Bridge), established in Dresden in June 1905. He remained part of the group until it disbanded in May 1913.Despite his seminal role in the establishment of this critical early manifestation of German Expressionism, he has not garnered the same acclaim as his fellow Die Brücke artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. As a result, there is a dearth of literature available on him in English and he has never had a solo exhibition in an American museum.This important publication, which accompanies a show at the Neue Galerie New York, aims to redress this oversight. The texts presented in this lavishly illustrated monograph will focus on Heckel’s early career and cover topics ranging from his involvement with Die Brücke; the works he created during his idyllic summers in the Friesian beach resort of Dangast; his military service during World War I; and his bold and expressive woodcuts.Emphasis is placed on his portrait and landscape paintings and his vibrant pictures of bathers, which merge both genres. The authors will address the work he made in Dresden, Berlin, and northern Germany, in addition to his output while serving in Flanders during the war. Hardcover222 pagesPrestel, 20259.25 x 11.252 inchesISBN 9783791376271Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Erich Heckel

Erich Heckel

By Lieven Van Den Abeele On Monday 8 March 1915, a young artist alighted from the Berlin train in Ghent Sint-Pieters. Having travelled past Leuven, which lay in ruins, he continued onwards to Roeselare, where he was met by fellow Red Cross volunteers. The First World War was entering its seventh month, but would continue for years. Erich Heckel (1883–1970), co-founder of the Dresden-based artists’ group Die Brücke in 1905, is one of the luminaries of German expressionism, alongside Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. During the nearly four years that Heckel was stationed in Flanders, he produced seventy-five paintings, hundreds of drawings and watercolours and numerous prints. His powerful woodcuts became the benchmark for expressionist graphics in Germany and far beyond. This lesser-known period in Heckel’s oeuvre, which nevertheless forms a recognizable and coherent whole, is the subject of this book. The landscapes and seascapes rank among his finest works. Familiar elements – land and sea, sky and light – all acquire a deeper significance during this period. And the ever-changing light is not just synonymous with Ostend and the North Sea, but also with James Ensor, whom Heckel befriended and greatly admired. Erich Heckel’s Flemish works are born of observation and experience, representation and expression, memory and desire. They are romantic and expressive, spiritual and tangible, nostalgic and – unlike the brutal era in which they were created – eminently hopeful. Paperback280 pagesMercatorfonds, 202510.5 x 8.3 inchesISBN 9780300282795Artist Monograph, German Expressionism

Erich Heckel in Flanders

Von Diana BlomeAus der Kombination von Blumen und Figuren generierte Hodler immer wieder neue Bildfindungen. Die grundlegenden Eigenschaften des Floralen – Symbol für den Lebenszyklus sowie ornamentale Linienführung und expressive Farbigkeit – bestimmte nicht nur die Kunsttheorie des Malers, sondern ebneten ihm auch den Weg, um seine Gemälde an die Schwelle der Abstraktion zu führen. Der Vergleich mit Cuno Amiet, Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt und anderen Künstlern der Moderne bietet erhellende Einsichten in Hodlers Nutzung des floralen Formenrepertoires.Hardcover448 SeitenText in GermanHirmer Verlag, 20217.4 x 1.6 x 9.6 inchesISBN 9783777436531Artist Monographs, Ferdinand Hodler

Ferdinand Hodler- Was die Blumen sagen

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 Adrián Prieto and Christian Witt-Dörring The Viennese architect and ‘allround designer’ Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) is much more than just the founder of the Wiener Werkstätte. This book offers a wide-ranging look at his oeuvre, which took shape over no less than sixty years. The timeless beauty of Hoffmann’s creations demonstrates his importance not just as a historical figure, but as a source of inspiration for several generations.Richly illustrated with furniture, objects, designs, textiles, photos, drawings and documents. Special attention is paid to his creative method and his misunderstood use of color.The project was developed in collaboration with Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) and is one of the eye-catchers of Art Nouveau Brussels 2023. This monograph accompanies the exhibition Josef Hoffmann – Falling for Beauty at the Art & History Museum in Brussels from 6 October 2023 to 14 April 2024.Hardcover208 pages | 67 color and 98 black-and-white illustrationsHannibal Books, 20239.45 x 10.63 inchesISBN 9789464666779 Artist Monograph, Design

Josef Hoffmann: Falling for Beauty

By Christian Witt-DörringThe Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) is recognized as one of the leading figures in the modern movement. This catalog takes as its point of departure four rooms designed during his most creative period, the years between 1902 and 1913.Covering such diverse topics as interior design, literature, fashion, and psychoanalysis, the catalog examines the social and artistic developments occurring in Vienna during this period. An analysis of the design scene in Germany at the time helps establish a contrasting vision to Hoffmann’s own sensibility. Finally, Hoffmann’s private dwellings are revealed in photographs shown for the first time. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover224 pages | black-and-white and color illustrationsNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20069 x 12 x 1.5 inchesISBN 9783791337104Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Interior Design

Josef Hoffmann: Interiors, 1902-1913

Edited by Christoph Wagner The Swiss artist Johannes Itten (1888–1967) was a pioneering art theorist and a prominent teacher at the Bauhaus, and he left behind an extensive and wide-ranging oeuvre. Creating paintings and graphic works to sculptures, textiles, and furniture, Itten was an unusually versatile artist who also produced one of the most important works on the theory of colors in the twentieth century. His art is examined here in depth for the first time through an analysis built on more than one hundred thousand biographical documents and sources. Published to coincide with the Bauhaus centenary, this is the first in a three-volume series that will explore the latest provenance research, compile an index of exhibitions and literature, and provide for the first time a complete overview of the artistic cosmos of Johannes Itten.In total all three volumes reproduce more than three thousand works and expand Itten’s oeuvre by more than one thousand works compared with the previous catalogue raisonné published in 1972. Hardcover496 pagesHirmer Publishers, 201910.5 x 12.5 inchesISBN 9783777431673Artist Monograph, Color Theory, Bauhaus

Johannes Itten: Catalogue Raisonné Vol. I. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings. 1907-1938

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 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

By Andreas Kilcher and Pavel Schmidt Contributions by Judith Butler Translated by Kurt Beals The first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka’s graphic output, including more than 100 newly discovered drawings “A sensational new book [that] reveals these hitherto hidden artworks for the first time . . . This valuable volume allows us to see how, for Kafka, word and image walk arm in arm.”—Benjamin Balint, Jewish Review of Books The year 2019 brought a sensational discovery: hundreds of drawings by the writer Franz Kafka (1883–1924) were found in a private collection that for decades had been kept under lock and key. Until now, only a few of Kafka’s drawings were widely known. Although Kafka is renowned for his written work, his drawings are evidence of what his literary executor Max Brod termed his “double talent.” Irresistible and full of fascinating figures, shifting from the realistic to the fantastic, the grotesque, the uncanny, and the carnivalesque, they illuminate a previously unknown side of the quintessential modernist author. Kafka’s drawings span his full career, but he drew most intensively in his university years, between 1901 and 1907. An entire booklet of drawings from this period is among the many new discoveries, along with dozens of loose sheets. Published for the first time in English, these newly available materials are collected with his known works in a complete catalogue raisonné of more than 240 illustrations, reproduced in full color. Essays by Andreas Kilcher and Judith Butler provide essential background for this lavish volume, interpreting the drawings in their own right while also reconciling their place in Kafka’s larger oeuvre.Hardcover368 pagesYale University Press, 20228.31 x 1.38 x 11.77 inchesISBN 9780300260663Artist Monograph, Modernism

Franz Kafka: The Drawings [Hardcover]

Edited by Tracey Bashkoff and Megan FontanellaContributions by Mark Antliff, Annegret Hoberg, Patricia Leighten, and George E. Lewis One of the foremost artistic innovators of abstraction in the 20th century, Vasily Kandinsky sought to liberate painting from its ties to the natural world and promote the spiritual in art. This richly illustrated publication looks at Kandinsky anew, through a critical lens, reframing our understanding of this vital figure of European modernism, who was also a prolific aesthetic theorist and writer. A series of multidisciplinary essays considers his nuanced relationships with the avant-garde artistic communities in which he lived and made art; the influence of anarchism and radical ecology; experimental methods of improvisation exploring the interplay between sight and sound; his place among Bauhaus peers whose contributions have been underrecognized; and his return, toward the end of his life, to long-held cultural interests that date back to his early years in Russia. Tracing Kandinsky’s life and work through his years in Moscow, several cities in Germany, and Paris, the texts offer striking new insights into an artist whose creative production and style were intimately tied to a sense of place—and displacement—and evolved amid the political and social upheavals catalyzed by the Russian Revolution and World Wars I and II. Kandinsky’s history is closely linked to that of the Guggenheim Museum. Solomon R. Guggenheim began collecting the artist’s work in 1929; a year later, they would meet at the Bauhaus, in Dessau. This book highlights more than ninety works from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s preeminent Kandinsky holdings, presenting the full arc of his artistic development and career. Included are paintings in oil and oil with sand, reverse-glass paintings, as well as woodcuts, watercolors, and drawings on paper. An illustrated chronicle of Kandinsky’s life and career, including selected exhibitions and publications, rounds out the volume.Hardcover196 pages | 125 color images, 55 black-and-white imagesGuggenheim Museum, 20218.74 x 10 inchesISBN 9780892075591Exhibition Catalogue, Avant-Garde

Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle

Edited by Neue Galerie New YorkTexts by Vivian Endicott Barnett, Shulamith Behr, Christian Derouet, Reinhold Heller, Jill Lloyd, Peter Vergo, Rose-Carol Washton LongThe evolution of the Gesamtkunstwerk in the artist’s work from the Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus yearsAlongside his development of a revolutionary abstract style, Vasily Kandinsky (1866–1944) demonstrated an ambition to go beyond conventional easel painting. His famous large paintings with musical and theatrical associations transformed into veritable environments. The catalog explores the evolution of a Gesamtkunstwerk in the work of Kandinsky including essays by leading Kandinsky scholars on painting as a total work of art, or the artist’s interest in music and theatre. Separated into three sections, it illustrates how Kandinsky’s fascination for the Wagnerian concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk and the principles of synesthesia developed into large-scale painting within the context of the two highly significant artistic groups Blaue Reiter and Bauhaus, as well as in response to the changing historical circumstances, last but not least, culminating in his large-scale decorative utopian murals and installations. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover208 pages | 192 black-and-white and color illustrationsNeue Galerie New YorkHatje Cantz, 201323.50 x 28.50 cmISBN 9783775737340Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Art History, Essays, Movements

Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925 Exhibition Catalogue

By Michel Draguet A comprehensive look at an important member of the artistic vanguard of late 19th and early 20th-century Europe. In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Draguet, an internationally recognized authority on fin-de-siècle art, offers an enlightening examination of the life and art of Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858–1921). Khnopff achieved widespread acclaim during his lifetime for his moody, dreamlike paintings, as well as his numerous commissioned portraits, designs for costumes and sets for the theater and opera, photography, sculpture, book illustrations, and writings. Khnopff was a reclusive personality, and in 1900 he focused his attention on the design and construction of a lavish, secluded home and studio in Brussels, a structure that became deeply entwined with the artist’s work and sense of self. Although the house was demolished in 1936, Draguet uses new archival research to reconstruct its spaces and explore the home as emblematic of the artist, guiding the reader through Khnopff’s very personal world and analyzing his art in the context of its generative surroundings.Hardcover304 pages | 210 color illustrationsMercatorfonds, 20209.5 x 10.5 inchesISBN 9780300246506Symbolism, Monograph

Fernand Khnopff

By Thorsten Sadowsky Like many of his contemporaries, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) was fascinated by the possibilities of photography and exploited them in various ways. In his work there is a noticeable interdependency of photography and visual arts that allows as to speak of an almost "photographic pictorial conception." The catalog assembles a selection of about 140 photographic works and presents examples of all genres in which Kirchner worked: from nudes, studio scenes, and portraits to landscapes and object photographs. Although Kirchner did not consider himself a photographic artist, he did extensively exploit the possibilities of the medium of photography. Hardcover216 pagesText in English and GermanKehrer Verlag, 20168.5 x 1 x 11 inchesISBN 9783868287028Artist Monographs, Photography

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: The Artist as Photographer

Original Price: $55.00 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS Edited by Josef Helfenstein and Elizabeth Hutton Turner Paul Klee was a leading figure in European Modernism, and his acclaim at home was quickly matched in the United States, where both private collectors and major museums sought out his work. Klee and America explores the reasons for that enthusiastic reception, especially during the 1930s and 1940s while the artist was being targeted in Hitler's campaign against "Degenerate Art". This catalogue presents an impressive selection of Klee's finest "American" works from that period, including both paintings and drawings. Hardcover320 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkThe Menil Collection, 200711.6 x 9.3 x 1.6 inchesISBN 9781931794145Neue Exhibition Catalogue, Artist Monograph, Art History, Essays

Klee and America

By Jenny Anger "For scholars steeped in the modernist distinction between art and the decorative, Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art offers a unique opportunity to consider the investment in the notion of purity essential to this distinction and the hierarchies of artistic practice, gender and race it fosters. Above and beyond Anger's book's value as a revisionist history of Klee or a detailed history of the decorative's rise and decline in the early twentieth century is tis presentation of a long-overdue study that confronts the issue of hierarchy in the arts under modernism and its consequences."―Elissa Auther, CAA ReviewsOne of the goals of Modernism was the presentation of the essence of art, or pure form. Encouraged by theorists, modern artists found pure form in ornament which, though promising, was sullied by connotations of materiality, domesticity, and femininity. Jenny Anger demonstrates that the decorative significantly informed Paul Klee's art. She compares his work to that of another major modernist, Henri Matisse, to confirm the critical role of the decorative in Modernism. Anger also explores the relevance of the decorative for contemporary and, especially, women artists. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock.Hardcover342 pages Cambridge University Press, 200410.2 x 7.1 x 0.8 inchesISBN 9780521822503Artist Monograph, Art History, Essay, Modernism

Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art

By Christophe Cherix and James Thrall SobyPaul Klee (1879-1940) was an extraordinary draftsman, printmaker, teacher and theoretician with a singular style whose work greatly impacted the development of twentieth-century art. Klee's prints demonstrate, more fully than his works in any other medium, his remarkable evolution from a traditionalist to one of the most daring innovators of modern art. This limited-edition facsimile of The Prints of Paul Klee, originally published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1947, presents 40 of Klee's etchings and lithographs from MoMA's collection, ranging in date from 1903 to 1931 and each printed on a separate sheet of stiff card, eight of which are in color. Accompanied by a 40-page booklet featuring an essay by James Thrall Soby (then Chairman of the museum's Department of Painting and Sculpture), and a new text by Christophe Cherix, MoMA's Chief Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, the prints are encased in a cloth-covered and ribbon-bound box. This unique and luxurious portfolio is being reissued for the first time since its original publication, and is available in a limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies.BOOK FORMATBoxed, 9.5 x 12.75 inches40 page booklet | 40 unbound sheets, 8 color; 32 bw ISBN 9780870708916Production Prints, Limited Edition, Printmaking

The Prints of Paul Klee

By Susie Hodge New edition of Gustav Klimt in the popular Masterpieces of Art series.Gustav Klimt, well known for his sensual, arresting depictions of women (The Kiss, Fulfillment, The Tree of Life), was a founder of the Viennese Secession movement at the turn of the 20th century, Vienna's own Art Nouveau. His extravagant work, was an obsessive manifestation of the dazzling intellectual society of his time and he painted very large canvases combining oils with gold foil. This beautiful new book brings together a wide selection of Klimt’s magnificent work.Hardcover128 pagesFlame Tree Illustrated, 20238 x 0.8 x 9.13 inchesISBN 9781804177068Artist Monograph, Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt: Masterpieces of Art

By Tobias G. Natter “Guaranteed to work up a fervour.”—Harpers Bazaar, London"...one of the most covetable books ever. The reproductions are breathtakingly good, as are the excellent essays and commentaries on paintings."—The Sunday Times Magazine, LondonA century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of Klimt’s major works alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged access to the artist’s archive.With top quality illustration, including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his lustrous “golden phase” when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to such beloved works as The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also known as The Woman in Gold.Through luminous spreads and carefully curated details, the monograph traces the repertoire of Japanese, Byzantine, and allegorical stimuli that informed Klimt’s flattened perspectives, his symbolic vocabulary, and his mosaic-like textures. Drawing upon contemporary critics and voices, the book also examines the art world’s polarized reception to Klimt’s pictures as much as his own stylistic trajectory. From his landscape painting to erotic works to the controversial ceiling for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna, we see how Klimt’s admixture of tradition and daring divided the press and public—becried by some as a pornographer, hailed by others as a modern maestro. Hardcover676 pagesTaschen, 201216 x 12 x 2 inchesISBN 9783836527958Artist Monographs, Viennese Secession

Gustav Klimt: The Complete Paintings

An opulent fusion of sensuality, symbolism, and artistic ingenuity, this magnificent boxed-set features stunning color reproductions of Klimt’s essential works in an accordion-fold format accompanied by a separate booklet with background and descriptions of each painting. Gustav Klimt’s luminous paintings are particularly suited for an accordion-fold presentation. As each painting unfolds into a lavish reproduction, Klimt’s dazzling colors and intricate patterns spring to life. This volume includes several highlights of Klimt’s works including The Kiss, his portraits of Adele Bloch-Bauer, The Tree of Life, Danae, and Death and Life. The stunning reproductions allow readers to experience close up Klimt’s intricate details and artful use of gold leaf; his art’s symbolism and emotional power; his decorative aesthetic, and beguiling landscapes. A separate booklet with explanatory captions providing additional background and historic context accompanies the main volume. Klimt’s many fans will cherish this fresh, unique, extraordinary celebration of the artist’s timeless brilliance and monumental talent.Hardcover240 pages | 192 color illustrationsPrestel, 202418,5 x 26,0 cm, 7.3 x 10.2ISBN 9783791377223Monograph, Reproductions

Klimt: The Essential Paintings

By Philippe Thiebaut Gustav Klimt’s visionary talent comes alive in this sumptuous book that features 90 impeccably reproduced works including 6 stunningly detailed fold-out spreads. This stunning volume offers readers an unparalleled opportunity to explore Klimt’s artistry through iconic works such as The Kiss, The Three Ages of Woman, Judith I, and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. These large-scale fold-outs reveal intricate details, transforming the book into an immersive journey through Klimt’s extraordinary use of color, pattern, and ornamentation. Philippe Thiébaut’s insightful text incorporates the latest research on Klimt and the historical context of his work, adding depth and perspective. Elegantly designed with a canvas cover, colored edges, and exceptional production quality, the book showcases Klimt’s groundbreaking vision with remarkable clarity. From the golden brilliance of Hope II to the ethereal beauty of Water Serpents I, each page invites readers to explore the textures and emotional resonance that define his style. With its thoughtful design and captivating imagery, this volume brings Klimt’s artistic world to life, illustrating how he transformed portraiture and landscapes into striking symbolic masterpieces. Perfect for both devoted fans and those discovering Klimt for the first time, it offers an essential and unforgettable look at one of Modernism’s most celebrated figures. Hardcover176 pagesPrestel, 20258.75 x 11.75 inchesISBN 9783791393995Monograph

Klimt: The Bigger Picture

Original Price: $50 UP TO 20% ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR MEMBERS By Tobias G. Natter This unique and utterly fascinating appreciation of Gustav Klimt’s oeuvre reveals some of his most famous works in their original settings and offers valuable historic insight into his artistic vision. Interior design was supremely important to Gustav Klimt, and many of his paintings were created for specific settings or spaces. This aspect of Klimt’s practice comes beautifully to life in this book that illustrates how some of the artist’s most beloved canvases appeared in situ—in private dining rooms and salons, galleries, museums, and public exhibition spaces. Works such as the portraits of Emilie Flöge and Hermine Gallia, the shocking Nuda Veritas, and landscapes A Morning by the Pond and The Tall Poplar I are presented in double-page spreads. Full-color reproductions of paintings by Klimt are juxtaposed with black-and-white vintage photographs of the original interiors with the featured paintings overlaid in color. Thoughtful and personal texts by Klimt scholar Tobias Natter accompany each spread, providing invaluable contextual insight about how these pictures were conceived as part of the interior design of their respective rooms and spaces, and the passionate collectors who first owned these pictures. Meticulously produced and packaged, this book provides a refreshing perspective on Klimt’s oeuvre and artistic vision. Hardcover140 pagesPrestel, 20239.5 x 1 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783791379784Gustav Klimt, Art History

Gustav Klimt: Interiors

Edited by Janis Staggs As inviting and sensual as a warm summer day, this opulent exhibition catalog offers a deep appreciation of Klimt’s ornate, exquisitely detailed, and atmospheric landscape paintings.For the last twenty years of his career, Gustav Klimt devoted considerable energy to painting landscapes during his summer vacations—and these bucolic scenes became some of his most sought-after pictures. Filled with vibrant high-quality reproductions and featuring engaging essays by leading scholars in the field, this exhibition catalog situates Klimt’s landscapes alongside fin-de-siècle fashion, photography, and decorative arts of the Wiener Werkstätte in particular. Klimt’s landscapes are examined within the context of his larger oeuvre and traces the evolution of his style: from one informed by the academic tradition, to his ornate “golden style” decorative approach influenced by the ideal of the Gesamtkunstwerk, and then to a more painterly manner of working in pure color. The book also considers Klimt’s relationship with his muse, fashion designer Emilie Flöge; his deep engagement with the Viennese avant-garde; and the specific techniques he employed to achieve mesmerizing, harmonious works that literally shimmer with light and color. Hardcover344 pagesPrestel, 20249.25 x 1.14 x 11.22 inchesISBN 9783791377360Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue

Klimt Landscapes Exhibition Catalogue

By Alfred Werner and Gustav KlimtGustav Glück, director of Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, wrote as early as 1922 of Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) that his drawings were perhaps his ultimate artistic achievement. This founder of Secessionsstil and leader of the revolt against the Viennese academies was able to achieve greater freedom in his drawings than in his more laboriously executed paintings. While there are only about two hundred completed oils, the drawings number in the thousands, and are reported to have at times quite littered his studio. He himself considered them finished works, and often exhibited them alongside his paintings.Klimt's subject matter is almost exclusively the female body, naked or half clothed. For this he earned the reputation of erotic artist, and while he did not suffer the outright persecutions of his successors Schiele and Kokoschka, he was nevertheless subjected to the trials that a frankly erotic artist had to undergo in Vienna, where the everyday subject of conversation was the current love affairs of celebrities but where audiences were shocked by the sight of a dancer's naked legs. An issue of Ver Sacrum which reproduced one of his drawings was confiscated by the authorities. The drawings reveal above all that concern of great draughtsmen from Michelangelo through Blake the marriage of subtle grace and expressive dynamism that is the human body. Like that of these two past masters, Klimt's method is essentially linear. He knew, as they did, that line, rather than shading, the creation of volume or the use of color, is the natural medium for expressing the freedom of the living human form. As he matured as an artist there was an increasing awareness of this and a greater and greater spontaneity that approached, finally, "the lightness of a net of gauze." Paperback128 pagesDover Publications, 19729.2 x 0.5 x 12.2 inchesISBN 9780486224466Artist Monograph, Drawing, Figurative Art

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