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Anthony Friedkin
The Gay Essay
An unprecedented look at a moving photographic series that chronicles the gay communities of Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1969 to 1972 For more than forty years, American photographer Anthony Friedkin...
From the Margins
Lee Krasner | Norman Lewis, 1945–1952
An important reexamination of two artists whose crucial participation in the Abstract Expressionist movement is often overlooked This captivating book examines two modernist painters—Lee Krasner (1908–1984)...
Navigating the West
George Caleb Bingham and the River
A new look at George Caleb Bingham’s iconic river paintings and his creative process in making them George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879) moved to Missouri as a child and began painting the scenes of Missouri...
Four Centuries of Quilts
The Colonial Williamsburg Collection
An exquisite and authoritative look at four centuries of quilts and quilting from around the world Quilts are among the most utilitarian of art objects, yet the best among them possess a formal beauty that...
The Power of Pictures
Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film
A fascinating account of the avant-garde photo-based arts from the early Soviet Union, featuring many previously unpublished imagesFinalist for a 2015 National Jewish Book Award in the Visual Arts...
Faces of Impressionism
Portraits from the Musée d'Orsay
Faces of Impressionism explores the development of the portrait in French painting and sculpture between 1860 and 1910 as showcased in one of the world’s greatest collections of Impressionist art—the Musée d’Orsay in Paris....
David Adjaye
Form, Heft, Material
The first in-depth analysis of the stunning designs of one of the world’s most captivating and prominent architects Born in Tanzania, David Adjaye (b. 1966) is rapidly emerging as a major international...
Sarah Charlesworth
Stills
This concise yet breathtaking book is the first publication of Sarah Charlesworth’s (1947–2013) photographic series collectively entitled Stills. Charlesworth made a name for herself as a member of the New York–based Pictures...
Strokes of Genius
Italian Drawings from the Goldman Collection
This catalogue presents 59 masterful Italian drawings from the late 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries: working drawings, preparatory sketches, and finished compositions that have been added in recent years to the private...
Alfred Maurer
At the Vanguard of Modernism
American painter Alfred Maurer (1868–1932) worked within an international circle of avant-garde artists, and his friendships with key figures, including the collectors Leo and Gertrude Stein as well as Dr. Albert Barnes,...