Painting on Paper: Josef Albers in America by Isabelle Dervaux et al - 2011

Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany/New York: Hatje Cantz/ National Academy Museum, 2005. Hardbound. VG. Pictorial illustrated boards. 192 pp. 68 bw and 196 color plates. Follows the increasing popularity of Surrealism in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s and its influence on a new generation of abstractionists. A stunning presentation and thoughtfully explained with scholarly contributions by Isabelle Dervaux, Michael Duncan, Robert Hobbs, Gerrit L. Lansing, Robert S. Lubar, Marshall N. Price, and Scott Rothkopf. Examines surrealism's manifestations throughout the country, Social Surrealism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginning of Abstract Expressionism. It chronicles the wide influence of Dali on American art, the Surrealists' responses to war and fascism, and the relationship between Surrealism & abstract art. Includes a useful chronology.

Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany/New York: Hatje Cantz/ National Academy Museum, 2005. Hardbound. New in shrinkwrap. Black boards with color illustrated dust jacket, 192 pp. 68 bw and 196 color plates. Follows the increasing popularity of Surrealism in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s and its influence on a new generation of abstractionists. A stunning presentation and thoughtfully explained with scholarly contributions by Isabelle Dervaux, Michael Duncan, Robert Hobbs, Gerrit L. Lansing, Robert S. Lubar, Marshall N. Price, and Scott Rothkopf. Examines surrealism's manifestations throughout the country, Social Surrealism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginning of Abstract Expressionism. It chronicles the wide influence of Dali on American art, the Surrealists' responses to war and fascism, and the relationship between Surrealism & abstract art. Includes a useful chronology.

Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany/New York: Hatje Cantz/ National Academy Museum, 2005. Hardbound. VG/VG (minimal dustjacket shelf wear). Black paper boards with gold gilt lettering on front and spine, color illustrated dustjacket, 192 pp, illustrations throughout in both color and bw. "While Surrealism was going out of fashion in Europe in the 1930s, it enjoyed a growing popularity on the other side of the Atlanitc. Surrealism USA traces the history of this movement in the US from about 1930 to 1950 by examining its manifestations throughout the country, from Social Surrealism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginning of Abstract Expressionism. It chronicles the wide influence of Salvador Dali on American Surrealism and abstract art." - from dustjacket.

Hatje Cantz, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, 208 pages. Between 1961 and 1968, at the height of the Pop art movement, Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) created about 50 large black-and-white drawings. Not only was their imagery, culled from consumer culture, entirely new--baked potatoes, ads for foot medication and BB Guns--but so was their treatment, which drew on the rudimentary character of cheaply printed commercial drawings. Conceived independently from Lichtenstein's paintings, these drawings recast illustrations from newspaper ads and comic books into works of keen visual intensity, curiously echoing the clean-edge aesthetic of 1960s geometric abstraction. "Drawing is the basis of my art," Lichtenstein later affirmed; "It is where my thinking takes place." Published for an exhibition at the Morgan Library in New York, this richly illustrated publication offers 120 color illustrations, plus essays on Lichtenstein's technique and on his little-known 1967 Aspen project, in which the… Read More

New York: National Academy of Design, 2002. Softbound. VG+. Illustrated wraps. 92 pp. Well-illustrated in bw and color. Includes written contributions by John Updike, Matthew Baigell, Sigmund Abeles, N.A. and Kimberley Lamm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the National Academy of Design in NYC in 2002.

Gallery. New. 2007. Paperback. 1891123785 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 26 pages, 16 color illus. (1 gate-fold) , 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- .

Academy. New. 2002. Paperback. 1887149104 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 92 pp. With 79 ills. (51 col. ). 29 x 23 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .

Hatje Cantz Publishers. New. 2004. Hardcover. 377571524X .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED - Corresponds to ISBN 377571524X. Text in English. 192 pp. With 186 ills. (117 col. ). 31 x 25 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .

Library. New. 2012. Hardcover. 0875981623 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 220 pp. ; 292 illus. (289 in color. ) -- with a bonus offer-- .