Castleman, Riva (Curated by):Printed Art: A View of Two Decades
- hardcover 2018, ISBN: 9780870705311
New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2018. xiii, 760 pages; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected… More...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2018. xiii, 760 pages; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A near-fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "The first and definitive biography of the celebrated collectors Dominique and John de Menil, who became one of the greatest cultural forces of the twentieth century through groundbreaking exhibits of art, artistic scholarship, the creation of innovative galleries and museums, and work with civil rights. Dominique and John de Menil created an oasis of culture in their Philip Johnson-designed house with everyone from Marlene Dietrich and Ren Magritte to Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns. In Houston, they built the Menil Collection, the Rothko Chapel, the Byzantine Fresco Chapel, the Cy Twombly Gallery, and underwrote the Contemporary Arts Museum. Now, with unprecedented access to family archives, William Middleton has written a sweeping biography of this unique couple. From their ancestors in Normandy and Alsace, to their own early years in France, and their travels in South America before settling in Houston. We see them introduced to the artists in Europe and America whose works they would collect, and we see how, by the 1960s, their collection had grown to include 17,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, rare books, and decorative objects. And here is, as well, a vivid behind-the-scenes look at the art world of the twentieth century and the enormous influence the de Menils wielded through what they collected and built and through the causes they believed in." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo., Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2018, 4, Washington, D.C. and New York: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Princeton Architectural Press, 2015. 160 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Tucked away among the letters, diaries, and other ephemera in the Smithsonian's archives lies a trove of rarely seen snapshots of some of the twentieth century's most celebrated artists. Unlike the familiar official portraits and genius-at-work shots, these humble snaps capture creative giants with their guard down, in the moment, living life. Pablo Picasso stands proudly on a balcony with young daughter Maya a tiny, meticulously inked annotation penned by an unknown hand proclaims that 'he's very much in love.' Jackson Pollock morosely carves a turkey while his mother, Stella, and wife, Lee Krasner, look on. A young Andy Warhol clowns for the camera with college friend Philip Pearlstein, and in a later shot more closely resembles his famously enigmatic public self at a gallery opening with John Lennon and Yoko Ono." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible., Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Princeton Architectural Press, 2015, 5, Detroit: Visible Ink, 1998. Cloth, xvi, 550 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "From Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn Monroe to Maya Ying Lin's Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C., and from a photographic portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe to the Porsche 911 automobile, each of the 200 works featured within have achieved the status of 'classic' or 'masterpiece.' International in scope, St. James Modern Masterpieces presents an exciting overview of the finest in art, architecture, photography and design created since 1945. Experts in each of the four disciplines, led by distinguished art and architecture scholar Udo Kultermann, discuss the works at length, assessing the importance of the pieces in their artistic and cultural context." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible., Visible Ink, 1998, 5, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1980. Cloth, 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "The explosive development of the practice and technology of printed art has been a fundamental characteristic of the art of the 1960s and 1970s. Never in the past have had so many artists devoted so much of their creative energy to the production of fine prints and to innovative work with printed materials, to the media of multiplication rather than the arts of the unique work. This book is an international survey of diverse styles and techniques of the period: the revival of traditional lithography and etching; the development and intensive use of silkscreen processes; the refinement of aquatint; adaptations of photographically induced images; experimentation with Xerox, rubber stamp, blueprint, and other commercial methods. Miss Castleman discusses the effect of new scientific processes, new papers and materials, and the growth of the audience for printed art, along with the establishment of fine workshop facilities and close collaboration between artists and technicians. She considers the intellectual influence of minimalist and conceptual art and comments upon the political and social implications of the artist's search for widespread communication of creative expression. More than a hundred works are illustrated, representing such artists as Jennifer Bartlett, Joseph Beuys, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Joan Miro, and Andy Warhol." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., Museum of Modern Art, 1980, 3<
