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The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2008

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Villa America: American Moderns 1900- 1950
by Armstrong, Elizabeth
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This publication documents for the first time one of the world's most celebrated collections of early 20th-century American art. Curtis Galleries, Inc. founder Myron Kunin has dedicated his life to amassing... more info...

Felipe Ehrenberg: Manchuria Peripheral Vision
by Arriaga, Guillermo
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Recognized in Mexico as an extraordinary draftsman, Ehrenberg is better known internationally as a mail and media artist and for his performance and installation works. He also has a prestigious reputation... more info...

Cubist Picasso: 1960-1925
by Baldassari, Anne
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Based on a selection of outstanding artworks, this exhibition catalogue presents an assessment of Picasso's Cubist period, a duration of radical painterly innovation, and offers an international overview... more info...

Fernand Leger: Paris-New York
by Bois, Yves-Alain
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Fernand Leger (1881-1955) is one of the few Modernist artists that can be said to have anticipated both American Abstraction and American Pop, and to have made a deliberate relationship with American culture.... more info...

Imagining America: Icons of 20th Century American Art
by Carlin, John
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By focusing on broad, defining themes, embodied in the work of such pivotal artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol, the authors look at how art provided a means... more info...

Tony Oursler: 1997-2007
by Cooke, Lynne
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New York-based artist Tony Oursler says of his drawings, "Each object I touch has a text, out of my mind. Like it or not I hear, I see it. Each touch throws me hopelessly out of my time, out of my mind.... more info...

J.C. Leyendecker
by Culter, Laurence S.
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The first book about the artist in more than thirty years, J.C. Leyendecker features his masterworks, rare paintings, studies and other artwork, including the 322 covers he did for the Saturday Evening... more info...

X#*@(Ing) Index! Who is Pointing At Who - and Why - In Carroll Dunham's Drawings
by Dunham, Carrol
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This comprehensive look at almost 15 years of small drawings finds the New York artist's exuberant fedoras, phallic symbols, and anthropomorphized amobae consistent through more than a decade-and-a-half... more info...

Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective
by Goldstein, Ann , (Editors)
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Accompanying the first major U.S. retrospective of legendary and prolific artist Martin Kippenberger's (1953-1997) works, this volume spans the emphatic 20-year career of the impresario/artist. The exhibition... more info...

Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theatre
by Goodman, Susan
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From the Jewish mythical and folkloric plays produced at Habima to the daring, expressionistic Yiddish dramas presented at the Moscow State Yiddish Theatre, this beautifully illustrated book chronicles... more info...

Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes
by Grimberg, Salomon
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While much has been documented about the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) striking self-portraits (of which some 80 are known), her still-life paintings (of which 40 or so are documented) have... more info...

George Bellows: An Artist In Action
by Haverstock, Mary Sayre
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George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925) painted American life in action. From prizefights and polo matches to children playing on the banks of a river, his subjects reflect his vivacious approach to the world... more info...

Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717)
by Hearn, Maxwell K.
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Comprehensive study of Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late 17th-century China and, who played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting& in establishing the stylistic... more info...

Primaries and Secondaries
by Irwin, Robert , (Artist/Text)
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A pivotal influence in contemporary art, Robert Irwin's work investigates perception and phenomenological experience through sculptural and installation works that engage directly with a location's physical... more info...

Hand Puppets
by Klee, Paul
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Between 1916 and 1925 Paul Klee (1879-1940) made some fifty hand puppets for his son, Felix, of which thirty are still in existence. For the heads, he used materials from his own household: beef bones... more info...

Louise Bourgeois
by Morris, Frances , (Editor)
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This publication presents the artist's long and profoundly productive oeuvre through a series of essays: a retrospectrive text, an interview, an analysis, and over 150 images that represent the totality... more info...

Book of Stamps
by Pendle, George , (Introductory Text)
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The world's smallest and most widely reproduced work of art, the postage stamp was an official vehicle for extraordinary visual work for more than 100 years before 20th-century artists and activists began... more info...

Ant Farm: Living Archive 7
by Scott, Felicity D.
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*Time Warp: The Media Falout of July 21, 1969. Felicity D. Scott revisits the architectural, art, video, and intermedia practices of the experimental collective Ant Farm, self-descvribed "super-radical... more info...

Neohoodoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith
by Sirmans, Franklin , Editor)
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NeoHooDoo, a phrase coined by the poet Ishmael Reed in the late 1960s, celebrates the practice of rituals, folklore, and spirituality in the Americas beyond the scope of Christianity and organized religion/... more info...

Land 250
by Smith, Patti
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition @Fondation Cartier L'Art Contemporain/Paris (2008). Land 250 - an abbreviation for the Polaroid/Automatic 250 Land Camera - is the catalogue that accompanies... more info...

Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Works on Paper
by Solothurn Kuntsmuseum
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition in the Kunstmuseum Solothurn. Categorically restricted to the artist's work on paper, it is possible, based on the approximately 130 pieces available, to display... more info...

Ben Nicholson
by Stephens, Chris
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Most famous for his abstract paintings and reliefs of the 1930s, Ben Nicholson (1894-1982), one of the most radical British artists of the 20th century and the leader of the modern movement in Britain... more info...

Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937
by Unland, Anne , (Editor)
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition @MoMA, New York City, 11.02.08-01.12.09, this richly illustrated volume surveys the various material, iconographical and rhetorical forms of Miro's attacks on... more info...

Peggy Preheim
by Volk, Gregory
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New York-based asrtist Peggy Preheim is known for her minutely detailed, miniscule graphite drawings on otherwise blank sheets of paper, creating a modd and atmosphere specific to her work. Published onthe... more info...

Bureau of Refugees
by Walker, Kara
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After the success of the recent touring exhibition "My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love," Kara Walker's silhouetted cut-out figures are a now-familiar but still pungent presence in contemporary... more info...

Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City
by Widholm, Julie Rodrigues
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This volume features recent work by a group of artists whose influence has already extended beyond Mexico and focuses on how they have contributed to an international dialogue through their use of nontraditional... more info...

Kirchner and the Berlin Street
by Wye, Deborah
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This remarkable series of paintings known as the Berlin Street Scenes is a highpoint of the artist's work and a milestone of German Expressionism. This volume, which accompanies the exhibition @The Modern... more info...

Louise Bourgeois: The Blind Leading the Blind
by Xenakis, Makhi
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This volume, an absolute treasure put together by French artists Makhi Xenakis, takes the reader back to Louise Bourgeois' childhood haunts. It includes documentary and family photoraphs from the artist's... more info...