20th Century History

As stubborn as she was gifted, as fierce as she was tender, and notorious for her mannish dress that was provocative and chic in equal measure, Gluck was an artist...

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This generously illustrated volume focuses on the poignant friendship of Franz Marc and August Macke, two innovative members of the Blue Rider group. During the five years Franz Marc and...

(Zweisprachige Ausgabe: Deutsch / Englisch)Der belgische Maler und Grafiker James Ensor (1860-1949) nimmt in der Kunstgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts einen besonderen Rang ein. Als "Maler der Masken" kategorisiert, stilisierte er...

She was known as "the girl with the ponytail" and her image has become one of the art world's most iconic. Sylvette David was a shy girl when she met...

This book sets out to explore the way, with the onset of a new and integral relationship between text and image, the modern poster is able to evolve distinctive persuasive...

This book explores four decades of Robert Irwin's outdoor environment projects through his drawings and architectural models. Over the course of a storied career, Robert Irwin has come to regard...

In turn-of-the-century New York, the photographer and modern art impresario Alfred Stieglitz and his allies embraced a racialized aesthetic discourse in their expressions of identity in the modern era. This...

Honore Sharrer (1920-2009) was a major art world figure in 1940s America, celebrated for exquisitely detailed paintings conveying subtly subversive critiques of the political and artistic climate of her time....

Although the three prominent modernist artists Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Barnett Newman (1905-1970), and Dan Flavin (1933-1996) each belong to a different generation, all of them have devoted their creativity to...

One of the greatest German painters of the 20th century, Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950) came to America in the mid-1940s and settled in St. Louis. There he met the...

Otherworldly, provocative, and strange, Awake in the Dream World channels the looming, historical grimness of the classic fairy tale, illuminating the dichotomy between the real and imagined through the context...

A German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin, Otto Freundlich was widely known in the art circles of his day. He was on close terms with the leading artists of...

A companion to an exhibition inspired by the work of celebrated American painter and critic Manny Farber, this book explores Farber's concept of "Termite Art," an argument for the vital...

The first monograph conceived for the international market devoted to one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists. Wang Guangyi is considered one of the emblems of new China, because...

Spanning the birth of the industry to its first few decades, this book has approximately 100 full-color portraits of the legends of American comic books-publishers, editors, and artists. Its subjects...

In the past two decades, there have been major developments in Korean art, as the country has opened up under the influence of globalization. This unprecedented book focuses on the...

Author: Xiaoping LinFormat: Hardback, 670g, 320 pagesPublished: University of Hawai'i Press, United States, 2009Children of Marx and Coca-Cola affords a deep study of Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema from...

Author: Michael SemffFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 300mm, 1800g, 272 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2012The present publication is the catalogue raisonne of Al Taylor's graphic works and introduces a previously nearly...

Author: Pierre RestanyFormat: Paperback, 200gPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2020The paintings and architecture by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser are nothing less than revolutionary with respect to nature and individual creativity. His...

Author: Marit PaascheFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 240mm, 940g, 288 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2019The significance of Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970) as one of the most important figures in...

Author: Gary HustwitFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 229mm, 300g, 140 pagesPublished: Plexi Productions, United States, 2022The New York Subway Map Debate documents a pivotal event in design history: the 1978 debate...

Author: Gwen AllenFormat: Paperback, 148mm x 210mm, 560g, 240 pagesPublished: Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom, 2016 Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . Intrinsically collaborative, the...

Author: Judith MackrellFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 790g, 408 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2017Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power...

Author: Michael HeringFormat: Hardback, 238mm x 319mm, 1420g, 172 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2017The twins Gert & Uwe Tobias are among the most famous German artists in the field of...

Author: Bauhaus-ArchivFormat: Paperback, 230mm x 250mm, 1060g, 208 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2018This lavishly illustrated volume, which comes in four different colours and with an open Japanese binding, looks from...

Author: Martin EnglerFormat: Hardback, 280mm x 280mm, 1510g, 176 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2016John Baldessari is an important American conceptual artists and the last member of the American postwar avant-garde....

Author: Eveline BergerFormat: Hardback, 196mm x 250mm, 1180g, 288 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2017Werner Graeff - painter, graphic artist, typographer, photographer and sculptor - is an important Bauhaus artist and...

Author: Nicholas HallFormat: Hardback, 1580g, 248 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2019Endless Enigma takes as its point of departure Alfred H. Barr Jr.'s legendary 1936 exhibition at The Museum of...

Author: Eva ReifertFormat: Hardback, 220mm x 280mm, 1480g, 344 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2022Torn Modernism illuminates an important moment in the history of the Kunstmuseum Basel's collection. In 1937 the...

Author: Wietse CoppesFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 270mm, 2080g, 368 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2023The general public's image of Mondrian is of a serious man in a suit and tie with...

Author: Donald JuddFormat: Paperback, 216mm x 279mm, 890g, 240 pagesPublished: Distributed Art Publishers, United States, 2016Originally published in 1975, reprinted in 2005 and out of print for many years, this...

Author: Elizabeth FullertonFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 240g, 224 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2021The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art scene in 1988...

Author: Rosa Maria FalvoFormat: Hardback, 250mm x 288mm, 2250g, 288 pagesPublished: Skira, Italy, 2012Beautifully illustrated, this is the first volume in the groundbreaking Great Masters of Bangladesh series of monographs....

Author: Elizabeth WyckoffFormat: Hardback, 255mm x 290mm, 1280g, 160 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022The catalogue highlights the diversity and relevance of the exceptional collection acquired from St. Louis collectors Ted...

Author: Hossein AmirsadeghiFormat: Paperback, 250mm x 285mm, 1640g, 288 pagesPublished: TransGlobe Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2011Now in paperback!With over 500 stunning colour illustrations New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the...

Author: Agnes Husslein-ArcoFormat: Hardback, 2420g, 448 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2014The revolutionary Viennese artists' association Hagenbund had a decisive influence on the art scene between 1900 and 1938, not only...

Author: Jarrett EarnestFormat: Hardback, 222mm x 298mm, 1040g, 160 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2020Lauded by Jerry Saltz as "one of the most reactionary yet radical visions of art," The...

Author: The Africa InstituteFormat: Paperback, 165mm x 240mm, 980g, 246 pagesPublished: Skira, Italy, 2022For more than a half century, Ibrahim El-Salahi has been at the forefront of African modernism in...

Author: Hilma af KlintFormat: Hardback, 197mm x 273mm, 730g, 112 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2023"Revelatory and sublime...Her work remains conceptually open enough for viewers to draw their own conclusions,...

Author: Dorothy MossFormat: Hardback, 178mm x 229mm, 540g, 120 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022Recent events have pushed artists to visualize ideas of closeness in a new light. Kinship, published on...

Author: David ZwirnerFormat: Hardback, 217mm x 314mm, 1010g, 112 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2016Up to his untimely death in 2006 at age 41, Jason Rhoades carried out a continuous...

Author: Charlotte MullinsFormat: Hardback, 230mm x 275mm, 1270g, 192 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Figurative art is currently riding high. Contemporary works of figuration grace the walls of...

Author: Gean MorenFormat: Hardback, 203mm x 254mm, 1400g, 296 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022Tomas Esson: The GOAT is the first monograph of Afro-Cuban artist Tomas Esson. It features paintings created...

Author: Michael BracewellFormat: Hardback, 200mm x 260mm, 1140g, 224 pagesPublished: Art / Books, United Kingdom, 2021Richard Hamilton was the most influential British artist of his generation. Often described as 'the...

Format: Hardback, 225mm x 280mm, 1580g, 320 pagesPublished: Editions Flammarion, France, 1995Substantial catalogue produced to accompany the Whitechapel Gallery's 1995 exhibition, Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa. Conceived by...

Author: Christiane PaulFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 210mm, 570g, 272 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art. Here, Christiane Paul...

Author: Dorothy MossFormat: Hardback, 178mm x 229mm, 540g, 120 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022Recent events have pushed artists to visualize ideas of closeness in a new light. Kinship, published on...