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Marcel Duchamp is a founding figure of 20th-century art and culture, the common source to which many contemporary movements trace their roots. His career has often been celebrated for its...

Description: A portrait of the artist Marcel Duchamp, an influential and admired artist of the 20th century. Calvin Tomkins explores Duchamp's humour, his love affairs and originality, as well as noting...

'Octavio Paz, the most eminent public and literary figure in Mexico today, in this probing book conveys his awareness of Duchamp as a great cautionary figure in our culture, warning...

Author: Thomas GirstFormat: Hardback, 143mm x 210mm, 480g, 224 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) has entered mainstream culture as one of the founding fathers of...

The first catalogue raisonne of a leading artist of the Cubist movement. Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918) was born in Eure, in the Haute-Normandie region of France. He was the brother of...

A non-fiction graphic novel that tells the story of a century of revolutionary contemporary art. How did a urinal become art? And a can of tomato soup, a tent, a...

Using characters ranging from Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and Mabel Dodge to Marcel Duchamp, Margaret Anderson and the Stettheimer sisters, the author tells the story of the first American avant-garde...

The Dada Painters and Poets offers the authentic answer to the question "What is Dada?" This incomparable collection of essays, manifestos, and illustrations was prepared by Robert Motherwell with the...

Author: René Blockbinding: SoftbackPublished: -, 1990Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book explores the concept of readymade art and its significance in contemporary...

The Artful Eye Bargain Book Box (14 Books) This collection offers a comprehensive survey of visual culture, spanning the foundational principles of interior and furniture design to the radical disruptions...

In 1959, Calvin Tomkins interviewed Marcel Duchamp for Newsweek, beginning his sixdecade-long career writing about art. He then joined The New Yorker, where he has contributed dozens of profiles on...

In 1959 Daniel Spoerri pioneered the first programmatic series of multiples three-dimensional objects issued in edition to be broadly distributed. With a radical emphasis on multiplication and movement, Edition MAT...

Western art has evolved through a wide range of styles, each characterized by its own unique philosophy and masterpieces. This series is a visual tribute to these formative movements in...

Key Moments in Art describes fifty pivotal moments - some famous, others unfamiliar - from the Renaissance to the present day. Vivid, colourful vignettes capture the excitement of their times:...

Author: Sue Roe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed." -...

When the art of photography and the art of makeup come together, the resulting work is deeply original. World-renowned photographer Damien Dufresne has been living in China for several years....

It's been nearly a century since Marcel Duchamp exhibited a urinal and called it art. Since then, painting has been declared dead several times over, and contemporary art has now...

A stunning new look at the Tuileries Garden and its importance to the history of art and landscape architecture The Tuileries Garden is a masterpiece of garden design and one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFew artists have reshaped the landscape of modern art with the radical audacity of Marcel Duchamp, and The Essential Writings of Marcel...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of art history and intimate biography, Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp presents a series of candid,...

How cubism and Dada radically reimagined the social nature of language, following the utopian poetic vision of Stephane Mallarme.At the outset of the twentieth century, language became a visual medium...

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'Exuberantly entertaining' NYT Book Review 'M ark Braude's writing and subject make this book irresistible, as was Kiki herself.' Jim Jarmusch 'A delightful, marvelously readable, meticulously-researched romp of a book,...

In January 2006, a man tried to break Marcel Duchamp's Fountain sculpture with a small hammer. The sculpted foot of Michelangelo's David was damaged in 1991 by a purportedly mentally-ill...

Author: Claire BishopFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 210mm, 280g, 184 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2023The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival is an artwork, a sculpture, created by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn in a peripheral...

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In a work of great wisdom and insight, art critic and philosopher Arthur Danto delivers a compact, masterful tour of Andy Warhol's personal, artistic, and philosophical transformations. Danto traces the...

Author: Roberto Curci Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 The relationship between photography and poster design in Dudovich's works. Marcello Dudovich is considered one of the fathers of poster design....

A landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that...

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The Beat Hotel has been closed for nearly forty years. But for a brief period-from just after the publication of Howl in 1957 until the building was sold in 1963--it...

Author: Sherrie LevineFormat: Paperback, 240mm x 300mm, 1140g, 192 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2017The American artist Sherrie Levine realises in her works the artistic praxis of appropriating, repeating and varying...

"This is a gorgeous book, ideal for any lover of Art Nouveau." -bookaddiction Dover's extensive library of Art Nouveau graphic art and typography serves as the source for this comprehensive...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark anthology in Marxist aesthetics and cultural theory, Marxism and Art: Writings in Aesthetics and Criticism presents a sweeping collection of...

Discover the real-life stories of some of the greatest artists of all time. Splat! traces art history through the artists who helped to make important artistic innovations, including Michelangelo and...

Author: - Binding: HardbackPublished: Edizioni Scala, 1975Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book showcases the works of Duccio di Buoninsegna, featuring 80 color slides that...

The first and highly-anticipated monograph on one of the most successful and exciting painters today. Swiss-born Nicolas Party is an artist known for his colour-saturated paintings of everyday objects. He...

Condition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY** Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good; minor nick/tear on fep. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. Few...

The passionate love affair that triggered a revolution, and the story of a remarkable woman living in extraordinary times An atmospheric, exuberant novel about love and sex, art and revolution,...

Author: Roberta TenconiFormat: Hardback, 242mm x 290mm, 1580g, 264 pagesPublished: Skira, Italy, 2020Taking the solo show at Pirelli HangarBicocca as its starting point, the monograph casts new light on the...

Edition: No 61 of 1000. Facsimile EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the radical heart of the New York Dada movement, The Blind...

Author: Michael DempseyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hutchinson, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive annual chronicles the significant artistic movements and exhibitions that defined the years 1968 and 1969,...