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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006

A visionary collector
This book was published on the occasion of E.Broida's gift to the Moma. His collection was formed in the 70's and 80's and is especially impressive for the many paintings by Philip Guston.The book starts with an interview of the late collector who describes how he discovered Guston and why he started collecting him, at a time when many art critics were disparaging the great painter for having ...

12 Americans

The Museum of Modern Art, New york, 1956

American painters and sculptors discuss their work. large softcover in good condition.

Alexander Rodchenko: Painting, Drawing, Collage, Design, Photography

1 review
Aleksandr Lavrent'ev, Magdalena Dabrowski, ...

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002

Images: 5 Stars Writing: 2 Stars
This book has wonderful images that tell the story of Rodchenko. His photography, painting, drawing, graphic design and sculpture. What a kick [butt] artist. I like the photography and sculpture best. He was a contemporary of Picasso, but he lived in Russia. His art was controlled by the State. His fame rose with the State, and then declined when the State changed. I was interested in reading ...

Alfred Stieglitz At Lake George

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John Szarkowski

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002

The Private Stieglitz
The name Stieglitz conjures up many images that helped define modern photography. With his publications of Camera Notes and Camera Work, numerous awards, and a tenacious drive to promote photography as a serious art, Alfred Stieglitz shaped our awareness of photography like no other. Although earlier photographs such as The Steerage, The Hand of Man, Spring Showers, The Terminal and others ...

Alfredo Boulton and His Contemporaries
Hugo Achugar, Roldan Esteva-Grillet, ...

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008

Alfredo Boulton (1908-1995) was Venezuela's foremost cultural and aesthetic observer of the twentieth century. An art critic, cultural historian and photographer, he was highly influential in the development of Modernist art and discourse--and of cultural self-definition--in Venezuela and the surrounding region. Boulton's diverse contributions serve as points of departure in this remarkable selection of art-historical and critical texts by many ...

Andreas Gursky

12 reviews
Peter Galassi, Glenn D. Lowry

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002

comprehensive
Gursky's prints in person are astounding--words fail to capture not only their size, but their detail. This book does an excellent job of taking those gigantic prints and putting them into a manageable size. Plus, this is a comprehensive overview of Gursky's work.

American Design
Russell Flinchum, Paola Antonelli

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008

American design, like much of American culture, perennially oscillates between populism and elitism, between the revolutionary beauty and availability of Tupperware and the elusive exclusivity of Tiffany's. This book traces the development of American design from the "armory practice" of early American machinists through mid-century "design for modern living" to the branded, consumer-oriented design of the present day, including work by Charles ...

Ancient Arts of the Andies
Wendell C. Bennett

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1954

This book deals with the arts of the pre-Columbian civilizations of the Andes and with related arts from the adjacent Amazon region and southern Central America. Objects from the two latter areas are included only when they seem more closely tied to Andean influences than to Caribbean, Mayan or Mexican as the case may be.

Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism

3 reviews
Pekka Korvenmaa, Juhani Pallasmaa, ...

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002

More than just the standards
This is a fabulous book for real students of modernism. This monograph goes beyond the handful of buildings we're used to seeing by this great architect. Aalto appears to be getting his just rewards these days as more and more of us return to his work.