Search Results: Art - 20th Century from Glynn's Books

Munich: Prestel, 2000. Pb, 120pp, colour illustrations. VG+, clean contents. Describes the work of Italian painter and sculptor, Modigliani, with his focus on the human form. Includes background on his models and characters, and numerous colour illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2018. Pb, 184pp, colour illustrations. Fine clean copy, looks as new. Art catalogue accompanying the exhibition held at the Ashmolean in 2018, focusing on American artists from the 1920s and 1930s, whose detached view on the modern world led to sober depictions of urban and industrial environments, featuring orderliness, stillness, or uneasiness and also to straight-edged abstractions. Contents: Cool Modernism in America 1915-1945; Modern, Cool and Cold; Leaving the Body - the Empty Spaces of American Modernism; Works in Focus; Exhibitions in Focus; Catalogue; Select Bibliography.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cologne: Taschen, 2000. Pb, 95pp, colour and b/w illustrations. Good+, slight yellowing to page edges, contents clean. Survey of the life and works of Mexican painter Diego Rivera.. Soft Cover.

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2013. Pb, 160pp, colour illustrations. Fine clean copy, looks as new. Accompanied a joint exhibition on the two 20th century British artists held at the Ashmolean in Oxford. Contents: Prologue; Moore and Bacon - Affinities; Bacon and Sculpture; Catalogue Henry Moore; Catalogue Francis Bacon; The Bones and The Flesh - Henry Moore and Francis Bacon; Notes and references. Features 63 works in total.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Milan: Skira, 2011. Large-format Hb, 175pp, colour illustrations. VG with clean contents in a Good+ dj which has a couple of small creases and sunned spine. Accompanied the exhibition on O'Keeffe which started in Rome in October 2011 and then toured to Munich and Helsinki. Contents: Georgia O'Keeffe an American Phenomenon - issues of identity; To Touch the Center - the relationship of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz; Common Ground - the romance of place for O'Keeffe and artists of the Steiglitz circle; Works (108 in number); List of works; Chronology; Bibliography.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Taschen, 2006. Pb, 96pp, colour illustrations. VG, clean contents. Survey on the career and works of the great French artist, Henri Matisse.. Soft Cover.

Arts Council of Britain, 1976. Pb with dj, 76pp, colour illustrations. Good, small chip on back cover, contents clean, light speckles along edge of page block. Slim catalogue accompanying an exhibition on the British painter Howard Hodgkin, which toured various cities in the U.K. from March to Octoer 1976. Includes biography/background on the artist; a catalogue of 45 works in colour; exhibitions; select bibliography.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Tate Publishing, 2002. Pb, 80pp, colour illustrations. VG, clean contents. Published to accompany the exhibition on Matisse Picasso at Tate Modern, London in 2002 which later transferred to Paris and New York. It is not a catalogue but an account of the evolving relationship and creative dialogue between the two artists, as well as highlighting shared themes in their work. Includes 61 colour and 9 black and white illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1997. Hb reprint, 296pp, colour and b/w illustrations Good+ in a Good+ dj which has light creases and marginal wear. Previous owner's inscription on fep. Critical study originally published in 1978 to accompany a retrospective exhibition on Rothko at the Guggenheim in New York. Includes a memory of Rothko by Bernard Malamud; biography, development and assessment of the artist by the author; 198 plates, many in colour; chronology; exhibitions list and selected reviews; bibliography.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005. Hb, xxi + 512pp, b/w and colour illustrations. Good+ with clean contents in VG dj. Examines Matisse's mature years as an established painter, the truth about his relationships with his models, his self-doubt and continuous efforts to be innovative in his art. . Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2009. Pb, 292pp, colour illustrations. Fine clean copy, looks as new. Catalogue of the collection of late 20th century Chinese art built up over a period of over 50 years by Michael and Khoan Sullivan. Contents: Albums: Paintings and Graphics; Woodcut and Shuiyin Prints; Miscellaneous (Calligraphy, Sculpture, New Year Prints, Batik Painting, Glass Painting; Pther); Recent Acquisitions.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hayward Gallery in association with Lund Humphries, 2002. Pb, 204pp, colour illustration. VG clean copy. Catalogue accompanying the exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, London in 2002. Includes essays, 96 works, notes, chronology, bibliography.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paris: Terrail, 1999. Pb, 207pp, colour illustrations. VG, clean contents. Study of the Swiss-German artist, one of the great 20th century painters, who was also a musician and teacher of art theory. Includes over 140 colour illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cologne: Taschen, 2000. Pb, 96pp, colour illustrations. VG, clean contents. Survey on the Russian painter who was one of the pioneers of abstract art. Includes biography and selected works.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.