American / 6. Late Modern, 1945-1999 from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, 1996. viii, 136 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition held aty Williams College Museum of Art, April 6 and June 9, 1996, and other venues. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. CONTENTS: Kahn's graphic modernism, by Michael J. Lewis; Sketching abroad, by Eugene J. Johnson; In the… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003. xix, 340 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Foreword by Floyd Coleman; new introduction by Mary Jane Hewitt. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "Samella Lewis has brought African American Art and Artists fully up to date in this revised and expanded edition. The book now looks at the works… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1996. 88 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First paperback edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Introduction; Early work; Signs; Gender; Money; Sites; Notes. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. Folio.

New York and New Haven, CT: Jewish Museum; Yale University Press, 2007. Cloth, xi, 196 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Jewish Museum, November 4, 2007 to March 16, 2008. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1965. 51 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. This was the most important exhibition heralding "Optical" or "Op Art," with the vibrating, undulating design by Bridget Riley on the front cover. Colour-field painting goes psychedelic. Includes: Agam, Josef Albers, Richard Anuskiewicz, Edward Avedisian,… Read more about this item

New York and Chicago: Thames & Hudson; Museum of Contemporary Art, 2010. Pictorial boards, 174 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Exhibited as: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, June 26 to October 17, 2010; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, December 11 to March 6, 2011; Orange… Read more about this item

Boston: MFA Publications; Museum of Fine Arts, 2007. 263 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Edward Hopper" organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 6, 2007 to August 19, 2007;… Read more about this item

Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2009. xxiii, 578 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. A history of the legendary summer arts school in North Carolina that drew the likes of Josef Albers, John Cage, Allen Kaprow, Rauschenberg & Johns. "Using interviews, anecdotes, and research, this title depicts the relationships that made Black Mountain College what… Read more about this item

West Hollywood, CA: Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2006. Pictorial boards, 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA, May 20 to August 26, 2006. Firm binding, clean inside copy. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Washington D.C. and New York: Smithsonian Archives of American Art; Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. Cloth, xxiii, 245 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Words can speak volumes, but, as every letter writer knows, there are times when… Read more about this item

Long Beach, CA: Long Beach Museum of Art, 1958. 6 pages, illustrations, map; 23 cm. A good+ copy, bumped lower left. Unmarked. . 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1981. Cloth, 135 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Translated from the German, from an unpublished manuscript. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Philadelphia and New York: Running Press in cooperation with the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989. Cloth, 351 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Originally published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, October 14, 1976 to May 1, 1977, and at other museums. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1997. Cloth, 324 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. First published 1987. Newly Updated Edition 1997. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Art collections of Dominique and John de Menil. Texas oil money buys a whole… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971. 160 pages, illustrations; 20 cm. Edition of 600 copies. Designed by David Gebhard. Prepared for an exhibition held at the Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 23 to March 28, 1971. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, lightly nicked on the tail edge/back cover. Age toning. From… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1998. Cloth, Published on the occasion of the exhibition herld at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 1, 1998 to February 2, 1999, and the Tate Gallery, London, March 11 to June 6, 1999. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear, age toning. Dust jacket… Read more about this item

Santa Fe, NM: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 1977. 1 volume (unpaged), chiefly colour illustrations; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum from May 15 to July 8, 1977. An acceptable reading copy, with the first few leaves loose (laid in). . 1st. Paperback. Fair. 4to.

Beverly Hills, CA: Petersen Galleries, 1990. Leatherette, 100 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. American mid-20th-century modern artist painting in a Fauvist manner. Features landscapes and (perhaps more notably) portraits of African-American subjects. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Fort Worth, TX: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 1990. viii, 48 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, faded at extremities. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Port Townsend, WA: Bay Press, 1985. 243 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, expected browning. First paperback edition, with blueish-green wraps. Foster argues in favour of a politically-progressive, adversarial notion of postmodernism. Most of these essays originally appeared in Art in America. "For the past few decades Hal Foster's critical gaze has encompassed… Read more about this item