Movements / Social Realism from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1991. ix, 197 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. First published, 1960. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Spine slightly faded. "A richly revealing document offering many telling insights into the mind and heart of a giant of 20th-century art." - Publisher. With 21 Illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum, 1988. 64 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 25 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, February 20 to April 17, 1988; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 5 to June 5, 1988. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, dust spotting/top edge. In… Read more about this item

London: Reaktion Books, 2005. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. A good reading copy, with highlighting on a dozen pages & light edgewear to wraps. "Art Under Control in North Korea is the first publication in the West to explore the role of art in one of the world's most isolated nations. This timely publication places North Korean art… Read more about this item

New York: Universe Books, 1976. xii, 243 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Spine bumped at the crown. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Humanism in art. Protest art and Social Reaslism. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1968. 85 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 24 cm. Exhibition Catalogue. With an essay and commentary by Ben Shahn. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate edgewear to wraps, age toning. Stated First Edition.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1989. x, 237 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "A well-written, insightful, and meticulously researched study of Shahn's mature work in the context of McCarthyism. Given Shahn's deep commitment to politics throughout his career, a book such as Pohl's is long overdue. A pathbreaking study that will… Read more about this item

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1962. Cloth, 171 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Topstained orange. Texas Pan-American Series. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Introduction; Presentation; 1. Posada Inspires Me. San Carlos. Fabres. 2. Dr. Atl and Julio Ruelas. Artistic Colonialism. The Revolution in Mexican Painting.… Read more about this item

Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Direccion General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, Centro Nacional de Exposiciones, 1987. 385 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Text in Spanish/Texto en espanol. BIEN. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Laminate wrinkling on wraps. Clean inside copy, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Good. 4to.

Hanover: Fackeltrager-Verlag Schmidt-Kuster Gmbh, 1960. 1 volume (unpaged), [23] pages of plates, illustrations; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to boards, expected browning. Stimmen der Menschlichkeit: Kunstler mahnen = Voices of Humanity: Artists Warn.. 1st. Hardcover. Good. 8vo.

Mexico City; Mexico D.F.: Maporrua, 2010. 416, 35 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 27 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A couple of leaves in the front matter are lightly nicked on the top edge. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Research by… Read more about this item

Detroit and New York: Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts in association with W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1986. 372 pages, illustrations (some colour), plans; 28 cm. Catalogue of the exhibition held at Detroit Institute of Arts, Feb. 10-April 27, 1986; and 4 other locations around the world. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to… Read more about this item

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983. Cloth, 277 pages, illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Text in French/Texte en francais. TRES BON ETAT. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Half-title page lightly soiled, age toning. Dust jacket, with a closed tear & a creased front flap, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Boris Koustodiev: Peintures, dessins,… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1985. 120 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Edition of 3000 copies. Exhibition held at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California and other institutions, June 29, 1985 through May 18, 1986. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate edgewear to wraps, age toning. Known for his expressionist paintings and book illustrations,… Read more about this item

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. x, 394 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "'A true poem,' Walt Whitman proclaimed in 1852, 'is the daily newspaper'--and American culture was never the same again. Like a blast of cold air in a stuffy drawing room, Whitman's campaign to give artistic representation… Read more about this item

Cologne: Taschen, 2005. 95 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 23 cm. Translated from the German. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "It was as a revolutionary and troublemaker that Picasso, Dal and Andre Breton described the husband of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, but he was also responsible for creating a public art that was both highly advanced and profoundly… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1995. 21, 22 leaves, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Exhibition held November 24, 1995 to February 4, 1996. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Catalogue of a two-part exhibition. Two separately foliated volumes (21 and 22 leaves, respectively) mounted in a… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 350 pages, [44] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. "This engrossing biography of Diego Rivera, the brilliant Mexican artist and revolutionary, captures the explosively passionate nature that made Rivera one of the twentieth-century's most gifted and controversial painters. / Patrick Marnham's books include Fantastic Invasion: Dispatches from Africa; The… Read more about this item

Detroit and New York: Detroit Institute of Arts in association with W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1986. Cloth, 372 pages, illustrations (some colour), plans; 28 cm. Catalogue of the exhibition held at Detroit Institute of Arts, February 10 to April 27, 1986; and 4 other locations around the world. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Errata slip inserted. Stated First… Read more about this item

Scottsdale, AZ: Overland Gallery of Fine Art, 1992. 24 pages, plates, colour illustrations, portrait, illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985. 131 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, 1956-1957. Tight, clean copy. "American painter Ben Shahn sets down his personal views of the relationship of the artist--painter, writer, composer--to his material, his craft, and his society. He talks of the creation of the work of art, the importance of the community, the problem… Read more about this item