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Picasso and the Allure of Language
Paper, 272 pp., 155 color and 56 black-and-white and color illus.
ISBN 978-0-30013-546-6
ISBN-10 0-30013-546-7
Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Susan Greenberg Fisher, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (January 27–May 24, 2009) and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University (August 20, 2009–January 23, 2010), with essays by Fisher, Mary Ann Caws, Jennifer R. Gross, Patricia Leighten, Irene Small, S. Zelda Roland, and Katherine M. Wyman.
Throughout his life, Pablo Picasso had close friendships with writers and an abiding interest in the written word. This groundbreaking publication, which draws on the collections of Yale University, traces the relationship that Picasso had with literature and writing in his life and work. Beginning with the artist’s early associations with such writers as Gertrude Stein, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, and Pierre Reverdy, the book continues until the postwar period, by which time Picasso had become a worldwide celebrity. Distinguished authorities in art and literature explore the theme of Picasso and language from historical, linguistic, and visual perspectives and contextualize Picasso’s work within a rich literary framework.
Item# 165
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Pictures from an Expedition: Early Views of the American West
Paper, 66 pp., 34 black-and-white and color illus.
Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Martha A. Sandweiss, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (September 20, 1978–January 6, 1979), with essays by Sandweiss and Howard Lamar.
The landscape, the people, and the wildlife that Europeans found in the New World provided endless fascination and speculation, and this exhibition addressed romantic notions about the American West that were cherished by a group described by Sandweiss as “a select, loosely knit fraternity of western scientists, artists, and explorers.” Chapters of the catalogue are devoted to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Samuel Seymour and Titian Ramsay Peale, George Catlin, Karl Bodmer, Alfred Jacob Miller, and John James Audubon.
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Please Be Seated: Contemporary Studio Seating Furniture
Paper, 40 pp., color illus.
ISBN 0-89467-083-2
Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Kari M. Main, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (May 1–August 8, 1999).
Full of wit and surprise, this book presents nineteen chairs acquired during the previous twelve years as public seating in the galleries. Selections range from traditional benches and stools to such elaborate creations as Alphonse Mattia’s Golden Banana Valet Chair, Judy Kensley McKie’s Alligator Bench, and John Cederquist’s Revenge of the Deconstructionist Saw Chair. Making innovative use of materials and playing freely with the conventions of gallery seating, the designers add new dimensions to the museum experience.
Item# 9530
Price $5; Members $4
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Popism
Paper, 22 pp., 4 black-and-white illus.
Catalogue for two parallel exhibitions: Stars and Stripes Forever: The Popular Urge in American Art 1955–1975, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery; and The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS/The Geldzahler Portfolio and Works by Four Artists: William Cullum, John Dugdale, Marc Lida, and Eric Rhein, with an essay by Sarah Rich and Jonathan Weinberg and a touching reminiscence on curator Henry Geldzahler by Calvin Tomkins.
This catalogue examines Pop art and the dialogue it created between modernist painting and the American public. By exploring the possible meanings of “popular” in the 1960s, Rich and Weinberg show how the artistic movement at times confirmed, and at other times challenged, the decade’s commodity culture.
Item# 10841
Price $3; Members $2.40
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Portraits of the Hazleton Public Schools
Hardcover, 86 pp., 67 black-and-white illus.
ISBN 0-300-11584-9
Judith Joy Ross, with an essay by Jock Reynolds
This exquisitely produced book focuses on one of photographer Judith Joy Ross’s most personal series to date—sixty-seven portraits of students at public schools in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Unpretentious and astonishing in their psychological insight, these photographs reveal the universally wonderful and terrifying rite of passage of going to school.
Item# 188
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Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America
Paper, 404 pp., 258 black-and-white figure, 12 color plates
ISBN 0-89467-039-5
Edited by George Kubler, with mineralogical attributions by E. W. Faller
Published in 1986, this catalogue aims, in Kubler’s words, “to describe the irreducible individuality of each object” in Yale’s distinguished Pre-Columbian collection, which features notable pieces from throughout the region and from every period. The clarity of organization and thoroughness of the research make this an essential reference tool for scholars, students, and collectors.
Item# 104
Price $15; Members $12
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A Private View: American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection
Paper, 148 pp., approx. 100 color plates and black-and-white illus.
ISBN 0-89467-062-X
Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Helen A. Cooper and Nancy Rivard Shaw, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (April 3–July 31, 1993); the Detroit Institute of Arts (September 11–November 14, 1993); the High Museum of Art, Atlanta (December 18, 1993–March 6, 1994), with texts by Cooper, Shaw, Julia Alexander, Brian T. Allen, Bethany Astrachan, Martin A. Berger, Robin Jaffee Frank, Beth A. Handler, Alison Tilghman, James W. Tottis, Karl Emil Willers, and Mary Adair Woodall.
According to the curators of this intimate exhibition, this collection “reveals Richard and Jane Manoogian’s taste for objects that convey a sense of serenity and the optimism and promise of an earlier age.” Paintings that the collectors hung in their own home are presented, including work by Childe Hassam, William Merritt Chase, and John Frederick Peto, along with the sixteen Gems of Brazil (fifteen hummingbirds, one butterfly) painted by Martin Johnson Heade in 1863–64. Biographies of the artists are provided.
Item# 1478
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Prodigal Son Narratives: 1480–1980
Paper, 40 pp., 29 black-and-white illus.
ISBN 0-89467-070-0
Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Ellen G. D’Oench, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (April 4–July 16, 1995); Division Art Center, Wesleyan University (August 30–October 20, 1995); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (March 2–April 14, 1996), with an essay by D’Oench.
This catalogue accompanied the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to images of the prodigal son. Inspired by the parable from the Gospel according to Saint Luke, these scenes powerfully and inventively portray the themes of sin and salvation. D’Oench traces how artists from Albrecht Dürer through Duane Michals have imaginatively embellished the narrative. An extensive bibliography is provided.
Item# 7008
Price $7; Members $5.60
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