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Jackson Pollock (Icons of America) by Evelyn Toynton Publisher Comments Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) not only put American art on the map with his famous "drip paintings," he also served as an inspiration for the character of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire—the role that made Marlon... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover 
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The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-marie O'connor Publisher Comments The spellbinding story--part fairy tale, part suspense--of Gustav Klimt's most famous painting, one of the most emblematic portraits of its time: the beautiful, seductive Viennese Jewish salon hostess who sat for it; the notorious, "degenerate artist who... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Embrace: A Pregnancy Journal by Nikki Mcclure Publisher Comments This beautiful journal is filled with Nikki McClure's signature images and ideas for embracing beauty, joy, and courage in the journey toward motherhood. Filled with new gorgeous paper-cut artwork, the journal's colorful pages and thoughtful directives... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Uncle Shelby's Abz Book by Shel Silverstein Publisher Comments The notorious early Silverstein classic you WON'T want your children to read. I is for Ink Ink is black and wet. Ink is fun. What can you do with ink? What rhymes with ink? "D - R - __ - __ - __ ."... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image by Toby Lester Publisher Comments EVERYONE KNOWSTHE IMAGE. NO ONE KNOWS ITS STORY. This is the story of Vitruvian Man: Leonardo da Vincis famous drawing of a man in a circle and a square. Deployed today to celebrate subjects as various as the nature of genius, the beauty of the human... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire by Eileen Blumenthal Publisher Comments With more than 40 pages of new material including illustrations and unpublished sketches, this book illuminates Julie Taymor's entire career, from her theatrical apprenticeship to her most recent work for stage and screen. There is an all-new... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Stan Douglas: Abbott and Cordova, 7 August 1971 by Stan Douglas Publisher Comments This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation by Steven E. Ozment Publisher Comments This compelling book retells and revises the story of the German Renaissance and Reformation through the lives of two controversial men of the sixteenth century: the Saxon court painter Lucas Cranach (the Serpent) and the Wittenberg monk-turned-reformer... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary by Edward Gorey Publisher Comments Goreys naughty, hilarious travesty of lust-now reissued in a special gift edition. “A master of the genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman” (New York Times Book Review).... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Agnes Martin by Lynne (edt) Cooke Publisher Comments Gorgeously quiet in color and composition, Agnes Martins paintings have a distinctive grace that sets them apart from those of the Abstract Expressionists of her day and the Minimalist artists she inspired. Martin attributed her grid-based works to... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-448) and index.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Warhol and Dance by Anna Kisselgoff Publisher Comments When Andy Warhol first arrived in New York, he spent a great deal of time within the dance community, and this milieu became the first scene he recorded. In addition to Warhol's ink-on-Manila drawings, this catalogue features black-and-white photographs... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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All the Saints of the City of the Angels: Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets by J. Michael Walker Publisher Comments An artists homage to everyday Angelenos. Proud, defiant, thoughtful, and at times melancholy, the saints in this beautifully designed peoples history of L.A. reveal their own unique versions of transcendence and, in doing so, challenge traditional... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Koretsky: The Soviet Photo Poster: 1930-1984 by Viktor Koretsky Synopsis Viktor Koretsky (1909–1998) was a leading Soviet artist and the acknowledged master of the Soviet photographic poster. With a long and prolific career that spanned the early Stalin era through to the onset of Glasnost, Koretsky produced some of the... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh by Mark Roskill Publisher Comments A literary classic, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Captures the voice of one of the most beloved and important artists of all time. Though Vincent van Gogh is often thought of as a mad genius, in The Letters of Vincent van Gogh the thoughtful... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Robert Longo: God Machines by Alessandra Bellavita Publisher Comments Dedicated to the three major monotheistic world religions, Robert Longo's God Machines drawing sequence depicts Mecca in Saudi Arabia, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. The drawings are enormous, and realized in the artist's... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $33.00 Used - Hardcover
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Collect Raindrops: The Seasons Gathered by Nikki McClure Publisher Comments Artist McClures delicate images exude an optimism that revolves around community, sustenance, parenting, and appreciating both the urban and rural landscape through a visual language that is uniquely her own.... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Discoveries: Goya (Discoveries) by Jeannine Baticle Publisher Comments Francisco Goya was privileged to witness the entire gamut of daily life in Spain at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries: the celebrations, traditions, hopes--and the evils, from decadence at court to the horrors of war. In Goya's art,... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $1.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mucha (Mega Square) by Parkstone Press Publisher Comments At the end of the 19th century, Alphonse Mucha created a sensation throughout the streets of Paris through his posters representing the French actress Sarah Bernhardt. It was an overnight sensation and announced the new artistic style and its... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Hardcover
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Ross Bleckner: My Life in the New York T by Ross Bleckner Publisher Comments American painter Ross Bleckner (born 1949) has long been an avid reader of The New York Times, with decades' worth of clippings from the paper to prove it. In this artist's book, Bleckner has now orchestrated his archive into a beautifully printed homage... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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