The late curator of the Chicago Art Institute traces the evolution of modern art in America, describing her relationships with numerous artists and collectors as forged throughout her career, and recounting her efforts to acquire some of the Institute's most famous pieces.

Product Description: This book reveals the story of Donald Saff spioneering work in collaborative editions,unique paintings, and sculptures, chroniclingSaff s role working with significant artists. For decades Saff has worked closely and intensely with artistsas they navigated the tumultuous journey from conception tofinished product, offering solutions and ideas that helpedbring their work to the public eye...read more

Product Description: The Fundacion Juan March (Madrid) presents a selection of 97 works created between 1966 and 1997 by Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) who, together with Andy Warhol, was one of the major exponents of American Pop Art. Organized in collaboration with the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in New York and curated by Jack Cowart, this book offers for the first time a complete and unedited vision of the different stages of the artist s work process...read more

Product Description: Spanning the twenty-year career of Adam Van Doren, this timeless monograph is an invitation to an exceptional journey of ancient and modern architectural expanse. The watercolours of Van Doren are painted in the classical tradition, en plein air , and recall the work of earlier masters in the medium, such as James McNeill Whistler, Edward Hopper and John Singer Sargent...read more

Product Description: Blondes, beds, and black-and-white works sum up this selection of Roy Lichtenstein's series, based on an exhibition mounted at Vienna's famous Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2005. This substantial catalogue contains 80 essential color reproductions, some in high-quality foldouts, under three thematic groupings: early black-and-white works of the 60s; the woman as motif in his paintings from the 60s, 70s, and 80s; and his interiors, especially those from the 90s...read more

Product Description: Edward Hopper resided in the Washington Square area of New York City from 1905 until his death in 1967, pursuing the visual essence of Gotham in various media and taking the measure of ordinary city dwellers. He embraced the architecture of the great city, revealing its solidity and bulk in "convincing three dimensional pictorial space...read more

Product Description: Arriving at their mature styles independently of one another, the renowned American expatriate painters James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent and the British artist Philip Wilson Steer are often credited with bringing modern art to London near the end of the 19th century...read more

Product Description: Elie Nadelman: Classical Folk is a fully illustrated catalogue that focuses on the figural sculpture of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946) reappraising the artist's distinct position within twentieth-century American sculpture. It details the artist's years in the United States (1914-1946), when he merged classical and folk art sources to create a unique fusion of past and present, traditional and modern, and high and low...read more

Offers a profile of the French photographer and gathers a selection of his works (view table of contents)

Since it opened its doors in 1931, the Addison Gallery of American Art has become renowned for its outstanding collection of works by American artists. A suberb volume that serves as a general introduction to the collection.

Product Description: Tom Wesselmann (1931-) was one of the most prominent Pop artists of the 1960s. Whilst in the army he began drawing cartoons and afterward studied art at the Cincinnati Art Academy and then the Cooper Union. It was after his first one-man exhibition at the Tanager Gallery, New York, that he became known as one of the leading figures in American Pop art...read more

An introduction to the life and work of this American painter discusses his years as a cadet at West Point, his travels in Europe with his father, his career in art, and his personality.

Discusses Juliana Force's role as cofounder and first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, and looks at her influence on modern art