the menil collection houston (194 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. 135 pages, illustrated. The first publication in an anticipated series dealing with the Menil Collection's Byzantine holdings and Russian icons.

Wraps. Condición: Fine. Square 8vo, 112 pp., color & b/w plates.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Photographs & Plates Ilustrador. Hardcover. Art: A hardcover catelogue for an exhibition of the work of the Italian artist and some of his stylistic contemporaries. Thank yo for shopping at an independent bookstore.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Large paperback in very good condition.

Softcover. Quarto. Illustrated paper wraps with title only on spine. Dark grey end papers. 80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. This volume reviews the career of American painter and printmaker Jasper Johns (b. 1930) via his works on paper and plastic, surveying some 30 objects spanning the years 1955-2001, charting his interests, techniques and aesthetic evolution. One of the leading proponents of the Pop Art movement, Johns culled his source material from popular culture with a preoccupation for the enigmatic character of everyday objects, language and numeric systems. In addition, selections of Johns' works coupled with entries that provide a physical description, inscriptions, provenance, exhibition, and publication history are included. It also lists a comprehensive list of exhibitions and bibliography. VG+. Old sticker on rear cover panel.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Large paperback in very good condition.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. 1st. vii, 75 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First paperback edition. *** "In his insightful and engrossing lecture, Leo Steinberg surveys and critiques the work of Robert Rauschenberg, one of the great American post-war artists. He also discusses his own experience as a critic in the exciting and turbulent art world of New York in the 1950s and 1960s. The result is a rare glimpse not only into Rauschenberg, but also into Steinberg. With the sharpness and confidence that can only come from a critic who has long been involved with Rauschenberg's work, Steinberg offers an in-depth discussion of such major pieces as the Erased DeKooning Drawing, Bed, and Monogram. He explains the subtle differences between his interpretations and those of other critics, such as Clement Greenberg and Hilton Kramer. He candidly reflects on how he has changed his mind over the years, and defends his new ideas about Rauschenberg's work with precise, fresh arguments. He critically evaluates Rauschenberg's more recent work and addresses how it falls short from the artist's earlier work. From Rauschenberg's silk-screen prints of the 1960s to the vegetable dye transfer prints of the 1990s, Steinberg warns against the dangers of overinterpretation and iconographic enthusiasm. He argues that the unifying strand through this great artist's work is his drive to appropriate, to take objects and images from the world and make them his own by making them become a part of his art. Provocative, intelligent, and beautifully articulated, Steinberg's words shed light on one remarkable artist and on the post-war New York art scene, on Steinberg's particular appreciation of Rauschenberg and on his life's work as an art critic. / Leo Steinberg is Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st. Pictorial boards, 185 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** CONTENTS: The progress of love, by Kristina Van Dyke; Reflections on love in Africa, by Elias K. Bongmba; The Menil collection. Love and Africa, by Kristina Van Dyke; Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos. Performing love, enacting life, by Bisi Silva; The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. Finite love, by Francesca Consagra; Love songs in Africa, by Banning Eyre. Size: 4to. Collectible.

Softcover; 224 pages; as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. hardback in near fine condition with very good + dust jacket.

Paperback. Condición: As New. Exhibition catalog. Color plates throughout. First edition (paperback). As new in oversize illustrated wraps. Still in original shrinkwrap. ; 80 pages.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. Exhibition catalog. Color plates throughout. First edition (paperback). Fine in oversize illustrated wraps.; 80 pages.

Wrappers. Condición: Near Fine. 122 pages. Paperback. Texts in English. Light wear to the edges, with some associated light rubbing and faint soiling to the covers. But the binding is tight, the interior clean and free of markings. Bound in stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition. 120 black and white illustrations. Book.

Wrappers. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Slim volume, 80 pages. Paperback. Texts in English. Mild wear to the edges. Else, the spine is uncreased, the interior clean and free of markings. 36 illustractions, 4 in color. Foreword by Dominique de Menil. Bound in illustrated stiff paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Menil Collection, Houston TX March 9-June 5, 1994. Book.

Staple-bound Wrappers. Condición: New. 32 pages with 24 illustrations 8 in color. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Illustrated wraps. Foreword by Dominique de Menil. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Menil Collection, Houston TX April 26, 1995-August 18, 1996. Biography. Book.

Cloth Over Board. Condición: Good. No Jacket. This copy is in good condition. The covers have light rubbing and edgewear. Text is clean and tight in binding. Due to size this book may require additional shipping costs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st. 85 pages, colour illustrations; 25 x 30 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at The Menil Collection, Houston, Tex., September 16, 2011 to January 8, 2012. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Walter De Maria is known for the expansive and perfectly ordered land art and installations he created in the 1970s. This book introduces an expansive new work, the 'Bel Air Trilogy' in which the artist combines exacting geometry with the unexpected element of three 1955 'gypsy-red' Chevrolet Bel Airs." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Engineering the invisible: Walter de Maria's Bel Air trilogy, by Josef Helfenstein; Catalogue entries, by Clare Elliott; High energy bar; The statement series; Channel series; Bel Air trilogy. Size: Oblong. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 110 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Silence. Organized by The Menil Collection, Houston, and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** "Explores silence in 20th and 21st century art and films, including works by Joseph Beuys, Maya Deren, Christian Marclay, Bruce Nauman, Robert Rauschenberg, and Doris Salcedo." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: The exhibition; (.), by Toby Kamps; A prolonged silence: John Cage and still after, by Jenni Sorkin; The sounds of silence: some thoughts on silence in experimental film and video practice, by Steve Seid. Size: 4to. Collectible.

Soft Cover. Condición: Near Fine Plus. Winslow Homer Ilustrador. First Edition /Second Printing. softcover, as issued. no flaws or wear. clean. no writing or text markings.no creases, bumps. tight sewn binding; 144pp., 57 illustrations in color and b/w., introduction by richard j. powell., well documented catalogue dealing with the 37 pieces in the show. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue.

First edition. Softcover. First printing. 75 pages. Foreword and acknowledgments by Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers. A fresh copy.

Wrappers. Condición: Fine Condition. 127 pagse 75 illustrations 69 in color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from January 31-April 26 1992.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to, cloth, dustwrapper, 313pp., 97 color plates, 106 b/w figures. VG+/VG+: clean and sound cloth binding, clean edges, clean text & plates, previous owner's name to front endpaper; bright and whole dustwrapper. Extra shipping may be needed.

softcover. Condición: Fine copy. Well-illustrated Ilustrador. exhib. cat. 4to, 120 pp.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. 1st. 262 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Catalogue accompanying an exhibition held at the Menil Collection, Houston, Tex., January 26 to May 13, 2001. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. *** CONTENTS: London Pop Recollected, by Christopher Finch; New Painting of Common Objects, by Walter Hopps interviewed by Jim Edwards; British Pop Art: 1956-1966: A Documentary Essay, by David E. Brauer; The Confluence of East and West Coast Pop, by Jim Edwards; Plates and Catalogue Commentary. American Entries, by Jim Edwards; British Entries, by David E. Brauer; U.S./U.K. Chronology: 1956-1966. American Chronology, by Jim Edwards; British Chronology, by David E. Brauer. Size: 4to. Collectible.

First Edition. An exceptional harcover copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 156 pages; Physical description: 156 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. Exhibition held at the Menil Collection, Houston, September 30, 2005 - January 8, 2006; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, March 3 - May 21, 2006; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 11 - September 10, 2006. Summary: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is a key presence in the history of modern art, and yet he is rarely seen or remembered in the context from which he initially emerged as an artist. When Calder became "Calder" - well known for his signature mobiles and stabiles - it was due to a unique variety of presiding influences. His artistic parentage consisted of Marcel Duchamp, who provided the name of and concept for the mobile; Piet Mondrian, who introduced pure abstraction to him; and Joan Miro, who communicated the central theses of Surrealism. Although Calder went on to play a major role in Surrealist manifestations during the formative years of the movement, including being shown in the defining 1936 'Exposition surrealiste d'objets' in Paris, he has since been separated from those beginnings. Indeed, at this point in time, Calder is never included in exhibitions of Surrealist art, even though he was incubated by that phenomenon and contributed mightily to it. This book will put the artist back in midst of Surrealism so that his achievement is more profoundly understood within that context. Works by artists such as Miro, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, and Rene Magritte will delineate the Surrealist milieu and some of its chief aspects. The following theses are also explored: Calder's wit, caricature, and linear flights of fancy; his marvellous personages and fantastic creatures; biomorphic forms from an imaginary vision of nature; and his constellations, apparent views of celestial space. Subjects: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 -- Exhibitions -- Criticism and interpretation. Surrealism -- United States -- Exhibitions. 2 Kg.

paperback. Condición: fine. Johns, Jasper Ilustrador. Color plates. 80pp. 4to, pr. wrs. (Houston): Menil Collection, (2003). Fine Exhibition catalogue.

Hardcover. Condición: New, still in shrinkwrap. White boards with black illustration and yellow spine lettering. 156 pp. Mainly illustrations in BW and color. Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is a key presence in the history of modern art, and yet he is rarely seen or remembered in the context from which he initially emerged as an artist. When Calder became "Calder"--Well known for his signature mobiles and stabiles-it was due to a unique variety of presiding influences. His artistic parentage consisted of Marcel Duchamp, who provided the name of and concept for the mobile; Piet Mondrian, who introduced pure abstraction to him; and Joan Miro, who communicated the central theses of Surrealism. Although Calder went on to play a major role in Surrealist manifestations during the formative years of the movement, including being shown in the defining 1936 "Exposition surrealiste d'objets" in Paris, he has since been separated from those beginnings. Indeed, at this point in time, Calder is never included in exhibitions of Surrealist art, even though he was incubated by that phenomenon and contributed mightily to it. This book will put the artist back in midst of Surrealism so that his achievement is more profoundly understood within that context. Works by artists such as Miro, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, and Rene Magritte will delineate the Surrealist milieu and some of its chief aspects. The following theses are also explored: Calder's wit, caricature, and linear flights of fancy; his marvelous personages and fantastic creatures; biomorphic forms from an imaginary vision of nature; and his constellations, apparent views of celestial space. -Publisher's Description.

Condición: Wie neu. 102 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Sehr guter Zustand - geringfügige Gebrauchsspuren - fast wie neu. This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Steve Wolf on Paper", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York : September 30 - November 29, 2009 / The Menil Collection, Houston : April 2 - October 31, 2020. "Steve Wolfe, an internationally renowned artist whose best-known works are books or are they? died last month at his home in San Francisco. He was 60. Mr. Wolfe died alone, and neither the precise date, circa May 13, nor the precise cause, is known, his family said. A painter and sculptor, Mr. Wolfe brought a postmodern sensibility to the venerable tradition of trompe l'oeil, in which a work seeks to trick the eye by lending the illusion of three dimensions to a two-dimensional surface. His preferred subject matter was books, singly and by the boxful, their creased, age-stained, sometimes Scotch-taped covers exuding companionable familiarity: "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," by Gertrude Stein; "Farewell, My Lovely," by Raymond Chandler; James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"; the emblematic "Remembrance of Things Past," by Proust; and the perhaps even more emblematic "Speak, Memory," by Vladimir Nabokov. But though Mr. Wolfe's screened-printed jacket designs and typefaces impeccably recreated those of the original volumes, his books were not books but paintings playful, thoughtful one-offs designed to be hung on gallery walls. As such, they became potent emblems of nostalgia, binding up (although they had no bindings) wistful longing for the beloved bibliographic companions of years gone by. Reviewing an exhibition of Mr. Wolfe's work at the Luhring Augustine gallery in Manhattan in 2003, Holland Cotter wrote in The New York Times: "Mr. Wolfe has been creating his bibliographical art for years, and it has not escaped accusations of preciousness. In my view it is saved, even elevated, by its conceptual smarts, which are acute and to which technical finesse is not incidental. Mr. Wolfe offers us work of 20th-century giants of fictional self-scrutiny, James Joyce and Proust among them, but as blocks of unopenable matter." He added: "In short, the histories trapped in the work are what warm up the optical tours de force." Mr. Wolfe, whose art is in the collections of major museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, also turned his hand to the fondly remembered long-playing records of his youth. In his versions rendered on board in oils and enamels the labels have been faithfully reproduced and the well-worn grooves painstakingly incised by hand."(The New York Times). "For more than two decades, Steve Wolfe (19552016) created sculptures and drawings of astounding craft and visual presence. Wolfe re-created worn books and used records, primarily from the 1960s and 1970s, that influenced his own personal and artistic sensibilities. Working in the tradition of trompe l'oeil, Wolfe created pieces that quite literally "fool the eye" on first inspection. Using a variety of materials and processes, including oil, acrylic, screen printing, lithography, modeling paste, canvas, wood and aluminum, Wolfe sculpted and painted precise and exacting three-dimensional replicas of books and records that possess a personal significance. Iconic titles include Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dostoyevsky's Notes From Underground, Alfred Barr's Cubism and Abstract Art and The Beatles' Revolver. These tattered books and worn LPs are tangible manifestations of a fertile moment in American intellectual history. Wolfe's faithful reconstructions evoke an unexpected play between humble self-effacement and culture's powerful capacity to have impact on one's existence. Steve Wolfe's work has been collected by numerous prominent public and private collections, including The Whit.

Hardcover. Condición: New. In shrinkwrap. Quarto. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. No jacket as issued. 183 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm. "Chryssa & New York offers a timely reassessment of Greek-born artist Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali, 1933-2013). Chryssa was a leading figure in the postwar New York art world and in the use of signage, text, and neon, yet her work, which bridges Pop, Conceptual, and Minimalist approaches to art making, remains under-recognized. Focusing on the artist's early career, in particular her time in New York from the 1950s to the 1970s, this book charts the emergence of her singular aesthetic, especially her formal innovations with neon, and culminates in the development of her monumental and rarely seen installation The Gates to Times Square (1964-66). Essays situate Chryssa's art alongside that of other New York-based practitioners in the 1950s and 1960s, consider her work through the lenses of queer theory and the Greek diaspora, and uncover her crucial influence on light art today. Rounding out the volume, a conversation on the technical aspects of her practice and a comprehensive chronology make this the definitive publication on Chryssa for years to come."--.

Cloth. Condición: Fine Condition. 112 pages. Color illustrations. Gray boards. Foreword by Josef Helfenstein and Lawrence Rinder. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas July 27-October 21, 2012. Artists in the Exhibition. Book.