William Rubin Libros

Reproduces drawings and paintings by two principal pioneers of cubism and examines the interlocking nature of these works

Picasso's portraits display an astonishing range of moods, styles, personalities and approaches, whether abstract, surreal, cubist, classical or expressionist, as revealed by this resplendently illustrated catalogue of an exhibition at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art. In the opening essay, Rubin, director emeritus of MOMA's painting and sculpture department, explores how Picasso's portraits served as a screen for his psychological projections and symbolic references to members of his ever-changing entourage. Eight essays by noted critics, including Pierre Daix, Robert Rosenblum, Brigitte Leal and Kirk Varnedoe, emphasize the central role of Picasso's women in his protean portraiture. Blonde muse Marie-Therese Walter, with whom he had a clandestine affair from the mid-1920s to 1933, underwent constant transformations, from instantly recognizable face to mythical goddess. Dora Maar inspired tragic grotesques, while mistress Fernande Olivier appears in many guises, and Francoise Gilot, the young painter whom he met in 1943, triggered images of dread and anxiety in his postwar canvases. Extraordinary self-portraits run the gamut from cocksure bravado to comedic apelike self-caricature. This album is a revelation. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"Proceedings of a symposium held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 10-15, 1989, in conjunction with the exhibition 'Picasso and Braque: pioneering Cubism, ' shown September 24, 1989--January 16, 1990"--T.p. verso./ Includes bibliographical references.

Six thousand paintings, twelve thousand drawings, eight hundred sculptures...show the extraordinary creativity of Picasso who had the ability to simultaneously use multiple artistic languages without incurring contradictions and display his constant and inexhaustible inventiveness.

Shows examples of Stella's large scale paintings, constructions, and reliefs created over the last seventeen years, and discusses the themes, style, and materials of his work.

Great exhibition catalog from the Museum of Modern Art in New York - MOMA. 294 black and white illustrations of works of Surreal art - painting, drawing, sculpture, installations, exhibitions and other works. Artists Marcel Duchamp, Matta, Miro, Dali, Delvaux, Ernst, Bellmer, Man Ray, Picabia, Pollock, Rauschenberg, Masson, Oppenheim, Magritte, Penrose, Trova, Tanguy, Breton, Calder, Giocometti, Dubuffet, Joseph Cornell, Christo, de Chirico, Calder and other artists. Includes chronology of Surrealist movement, bibliography. Softcover. 251 pages. Measures 9 by 9 1/4 inches. Interesting book / exhibition catalog, nicely illustrated.

cloth 1961

William S. Paley, founder of CBS, Inc., and a towering figure in the modern entertainment, communication and news industries, was also an enthusiastic collector of twentieth-century art and a committed supporter of The Museum of Modern Art. This volume presents his extraordinary collection of 84 paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings by some of the most important figures of modern art, including Paul Cézanne, André Derain, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, bequeathed to the Museum in one of the most significant transfers of a private collection to a public institution at the time. Aside from loans made to MoMA exhibitions, his collection was seldom seen by the public until it was left to the William S. Paley Foundation for donation to the Museum. Originally published in 1992 for a series of traveling exhibitions organized by MoMA, this volume has been completely redesigned for this new edition.

This lavish volume describes each piece in the Beyeler Collection of 20th-century master-pieces and the museum's new building by Renzo Piano.

Enth. u. a. (S. 498-513): Paul Klee / Jean Laude.

252 Seiten mit 300 Abbildungen. Hardcover Ausstellungskatalog.