Artists Books

The biggest, most lavish book production of the 20th century is back! SUMO was a titanic book in every respect: a 480-page tribute to the 20th century's most influential, intriguing and controversial photographer, breaking records for weight and dimensions. Fifty people worked with Helmut and June Newton for three years ...more

Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards. Now, in an essential companion to her bestselling classic, Edwards offers readers the key to mastering this art form: guided practice in their newfound creative abilities. Here are forty new exercises that cover each of the ...more

Linda Nelson Stocks grew up on her family's farm. The stories she heard from her Grandma Belle of the "horse and buggy days" always fascinated her. Today, as America's most recognized folk artist, she shares her love of early American life with fans. This calendar represents the inspired career of ...more

At first glance, Walton Ford s large-scale, highly-detailed watercolors of animals may recall the prints of 19th century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear, and others of the colonial era. But a closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly anthropomorphic universe, full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to ...more

A new, small-format edition of one of GoreyÂ’s “dark masterpieces of surreal morality” (Vanity Fair) - a witty, disquieting journey through the alphabet. ...more

Mary Engelbreit is commonly referred to as "The Queen of Everything." For 2010, let Mary Engelbreit's No, Really I Have It All Under Control 2010 Monthy Planner Calendar be an inspiration and help make your days the "breit"est they can be. Even though many people think busy women are frantic ...more

No other artist epitomizes the character of the Guggenheim Museum quite like Vasily Kandinsky, who is closely linked to the history of the museum and has been collected in depth in the permanent collection since its founding. Kandinsky accompanies the first full-scale retrospective of the artist's career to be exhibited ...more

Renowned as America's pre-eminent black-and-white landscape photographer, Ansel Adams began to photograph in color soon after Kodachrome film was invented in the mid 1930s. He made nearly 3,500 color photographs, a small fraction of which were published for the first time in the 1993 edition of ANSEL ADAMS IN COLOR. In ...more

Avedon Fashion 1944-2000 encompasses seven decades of extraordinary images by Richard Avedon, the most influential fashion photographer of the 20th century. This comprehensive volume offers a definitive survey, from Avedon's groundbreaking early photographs for Harper's Bazaar through his constantly inventive contributions to Vogue, Egoiste, and The New Yorker. Each carefully ...more