"An extraordinary outburst of creative activity occurred among American printmakers between the years 1960 and 1990. New workshops sprang up, like Universal Limited Art Editions on Long Island and the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles, as well as small presses throughout the country. In contrast to traditional European studios, where professional printers reproduced artists' designs, the new American workshops emphasized colla ..."
" Infinite Possibilities offers new perspectives on the phenomenon of seriality in the medium of drawings and the visual arts. It includes drawings from the 1960s to the present by twenty-nine artists from Japan, South America (Columbia), the United States, and Europe (Germany, England, Ireland). Whether looking at serial images in historical, political, mathematical, philosophical, or theoretical perspectives, Infinite Possibilities is ..."
"Catalog for the exhibition, "Theo Leffmann: Weaving a Life Into Art" at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, September 23-October 29, 2000. Illustrated throughout with over 60 plates, most in full color, 87 pages."
"Complementing an exhibit of the artist's work at the Taubman Museum in Roanoke, VA, this exquisitely rendered book - illustrated with 46 works of art by Annette Nancarrow - is excellent as a stand-alone reference, as well. As Rosemary Carstens notes in her evocative and insightful foreword to this gorgeous book honoring the unique talents of artist, Annette Nancarrow: Throughout history, the spotlight of celebrity and recognition has of ..."
"If cliché leads us to believe that art is made out of suffering, there are few circumstances in which the language of art could be more direct, more profound, or more moving than art made in the European concentration camps of World War II.While Auschwitz itself has come to represent the evil that is often considered a paradigm and example of modern barbarity, art and culture played significant roles there. In the extreme and physically ..."
"Larry Solver, the Farquhar Professor of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania, is a specialist in painting and graphics of Northern Europe and has authored books in art history ranging from a general survey text (Art in History, 1993) to an exhibition of prints by modern Jewish artists (Transformation: Jews and Modernity, 2001). He is the author of several recent books: Pieter Bruegel (2011); The Essential Dürer (with Jeffrey Ch ..."
"Americans in Paris 1850–1910 represents the profound French influence—both in style and subject—on American painters following the Civil War. There was a great deal of French art in America, mainly in the hands of urban industrialists and financiers eager to display their wealth. Meanwhile, American artists traveled to France to study under the masters, either at the École des Beaux-Arts or at one of the independent academies or studios ..."
Second Sight(1st Edition) Printmaking in Chicago 1935-1995 by James Yood, DavidMickenberg, Mark Pascale Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1996 by Block Museum ISBN-13: 978-0-941680-17-2, ISBN: 0-941680-17-7
"Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935-1995 is the product of a long interest at the museum in the research and collecting of works from the history of the arts of Chicago. It is being presented from the history of the arts in Chicago. It is being presented for one of the most traditional of curatorial agendas: for it reveals an understudied and fascinating subject, filled with artists and objects whose accomplishments and excellence ..."
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses, 1960-1990 by Trudy V. Hansen Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 1995 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-941680-15-8, ISBN: 0-941680-15-0
Emigrants and Exiles A Lost Generation of Austrian Artists in America, 1920-1950 by DavidMickenberg, John Czaplicka Paperback, Published 1996 by Northwestern University, Evanston, Il ISBN-13: 978-0-941689-16-8, ISBN: 0-941689-16-6
Prints by Sculptors(1st Edition) The Rudolph H. and Fannia Weingartner Collection at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art by Rudolph H. Weingartner, Starr Figura Paperback, 105 Pages, Published 2001 by Mary & Leigh Block Gallery ISBN-13: 978-0-941680-22-6, ISBN: 0-941680-22-3
"560 Broadway is the first book to explore one of this country's most remarkable private collections of modern and contemporary American drawings. Featuring such artists as Sol LeWitt, Mel Bochner, Jasper Johns, and Agnes Martin, the collection of Wynn Kramarsky has won high praise for its diversity, chronological sweep, and quality. Moreover, Kramarsky's exhibition space at 560 Broadway in New York City, in operation from 1991 to 2006, ..."