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A Few Collectors by Michael Z. Wise
RRP: £20.99£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954404045Author Michael Z. WiseFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint New Vessel PressPublisher New Vessel Press -
The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler by Margaret F. MacDonald
RRP: £40.00£33.59A fascinating look at the partnership of artist James McNeill Whistler and his chief model, Joanna Hiffernan, and the iconic works of art resulting from their life together"[A] lavish volume. . . . Illuminating. . . . MacDonald's deep research has . . ... -
Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei 9781984863003
RRP: £15.99£11.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984863003Author Ai WeiweiFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Recollections of a Picture Dealer by Ambroise Vollard 9780486428529
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486428529Author Ambroise VollardFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Snowdon: The Biography by Anne de Courcy
RRP: £10.99£7.40How did a photographer who was a relentless playboy, an unashamed womaniser and a leather-clad motorcyclist marry the Queen's sister and become the Establishment figure Lord Snowdon? The brilliantly talented Antony Armstrong-Jones often humiliated... -
Inspired Heart: An Artist's Journey of Transformation by Jerry Wennstrom 9780971078697
RRP: £19.99£12.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971078697Author Jerry WennstromFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Sentient PublicationsPublisher Sentient PublicationsWeight(grams) 472g -
Piet Mondrian: A Life by Hans Janssen
£36.89Piet Mondrian: A Life is the first dedicated biography of Piet Mondrian to be published in English. Hans Janssen's remarkable book provides a long overdue, in-depth and compelling account of the life of perhaps the most influential abstract artist of the... -
Josef Albers: Life and Work by Charles Darwent
RRP: £24.95£17.35While Josef Albers' Bauhaus colleagues Klee and Kandinsky are household names, Albers himself has remained inscrutable. He is best known as the painter of the Homages to the Square, a series of over 2,000 seemingly tightly controlled experiments in the... -
A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 by Howard Colvin 9780300125085
RRP: £75.00£63.41This authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practiced in England, Scotland, and Wales from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1652) to that of... -
Churchill by Mr David Cannadine
RRP: £25.00£10.84Across almost 50 years, Winston Churchill produced more than 500 paintings. His subjects included his family homes at Blenheim and Chartwell, evocative coastal scenes on the French Riviera, and many sun-drenched depictions of Marrakesh in Morocco, as... -
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Architecture of Defiance by Jonathan Adams
RRP: £25.00£21.21The story of Frank Lloyd Wright's life is no less astounding than his greatest architectural works. He enmeshed himself eagerly in myth and hearsay, and revelled in the extravagance of his creative persona. It has often been said that he was ahead of his... -
Long Drawn Out Trip: A Memoir by Gerald Scarfe 9780349143491
RRP: £10.99£7.40In Long Drawn Out Trip: My Life, Gerald Scarfe tells his life story for the first time. With captivating, often thrilling stories, he takes us from his childhood and early days at Punch and Private Eye, through his long and occasionally tumultuous career... -
Herge: The Man Who Created Tintin by Pierre Assouline 9780195397598
RRP: £20.99£15.72In this book Pierre Assouline reveals the life and art of Tintin's Belgian creator, Georges Prosper Remi, better known as 'Herge'. Assouline has had privileged access to personal papers to explore Herge's life and work and the fascinating ways in which... -
Developing: My Life by William Jr Zeckendorf
RRP: £25.00£17.38In 1986, the New York Times called William Zeckendorf Jr. "Manhattan's most active real-estate developer," a judgment borne out by Zeckendorf's fascinating memoir. The second generation of a legendary family of developers, "Bill" Zeckendorf was a... -
The Museum Makers: A Journey from Dark Boxes of Family Secrets to a Golden Era of Museums by Rachel Morris 9781912836147 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£4.57Museum expert Rachel Morris had been ignoring the boxes under her bed for decades. When she finally opened them, an entire bohemian family history was laid bare. The experience was revelatory - searching for her absent father in the archives of the Tate;... -
The Museum Makers: A Journey from Dark Boxes of Family Secrets to a Golden Era of Museums by Rachel Morris
RRP: £16.99£11.54Museum expert Rachel Morris had been ignoring the boxes under her bed for decades. When she finally opened them, an entire bohemian family history was laid bare. The experience was revelatory - searching for her absent father in the archives of the Tate;... -
Being Ted Cullinan: Edited by Alan Berman and Ian Latham by Ian Latham
RRP: £25.00£20.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999793142Author Ian LathamFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Right Angle Publishing LtdPublisher Right Angle Publishing Ltd -
Maxfield Parrish by Coy Ludwig 9780887405273
RRP: £36.99£31.99We are pleased to bring this classic work back into print. A compendium of the life and work of Maxfield Parrish, it is an essential part of a Parrish library. For the collector, the publisher has included a value guide to some of the products that bear... -
Thomas Jones of Pencerrig - Artist, Traveller, Country Squire by Richard Veasey
RRP: £12.99£8.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784613709Author Richard VeaseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
A Memoir of George Stubbs by Ozias Humphry
RRP: £9.99£3.38The only contemporary account of the life and work of George Stubbs, unavailable since it was privately printed over 125 years ago. George Stubbs (1724-1806) was one of the most original artists Britain has produced. Far from being merely a horse... -
Poster Child: The Psychedelic Art & Technicolor Life of David Edward Byrd by David Edward Byrd 9781949480405
RRP: £35.00£26.30A stunning retrospective on the art and stories behind one of rock 'n' roll's most influential cover artistsBeginning in the late 1960s, graphic artist David Edward Byrd pioneered the iconic visual styles that have come to define rock 'n' roll. Byrd... -
Thomas Hennell: The Land and the Mind by Jessica Kilburn
RRP: £60.00£40.95Thomas Hennell (1903-45) said his aim was to 'surprise his subject' - to capture the transient quality of the moment. In watercolour he found his perfect medium, producing work which was, as his fellow artist Edward Bawden said, 'fully expressive and... -
The Modern Art Activity Book by Ashley le Quere
RRP: £9.99£4.76Draw, colour and create your own modern art in this creative activity book. From Impressionism to Pop Art, and Cubism to Surrealism, you can find out about many different art movements and try out the techniques for yourself. The Modern Art Activity Book... -
Mark Rothko: A Biography by James E. B. Breslin
RRP: £31.00£28.15This is a full-length biography of Mark Rothko, arguably one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Drawing on exclusive access to his personal papers and over 100 interviews with artists, patrons and dealers, the author tells the story of a life... -
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally Mann 9780316247757
RRP: £21.99£15.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316247757Author Sally MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
A Singular Man: A Documented Life of the Artist Frederick Sandys: 1829-1904 by Betty Elzea 9781838395391
RRP: £30.00£21.55Delving into Frederick Sandys's unconventional life, Betty Elzea's research reveals much about his complicated and often scandalous relationships. Born and educated in Norwich with an artisan background, Sandys was bohemian by nature, though from... -
The Hare with Amber Eyes (Illustrated Edition): A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal 9780374168285
RRP: £50.00£31.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374168285Author Edmund de WaalFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)... -
Scarfe: Sixty Years of Being Rude by Gerald Scarfe
RRP: £150.00£98.26In the stunning retrospective Scarfe, which expands on 2005's Drawing Blood in every way, Gerald Scarfe's work is presented as no book has presented it before. This fully illustrated, 576-page volume reveals the truth of sixty years of politics and... -
What Is Now Known Was Once Only Imagined: An (Auto)Biography of Niki de Saint Phalle by Niki De Saint Phalle
RRP: £35.00£23.04A biography by Nicole Rudick told in Saint Phalle's own words, assembled from rare and unseen materials Known best for her exuberant, often large-scale sculptural works that celebrate the abundance and complexity of female desire, imagination and... -
Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Biography by Eric Fretz 9780313380563
£38.39This work examines the fascinating life and art of the African American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). Jean-Michel Basquiat was barely out of his teens when he rocketed to the center of New York's art scene. He was 27 when he died of a heroin... -
Giacometti: A Biography by James Lord
RRP: £14.99£10.20The definitive biography of a fascinating and enigmatic figure'Succeeds in every way as one of the most readable, fascinating and informative documents, not just on an artist, but on art and artists in general' WASHINGTON TIMES'The most moving biography... -
Bridget Riley: A Very, Very Person. The Early Years. by Bridget Riley
RRP: £20.00£13.35'"As Paul Moorhouse shows in this thorough and sensitive first biography, which concentrates on [Riley's] early years up to the age of thirty-four, it was only after many false starts, bracing shocks and firm decisions that Riley found her way as an... -
Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning by Amy Lyford
RRP: £30.00£21.95Exquisite Dreams is the first full account of Dorothea Tanning's art and life. Rather than only focusing on her well-known surrealist paintings, this book gives equal weight to Tanning's lesser-known but equally powerful sculptures, abstract paintings... -
Eileen Agar by Laura Smith 9781916041653
RRP: £10.99£8.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916041653Author Laura SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Eiderdown BooksPublisher Eiderdown Books -
Apotheosis: Life in the Office of Sir Edwin Lutyens by Mark Lutyens 9781912945351
RRP: £25.00£16.38A collection of letters discovered by chance in an old trunk, accompanied by cartoons and news clippings: the great historical interest of this collection gradually became apparent. The letters provide a vivid, first-hand account of life in the office of... -
The Winter Of The Cartoonist by Paco Roca
RRP: £21.99£14.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683963240Author Paco RocaFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics -
Ezra Petronio: Visual Thinking & Image Making by Ezra Petronio 9781838667122
RRP: £150.00£112.58The first comprehensive monograph on the work of one of the world's most influential art directors, Ezra Petronio Having a strong brand identity has never been more vital than it is today, and yet the real creative visionaries who can transform and... -
Biographic: Leonardo by Andrew Kirk 9781781452905 [USED COPY]
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Biographic: Leonardo by Andrew Kirk 9781781452905
RRP: £9.99£6.15The Biographies series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey each of... -
Vincent Van Gogh: A Life by Philip Callow 9781566631341
£15.02Published on the hundredth anniversary of Van Gogh's death, this is the first full-length biography of this undying man in twenty years and surely the most comprehensive account to date. Mr. Callow treats more searchingly than any previous work the...