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  The Jewish Museum  

Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater


Featuring stunning reproductions of Chagall’s theater murals along with posters and playbills, costume and set designs, and more, this beautiful book chronicles the flourishing of Soviet Jewish theater in the 1920s and 1930s.

2008   256 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300111552
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Warhol's Jews
Ten Portraits Reconsidered



An in-depth look at Andy Warhol's 1980 series of silk-screen paintings and prints entitled Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, which depicts subjects ranging from Freud to Kafka.

2008   64 pp.   -   Paper over Board ISBN: 9780300141153
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Action/Abstraction
Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976



Focusing on Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, this original book draws on recent critical, historical, and biographical work to offer a new look at Abstract Expressionism.

2008   344 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300122152
$65.00
 
The Art of William Steig


This definitive book on the career of New Yorker cartoonist and children’s book illustrator William Steig features over 250 of the artist’s drawings, many of them previously unpublished.

2007   208 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300124781
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Camille Pissarro
Impressions of City and Country



A look at how Pissarro's artistic theories and social convictions––including his background as a Sephardic Jew––influenced his Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist work.

2007   96 pp.
PB-with Flaps ISBN: 9780300124798
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Jewish Women and Their Salons
The Power of Conversation



From their debut in Berlin in the 1780s to their emergence in 1930s California, Jewish women’s salons served as welcoming havens where all classes and creeds could openly debate art, music, literature, and politics. This fascinating book is the first to explore the history of these salons where remarkable women of intellect resolved that neither gender nor religion would impede their ability...

2005   280 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300103854
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Alex Katz Paints Ada


Focusing on the iconic and ongoing series of portraits of the artist’s wife Ada––originally begun in the 1960s––this beautifully illustrated book demonstrates the art-historical importance of these works and the cumulative power of Katz’s achievement.

2006   128 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300114836
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Dateline Israel
New Photography and Video Art



Through the camera lens, contemporary Israeli and non-Israeli artists view Israel today from a broad range of perspectives. Their photographs and videos, all created since 2000, represent the life and culture of a nation where political realities influence every aspect of creative culture and where individual identities evolve in complex ways.

 

2007   120 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300111569
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Eva Hesse
Sculpture



Featuring never-before-seen family diaries and photographs, this book examines Hesse’s artistic achievement in sculpture within the historical context of her life.

2006   192 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300114188
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The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson
Constructing a Legend



A beautifully illustrated and comprehensive look at the career of pioneering sculptor Louise Nevelson, a towering figure in postwar American art.

2007   256 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300121728
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Writing a Modern Jewish History
Essays in Honor of Salo W. Baron



In this insightful book, an eclectic and distinguished group of writers explore the Jewish experience in the Americas and celebrate the legacy of Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895–1989), a preeminent scholar who revolutionized the study of Jewish history during his lengthy tenure at Columbia University.

2006   144 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300106770
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The Jewish Identity Project
New American Photography



This fascinating book explores questions of American Jewish identity and how Jews fit today into larger discourses of race, ethnicity, and religion. Featuring ten photographic and video projects by emerging and mid-career artists, all commissioned by The Jewish Museum, the book presents a range of provocative discussions of the nature of Jewish identity in 21st-century America.

2005   232 pp.   -   PB-with Flaps ISBN: 9780300109160
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Sarah Bernhardt
The Art of High Drama



This fascinating book examines the many sides and talents of Bernhardt, from her beginnings at the Comédie Française through her international stardom. Wonderfully illustrated, the book features an unprecedented collection of images relating to Bernhardt’s life, including paintings, posters, photographs, costumes, jewelry, stage designs, self-portraits, and sculptures.

2005   232 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300109191
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Modigliani
Beyond the Myth



Modigliani is one of the greatest—and most misunderstood—painters of the twentieth century. This groundbreaking book takes a revisionist look at Modigliani and his work from a variety of perspectives, including his Jewish heritage.

2004   256 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300102642
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New York
Capital of Photography



[this version for general photography market]

This beautifully illustrated book examines how photographers chronicled New York throughout the twentieth century. Ranging from the street photographers led by Alfred Stieglitz in the early 1900s to members of the New York School in mid-century and more self-conscious contemporary artists such as Nan Goldin, these photographers reveal th...

2002   208 pp.
Paper ISBN: 9780300094459
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Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from The Jewish Museum
A Catalogue Raisonné



The Jewish Museum’s collection of 1,022 Hanukkah lamps and menorahs is the most extensive in the world and reveals the beauty and diversity of these beloved traditional objects. This beautiful book showcases the Museum’s entire collection, presenting lamps crafted over the last five centuries from a variety of cultures and continents.

2005   416 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300106237
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Luminous Art
Hanukkah Menorahs of The Jewish Museum



This book showcases a magnificent array of more than 100 Hanukkah menorahs from the collection of The Jewish Museum in New York. Ranging across centuries and continents, the lamps shed light on the Jewish tradition that produced them.

2004   256 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300103878
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Masterworks of The Jewish Museum


Published on the hundredth anniversary of The Jewish Museum, this magnificent book celebrates centuries of Jewish culture and history, presenting masterworks from the Museum’s renowned collection.

2004   256 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300102925
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