Garcia Street Books - Recommended Reading at Garcia Street Books

Recommended Reading at Garcia Street Books

	WRITINGS ON ART: MARK ROTHKO Edited and with an introduction, annotations, and chronology by Miguel Lopez-Remiro. A provocative compilation of both published and unpublished writings from 1934 to 1969 containing a number of revelations about Rothko. 172 pages, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2006.
	THE REVENGE OF THOMAS EAKINS by Sydney D Kirkpatrick. Never before has Eakins's misunderstood life been told with such drama, clarity, and accuracy. 565 pages containing color and black and white illustrations. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2006, $39.95.
	MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MODERN ART: KATHERINE KUH: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH A LEGENDARY CURATOR edited and compiled by Avis Berman. Like John Berger in WAYS OF SEEING, Kuh enables the reader to look at art from a new perspective.This book reveals how and why America became a major force in the contemporary world of art. 314 pages with numerous black and white illustrations, Arcade publishing, New York, 2006, $27.50.
	FROM AVANT-GARDE TO PLURALISM: AN ON-THE-SPOT HISTORY by Irving Sandler. For the first time, the essays of renowned American art historian, Irving Sandler, are assembled, including seminal writings from half a century ago to the present. 292 pages, Hard Press Editions, Lenox, MA, 2006.
	MODIGLIANI: A LIFE by Jeffrey Meyers The first biography to appear on the artist in English in decades, and the only one currently in print. It is well-researched and presents this fascinating artist's rich and tragic life with new insights. 272 pages with black and white illustrations, Harcourt Inc., Orlando, 2006. $27.00
	MATISSE THE MASTER: A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE: THE CONQUEST OF COLOR, 1909 - 1954 by Hilary Spurling John Elderfield states that this is the first serious biography of Matisse and is destined to remain the standard one for a long time. 512 pages with 159 illustrations in text and 24 pages in full color, Knopf, New York, 2006. $40.00