Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Collecting is the road to Happiness

                       
Albert, Kotin, Predators, 1951


Giorgio Cavallon, Untitled, 1974-75
 
Conrad Marca-Relli, Untitled, 1958





Fine Art Books 


 Readers’ opinion:   Amazon.com
 Almost Perfect - Very Important! Amazon.co
 Best and Most Complete Study of The NY School to Date!        ArtBusines.com opinion 
  Artchive.com opinion   


 CHOICE CURRENT REVIEWS FOR ACADEMIC  LIBRARIES  February 2001:  "The book is unique; it can be used as a reference for artists' biographies, for exhibition documentation, or as the history of  a specific artistic movement. Highly recommended. General readers; undergraduates through faculty."     Ed. by Marika Herskovic, ISBN: 0967799406  New York School Press, 2000. Hardcover with jacket, 12 x 9 inches,  176 full-page color art reproductions, printed in Germany,  393 pages, indexes. 265 artists are documented.


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 OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE ~ CHOICE, 2003 "This excellent publication builds on the earlier [above] publication. It has broadened the scope to include artists from throughout the US, rectified...omission of African American artists...and concentrated  
 on 88 artists...excellent layout and superb photographs.
"Highly recommended"
 ~ CHOICE,
 CURRENT REVIEWS FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES July/August 2003.


2005 WRITERS NOTES BOOK AWARD, April 19, 2005

"Herskovic overviews American abstract expressionism with this hefty volume of plates. Beyond the names you'll immediately recognize (Pollack,  De Kooning, Gorky, etc.) this alphabetically arranged set takes a fair and complete look, including commentary from the artists.... We like Kline's ideas on size and space and also when De Kooning says, "spiritually I am wherever my spirit allows me to be." American Abstract should be a  fixture in libraries and the homes of the lovers of the form."
                                 
 "Researchers will seek out this well designed selection."

 ~Library Journal August 2003.




Ed. by Marika Herskovic, ISBN: 0967799414. New York School Press 2003;Hardcover, 12x9 inches,372 pages, 176 full page color reproductions, printed in Germany. 


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CHOICE CURRENT REVIEWS FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES, January 10, 2010
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Libraries supporting both studio and art history programs at the lower undergraduate and above; general readers." ~ CHOICE 






 




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