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The Harari Collection of The followrng are also available:

Japanese Paintings and Drawings for World Revolution
Russia: An Architecture
Edited by J. Hillier El Lissitzky
The Harari Collection of Japanese paintings and drawings is the most important in Translated by Eric Dluhosch
Lissitzky was one of the pioneers of
private hands in Europe and won great acclaim when exhibited early in 1970 at the the modern movement in architecture
Victoria and Al,bert Museum. Whereas most collectors of Japanese art have specialised and design and this important book
in colour-prints or illustrated books, the late Ralph Harari confined himself to the more deals with the utopian projects that
difficult field of original paintings and drawings, and aimed to cover most aspects of the )t-lere envisaged as the outcome of the
country's pictorial art fr.am about 1600 onwards. Because of a personal bias, there is a revolution in the 'heroic' period of
strong emphasis on genre and Ukiyo-e, or 'Floating World' pictures, and the works Soviet Communism. 63s
of many of the major Ukiyo-e artists, from the primitives to the last great master, Programmes and Manifestoes on
Yoshitoshi, are represented. Hokusai, the best known and most versatile of the popular Modern Architecture
Edited by Ulrich Conrads
school, has been of paramount interest, and the collection of paintings in kakemono, Translated by Michael Bullock
screen and fan form, and of drawings of immense variety by this artist is probably the Seventy statements by leading
most considerable in the world outside the great national,collections in Washington, international architects spanning the
Boston, Tokyo and London. first sixty years of this century chart
249 illustrations (55 in colour). Two-volume set complete with slipcase £21 the crucial ideas that have come to
influence the way in which architects
and planners think about the
Pre-Columbian Mexican Miniatures environment and the way in which
Anni Albers they build. 501:l
Since their first visit to Mexico more than thirty years ago, the distinguished artist and David Hockney
teacher Josef Albers, and his wife, have formed an outstanding collection of pre­ Paintings, prints and drawings
Columbian miniatures in stone, terra cotta and metal. None of the pieces is more than 1960-1970
A hardbound version of the
three inches high, and the entire collection fits easily into a hat. Yet despite their small catalogue to the exhibition at the
size, the pieces are finely detailed and expressive, an(! hav!al, in enlargement, a monu­ Whitechapel Art G.allery in May 1970.
mental quality, as is revealed by the photographs of John Hill. Professor Michael D. All known paintings since 1960 have
Coe of Yale University contributes an illuminating account of the role of these been catalogued, all thaprints and an
miniatures in the cultures of Mesoamerica, and Ignacio Bernal, Director of the National extensive selection of drawings. With
Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico, has written a foreword. illustration·s and an interview with the
artist this provides a useful mono­
168 illustrations. 84s graph on an important younger artist
Art and Society· with an international reputation.
228 illustrations (14 in colour). £3
The human phenomenon known as art has countless forms and arises from equally Early Ming Wares of Chingtechen
varied impulses. Film, photo, television and advertising, for example, have found their A. D. Brankston
natural place alongside the fine arts. Furthermore, as Marcel Duchamp observed, 'the A re-issue with some additions,
onlooker is as important as the artist. In spite of what the artist thinks he is doing, including a contribution by Soame
Jenyns, of the classic work first
something stays on that is completely independent of what he intended, and that issued in Peking in 1938. The publica­
something is grabbed by society-if he's lucky .... ' The meaning and nature of this tion remains a key study of Chinese
interaction is the key to an understanding of the relationship between art and life. It is ceramics.
explained in this series of illustrated books based on exhibitions mounted .by the 44 plates. £5 10s
Welsh Arts Council and concerned with key themes-war, work, worship, sex, etc. The Nabis and their period
Taken individually each book sets out to be a coherent exploration of its chosen theme. Charles Chasse
Taken together the aim of the series is to show how art (as a social activity rather than The first systematic account in
English of the group of brilliant
· a solely aesthetic or expressive one) reflects, interprets and supports man's concept of painters who flourished in Paris in the
himself and the significance of his role in the world. War by Ken Baynes (35s) and 1890s (among them Bonnard, Vuillard,
Work by Ken Baynes and Alan Robinson (42s) are the first two volumes in the series. Serusier, Denis). 54 illustrations
The Complete Sculpture (6 in colour). 70s
Principles of neo-plastic art
of Barbara Hepworth 1961-1969 Theo van Doesburg
A 'facsimile' version with substitute
Edited by Alan Bowness English text of an original Bauhaus
Another addftion to the series of Lund Humphries monographs on leading British book.
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artists. This one fully documents the output of the last decade in the work of Barbara 28 illus. 42s
Hepworth and includes illustrations of every piece she has produced in this period Painting, photography, film
complete with a catalogue raisonne. There are 16 colour plates and about 150 black and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Another 'facsimile' version with
white reproductions. A limited edition of 150 copies of the work,is also available con­ substitute English text of an original
taining an autolithograph.specially produced for the occasion by the artist. Bauhaus book.
16 colour plates, 150 black and white illustrations. £6 6s. Limited edition £30 100 illus. 50s
Literature on Modern Art 1969 Graphic work from the Bauhaus
Hans M. Wingler
Alexander Davis Presents a conspectus of the work
An illustrated international bibliography containing over 3,500 references to books, produced in the Bauhaus printshop.
articles and exhibition catalogues which appeared in the field of contemporary art 84 illus. £4 4s
during 1969. An invaluable tool for artists, art historians, librarians and students, it is African Stone Sculpture
envisaged that this will become an annual publication. The author is Tutor Librarian at­ Philip Allison
First published study to deal with an
Lanchester Polytechnic. important art form found in only six
112 pages. 45s scattered parts of Africa.
L�nd Humphries 88 illus. 56s

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