About TASCHEN
TASCHEN, founded as a small comic shop in Cologne, Germany, in 1980, is today renowned around the world for publishing ambitious and accessible illustrated books on art, architecture, design, fashion, film, travel, pop culture and sexy subjects. Since our adventure began over 40 years ago, we have always been committed to diversity, innovation, and excellence. Whatever the subject and whatever the price—from $10 to $10,000—we strive to treat every topic with the same respect, and to produce, design, and package each of our books beautifully and uniquely. TASCHEN brande...Read More
Featured Pieces
Christo & Jeanne-Claude. The Gates. Limited signed book & original fabric square
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude, TASCHEN, Wolfgang Volz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Saffron in the City
A colossal installation in New York’s Central Park
February 2005 marked the ephemeral installation of a monumental work of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in New...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Helmut Newton, Baby Sumo, Limited Edition
By TASCHEN, Helmut Newton, Philippe Starck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
BABY SUMO, welcome to the world!
The legendary Helmut Newton SUMO in a spectacular new edition
The Helmut Newton SUMO was overwhelming in every respect: a 464-page homage to the mo...
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Materials
Stainless Steel
Beatriz Milhazes, Limited Edition, Signed Monograph
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tropical abstraction
The colors and concepts of Beatriz Milhazes
In her vibrant works, Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes fuses two very different ways of looking at the world. Her...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
Tom of Finland XXL Book
By TASCHEN, Tom of Finland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In 1998, TASCHEN introduced the world to the masterful art of Touko Laaksonen with The Art of Pleasure. Prior to that, Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, enjoyed an intense c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
Andy Warhol,Seven Illustrated Books, 1952–1959
By TASCHEN, Andy Warhol
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A unique reissue of Warhol’s classic 1950s illustrated books.
In 1950s New York, before he became one of the most famous names of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was already a skilled...
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Andy Warhol, Love, Sex, and Desire, Drawings 1950–1962
By TASCHEN, Andy Warhol
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and intimate addition to the Warhol canon
Well before Andy Warhol’s rise to the pinnacle of Pop Art, he created and exhibited seductive drawings celebrating male beauty. Andy...
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Warhol on Basquiat, the Iconic Relationship Told in Andy Warhol’s Words. Book
By Jean-Michel Basquiat, TASCHEN, Andy Warhol
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s complex relationship captivated the art world then and now. At a time when Warhol was already world famous and the elder statesman of New York ...
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Ellen von Unwerth, Heimat, Limited Edition Signed Book
By TASCHEN, Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Welcome to Heimat
An enchanted trip through Bavaria with Ellen von Unwerth
Ellen von Unwerth’s puckish humor pervades the pages of Heimat, an enchanted tour around Bavaria. The ren...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll. Limited Edition, Signed Book
By Alfred Wertheimer, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“Elvis who?” was photographer Alfred Wertheimer’s response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor publicist asked him to photograph an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis. Little did Wert...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
XXL Japanese Woodblock Prints Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woodblock Wonders
A visual history of 200 Japanese masterpieces
From Edouard Manet’s portrait of naturalist writer Émile Zola sitting among his Japanese art finds to Van Gogh’s met...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
Japanese Woodblock Prints. 40th Ed. Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A visual history of Japanese masterpieces
From Edouard Manet’s portrait of naturalist writer Émile Zola sitting among his Japanese art finds to Van Gogh’s meticulous copies of the Hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
Case Study Houses, The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966, 40th Ed.
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A complete retrospective of the Case Study Houses program.
The Case Study House program is a landmark of American architecture. Its driving force, John Entenza, was a champion of Mo...
Category
2010s Books
Materials
Paper
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