Vienna Secession Books

The definitive monograph of Oehlen's work to date. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, each signed by Albert Oehlen. Also available: An Art Edition limited to 100 copies, each signed by the artist and accompanied by an original artwork. Often wryly funny and just as smart, Albert Oehlen’s paintings play the medium for all it’s worth and then some. After realizing that the so-called death of painting freed him to explore "the number of aspects through which one could expand painting," Oehlen started work on a wide variety of figurative and non-objective offerings, in what he has called his "post-non-figurative" art. The artist continuously challenges himself, setting up rules that force him to overcome convention and his own routine in order to arrive at a satisfying image. During his career he has chosen to paint in primary colors only or in gray, to integrate mirrors into his canvases, or to start on computer paintings when the first PCs became available. In his most recent work Oehlen expands painting through the use of advertising posters whose in-your-face aesthetics he transforms with subtle brushwork. Never without a touch of tongue-in-cheek humour, his work seems to be winking at us as it dares us to change the way we perceive an image. This XL monograph covers the entire Scope of Oehlen’s oeuvre: Roberto Ohrt discusses the early years, when Oehlen came into his own alongside Kippenberger, Bu¨ttner, and others, part of a scene that broke rules in art and rock music. Klaus Kertess examines the years from 1988 onwards, when Oehlen saw himself more self-consciously as a painter and started his first abstract works, then continued to probe the limits of the medium. Martin Prinzhorn and John Corbett...

A fresh and unconventional approach to exploring 6,000 years of art history through 800 masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Featuring more than 800 artworks from the ...

A spectacular, visually rich monograph on one of the most visionary architecture firms of the 21st century led by 2016 Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena Elemental, based in San...

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Vols 1-V, Third Ed. Brown leather with gilt spines, leather and marbled boards. Marbled end papers, yellow edges. Includes: Vol. 1, Third...

A scarce vintage book featuring the creations of the 20th century's top interior designers. When first published Decoration was already an impressive book, with its excellent colour photography, top-quality interiors and stellar cast of designers. It is now a decorating classic and is much sort after. The book's aim is to illustrate how to mix both traditional and contemporary elements in an interior. It does this through text and illustrations of an international selection of homes, owned and decorated by the likes of Francois Catroux, Valentino, David Mlinaric, David Hicks, Alberto Pinto, Charles...

Two leather bound volumes published in Dublin, Ireland in the mid 1700's. The Journals of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland from the Eleventh Year of King James the Fir...

15 Volumes. William Shakespeare. The Plays. With corrections & Illustrations of various commentators to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Fourth Edition Wi...

The ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 1954 Vol 2 and 1956 Vol 1 Vol 2 Set of 3 Books. Each book stamped: "Malcolm Forbes Esqu." see picture attached. Probably from the estate of the Library of...

8 Vols. Edward Gibbon. The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire Plus The Memoirs of The Life of Gibbon. Bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, crest on...

1. Vol. M. Rostovtzeff. The Social & Economic History of The Roman Empire. Bound in full blue calf, top edged gilt, raised band, marbled endpapers, illustrated. Published: Oxford, Cl...

Gardner's Art through the Ages. by Fred S. Kleiner (Author), Christin J. Mamiya (Author), Richard G. Tansey (Author)11th Edition. In the mid 1920's a teacher at The School of the Art...

This is a pair of antique reference books 'The Treasury of Botany' by Samuel Maunder. Published in English by Longmans, Green & Co of London, in the Victorian period, dated 1884. F...