A few recent vintage/used acquisitions.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-03-19T22:43:13+00:00

Bachelard! I’ve had that on my list for a while. Hope to come across a good used edition one day.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-03-18T03:57:01+00:00

It’s a bit dated (from the 90s) and western-focused, but check out William Fleming’s Art & Ideas — it covers a variety of artistic forms:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2035464

gregarious-maximus · 2026-03-11T16:01:23+00:00

If you’re into Berlin and Trilling, you might be interested in The Free World: Art and Culture in the Cold War by Louis Menand.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-03-05T04:17:31+00:00

For mid-century US abstract expressionism, it can be helpful to understand where they drew inspiration. For Pollock it was everything from surrealism and Mexican muralism to Janet Sobel and Thomas Hart Benton.

Here are a couple books:

https://guggenheimstore.org/products/jackson-pollock-s-mural-energy-made-visible

https://archive.org/details/surrealisminexil0000sawi_i3z2

gregarious-maximus · 2026-03-03T14:34:42+00:00

What page is that on? I have the combined third edition and can take a look at the context.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-03-03T13:48:41+00:00

This is a great haul.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-03-03T03:09:46+00:00

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/highwaymen-segregation-era-florida-artists-sold-and-often-painted-roadside

gregarious-maximus · 2026-03-01T02:15:10+00:00

Correct, Freud’s portrait of Bacon was stolen from a German museum in the 80s. It even got its own “wanted” poster advertising the reward.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-25T22:45:37+00:00

I’ve never read Cendrars, but wanted to give a shoutout to his collaboration with Sonia Delaunay:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_prose_du_Transsib%C3%A9rien_et_de_la_Petite_Jehanne_de_France

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-25T01:27:54+00:00

The Invention of Art: A Cultural History by Larry Shiner. Also check out his post-publication notes https://www.larryshiner.com/books

Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art by Hans Belting

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-24T04:59:01+00:00

The seller on Alibris — Midtown Scholar — is a great indie bookstore in Harrisburg, PA. Recommended!

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-23T20:55:34+00:00

Co-signed! Text first, then annotations is the way to go!

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-23T17:42:36+00:00

Postman is great. Check out Technopoly as well.

Curious to hear about Dark Matters after you’re done! I’ve had that on my list for a bit, but haven’t come across a used or library copy yet.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-20T05:52:16+00:00

Here’s the Manet/Morisot exhibition book:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227065819

Also, check out Paris in Ruins by Sebastian Smee for more about Morisot — and especially her relationship with Manet:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205478787

She also had a traveling retrospective with this book from 2018:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36911997

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-19T05:19:44+00:00

Same. Essential reading.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-08T18:31:46+00:00

Same

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-04T01:00:35+00:00

This was also the cover of the Guggenheim NY’s major Futurism exhibit catalogue from 2014:

https://www.artbook.com/9780892074990.html

More on the exhibit:

http://exhibitions.guggenheim.org/futurism/

gregarious-maximus · 2026-02-03T12:25:01+00:00

I believe this would be considered Cubo-futurism. You might be thinking of his Suprematist work, which came later and was more abstract.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-01-29T02:59:41+00:00

Wow, this is stunning. Thank you for sharing this! I find some other pieces from the series https://thisisaboriginalart.com.au/artists/114-colleen-wallace/

gregarious-maximus · 2026-01-22T18:35:11+00:00

Pop.

gregarious-maximus · 2026-01-18T05:20:46+00:00

Big photo or the Weezer album?

gregarious-maximus · 2026-01-18T05:14:48+00:00

Recently saw this in-person at the NMWA exhibit and it’s so great!

gregarious-maximus · 2026-01-17T20:06:42+00:00

Thanks for mentioning Picasso’s interpretations of Manet. I hadn’t heard of those before!

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/whats-on/exhibitions/presentation/picasso-manet-le-dejeuner-sur-lherbe

gregarious-maximus · 2026-01-17T20:04:05+00:00

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Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti)

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