Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

The Trees of the Cross. Wood as Subject and Medium in the Art of Late Medieval germany.

Bryda, Gregory C.: · 2023

€76.50 ($84.32 | £63.82 | ¥13,464)

06 2023, (21,5 x 27,9 cm), 224 pp. English, 124 colour ills. + 34 b/w. ills., hardcover. A revelatory exploration of wood’s many material, ecological, and symbolic meanings in the religious art of medieval Germany. “A rewarding study that is full of new insights.”—Jeremy Warre...

Mark Rothko. Paintings on Paper.

ROTHKO - Greenhaigh, Adam: · 2023

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,680)

10 2023, (22,2 x 27,9 cm), 200 pp. English, 124 colour ills. hardcover. A revelatory exploration of Mark Rothko’s paintings on paper that transforms our understanding of a preeminent twentieth-century artist. Mark Rothko (1903–1970) is renowned for his towering abstract pain...

Murakami. Unfamilair People - Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego.

MURAKAMI - Allen, Laura W. & Hiroko Ikegami & Masako Shiba & Takashi Murakami · 2023

€49.95 ($55.05 | £41.67 | ¥8,791)

09 2023, (20,3 x 30,4 cm), 144 pp. English text, 120 colour ills. + 4 gatefolds, hardcover. This fresh look at artist Takashi Murakami takes on the “monstrous” themes of rampant consumerism, human fallibility, and the perils of life in the digital fast lane, in works from the ...

The early Venetian paintings in Holland.

Os, H.W.van, J.R.J. van Asperen de Boer, a.o.: · 1978

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Maarsen 1978, 168 pp. English text, 90 ills., ppb. The 39 paintings singled out in this book for intensive study are a small but precious fragment of the art storehouse of Holland.

Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture.

Kehoe, Marsely L.: · 2023

€142.00 ($156.51 | £118.47 | ¥24,993)

07 2023, (17 x 24 cm), 244 pp. English, numerous ills., hardcover. Interrogating Dutchness and the Golden Age. We all look to our past to define our present, but we don’t always realize that our view of the past is shaped by subsequent events. It’s easy to forget that the Dutc...

Les Annees Fauves. En collaboration avec le Musee d’ Art Moderne de Paris.

Hergott, Fabrice & Jacqueline Munck · 2023

€39.99 ($44.08 | £33.36 | ¥7,038)

07 2023, (22 x 24,2 cm), 228 pp. French text, numerous ills. in colour, softcover. La couleur portée à son paroxysme Les cimaises de la Fondation vont se parer de couleurs expressives, de paysages portés au maximum de leur intensité et de tons rehaussés. Comme l'a déclaré Mat...

Turner. The Sun is God.

TURNER - Browm, David Blayney & Leonard Gianadda & Maria Basishaw: · 2023

€39.95 ($44.03 | £33.33 | ¥7,031)

04 2023, (22 x 24,2 cm), 172 pp. Frenc/ English text, numerous ills. in colour, softcover. Turner: The Sun is God explores the artist’s fascination with the vast, humbling forces of nature as well as with the sun, moon and clouds. An unmissable opportunity to view the work of...

Gerard Melder 1693-1754. Eertijds beroemd, thans vrijwel vergeten.

Dumas, Charles: · 2023

€29.50 ($32.51 | £24.61 | ¥5,192)

11 2023, ( x cm), 160 pp. Dutch text, ca. 200 ills., in colour, softcover. De in Amsterdam geboren Gerard Melder (1693-1754) behoort tot een groepje kunstenaars die in de achttiende eeuw alom werd geprezen en tot over de landsgrenzen beroemd was, maar die later zo goed als ge...

Deugd en moraal. De diepere betekenis van zeventiende-eeuwse verhalende voorstellingen.

Wolf, Ineke: · 2023

€29.50 ($32.51 | £24.61 | ¥5,192)

11 2023, ( x cm), 224 pp. Dutch text, ca. 200 ills., in colour, softcover. Dit boek is het resultaat van een boeiende combinatie van ‘klassiek’ iconografisch onderzoek en technisch onderzoek. Dat laatste is opmerkelijk: techniek speelt al ruim honderd jaar een belangrijke rol...

Frans de Wit. Landmarks.

WIT - Drewes, Elsje & Meta Knol: · 2021

€29.90 ($32.96 | £24.94 | ¥5,263)

2021, ( x cm), 224 pp. Dutch text, 300 ills., in colour, softcover. Beeldhouwer Frans de Wit (1942-2004) schiep op 38 plekken in Nederland beelden die in het landschap en ook in onze beleving daarvan zijn verankerd. Het meest beroemd geworden zijn de ‘Klimwand’ en ‘Dubbele sc...

The Eternal Beauty and Luster of Oriental Ceramics

Osaka Collection: · 2012

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,040)

2012, (19,4 x 26,2 cm), 240 pp. numerous ills., hardcover. Exhibition cataloque of the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka Collection in Japan. To celebrate the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka’s 30th anniversary in 2012, this exhibition presents 140 oriental ceramics carefu...

Andy Warhol. Seven illustrated books, 1952-1959

WARHOL - Golden, Reuel & Nina Schleif: · 2023

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

2023, (25 x 34 cm), 288 pp. English, French, German text, full colour ills., hardcover. 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 and suc...

Max Liebermann. Sein Graphisches Werk / The Graphic Work 1876-1923.

LIEBERMANN - Schiefler, Gustav: · 1991

€165.00 ($181.86 | £137.65 | ¥29,041)

1991, 4th edition, (23,5 x 31,1 cm), 288 pp. English/ German text, 365 monochrome ills., hardcover and paper dustjacket. The great German-Jewish artist Max Liebermann was born in Berlin in 1847 and died there in 1935. His art studies began in the 1870s with Ferdinand Pauwels i...

Orfevrerie de la Renaissance et des Temps Modernes. XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles. La collection du musee du Louvre.

Bimbenet-Privat, Michele & Florian Doux & Catherine Gougeon: · 2022

€185.00 ($203.90 | £154.34 | ¥32,561)

11 2022, (24 x 32 cm), 3 volums, 1048 pp., French text, over 2.400 ills., hardcover in decorated slipcase. The Louvre's collection of modern goldsmithing, which includes nearly 900 objects made between 1500 and 1800 in France and Europe, stands out for its exceptional scale. I...

The Handbook of Marks on Chinese Ceramics. (New and revised edition)

Davison, Gerald: · 2021

€195.00 ($214.93 | £162.68 | ¥34,321)

revised edition 2021, (16 x 24 cm), 400 pp. English text., over 4.200 marks., hardbound. Almost 10 years in the making it is the only reference work in any language to deal so exhaustively with the entire range of these very diverse marks. This time, the almost 3,400 individua...

Picasso, magisch keramist.

Booij, Lennart & Isabel Heijne: · 2023

€24.95 ($27.50 | £20.81 | ¥4,391)

10 2023, (20 x 25 cm), 96 pp. Dutch text, ± 60 ills.in colour, softcover. Picasso heeft gedurende zijn hele leven gewerkt met diverse materialen. Hij streefde naar vrije individuele expressie en eigen vormentaal. In de tweede helft van zijn vruchtbare carrière verhuisde Picas...

Vastberaden en Veelbelovend. Max van Dam 1910-1943.

DAM - Jeletich-Visser, Frederike: · 2023

€34.95 ($38.52 | £29.16 | ¥6,151)

10 2023, (22 x 24,5 cm), 192 pp. Dutch text, 120 ill., hardcover Vastberaden en veelbelovend gaat over het leven en werk van de joodse kunstenaar Max van Dam. Max van Dam werd in 1910 geboren in Winterswijk en groeit op in een ‘rood nest’ met aandacht voor maatschappelijke vra...

Kijken naar Picasso.

Karmel, Pepe: · 2023

€44.95 ($49.54 | £37.50 | ¥7,911)

10 2023, (22 x 28,6 cm), 200 pp. Dutch text, 118 ills., hardcover. Pablo Picasso was misschien wel de grootste kunstenaar van de twintigste eeuw. Natuurlijk, er waren anderen die net als hij de richting van de moderne kunst veranderden. Wat hem uitzonderlijk maakt is zijn gave...

Klaus Staudt. Horizonte / Horizons

STAUDT - Goldmann, Renate: · 2016

€49.95 ($55.05 | £41.67 | ¥8,791)

12 2016, (24 x 29,8 cm), 138 pp. English / German, Klaus Staudt (geb. 1932) nimmt seit den 1960er-Jahren eine bedeutende Position in der konstruktiv-konkreten Kunst ein. Für seine Reliefs und Objekte aus Holz oder Plexiglas wählt er die Grundformen Würfel und Quadrat, die er ...

les traveaux d’ hercule, the labours of heracles, die arbeiten des herakles (bibliophile edition).

ZADKINE - Czwiklitzer, Christoph & Jean Cassou & Ossip Zadkine: · 1960

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

1960 (17,8 x 26 cm), some 160 unnumbered pages, French/ English / German, 1 photo, 28 plates, 3 orig.lithographs (signed), one folding, hardcover (blue morroco with gilded blind ills.) in protecting sleeve. Numbered no. 17. A very fine and rare copy. This bibliophile edition p...