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Routledge Revivals
Shakespear's Pound: Illuminated Cantos : Illuminated Cantos
by Lund Humphries
Hardcover, Published 2021 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-63402-2, ISBN: 1-138-63402-6

"This title was first published in 2000. In the late 1930s, Ezra Pound planned an edition of the "Cantos" to be illustrated by his wife, artist Dorothy Shakespear. She created the designs, but due to Pound's involvement with Fascist propaganda, the edition was never published. This volume presents them in a limited edition based on a selection of pages from the "CAntos." The selection has been made by Omar Pound, the son of Dorothy Shake ..."






Alan Davie and David Hockney
Early Works
by Eleanor Clayton, Helen Little, Clayton Little, Lund Humphries
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2020 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-375-2, ISBN: 1-84822-375-7

"Encountering the work of Alan Davie (1920-2014) at Wakefield Art Gallery in 1958, a young David Hockney (b.1937) was struck by Davie's landmark Abstract Expressionist paintings, which mirrored and stimulated his own fledgling experimentation with colourful abstraction. Juxtaposing the remarkable early work of two greats of post-war painting, this book provides an original perspective on an important aspect of two significant artistic ca ..."






Studio Voices
Art and Life in 20th-Century Britain (Hardback)
by Michael Bird, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2019 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-230-4, ISBN: 1-84822-230-0

"Studio Voices explores the multi-layered experiences of modern and contemporary British artists in their own words, drawing on the author's original research in the Artists' Lives audio archive at the British Library."






Ben Nicholson
Writings and Ideas
by Lee Beard, Dr Lee Beard, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2019 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-241-0, ISBN: 1-84822-241-6

"Throughout his life, Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was a prolific and creative writer. Correspondent to many, his unpublished letters, selected and extracted here for the first time (along with published writings), reveal fascinating insight into significant events and encounters at various stages of the artist's career, while also demonstrating how Nicholson's aesthetic was interwoven into every aspect of his daily life. Including previous ..."






New Museum Practice in Asia
Public Purpose and Engagement
by Caroline Lang, John Reeve, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2018 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-256-4, ISBN: 1-84822-256-4

"There is currently an explosion of museum and heritage activity across Asia, especially in China, where audience development and public education have been made a government priority area for museums. In some Asian countries such as Singapore and Korea public participation is already well established. As yet, this is little documented and reviewed for a wider audience in Asia and beyond. This practical handbook examines and critiques th ..."






Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain
by Eleanor Clayton, Emily Riddle, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2018 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-272-4, ISBN: 1-84822-272-6

"Lee Miller (1907–1977) moved to London in the late 1930s, just as a rich strand of Surrealist practice was burgeoning in Britain. Miller was central to its development and prolonged life after World War II, exhibiting alongside British Surrealists such as Eileen Agar and Henry Moore in often overlooked London exhibitions. This book is the first to present Lee Miller’s photographs of, and collaborations with key British Surrealists along ..."






Art Business Today
20 Key Topics (Handbooks in International Art Business)
by Iain Robertson, Jos Hackforth-Jones, Lund Humphries
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2017 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-091-1, ISBN: 1-84822-091-X

"Art Business Today: 20 Key Topics is an accessible and comprehensive companion to the business of art written by leading experts in the field, many of them based at Sotheby's Institute of Art. It is an essential reference book for students in the areas of art business, arts management, the creative and cultural industries, art history, and general business and management. The key topics covered range from larger-scale questions about t ..."






Gerald Laing
A Catalogue Raisonné
by David Knight, Michael Findlay, Lyndsey Ingram, Marco Livingstone, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2017 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-210-6, ISBN: 1-84822-210-6

"This is a complete, illustrated catalogue of the painting and sculpture of Pop Art pioneer Gerald Laing (1936–2011), who shot to fame in the 1960s with his large-scale, iconic paintings of film-stars such as Brigitte Bardot and Anna Karina, conveyed in styles and colours that aped the crude but powerful printing processes of mass advertising. In 1964 Laing moved to New York and transformed effortlessly from Pop artist to abstract minima ..."






Fragonard’s Fantasy Figures
by Yuriko Jackall, Carole Blumenfeld, John K. Delaney, Michael Swicklik, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Lund Humphries, Jean-Pierre Cuzin, Elodie Kong, Satish Padiyar
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2017 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-248-9, ISBN: 1-84822-248-3

"Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo style was distinguished by a remarkable facility, exuberance and hedonism. The starting-point for this beautifully illustrated book (and the exhibition which it accompanies) was the discovery in 2012 of a drawing by Fragonard depicting his so-called "fantasy figures." Fragonard’s drawing presents thumbnail-sized sketches relating to 14 of his known " ..."






Sybil Andrews Linocuts(Updated)
A Complete Catalogue
by Dr. Hana Leaper, Mr Gordon Samuel, Lund Humphries, Osborne Samuel
Hardcover, 136 Pages, Published 2015 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-180-2, ISBN: 1-84822-180-0

"Under the inspirational teaching of Claude Flight, Sybil Andrews (1898-1992) found her artistic voice in the form of the linocut - a medium demanding directness and dynamism. Tracing her artistic journey through rural Suffolk, inter-war London and finally provincial Canada, this important publication provides a comprehensive overview of the life and work of a key figure in British art history. Andrews' ambition 'to eliminate non-essenti ..."






Barbara Hepworth(Updated)
The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield
by Ms. Sophie Bowness, David Chipperfield, Frances Guy, Jackie Heuman, Tessa Jackson, Simon Wallis, Gordon Watson, Dame Barbara Hepworth, Lund Humphries
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2015 by Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-085-0, ISBN: 1-84822-085-5

"Newly published in paperback to coincide with the Barbara Hepworth retrospective exhibition at Tate Britain in 2015, this fascinating book combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's surviving prototypes in plaster (and a number also in aluminium and wood), generously gifted to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, with a detailed analysis of her working methods and a comprehensive history of her work in bronze. T ..."






Representing Slavery(Reprint)
Art, artefacts and archives in the collections of the National Maritime Museum
by Dr Douglas Hamilton, Dr Robert J. Blyth, David Richardson, Hakim Adi, Marcus Wood, Professor Geoff Quilley, Paul Lovejoy, Jane Webster, James Walvin, Dr. J. R. Oldfield, Douglas J. Hamilton, Lund Humphries
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2014 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-0-85331-967-2, ISBN: 0-85331-967-7

"Representing Slavery draws on the extensive collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, to offer unique insights into the histories and legacies of slavery, the slave trade and abolition from the mid-16th until the early 20th centuries. Newly available in paperback, the book illustrates and documents a wide range of objects relating to the slave trade, including maps, photographs, pamphlets and official publications, ethnogr ..."






Making Art in Africa(Updated)
1960-2010
by Sir Anthony Caro, Ms Polly Savage, John Picton, Mr Robert Loder, Lund Humphries, Robert Loder
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-151-2, ISBN: 1-84822-151-7

"What does it mean to make art in Africa? In Making Art in Africa, 60 of the continent's leading artists give very different answers to this question through a series of extraordinary first-hand commentaries relating to specific works. The book includes accounts from key curators and co-ordinators, and primary images are considered in the context of contemporary events, personal discoveries, and the networks such as Triangle which have ..."






Uproar(Updated)
The First 50 Years of The London Group 1913-63: The First 50 Years of the London Group 1913-1963
by Rachel Dickson, Denys J. Wilcox, David Redfern, Sarah Macdougall, Wendy Baron, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2013 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-144-4, ISBN: 1-84822-144-4

"Uproar: The First 50 Years of The London Group 1913-1963 offers the first up-to-date overview and critical assessment of The London Group's turbulent early history and an equally important period in British art. Formed in 1913 from an amalgamation of the Camden Town Group and the so-called 'English Cubists' (later Vorticists), The London Group exploded onto the British art scene as a radical alternative to the Royal Academy and the art ..."






Elisabeth Frink(Updated)
Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture 1947-93
by Elisabeth Frink, Ms Annette Ratuszniak, Leo. A. Daly, Arie Hartog, Julian Spalding, Lin Jammet, Michael Morpurgo, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2013 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-113-0, ISBN: 1-84822-113-4

"Elisabeth Frink (1930-93) was a leading British sculptor and printmaker whose work is distinguished by her commitment to naturalistic forms and themes. This new edition of the catalogue raisonne of her sculpture documents her complete sculptural output in a single volume for the first time, and includes new texts by a range of critics and writers.Frink's subjects included men, birds, dogs, horses and religious motifs, and she concentra ..."






Colin Reid Glass Sculpture(Updated)
by Ms Clare Beck, Kathleen Slater, Jennifer Hawkins Opie, Diane C. Wright, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2013 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-137-6, ISBN: 1-84822-137-1

"Colin Reid Glass Sculpture explores the work of internationally renowned contemporary glass artist Colin Reid (b.1953). This richly illustrated monograph, with essays by leading glass experts Jennifer Hawkins Opie and Diane C. Wright, charts the course of Reid s career from an international perspective. An insightful book, beautifully illustrated with 100 images including specially commissioned photography, Colin Reid Glass Sculpture pr ..."






Judy Chicago(Updated)
by Rachel Dickson, Frances Borzello, Alexandra Kokoli, Judy Batalion, Andrew Perchuk, Diane Gelon, Judy Chicago, Donald Woodman, Louise Bourgeois, Helen Chadwick, Tracey Emin, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2012 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-120-8, ISBN: 1-84822-120-7

"Born into a left-wing, politically-active Jewish family in Chicago in 1939, Judy Cohen grew up in household in which human rights and values were issues of principle, and the empowerment of the individual was an imperative rather than an aspiration. This environment, and the untimely death of her father, helped to shape the artist known today as Judy Chicago. A prodigious talent, she was enrolled in art classes at the Chicago Institute ..."






Barbara Hepworth(Updated)
The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield
by Ms. Sophie Bowness, Frances Guy, Tessa Jackson, Jackie Heuman, Sir David Chipperfield, Simon Wallis, Gordon Watson, David Chipperfield, Lund Humphries, Dame Barbara Hepworth
Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2011 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-066-9, ISBN: 1-84822-066-9

"Celebrating the generous gift of Barbara Hepworth's plasters to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, this groundbreaking publication combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's surviving prototypes in plaster, and occasionally aluminium, with a detailed analysis of her working methods and a comprehensive history of her work in bronze. In addition, insights into the building which will be home to the collection are ..."






Reading Photography(Updated)
A Sourcebook of Critical Texts (Art in Context)
by Sri-Kartini Leet, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2011 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-0-85331-976-4, ISBN: 0-85331-976-6

"The relatively new medium of photography has generated, from its inception, intense debate over its merits as an art form. (It was not until late in the twentieth century, for example, that colour photography was accepted in the canon of art historical scholarship.) In "Reading Photography", Sri-Kartini Leet brings together over 100 extracts from writings on different themes in the medium to explore the art of photography. Beginning wit ..."






Ann Stokes(Updated)
Artists' Potter
by Ms Tanya Harrod, Lord Grey Gowrie, Mr Richard Morphet, Hilary Spurling, Tamya Harrod, Lund Humphries
Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2009 by Lund Humphries
ISBN-13: 978-1-84822-007-2, ISBN: 1-84822-007-3

"This is the first full-scale biographical and critical study of Ann Stokes (b.1922), the widow of the art critic Adrian Stokes and a highly unusual potter who creates bold, uninhibited works. Largely self-taught, Stokes took up pottery in the 1960s and immediately attracted interest within the art world - collectors included William Coldstream, Richard Wollheim, John Golding and David Sylvester. The appeal of Stokes' work is plain: her ..."



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