Books from Menil Collection
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Lee Bontecou: Drawn Worlds
By Michelle White, Dore Ashton, Joan BanachRanging from her early soot on paper works created using powder from a welding torch to recent drawings in pencil and colored pencil that evoke cosmoses and microcosmic worlds, this stunning book is the first retrospective survey of ...
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Texas Art: An Exhibition Selected from the Menil Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Trustees' Collections of the...
By Alison de Lima Greene, Neil Printz, Marilyn A. ZeitlinTexas Art: An Exhibition Selected from the Menil Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Trustees' Collections of the...
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Winslow Homer's Images of Blacks: The Civil War and Reconstruction Years
By Karen C. C. Dalton, Winslow Homer, Peter H. WoodSketches, drawings, and paintings by the self-taught artist who is considered one of the foremost painters in nineteenth century America.
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Pop Art: U.S./U.K. Connections, 1956-1966
By David E. BrauerPop Art: US/UK Connections 1956-1966 examines the critical transatlantic cultural exchange that led to the decade-long development of classic Pop Art. This publication explores the impact on British and American...
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NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith
By Franklin SirmansNeoHooDoo, a phrase coined by the poet Ishmael Reed in 1970, celebrates the practice of rituals, folklore, and spirituality in the Americas beyond the scope of Christianity and organized religion....
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Silence
By Steve Seid, Toby Kamps, Jenni SorkinOver the last century, many artists and filmmakers have used silence as subject matter and medium, exploring it as symbol, phenomenon, memorial device, and oppressive force. Silence examines the ways...
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Brice Marden: Cold Mountian
By Brenda RichardsonBrice Marden: Cold Mountian
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Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil
By Josef Helfenstein, Laureen SchipsiThe volume is completed by a lovingly illustrated chronology and exhibition history, in addition to bibliographies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.
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Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible
By Tex.), Menil CollectionThis title is the Forrest Bess's first museum retrospective in the United States, offering a fresh look and a better understanding of this curious and complicated artist.
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Agnes Martin: The Nineties and Beyond
By Agnes Martin, Tex.), Menil CollectionAgnes Martin has spent every morning for the past 40 years working in her New Mexico studio, producing square abstract paintings that consist of graphite horizontal lines across fields of...
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Franz Kline: Black & White, 1950-1961
By David Anfam, Tex.), Menil CollectionFranz Kline: Black & White, 1950-1961
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A Piece of the Moon World: Paul Klee in Texas Collections
By Paul Klee, Ileana MarcoulescoA Piece of the Moon World: Paul Klee in Texas Collections