Books from Scheidegger & Spiess
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Karl Bodmer, 1809-1893: a Swiss artist in America
By Nordamerika Native MuseumIn May of 1832, Swiss artist Karl Bodmer (1809–93) set out with Maximilian Prince of Wied, a German aristocrat and scientist, on a 28-month journey along the Ohio and Missouri...
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Dada Africa: Dialogue with the Other
By Esther Tisa Francini, Ralf Burmeister, Michaela OberhoferThe book features work by Jean Arp, Hugo Ball, Johannes Baader, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, Erich Heckel, John Heartfield, Hannah Höch, Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Janco, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Rudolf Schlichter, Man Ray, Hans Richter, ...
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Mostly Books
By Anne Hoffmann"With this book, Anne Hoffmann looks back on her thirty years as a designer.
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Félix Vallotton: Idyll on the Edge
By Christoph Becker, Linda SchädlerThe Swiss painter Félix Vallotton (1865–1925) and his artworks were uniquely poised to embrace both the dawn of modernism and the fading light of the post-impressionist and symbolist movements. Lavishly...
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Soviet Design: From Constructivism to Modernism 1920-1980
By Kristina Krasnyanskaya, Alexander SemenovThe book demonstrate that, while often discredited as monotonous, the work of designers, architects, and manufacturers behind the Iron Curtain, in fact, comprises a remarkable variety of original styles
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Alberto Giacometti, die Skulpturen in Gips
By Ernst Scheidegger, Christian KlemmAccompanied by a personal essay exploring his twenty-year friendship with the sculptor, Ernst Scheidegger presents photographs taken at Giacometti's family home in Switzerland and his Paris studio documenting the sculptor's...
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Félix Vallotton: Idyll on the Edge
By Christoph Becker, Linda Schädler, Félix VallottonThis stunning volume forges a new understanding of landmark paintings from an especially fertile period in art history and the fascinating artist behind them.
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Traces of a Friendship: Alberto Giacometti
By Ernst ScheideggerAlberto Giacometti (1901-66) is inarguably one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century. Immensely gifted and prolific, Giacometti gave physical expression to his twin obsessions of the human form...
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Friends: Expressionism from the Swiss Mountains
By Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Groninger MuseumErnst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) lässt sich 1918 in Davos nieder, wo er in der ersten Hälfte der 1920er Jahre von verschiedenen jüngeren Künstlern aufgesucht wird. Die Auseinandersetzungen mit dem bedeutenden...
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Chandigarh 1956: Le Corbusier and the Promotion of Architectural Modernity
By Maristella CasciatoOne of the most ambitious undertakings of legendary architect Le Corbusier was the complete design of Chandigarh, the capital of the Indian state of Punjab. In the 1950s, Ernst Scheidegger...