Alexandra Barcal (68 results)

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First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 173 pages. Monograph on Swiss artist Lill Tschudi. Features text in English and German with a foreword by Dr. Linda Schadler and an essay by Alexandra Barcal. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations, list of previous exhibitions, and other biographical information. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued.…

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Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. No Jacket, As Issued. 112 pages 50 illustrations in color. Preface by Linda Schädler. Text is in German and English. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich 1 April-28 June 2020. List of Works. Biography.

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Hardback. Condition: New. The short intermezzo between the Great War and World War II and especially the "roaring twenties" with their a thrill of speed were a period of radical social change and artistic development, and of vibrant metropolitan life and. Born into a merchant family in the Swiss mountain canton of Glarus, Lill Tschudi (1911-2004) moved to London in 1929 to educate herself at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art. She flourished in the imperial capital and soon gained wide recognition for her bold and often colourful modernist linocuts. In the Anglo-Saxon world her reputation as an accomplished printmaker has lasted and her works continue to fetch good prices at auctions in Britain and Australia. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art holds some 120 of her prints in its permanent collection, while she has until to date never been distinguished with a solo exhibition in a public museum in her native Switzerland.This book, published to coincide with the first such display at Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, features some 50 of her unique linocuts. Designed as a proper picture book, it shows her refined and expressive compositions with their captivating narrative in full-page plates, which are supplemented by informative essays.Text in English and German.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The internationally famous Swiss artist Franz Gertsch will celebrate his 90th birthday in 2020. The Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, which has a long-standing relationship with the artistand which is one of the most important presentation locations for his printed works, is taking advantage of this occasion as a reason for an exhibition and a bibliophile jubilee publication.In addition to his portraits, which are now counted amongst theicons of Swiss art, Gertsch is famous for his captivating landscapes. Less anchored in general awareness are his outstanding early works from the 1940s to 1950s, and it is on these that the volume focuses. Together with the artist, groups of themes were chosen from his collection and the stocks of the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich. Colour proofs which have been produced during the printing of his incomparable monochrome worlds round out this publication for art lovers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The short intermezzo between the Great War and World War II and especially the "roaring twenties" with their a thrill of speed were a period of radical social change and artistic development, and of vibrant metropolitan life and. Born into a merchant family in the Swiss mountain canton of Glarus, Lill Tschudi (19112004) moved to London in 1929 to educate herself at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art. She flourished in the imperial capital and soon gained wide recognition for her bold and often colourful modernist linocuts. In the Anglo-Saxon world her reputation as an accomplished printmaker has lasted and her works continue to fetch good prices at auctions in Britain and Australia. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art holds some 120 of her prints in its permanent collection, while she has until to date never been distinguished with a solo exhibition in a public museum in her native Switzerland. This book, published to coincide with the first such display at Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, features some 50 of her unique linocuts. Designed as a proper picture book, it shows her refined and expressive compositions with their captivating narrative in full-page plates, which are supplemented by informative essays. Text in English and German. AUTHOR: Alexandra Barcal is deputy head and conservator of 20th and 21st-centruy art at Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich. The Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's collection of prints and drawings, is one of the largest collections in this field in Switzerland, containing some 160,000 high-quality artworks on paper from the 15th century to the present day. SELLING POINTS: . First new book on Swiss artist and printmaker Lill Tschudi for decades . Features some 50 of her unique linocuts . Lill Tschudi enjoys lasting recognition as an accomplished printmaker in the Anglo-Saxon world until the present day and her works fetch good prices at auctions 50 colour illustrations This book celebrates the art of Lill Tschudi, a Swiss artist and printmaker who until the present day is highly regarded especially in the Anglo-Saxon world and whose prints continue to fetch good prices at auctions in Britain, Australia and the US. Text in English and German. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. 2020. Bilingual. Hardcover. . . . . .

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Softcover, 60 pages; in German; as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Condition: New. 2020. Bilingual. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 48 pages. German language. 9.49x0.87x12.99 inches. In Stock.

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hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First. Well-illustrated throughout, mostly in black and white. 196 pages with text in English & German. Tall 4to, white pictorial boards, d.w. (Munich: Hirmer, 2015). First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Published on the occasion of the exhibition. Andy Warhol (illustrator).…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Im Jahr 2020 feiert der international bekannte Schweizer Künstler Franz Gertsch seinen 90. Geburtstag. Die Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich - dem Künstler seit Langem verbunden und einer der wichtigsten Vermittlungsorte seines druckgrafischen Werks - nimmt dieses Ereignis zum Anlass für eine Ausstellung und bibliophile Jubiläumspublikation.Neben den Porträts, die mittlerweile zu den Ikonen der Schweizer Kunst zählen, ist Gertsch für seine berückenden Landschaften bekannt. Weniger im allgemeinen Bewusstsein verankert sind seine herausragenden frühen Arbeiten aus den 1940er- bis 1950er-Jahren - auf diese legt der Band den Fokus. Gemeinsam mit dem Künstler wurden Themengruppen aus seiner Sammlung sowie dem Bestand der Graphischen Sammlung ETH Zürich ausgewählt. Farbproben, die im Verlauf des Drucks seiner unvergleichlichen monochromen Welten entstehen, runden die Liebhaberpublikation ab. 112 pp. Englisch, Deutsch.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Im Jahr 2020 feiert der international bekannte Schweizer Künstler Franz Gertsch seinen 90. Geburtstag. Die Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich - dem Künstler seit Langem verbunden und einer der wichtigsten Vermittlungsorte seines druckgrafischen Werks - nimmt dieses Ereignis zum Anlass für eine Ausstellung und bibliophile Jubiläumspublikation.Neben den Porträts, die mittlerweile zu den Ikonen der Schweizer Kunst zählen, ist Gertsch für seine berückenden Landschaften bekannt. Weniger im allgemeinen Bewusstsein verankert sind seine herausragenden frühen Arbeiten aus den 1940er- bis 1950er-Jahren - auf diese legt der Band den Fokus. Gemeinsam mit dem Künstler wurden Themengruppen aus seiner Sammlung sowie dem Bestand der Graphischen Sammlung ETH Zürich ausgewählt. Farbproben, die im Verlauf des Drucks seiner unvergleichlichen monochromen Welten entstehen, runden die Liebhaberpublikation ab. 112 pp. Englisch, Deutsch.…

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Soft cover. Condition: New. Softcover in stiff wrappers, published in 2012 to accompany an exhibition mounted in Zurich. No marks or flaws; no sign of wear. Illustrated in color. Text is fully in German. Please note that this is not a large book; but it is exquisite. Softcover; 58 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 173 pages. 11.25x9.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 16,5 × 23,5 cm, 592 Seiten, 521 Abbildungen, Broschüre mit Farbschnitt - Als das Künstlerduo Huber.Huber im Rahmen des 150-jährigen Jubiläums der Graphischen Sammlung ETH Zürich mit der Arbeit mit den Sammlungsbeständen beauftragt wurde, führte ihre künstlerische Forschung zu einer vertieften Auseinandersetzung mit dem Konzept des Seriellen in der Kunst. Für die Ausstellung, anlässlich derer diese Publikation erschienen ist, haben die beiden Künstler nicht nur eine harmonische Auswahl aus einer ihrer Serien getroffen, sondern dies auch für vier weitere wichtige Serien aus den Beständen: So trifft Dürers religiöse Symbolik auf profane Motive von Fischli/Weiss, die leichte Geselligkeit der Schwestern Claudia und Julia Müller auf Goyas dunkle soziale Langeweile, und zusammen mit den raffinierten Transformationen von Huber.Hubers Vanitas bilden sie eine Art Collage, deren Scharnier Alltag zu sein scheint.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New (still in shrinkwrap). Mauve & pictorial boards, 72 pp., 56 color illus. Text is in German. Issued in conjunction with a 2014 exhibition of work by Swiss artist Mireille Gros (b. 1954). Includes examples of her graphics, prints, drawings, and much more. With 56 full-color illustrations.…

Softcover. Condition: New, still in shrinkwrap. Pink wraps, French flaps, 60 pp., BW & color illus. Text is in German, and part also in English. Issued in conjunction with a 2012-2013 exhibition held in Zurich, featuring selected works of French-American artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010). With a few introductory essays.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The internationally famous Swiss artist Franz Gertsch will celebrate his 90th birthday in 2020. The Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, which has a long-standing relationship with the artistand which is one of the most important presentation locations for his printed works, is taking advantage of this occasion as a reason for an exhibition and a bibliophile jubilee publication.In addition to his portraits, which are now counted amongst theicons of Swiss art, Gertsch is famous for his captivating landscapes. Less anchored in general awareness are his outstanding early works from the 1940s to 1950s, and it is on these that the volume focuses. Together with the artist, groups of themes were chosen from his collection and the stocks of the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich. Colour proofs which have been produced during the printing of his incomparable monochrome worlds round out this publication for art lovers. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…