Amy Bessone (8 results)

Softcover, unpaginated; as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 270 x 215mm. pp. 64. English text. Catalogue for an exhibition of paintings by Amy Bessone held at the David Kordansky Gallery in New York from the 8th of September to the 13th of October 2007. Colour illustrations. Bound in original light brown card covers with purple lettering. Light bumping to corners, otherwise clean. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining.…

Hardback. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. 22 x 28cm 100pp near fine hardback exhibition catalogue, has a Simon Lee gallery sticker on the inside front board. Has an essay by Bob Rennie: 'Bessone & Houseago' together with colour reproductions of the sculptures and paintings. French text.

Poster, measuring 17 x 11 inches; very good condition; machine folded 2 times into 4 sections; a mailed copy with address and postal marks on rear. Will be mailed folded.

Condition: Good. 4to. [40 pp.] Soft Cover. Very Good. Staple binding. Light shelf wear. Color Plates. Provenance: From the collection of the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA. In 2003, Norton, the founder of Norton Utilities, became the chairman of the board of MoMA PS1.

Paperback. Pictorial wraps with black and white lettering; unpaginated; richly illustrated. "Amy Bessone (born 1970) is an American contemporary visual artist based in Los Angeles. Bessone studied at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, Parsons Paris School of Art and Design in Paris, and Barnard College in New York City." -- website. VG(Wraps show minor shelfwear; pages are clean; binding is solid).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. British sculptor Thomas Houseago recalls the expressive figures of classical Greek sculpture and Picasso's cubism in his monstrous statues and masks. His artistic influences include Picasso, Giacometti, Surrealism and rock album covers. American painter Amy Bessone depicts porcelain figurines blown up to monumental size that subvert the very image of the collectible. Her sensual female nudes, through their treatment and brushwork, invoke Picasso and Matisse yet remain entirely anti-modernist. This publication is the first to explore the artistic duo's collaborative treatment of the figure through the lens of popular culture and art history.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Exhibition Catalog. Stapled booklet : 14 x 18 cm. Unpaginated; b/w and color prints throughout. Fine. Book.