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Dora Maar

Edited by Damarice Amao, Amanda Maddox,

and Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska

Richly illustrated with her enigmatic pho-

tographs and lesser-known paintings, this

comprehensive exploration of Dora Maar’s

career is the first to reveal her as an extraor-

dinary and influential artist in her own right.

Uruk

First City of the Ancient World

Edited by Nicola Crüsemann,

Margarete van Ess, Markus Hilgert,

and Beate Salje

English-language edition

edited by Timothy Potts

“A worthy and welcome expansion

of literature on Uruk in English, with a

cornucopia of images... sure to intrigue

almost any 21st-century city dweller.”

—Science

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The Life of Graciela Iturbide

Written by Isabel Quintero

Illustrated by Zeke Peña

“ Quintero and Peña’s biography of Mexican

photographer Graciela Iturbide is far more

than an account of her life... Eye-opening

and masterfully rendered.”

—Booklist 

**STARRED REVIEW**

Finding Dora Maar

An Artist, an Address Book, a Life

Brigitte Benkemoun

Translated by Jody Gladding

“ To follow this mesmerizing interrogation of

a vintage address book is to watch Brigitte

Benkemoun stir to life an ardent, unexpect-

ed, and achingly human Dora Maar.”

—Patricia Albers, author of Joan Mitchell,

Lady Painter: A Life and Shadows, Fire,

Snow: The Life of Tina Modotti

Käthe Kollwitz

Prints, Process, Politics

Edited by Louis Marchesano

Exploring the German printmaker’s most

creative years, this collection examines

Käthe Kollwitz’s sequences of images with

a focus on the tension between making

and meaning.

Out of Bounds

The Collected Writings

of Marcia Tucker

Edited by Lisa Phillips, Johanna Burton,

and Alicia Ritson, with Kate Wiener

“ At a time when there is renewed interest

in the role of the museum, the critic, and

the artistic activist, Tucker’s writing offers a

much needed push to radical change.”

—Hyperallergic

Mesopotamia

Civilization Begins

Edited by Ariane Thomas and Timothy Potts

A rich panorama of ancient Mesopotamia,

from its earliest history to its contemporary

significance.

True Grit

American Prints from 1900 to 1950

Stephanie Schrader, James Glisson,

and Alexander Nemerov

This engaging work examines a rich selec-

tion of early twentieth-century American

prints, which frequently focused on the

crowded, chaotic, and gritty modern city.

Toward a Global Middle Ages

Encountering the World through

Illuminated Manuscripts

Edited by Bryan C. Keene

“ This exciting and handsomely produced

volume offers 22 studies, by an international

team of authors, addressing what a ‘global

Middle Ages’ might mean for the study

of illustrated manuscripts.... Highly

recommended.”

—Choice

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