Publications 1985-2007

From the founding of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in 1941, its publications program has been an integral part of the Museum’s mission. Since then, over one hundred books have been published, providing an enduring, visible record of exhibitions and the permanent collection. Titles published since 1985 are listed below. For ordering information, please contact jescoto@sbmuseart.org, call 805.884.6473, or fax 805.966.6840.

Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted. Fully illustrated catalogue, published by SBMA in association with Editorial Turner de México. 464 Pages. 215 color images. Published on the occasion of the first major U.S. exhibition of Tamayo's work in nearly 30 years, curated by Diana C. du Pont with Juan Carlos Pereda, Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted offers a comprehensive view of the artist's work throughout his life, accompanied by eight wide-ranging essays featuring fresh new readings from top scholars. This detailed study of Tamayo's creative methodology is the most complete book on the artist to be published in more than 10 years.

First Seen Portraits of the Worlds Peoples 1840-1880. By Kathleen Stewart Howe, introduction by Carla Williams, 2004. 205 pp. 171 photographs.  Drawn from the collection of The Wilson Centre for Photography in London, this publication offers an extraordinary collection of nineteenth-century images highlighting the first known photographs of peoples and races, classes, and ranks on nearly every continent.   $39.95 soft cover.

Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond by Agustín Víctor Casasola, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Pete Hamil, 2003. Hardcover Only: 224 pages, 155 black and white photographs. The publication includes images as well as essays by Pete Hamill, Sergio Raul, and Rosa Casanova, and is available in the SBMA store.$50

 

Ruth Harriet Louise and Hollywood Glamour Photography
Hardcover and softcover editions. 285 pp. 6 color and 97 duotone illustrations. Essay by Robert Dance and Bruce Robertson. Two appendices, bibliography, index. 2002. Copublished by University of California Press. $35 soft / $65 hardcover
 

 

Margrethe Mather & Edward Weston: A Passionate Collaboration
Hardcover, 153 pp. 91 color and 29 b/w illustrations. Essay by Beth Gates Warren. Bibliography, index. 2001. Copublished by W.W. Norton & Co. Received Benjamin Franklin Award, 2002. $39.95

Risking the Abstract:  Mexican Modernism and the Art of Gunther Gerzo (soft and hardcover) 
El Riesgo De Lo Abstracto:  El Modernismo Mexicano Y El Arto De Gunther Gerzso (hardcover only) 
335 pages 122 full-color plates, over 300 text illustrations, Diana C. Du Pont with contributions by Luis-Martin Lozano, Cuauhtemoc Medina and Eduardo De La Vega Alfaro.  2003. $48 soft / $65 hardcover

 
Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato's Photographs of China
Hardcover and softcover editions. 186pp. 149 color and b/w illustrations. Essays by David Harris and Lyman Van Slyke. Appendices, bibliography, index. 1999. Distributed by the University of California Press.
soft cover $29.95, hard cover $129.99
 
An Eclectic Focus: Photographs from the Vernon Collection
Hardcover and softcover editions. 155 color and b/w illustrations. Introduction by Karen Sinsheimer; tributes by Michael Wilson, Mike Weaver and Anne Hammond, and Dale W. Stulz. Checklist, list of photographers. 1999. $29.95 soft / $39.95 hardcover
 
Carved Paper: The Art of the Japanese Stencil
Hardcover and softcover editions. 233pp. Over 340 color and b/w illustrations. Edited and introduction co-written by Susan S. Tai. Essays by Susanna Campbell Kuo, Richard L. Wilson, and Thomas S. Michie. Glossary, bibliography, appendices, index. 1998. Distributed by Weatherhill, Inc. $72.00
 
Santa Barbara Collects/Impressions of France
Softcover. 128pp. 70 color and 21 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Robert Henning. Essay and catalogue entries by Eric M. Zafran. Bibliography. 1998. $24.95
 
Revealing the Holy Land:
The Photographic Exploration of Palestine

Hardover and softcover editions. 144pp. 84 color and 8 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Nitza Rosovsky. Essay by Kathleen Stewart Howe. Maps, chronology, biography, bibliography, index. 1997. Received Certificate of Merit, Bookbuilders West 1998 Book Show. Distributed by University of California Press. $29.95
 
A Painter's Paradise:
Artists and the California Landscape

Hardcover and softcover editions. 96pp. 64 color and 10 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Robert Henning. Essays by William H. Gerdts and Gloria Rexford Martin. Bibliography. 1996. $24.95
 

Dressed in Splendor:
Japanese Costume 1700-1926

48 pages. 10 color and 51 b/w illustrations.  Merrily A. Peebles with an essay by Tomoyuki Yamanobe. 1987. $9.95

 
Sacred Gifts: Precolumbian Art and Creativity
Softcover. 56pp. 13 color and 41 b/w illustrations . Foreword by Robert Henning. Essay by Dr. Jeanette Peterson. Bibliography. 1994. $16.95

 
Excursions Along the Nile:
The Photographic Discovery of Ancient Egypt

Hardcover and softcover editions. 176pp. 106 color and 9 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Karen Sinsheimer. Essay by Kathleen Stewart Howe. Map, appendices, bibliography, index. 1994. One of four books shortlisted for the Krazsna-Krausz Book Award in London. Distributed by University of New Mexico Press. $65
 
Le Chat Noir:
A Montmartre Cabaret and its Artists in Turn-of-the-Century Paris

Softcover. 56pp. 14 color and 45 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Robert Henning. Essay by Armond Fields. Biographical references, bibliography, index. 1993. Distributed by University of Washington Press. $14.95
 
In Dialogue:
The Art of Elsa Rady and Robert Mapplethorpe

Softcover. 16pp. 3 color and 9 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Paul N. Perrot. Essay by Diana C. du Pont. Bibliography, checklist. 1993. 
 
 

Discoveries:
French Masterpieces from Saint-Etienne
Softcover. 32pp. 13 color and 15 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Paul N. Perrot. Preface by Robert Henning. Introduction by Bernard Ceysson. Essays by William Kloss and Philip Conisbee. Checklist. 1992.

 
Watkins to Weston:
101 Years of California Photography 1849-1950

Softcover. 192pp. 112 b/w illustrations. Essays by Thomas W. Fels, Therese Heyman, David Travis, and Derrick Cartwright. Biographical references, map, bibliography, index. 1992. Copublished by Roberts Rinehart Publishers. $22.95
 
Standing in the Tempest:
Painters of the Hungarian Avant-Garde 1908-1930

Hardcover and softcover editions. 240pp. 85 color and 115 b/w illustrations. Essays by István Deák, Steven A. Mansbach, Julia Szabo, John E. Bowlt, Kriztina Passuth, and Oliver Botar. Selected bibliography, map, comparative chronology, checklist, index. 1991. Distributed by MIT Press. $24.95
 
America in Art:
Fifty Great Paintings Celebrating Fifty Years

Softcover. 112pp. 50 b/w illustrations. Essay by William Kloss with contributions by Jacqueline Smalley, Eleanor Tufts, and Richard V. West. 1991. $10.95
 
Fabled Cloths of Minangkabau
Softcover. 56pp. 23 color and 16 b/w illustrations. Essay by Drs. Anne and John Summerfield. Map, annotated checklist, bibliography, glossary. 1991. $13.95
 
 
Comrades and Cameras:
Photographs from Latvia and Other Soviet Republics

Softcover. 48pp. 44 duotones. Foreword by Thomas Fels. Essay by Glen Serbin. Artist biographies, checklist. 1991. $5.95
 
Turning the Tide:
Early Los Angeles Modernists 1920-1956

Softcover. 168pp. 60 color and 60 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Richard West. Introduction by Barry Heisler. Essay by Paul J. Karlstrom, artists' biographies by Susan Erlich. Bibliography, checklist. 1990. Distributed by University of New Mexico Press. $34.95
 
Inner Natures:
Four Contemporary Painters; Michael Kessler, Brenda Goodman, Mary Hambleton, and Gregory Amenoff
Softcover. 40pp. 15 color plates. Essay by Nancy Doll. Artist biographies and bibliographies. 1990. $10
 
The Charged Image:
French Lithographic Caricature, 1816-1848

Softcover. 188pp. 8 color and 210 b/w illustrations. Essays by Beatrice Farwell and Stuart L. Kadison, 210 catalogue entries. Bibliography. 1989. Distributed by University of Washington Press. $49.95
 
 
Orbis Pictus: The Prints of Oskar Kokoshka, 1906-1976
Softcover. 104pp. 83 b/w illustrations. Foreword by Richard V. West. Essays by Jaroslaw Leshko, Count Bethusy-Huc and E.H. Gombrich. 1987. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
 
  Regionalism: The California View
Softcover. 88 pp. 18 color and 55 b/w illustrations. Essay by Susan M. Anderson. Selected bibliography. 1988.
 
  Figurative Impulses: Five Contemporary Sculptors (Heidi Fasnacht, Mark Lere, Scott Richter, Judith Shea, Mia Westerlund Roosen)
Softcover. 40 pp. 5 color and 14 b/w illustrations. Essays by Nancy Doll. Artist biographies, checklist. 1988.
 
  The William A. Gumberts Collection of Canaletto Etchings
Softcover. 102 pages. 49 b/w illustrations. Essay by Burr Wallen. 31 extended entries, selected bibliography. 1987.
 
  Diverse Directions: A Collector's Choice. Selections from the Charles Craig Collection
Hardcover. 88 pp. 28 color and 54 b/w illustrations. Section introductions written by Robert Henning, Dorie Reents-Budet, Susan S. Tai, Barry M. Heisler, Nancy M. Doll. Checklist. 1987.
 
  Old Master Drawings from the Collection of John and Alice Steiner
Softcover. 239 pp. 125 b/w illustrations. Senior editor Alfred Moir. 1986.