HANANIAH HARARI: A Personal Synthesis

This retrospective examines the work of Harari, now 84, who has developed a highly accomplished, varied body of work that celebrates the human condition and the joy of creation. Harari’s lifelong embrace of variety has both enriched his art and confounded some of his critics. Resisting tidy categorization, Harari has preferred an art that is “inclusive, not exclusive.” He has worked simultaneously in a variety of styles, ranging from Cubism, Constructivism, and Expressionism, to a trompe l’oeil Realism inspired by William Harnett.

PAINTING
1997, 8.5 x 9.5 inches, 36 pp., 29 b&w and color illus.
Softcover, ISBN 1-936489-53-7
code: mon han J-3
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CONVERSION TO MODERNISM: The Early Work of Man Ray

Known as a glamorous and nearly legendary pioneer of Manhattan modernism, a Paris sophisticate and high-style innovator in photography, an alluring Hollywood art world émigré in the 1940s, Man Ray has seldom been thought of as a New Jersey artist. This book delves into his early works, and recalls how his time in New Jersey was seminal in his development as a leading modernist.

PHOTOGRAPHY/CONTEMPORARY ART
2003, 11.2 x 8.5 inches, 261 pp., 205 color and b&w illus.
Softcover, ISBN 0813531489, ISBN-13: 978-0813531489
code: mon conv J-5

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Connecting Generations: Contemporary American Indian Dolls

Connecting Generations documents the accomplishments of four prominent living American Indian doll makers. Their work combines a careful reinterpretation of their rich cultural traditions with new and original ideas that exemplify contemporary American Indian art. Influenced and inspired by their elders, and particularly by mid-19th century and later dolls made by Plains and Plateau Indian women, these artists provide a connection between the past and present, creating masterpieces that transcend both time and place. This book features color images, an introduction, biographies of each artist, annotations on selected works, and a glossary.

DOLL-MAKING/CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS
2003, 10.5 x 8 inches, 30 pp, 14 color photographs
Softcover, ISBN 0-936489-63-4
code: mon gen J-4

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PAUL WEINGARTEN: Recent Work

Paul Weingarten is a contemporary artist with links to the expressionist tradition. In his introductory statement, Montclair Art Museum Director Robert J. Koenig writes, “While he also paints still lifes and portraits, the quintessential Weingarten lies in his landscapes, which are powerful in their buildup of masses, eloquent in their facture, and perhaps most telling of the painter’s state of mind. They are awesome and forbidding in the scale of man to mountain, water or foliage.”

PAINTING
1991, 9 x 9 inches, 10 pp., color and b&w illus.
Softcover, no ISBN
code: mon wein J-6

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PARIS 1900: The “American School” at the Universal Exposition

In the wake of the Spanish-American War, the United States had emerged as a major political superpower: the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900 was the perfect vehicle for Americans to promote all the richness of a vibrant American culture. Paris 1900, edited by Diane P. Fischer, Associate Curator at The Montclair Art Museum, examines the campaign sponsored by the U. S. Department of State to prove the existence of a distinct “American school” of art, responding to earlier French criticism that American art was primarily a reflection of French Art. The McKinley administration’s crusade involved installing paintings which exuded “American character”, such as images of virile men, wholesome women, pristine landscapes, and technologically-supreme cities. The book features more than 140 color and black-and-white illustrations, including works by Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Thomas Eakins.

PAINTING
1999, 8 x 11 inches, 232 pp., 140 color and b&w illus.
Softcover, ISBN 0-8135-2641-8
code: mon 1900 J-1

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AMERICAN TONALISM

American Tonalism: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Montclair Art Museum celebrates Tonalism, an important yet under-acknowledged tendency in late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century American art. In his catalogue essay, Kevin J. Avery writes, “Tonalism was manifested chiefly […] in landscape paintings, executed with soft painterly application and muted color harmonies. Indeed, the emphasis in Tonalism was placed not on representation but on suggestion, the intent being not merely to describe a scene, but to instill a mood in the viewer.” This catalogue from the exhibition features Tonalist paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Montclair Art Museum, including works by Albert Pinkham Ryder, Henry Ward Ranger and George Innes.

PAINTING
1999, 8.5 x 11 inches. 40 pp., 13 color and 33 b&w illus.
Softcover, ISBN 0-936489-58-8 ISBN-13: 978-0936489582
code: mon am J-4

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The Grand Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress

A unique work of art presumed lost by historians for more than a century, this is one of only a handful of surviving moving panoramas. It represents a key bridge between popular and high art of the period, and anticipates the rise of cinema as popular entertainment in the early Twentieth Century. Kevin J. Avery, in his catalogue essay, describes the panorama as a “director’s cut—a slightly altered replica—of an original ‘motion picture’ painted on cloth […] in distemper, the transient water based medium of the theatrical scene-painter.”

PAINTING/PANORAMA
1999, 9.5 x 10 inches, 33 pp., color illus.
Softcover ISBN 0-936489-57-X
code: mon gra J-3

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DONNA BASSIN: The Afterlife of Dolls

In her catalogue essay, Mary Birmingham writes that Donna Bassin “has worked and written extensively on gender, female sexuality, grief and mourning. In “ Donna Bassin: The Afterlife of Dolls”, Donna uses photography to explore issues of childhood, memory and loss. Employing simple pinhole and plastic toy cameras, Bassin photographs dolls, dollhouses and other playthings. The resulting images are often unsettling, with their distortions and hazy focus evoking the ambiguity and impermanence of memory itself.

PHOTOGRAPHY
2003, 8 x 8 inches, 12 pp., color illus.
Softcover, ISBN: 0-936489-64-2
code: mon bass J-6

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JOSEF ALBERS: His Art And His Influence

This catalogue covers two concurrent exhibitions, Albers: His Art, featuring paintings, drawings, and studies by the artist, and Albers: His Influence, featuring the work of twenty artists who studied with him at Yale University. In his catalogue essay, Nicholas Fox Weber writes, “In his famous color courses at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain and Yale, the pupils used colored paper that they cut with scissors. Paint straight from the tube applied evenly and flatly to a rigorous format similarly achieved the goal of showing color performance above all else.” Although this approach reflected his own work, Albers was committed to bringing out the unique artist in each student—a commitment evidenced by the diversity of styles and media of the twenty featured artists.

PAINTING
1981, 9 x 9 inches, 56 pp., color and b&w illus.
Softcover, no ISBN
code: mon alb J-6

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Dr. Jodi And The Top Ten Questions About Art:
A Children’s Guide and Activity Book

This guidebook, designed by Clementine G. Jodi, Ph.D., uses art from the museum’s permanent collection to spark a young reader’s imagination and to get him or her thinking about art. Among the ten questions explored are, “How is art like a mirror?”, “How is art like mathematics?” and “How is art like dreaming?”. In addition to introducing art works (from Edward Hopper, to Romare Bearden, to Robert Motherwell) and encouraging children to experiment with artistic concepts (such as perspective, still life and abstraction), the guide features a glossary of terms.

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY BOOK
1996, 8.5 x 11, 48 pp., b&w illus.
Softcover, ISBN 0-936489-51-0
code: mon dr J-4

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Roy Lichtenstein: American Indian Encounters

One of America's leading Pop artists, Roy Lichtenstein was a master of stereotype. Bringing sophisticated analyses to visual conventions, he had a distinct flair for using irony to exploit past and existing styles. Today, his name is typically associated with whimsical renderings of comic strips and advertisements, paintings marked by their bold colours, prominent black outlines, and patterns of Ben Day dots. Beyond his fascination for icons of popular culture, however, Lichtenstein had a deep appreciation for the objects and images of American Indian culture. This 90 page book explores in detail, and fully illustrates, a virtually unknown collection of his paintings and works which were influenced by his encounters with Native American subjects.
PAINTING/SCULPTURE
2005, 8 x 11 inches, color and b&w illustrations
Softcover, ISBN 081353738X, 9780813537382
code: mon roy J-2

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Reflecting Culture: The Evolution of the American Comic Book Super Heroes

Featuring over 200 comic books and original comic art, this exhibition catalogue traces the ways in which comic books have reflected national events, aspirations, and attitudes. It includes sections on comic book super heroes created during the Depression and New Deal era, the Cold War era of conformity and censorship, and the sociopolitical change of the 1960s and 70s; it also includes a section on American Indian super heroes, and concludes with “Super Heroes at Ground Zero”, exploring the impact of the 9/11 crisis. Featured alongside the many color images are essays by Michael Uslan, Patterson Sims, and Twig Johnson.

COMIC BOOKS/POPULAR CULTURE
2007, 8 x 11 inches, 68 pp, color images
Softcover, ISBN 978-0-936489-62-9
code: mon super J-2

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Splendid Heritage: Masterpieces of Native American Art from the Masco Collection

The objects featured in this exhibition catalogue are drawn from one of the most impressive collections of Native American material in private hands today. Grouped into four chronological periods that illustrate the pattern of contact between Native Americans and Europeans and the pattern of settlement from the East Coast to the West, the objects are also characterized by culturally- and regionally- specific use of color, material and design. Woodland natives, for example, wore clothing and accessories close to the body so they wouldn't snag on trees and plants, while Plains tribes—living in vast, open spaces—wore long fringe on their clothing, and used large, bold designs that could be recognized from a distance. Color images are supported by informative essays.

NATIVE AMERICAN ART
1995, 8 x 11 inches, 92 pp, color images
Softcover, no ISBN
code: mon her J-2

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Three Hispanic American Masters

This small exhibition catalogue features work by artists of three different generations, all from the region of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean: Dario Suro (Dominican Republic), Roberto Estopiñan (Cuba), and Juan Sánchez (Puerto Rico, raised in Brooklyn, NY). In addition to black-and-white and color images, the book contains an essay comparing the three artists’ work.

CONTEMPORARY ART
1992, 8 x 9 inches, 48 pp, color images
Softcover, no ISBN
code: mon hisp J-1