Evening star., 1960-12-11
New Art Books Offer
Handsome Selections

Art lovers who, for lack Of
opportunity to visit museums
In Paris, London, Florence.
Venice. Rome. New York.
Washington. San Francisco
and other great centers. must
look at painting and sculp-
ture second -hand-that is. in
reproduction-have never had
such a fine choice Of picture
books as the publishers offer
this fall.
They are convenient books
for Christmas. even though
to be sure they are, as books
60. expensive. Yet they are
more than handy answers
to gift problems: these are
artistic treasures in their own
right. and though you may
buy in December they are an
unremitting pleasure in May
and the whole year around.
Furthermore. they become
constantly more reliable, and
only a careless and indiffer-
ent publisher-and where
can you find one?-whether
he prints in Europe or this
country turns out a product
that fails to do justice to the
original. Ten years ago, one
might have taken an occa-
sional volume Of reproduc-
tionS to the National Gallery
Of Art or the Corcoran to
check color against paintings
right on the walls. That is
no longer necessary, least
Of all with books of the su-
perlative quality found in the
list below.
A typical example Is
PICASSO'S SKETCHBOOK,
released in early fall by
Harry N. Abrams (S35). In
a limited edition of 800 copies
allotted to this country, it's
q superb facsimile Of 80 re-
productions from a sketch
book dated 1856. The au-
thor Is Georges Boudaille.
There's q second admirable
Picasso: PICASSO IN AN
TIBES, text by Dor de Ia
Souchere and Marianne
Greenwood photographs Of
both the Mediterranean set
ting and the art objects. It's
o handsome Pantheon book
($2O.
From the New York Graphic
Society comes MASTER
PIECES OF GREEK ART
($12.50) with 112 color plates
by Raymond v. Schoder and
text conveniently placed on
facing pages. Among other
outstanding volumes are:
THE ROCOCO AGE. BY
Arno Schoenberger and Hall
dor Soehner, with the COL
laboration Of Theodor Muel-
Ter. (McGraw-Hill; $23.50) A
composite of 18th century
culture.
THE ART OF HENRY
MOORE. BY Will Grohman.
abrams: $50 With IL color
plates among 200 illustra.
tions. A sculptor first known
widely here for his London
underground drawings in
wartime.
THE LITHOGRAPHS OF
CHAGALL. Introduction by
Marc Chagall, notes and cat
alogue by Fernand Mourlot.
translated from French by
Maria Jolas. George Brazil
Ter; $22.50) There are 237 re-
productions. almost a third
Of them in color. Mourlot's
connection with the famed
Mourlot printing house is a
guarantee of quality.
THE DRAWINGS OF JEAN
DUBUFFET. BY Daniel Cor
der. translated from French
by Cecily Mackworth. BRAZIL
Ter: $15D Contains 100 draw
ings.
THE ARTIST IN HIS
STUDIO. Text and photos by
Alexander Liberman, FORE
word by James Thrall Soby.
(Studio Viking; $17.500
Short biographies in word
and picture.
CLAUDE MONET. BY Will
liam c. SeitZ. (Abrams; $50
About so color plates, rs
black -and-whites.
ART TREASURES OF THE
LOUVRE. BY Rene Huyghe.
abrams; $17.50) The pub
Usher labels 1t a portable
Louvre.
THE HISTORY OF SUR
REALIST PAINTING. BY
Marcel Jean. Translated from
French by Simon Watson
Taylor. Grove; $17.5O.) Fas-
cinating account. with first
rate illustrations, OF the tan
talizing modernistic school.
REMBRANDT. BY Claude
Roger-Marx, inspector gen.
eral Of the Ecole des Beaux-
Arts. Paris. SO color plates;