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artists; signatures and monograms, an international directory. Castagno, John. Scarecrow Pr., ©2007 567 p. $225.00 Castagno, a multimedia artist and sculptor and author of other books in the Artists’ Signatures and Monograms series, presents a reference for identifying, authenticating, and verifying signatures and works of wellknown and little-known abstract artists. About 2,300 painters, printmakers, sculptors, and photographers around the world are listed. Monograms and initials, common and alternative surname signatures, symbols, and Cyrillic signatures are included. An additional 1,500 artists whose work bears no signature are listed as well. Information on their nationality, birth and death dates, and sources where the signature was found are included. N6494 2007-367413 1-85177-474-2 Modernism, 1914-1939; designing a new world. Title main entry. Ed. by Christopher Wilk. V & A Publications, ©2006 447 p. $85.00 Wilk (of the Victoria and Albert Museum, England) and fellow contributors delve deep into Modernism, the design concept that bloomed between 1914 and 1939, seeking to pin down the definition of the movement that often eludes scholars. The text dissects film, furniture, advertising, fashion, art, ceramics, transportation, architecture, and photography that demonstrate the characteristics of utopian design or “a clear concept of things” that are part of that definition, as exemplified by the Bauhaus school. Discussion is accompanied by 420 color and b&w illustrations. This book is distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Oversize: 9.7x11.75′′. N6494 2007-927111 978-0-87846-720-4 Shy boy, she devil, and Isis; the art of conceptual craft. Ward, Gerald W.R. and Julie M. Muñiz, MFA Publications, ©2007 183 p. $35.00 (pa) This book accompanies a large exhibition by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston of post-1980 works from the Wornick collection, displaying the contemporary sculpture of 107 artists of the studio craft movement. Fine works in wood, glass, clay, metal, and fiber are accompanied by a writeup on each artist, along with essays exploring postmodernism in studio craft and the creative use of materials and techniques by artists in the collection. Oversize: 11.25x9.5′′. N6512 2007-028435 978-0-300-12252-7 Abstract expressionism and other modern works; the Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.expressionism and other modern works; the Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Title main entry. Ed. by Gary Tinterow et al. Yale University Press, ©2007 214 p. $50.00 Promised more than two decades ago, the Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection of modern art only joined the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently. Published in celebration of that event, this catalogue reproduces images of works by some 50 artists found in the collection, including pieces produced by Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Max Ernst, and Joan Miró. The focus of the collection is on abstract expressionism, but such focus is not exclusive. Each artist is discussed, together with the examples of their work found in the Newman Collection, in individual scholarly essays. N653