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Books about Collage & Collage Artists
Note: This list is being annotated as time permits. - JT 2007

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The Art of Assemblage William Seitz. NY, MOMA / 1961 Exhibition Catalog / History / Criticism - The hardbound catalog of one of the most influential exhibitions of collage and assemblage ever to take place in the U.S.

The Art of Collage Gerald Brommer. Worcester, MA, Davis Publications / 1978
Instruction

L'Art du Collage à l’Aube du Vingt et Unième Siècle Pierre Jean Varret. Paris, Editions Artcolle / 2006 Monograph - An examination of what's happening in collage at the opening of the 21st Century. Contains full-page reproductions of works by collage artists world-wide. Text in French.

The Art and Craft of Collage Simon Larbalestier. Chronicle Books / 1995 Instruction

The Art of Handmade Paper and Collage Cheryl Stevenson. Martingale & Co. / 1998
Instruction

The Art of Paper Collage Susan Pickering Rothamel. Sterling Pub. / 2000
Instruction

The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections Nick Bantock, Chronicle Books / 2000
Art / Monograph - In which Nick Bantock reflects on his personal artistic journey.

The Art of Romare Beardon Ruth E. Fine. NY, Abrams / 2003
Monograph

Romare Beardon: Collage of Memories Jan Greenberg. NY, Abrams / 2003 Monograph

Romare Beardon: His Life & Art Myron Schwartzman. NY, Abrams / 1990 Monograph

Peter Blake About Collage Tate / 2000 Exhibition Catalog

Georges Braque, Les Papiers Colles Douglas Cooper et. al.. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris / 1982
Mongraph
/ History / Criticism

Fritz Bultman: Collages Fritz Bultman, William U. Eiland, Donald Windham, Evan F. Firestone. University of Georgia / 1997
Monograph

Collage Herta Wescher. NY, Abrams / 1968
History / Criticism - Volume I of Herta Wescher's intended but uncompleted 2 volume encyclopedic history of collage.

Collage Francis Brow. NY, Pitman Publishing, 1963

Collage Art: The Step-By-Step Guide and Showcase Jennifer L Atkinson. Rockport / 1996
Instruction

Collage & Assemblage Trends & Techniques Dona Meilach. NY, Random House
Instruction

Collage, Assemblage and the Found Object Diane Waldman. NY, H. N. Abrams / 1992
History / Criticism

Collage: A Complete Guide For Artists Anne Brigadier. NY, Watson-Guptill / 1972
Instruction

Collage: A New Approach Jonathan Talbot / 1998
Instruction

Collage Discovery Workshop Claudine Hellmuth, North Light Books / 2003
Instruction

Collage & Found Art Dona Meilach and Elvie Ten Hoor. Reinhold / 1964

Collage Fundamentals Oscar Liebman. NY, Stravon Ed. Press / 1979
Instruction

The Collage Handbook John & Joan Digby. NY, Thames and Hudson / 1985
Instruction / History / Criticism - More than an instructional book, the Collage Handbook provides insights into mid-20th Century collage in the U.S.

Collage: Pasted, Cut and Torn Papers Florian Rodari. NY, Rizzoli / 1988

Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques Harriet Janis. Philadelphia, Chilton Co. / 1962

Collage Sourcebook: Exploring the Art and Technique of Collage Holly Harrison, Jennifer Atkinson, Paula Grasdal, Quarry Books / 2005
Instruction

Collage Techniques: A Guide for Artists Gerald Brommer, Watson-Guptill / 1994
Instruction - The broad range and high quality of the works reproduced in this book make it stand out among the many instructional books listed here.

Collage: The Making of Modern Art Brandon Taylor, Thames and Hudson / 2004 History / Criticism

Collage Unleashed Traci Bautista, North Light Books / 2006
Instruction

Collaged Photographs (Les Photographies Collages) Andre Villers. NY, Nahan Galleries / 1991

Joseph Cornell Kynaston McShine. NY, MOMA / 1980 & subsequent
Monograph / History

Utopia Parkway : The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell Deborah Solomon. Farrar Straus & Giroux / 1997
Monograph / History

Creative Collage Techniques Leland and Williams F&W Publications
Instruction

Digital Collage and Painting: Using Photoshop and Painter to Create Fine Art Susan Ruddick Bloom, Focal Press / 2006 Instruction

Arthur Dove: The Years of Collage Levitine et.al.. College Park, MD, Univ. of Maryland Art Gallery / 1967
Monograph / History

Max Ernst Collages: The Invention of the Surrealist Universe Werner Spies, NY Harry N. Abrams / 1988
Monograph / History

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Max Ernst, Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism William A. Camfield, NY / 1993 Monograph / History

John Evans: Collages John Evans & Robert M. Murdock, Quantuck Lane Press / 2005 Monograph

Great Design Using Non-Traditional Materials
Sheree Clark & Wendy Lyons. North Light / 1996

The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Nick Bantock Chronicle Books / 1994
Art

Juan Gris James Thrall Soby. NY, MOMA / 1958
Exhibition Catalog

History of Collage, Eddie Wolfram. NY, Macmillan / 1975
History / Criticism

Cut with the Kitchen Knife, The Weimar Photomontages of Hannah Hoch Maud Lavin, New Haven, Yale Univ. Press / 1993
Monograph / History / Criticism

Homo Ludens (1 & 2) Friedrich Meckseper. Germany / 1984 & 1987
Monographs / Two carefully designed artist's books focusing on the small (sometimes very small) collage and assemblage works of Friedrich Meckseper. Text in German.

In Defiance of Painting: Cubism, Futurism, and the Invention of Collage Christine Poggi, Yale Univ. Press / 1993 History / Criticism

Introduction To Mixed Mixed Media Michael Wright. Dorling Kindersley / 1995
Instruction

Jazz Henri Matisse (new edition) NY, George Braziller
/ 1992
Monograph

Jess, a Grand Collage, 1951-1993 Auping, Bertholf, Palmer. Buffalo Fine Arts Academy / 1993
Monograph

Layers: Contemporary Collage from St. Petersburg Russia Alla Efimova, Olessya Turkina, Victor Mazin, Jo Anna Isaak. Art Publishers / 1996
Monograph

Living Into Art: Journeys Through Collage Lindsay Whiting. Paper Lantern, 2008 An in-depth look at the Sonoma Collage Studio artists and their works.

Manual of Graphic Techniques, 1 Tom Porter and Bob Greenstreet. NY, Scribners / 1980
Instruction

Henri Matisse: Paper Cut-Outs Jack Cowart. St. Louis / Detroit, The St. Louis Art Museum & The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1977 Exhibition Catalog / Monograph

The Cut-Outs of Henri Matisse John Elderfield. NY, Braziller / 1978
Monograph

Mixed Media Collage Holly Harrison. Quarry Books, 2007 Instruction

New Ways in Collage Mary Mayer & Mary Webb. NY, Van Nostrand Reinhold / 1973
Instruction

Fred Otnes: Collage Paintings Jill Bossert / 2003 Monograph / Excellent reproductions of nearly fifty years of the technically and aesthetically groundbreaking collages of Fred Otnes.

Pasted Paper: A Look at Canadian Collage 1955-1965 Linda Milrod. Agnes Etherton Art Center, Kingston, Canada: 1979
History / Criticism

Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism William Rubin, NY, MOMA / 1989
Exhibition Catalog / History / Criticism - An examination of the relationship of Braque and Picasso which includes a number of the collage paintings of these two artistic explorers.

Principles of Collage Brian French. London, Mills & Boon. / 1969 Instruction

Realistic Collage: Step by Step Michael David Brown, Phil Metzger. North Light Books / 1998
Instruction

Kurt Schwitters John Elderfield. NY, Thames & Hudson / 1985
Monograph

Kurt Schwitters Werner Schmalenbach. NY, Abrams / 1970
Monograph

The Collages of Kurt Schwitters: Tradition and Innovation Dorothea Dietrich. Cambridge Univ. Press / 1995
Monograph

Kurt Schwitters Merzbau: The Cathedral of Erotic Misery Elizabeth Burns Gamard. Princeton Arch. Press / 2001
History / Criticism

42 Merzgedichte: In Memorian Kurt Schwitters Jackson Mac Low Barrytown Ltd / 1999

Alexis Smith Richard Armstrong. NY, Whitney Museum, Rizzoli / 1992
Monograph

Act Like Nothing's Wrong: The Montage Art of Winston Smith Winston Smith, Last Gasp / 1994 Monograph

Soul Collage: An Intuitive Collage Process Seena B. Frost, Hanford Mead / 2001 Process / Psychology

Surrealist Collage in Text and Image: Dissecting the Exquisite Corpse Elza Adamowicz, Cambridge University Press / 2005
History / Criticism

Lenore Tawney: Signs on the Wind-- Postcard Collages Lenore Tawney, Holland Cotter, George Erml, Pomegranate / 2002 Monograph

Twelve American Masters of Collage Andrew J. Crispo & Gene Baro. NY, Andrew Crispo Gallery / 1977
Exhibition Catalog

Une Semaine de Bonté Max Ernst, NY, Dover / 1976
Art - A surrealistic novel by artist Max Earnst which consists only of collasges made from old engravings (no text).

Urgent 2nd Class Nick Bantock, Chronicle Books / 2004 Monograph

Watercolor & Collage Workshop Gerald Brommer, NY, Watson-Guptill / 1986
Instruction

You Go First Arturo Herrera, Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. / 2004 Monograph





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