Explore classic Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of Bob Abrams. Divided into six thematic capsule libraries, the sets speak to the diversity within Abbeville’s catalog and highlights Bob’s twin passions of publishing and art collecting. Explore&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/series/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Abrams Family Collection</a>&nbsp;sales

Sotheby’s & Abbeville Press Capsule Libraries

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The&nbsp;International Vanguards Collection&nbsp;is sold as a set of 5 books on art and design, including the following titles: <ul><li>Arman.</li><li>Arman (French-American).</li><li>Jan Van der Marck (Dutch-American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>128 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Komar &amp; Melamid.</li><li>Carter Ratcliff (American).</li><li>Artwork by Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>208 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into Mainstream 1970-85.</li><li>Randy Rosen and Catherine Coleman Brawer.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>300 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>The New Image: Painting in the 1980s.</li><li>Tony Godfrey (English).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1986.</li><li>First edition, second printing, out of print.</li><li>160 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-1968.</li><li>Edited by Sid Sachs and Minioudaki Kalliopi.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2010.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>248 pages.</li></ul>

International Vanguards Collection

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The International Vanguards Collection is sold as a set of 5 books on art and design, including the following titles: <ul><li>Arman.</li><li>Arman (French-American).</li><li>Jan Van der Marck (Dutch-American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>128 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Komar &amp; Melamid.</li><li>Carter Ratcliff (American).</li><li>Artwork by Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>208 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into Mainstream 1970-85.</li><li>Randy Rosen and Catherine Coleman Brawer.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>300 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>The New Image: Painting in the 1980s.</li><li>Tony Godfrey (English).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1986.</li><li>First edition, second printing, out of print.</li><li>160 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-1968.</li><li>Edited by Sid Sachs and Minioudaki Kalliopi.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2010.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>248 pages.</li></ul>

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The&nbsp;Thinking in Three Dimensions Collection&nbsp;is a set of 6 books on sculpture and design, including the following titles: <ul><li>Botero Sculpture.</li><li>Edward J. Sullivan (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1986.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>168 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Alexander Liberman.</li><li>Barbara Rose (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1981.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>Printed and bound in Japan.</li><li>392 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>A Landscape for Modern Sculpture: Storm King Art Center.</li><li>John Beardsley (American).</li><li>David Finn (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.</li><li>First edition, second printing, out of print.</li><li>112 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Earthworks And Beyond: Contemporary Art In the Landscape.</li><li>John Beardsley (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2006.</li><li>Fourth edition.</li><li>240 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Arnaldo Pomodoro.</li><li>Arnaldo Pomodoro (Italian).</li><li>Sam Hunter (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>228 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Minimalism : Art of Contingency.</li><li>Kenneth Baker (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1988.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>144 pages.</li></ul> As anyone who has visited his sculpture-studded property in North Salem knows, Bob Abrams thought about art in three dimensions. The six Abbeville Press titles in this capsule library reflect his lifelong passion for sculpture. They include three artist monographs, on Fernando Botero, Arnaldo Pomodoro, and Alexander Liberman; all are beautiful books, but the Liberman volume is one of the most gorgeous Abbeville ever published, reflecting the exacting eye of its subject, who in addition to being an artist was the legendary editorial director of Conde Nast. Also featured are three surveys:&nbsp;A Landscape for Modern Sculpture, with images of Storm King by the renowned photographer of sculpture David Finn (who also cofounded PR giant Ruder Finn);&nbsp;Earthworks and Beyond, John Beardsley’s seminal study of land art; and&nbsp;Minimalism&nbsp;by Kenneth Baker, longtime art critic of the San Francisco Chronicle (and an aikido master).

Thinking in Three Dimensions Collection

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The Thinking in Three Dimensions Collection is a set of 6 books on sculpture and design, including the following titles: <ul><li>Botero Sculpture.</li><li>Edward J. Sullivan (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1986.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>168 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Alexander Liberman.</li><li>Barbara Rose (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1981.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>Printed and bound in Japan.</li><li>392 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>A Landscape for Modern Sculpture: Storm King Art Center.</li><li>John Beardsley (American).</li><li>David Finn (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.</li><li>First edition, second printing, out of print.</li><li>112 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Earthworks And Beyond: Contemporary Art In the Landscape.</li><li>John Beardsley (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2006.</li><li>Fourth edition.</li><li>240 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Arnaldo Pomodoro.</li><li>Arnaldo Pomodoro (Italian).</li><li>Sam Hunter (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>228 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Minimalism : Art of Contingency.</li><li>Kenneth Baker (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1988.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>144 pages.</li></ul> As anyone who has visited his sculpture-studded property in North Salem knows, Bob Abrams thought about art in three dimensions. The six Abbeville Press titles in this capsule library reflect his lifelong passion for sculpture. They include three artist monographs, on Fernando Botero, Arnaldo Pomodoro, and Alexander Liberman; all are beautiful books, but the Liberman volume is one of the most gorgeous Abbeville ever published, reflecting the exacting eye of its subject, who in addition to being an artist was the legendary editorial director of Conde Nast. Also featured are three surveys: A Landscape for Modern Sculpture, with images of Storm King by the renowned photographer of sculpture David Finn (who also cofounded PR giant Ruder Finn); Earthworks and Beyond, John Beardsley’s seminal study of land art; and Minimalism by Kenneth Baker, longtime art critic of the San Francisco Chronicle (and an aikido master).

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The&nbsp;Photographic Eye Collection&nbsp;is a set of 4 books on photography, including the below titles: <ul><li>A History of Women Photographers.</li><li>Naomi Rosenblum (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2010.</li><li>Third edition, revised and expanded, out of print.</li><li>432 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>New Color/New Work: Eighteen Photographic Essays.</li><li>Sally Eauclaire (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>276 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>L'Amour Fou: Photography And Surrealism.</li><li>Rosalind E. Krauss, Jane Livingston and Dawn Ades.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>243 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>A World History of Photography.</li><li>Naomi Rosenblum (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2019.</li><li>Fifth edition, revised and expanded, in print.</li><li>748 pages.</li></ul> At Abbeville Press, Bob Abrams published not only many distinguished books&nbsp;of&nbsp;photography, but also several important books&nbsp;about&nbsp;photography—volumes that served to sharpen the reader’s “photographic eye.” This capsule library includes two seminal works by Naomi Rosenblum:&nbsp;A World History of Photography, the most ambitious treatment of photography as a branch of art history ever written, and her equally monumental&nbsp;History of Women Photographers.&nbsp;New Color/New Work: Eighteen Photographic Essays&nbsp;surveyed the emerging field of fine art color photography and included portfolios by William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, and other now-legendary names. Finally,&nbsp;L'Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism,&nbsp;originally published as the catalogue of an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery, became a touchstone for a generation of artists and art historians who were ready to embrace the “optical unconscious.”

Photographic Eye Collection

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The&nbsp;Photographic Eye Collection&nbsp;is a set of 4 books on photography, including the below titles: <ul><li>A History of Women Photographers.</li><li>Naomi Rosenblum (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2010.</li><li>Third edition, revised and expanded, out of print.</li><li>432 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>New Color/New Work: Eighteen Photographic Essays.</li><li>Sally Eauclaire (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>276 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>L'Amour Fou: Photography And Surrealism.</li><li>Rosalind E. Krauss, Jane Livingston and Dawn Ades.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>243 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>A World History of Photography.</li><li>Naomi Rosenblum (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2019.</li><li>Fifth edition, revised and expanded, in print.</li><li>748 pages.</li></ul> At Abbeville Press, Bob Abrams published not only many distinguished books&nbsp;of&nbsp;photography, but also several important books&nbsp;about&nbsp;photography—volumes that served to sharpen the reader’s “photographic eye.” This capsule library includes two seminal works by Naomi Rosenblum:&nbsp;A World History of Photography, the most ambitious treatment of photography as a branch of art history ever written, and her equally monumental&nbsp;History of Women Photographers.&nbsp;New Color/New Work: Eighteen Photographic Essays&nbsp;surveyed the emerging field of fine art color photography and included portfolios by William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, and other now-legendary names. Finally,&nbsp;L'Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism,&nbsp;originally published as the catalogue of an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery, became a touchstone for a generation of artists and art historians who were ready to embrace the “optical unconscious.”

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The&nbsp;Photographic Eye Collection&nbsp;is a set of 4 books on photography including the below titles: <ul><li>A History of Women Photographers.</li><li>Naomi Rosenblum (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2010.</li><li>Third edition, revised and expanded, out of print.</li><li>432 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>New Color/New Work: Eighteen Photographic Essays.</li><li>Sally Eauclaire (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>276 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>L'Amour Fou: Photography And Surrealism.</li><li>Rosalind E. Krauss, Jane Livingston, and Dawn Ades.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>243 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>A World History of Photography.</li><li>Naomi Rosenblum (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2019.</li><li>Fifth edition, revised and expanded, In print.</li><li>748 pages.</li></ul> ﻿At Abbeville Press, Bob Abrams published not only many distinguished books&nbsp;of&nbsp;photography, but also several important books&nbsp;about&nbsp;photography—volumes that served to sharpen the reader’s “photographic eye.” This capsule library includes two seminal works by Naomi Rosenblum:&nbsp;A World History of Photography, the most ambitious treatment of photography as a branch of art history ever written, and her equally monumental&nbsp;History of Women Photographers.&nbsp;New Color/New Work: Eighteen Photographic Essays&nbsp;surveyed the emerging field of fine art color photography and included portfolios by William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, and other now-legendary names. Finally,&nbsp;L'Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism,&nbsp;originally published as the catalogue of an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery, became a touchstone for a generation of artists and art historians who were ready to embrace the “optical unconscious.”

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The Photographic Eye Collection is a set of 4 books on photography, including the below titles: <ul><li>A History of Women Photographers.</li><li>Naomi Rosenblum (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2010.</li><li>Third edition, revised and expanded, out of print.</li><li>432 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>New Color/New Work: Eighteen Photographic Essays.</li><li>Sally Eauclaire (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>276 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>L'Amour Fou: Photography And Surrealism.</li><li>Rosalind E. Krauss, Jane Livingston and Dawn Ades.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.</li><li>First edition, out of print.</li><li>243 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>A World History of Photography.</li><li>Naomi Rosenblum (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2019. </li><li>Fifth edition, revised and expanded, in print.</li><li>748 pages.</li></ul> At Abbeville Press, Bob Abrams published not only many distinguished books&nbsp;of&nbsp;photography, but also several important books&nbsp;about&nbsp;photography—volumes that served to sharpen the reader’s “photographic eye.” This capsule library includes two seminal works by Naomi Rosenblum:&nbsp;A World History of Photography, the most ambitious treatment of photography as a branch of art history ever written, and her equally monumental&nbsp;History of Women Photographers.&nbsp;New Color/New Work: Eighteen Photographic Essays&nbsp;surveyed the emerging field of fine art color photography and included portfolios by William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, and other now-legendary names. Finally,&nbsp;L'Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism,&nbsp;originally published as the catalogue of an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery, became a touchstone for a generation of artists and art historians who were ready to embrace the “optical unconscious.”

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. A collection of the children's art book series,&nbsp;How Artists See.<ul><li>Sold as a collection of 3 box sets, with 4 volumes in each.</li><li>Colleen Carroll (American).</li><li>Includes the following&nbsp;How Artists See&nbsp;titles:</li><li>How Artists See: Animals / People / Feelings / Weather.</li><li>How Artists See: Work / Play / Families / America.</li><li>How Artists See: Heroes / Artists / Cities / Elements.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Kids, 2008.</li><li>Hardcovers.</li><li>Illustrated throughout.</li><li>Each set is bound in printed boards and comes in a matching slipcase.</li></ul> How Artists See&nbsp;is a series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children the art of observation and increase their visual literacy. Each volume presents eighteen diverse works of art, all devoted to a subject that children know from personal experience. Author Colleen Carroll’s friendly, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions that promote exploration, self-expression and fun. First published in 2001, this capsule is the complete collection of Abbeville’s&nbsp;How Artists See&nbsp;series, and promotes self-exploration, self-discovery and self-expression in children.&nbsp;

How Artists See Collection

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The&nbsp;American Masters Collection&nbsp;is a set of 6 books on American art, including the following titles: <ul><li>Lichtenstein.</li><li>Lawrence Alloway (English).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1983.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>128 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Jackson Pollock.</li><li>Elizabeth Frank (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1983.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>128 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>George Segal.</li><li>Phyllis Tuchman (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1983.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>128 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into Mainstream 1970-85.</li><li>Randy Rosen and Catherine Coleman Brawer.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>300 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Isamu Noguchi.</li><li>Bruce Altshuler (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1994.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>127 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Audubon's Birds of America: The Baby Elephant Folio.</li><li>Edited by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2023.</li><li>435 color plates by John Ames.</li><li>696 pages.</li></ul> Abbeville Press’&nbsp;Modern Masters&nbsp;series was invented to meet the needs of students and art lovers with a series of affordable monographs on modern and contemporary artists. This type of affordable, standardized series has a long history in art book publishing (for example, Thames &amp; Hudson’s&nbsp;World of Art&nbsp;or the Phaidon&nbsp;Colour Library).&nbsp;Abbeville’s&nbsp;Modern Masters&nbsp;series was distinguished by its unusually high-quality texts from well-known critics and historians, as well as the unusually full apparatus in each volume, which included statements by the artist and notes on technique. Nancy Grubb served as series editor, who worked at Abbeville from the early 1980s to 2000 and had strong contacts with the world of academic art history. Two other texts have been included in this capsule library: Audubon’s&nbsp;Birds of America&nbsp;Baby Elephant Folio and&nbsp;Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream 1970-1985. The Audubon book reproduces all 435 of the brilliant hand-colored engravings derived from the original plates of the rare Double Elephant Folio (lot&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-online-sale/the-birds-of-america" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">530</a>), which was a personal passion project and career highlight for Bob Abrams.&nbsp;Making Their Mark&nbsp;was one of the first survey exhibitions to bring to the forefront the wide range of female artistic production, of which Bob Abrams was a fierce champion.

American Masters Collection

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The American Masters Collection is a set of 6 books on American art, including the following titles: <ul><li>Lichtenstein.</li><li>Lawrence Alloway (English).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1983.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>128 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Jackson Pollock.</li><li>Elizabeth Frank (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1983.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>128 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>George Segal.</li><li>Phyllis Tuchman (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1983.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>128 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into Mainstream 1970-85.</li><li>Randy Rosen and Catherine Coleman Brawer.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>300 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Isamu Noguchi.</li><li>Bruce Altshuler (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1994.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>127 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Audubon's Birds of America: The Baby Elephant Folio.</li><li>Edited by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson.</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 2023.</li><li>435 color plates by John Ames.</li><li>696 pages.</li></ul> Abbeville Press’ Modern Masters series was invented to meet the needs of students and art lovers with a series of affordable monographs on modern and contemporary artists. This type of affordable, standardized series has a long history in art book publishing (for example, Thames &amp; Hudson’s World of Art or the Phaidon Colour Library). Abbeville’s Modern Masters series was distinguished by its unusually high-quality texts from well-known critics and historians, as well as the unusually full apparatus in each volume, which included statements by the artist and notes on technique. Nancy Grubb served as series editor, who worked at Abbeville from the early 1980s to 2000 and had strong contacts with the world of academic art history. Two other texts have been included in this capsule library: Audubon’s Birds of America Baby Elephant Folio and Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream 1970-1985. The Audubon book reproduces all 435 of the brilliant hand-colored engravings derived from the original plates of the rare Double Elephant Folio (lot <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-online-sale/the-birds-of-america" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">530</a>), which was a personal passion project and career highlight for Bob Abrams. Making Their Mark was one of the first survey exhibitions to bring to the forefront the wide range of female artistic production, of which Bob Abrams was a fierce champion.

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The Ultimate Abrams Family Collection&nbsp;is a set of 5 books on art and design, including the following titles: <ul><li>Botero.</li><li>Fernando Botero (Columbian).</li><li>Carter Ratcliff (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1980.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>272 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Goodnough.</li><li>Martin Bush (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>260 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Wesselmann.</li><li>Slim Stealingworth&nbsp;[pseudonym of Tom Wesselmann, American].</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1980.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>320 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality.</li><li>Jean Dubuffet (French).</li><li>Mildred Glimcher (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1987.</li><li>310 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Cobra.</li><li>Jean Clarence Lambert (French).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>English and French edition.</li><li>261 pages.</li></ul> Enter the personal world of Bob Abrams and wife Cynthia Vance-Abrams through the Ultimate Abrams Family Collection capsule library. The monographs selected here relate directly to artworks in the family’s collection as presented for sale this fall at Sotheby’s. Each book has a unique place within Abbeville Press’ history and are the most definitive and comprehensive texts on each artist. Slim Stealingworth’s&nbsp;Tom Wesselmann&nbsp;(1980) was pseudonymously written by the artist himself and includes dual dedications. First, to Harry Abrams, for his profound impact on the artist, and with whom Wesselmann began the journey of publishing this very monograph in the late 1960s; and second, to Bob Abrams, for seeing the project through to production. Two works offered in Sotheby’s sale are illustrated in the monograph (<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-live-sale/great-american-nude-75?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 11</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-live-sale/3-d-illuminated-drawing-nude-1966-for-great?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 12</a>), and Stealingworth sheds light onto Wesselmann’s groundbreaking practice of creating these exact vacuum-formed nudes with crisp clarity.&nbsp; Author and art critic Carter Ratcliff has been a frequent Abbeville collaborator since the house’s founding in 1977. Ratcliff captures the spirit of the prolific Colombian painter, and firmly establishes him within the western art historical canon, of which Botero constantly references in his own work.&nbsp; Bob Abrams continued a tradition, established by his father Harry, of inviting artists to produce hand-painted limited edition covers to celebrate the publication of their latest monograph. One such uniquely hand-painted cover is being offered for sale in September at Sotheby’s (<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-online-sale/painted-book-cover-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 525</a>) and thus the inclusion of Martin Bush’s monograph here is essential. The Abrams family maintained a long friendship with the artist and collected his work in depth. Abbeville Press’ publication of&nbsp;Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality&nbsp;displays Bob’s penchant for collaboration, as the artist himself wrote several important statements on his work and contributed significant text to monograph. The publication accompanied a retrospective of at Pace Gallery (March–June 1987). Finally, throughout their decades-long collecting journey, the Abrams family has paid a significant amount of attention to the CoBRA artistic movement, counting works by Karel Appel, Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn and Lucebert (lot&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-online-sale/prediker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">543</a>) within their collection. These artists directly prefigure the Pop art movement which subsequently defined the Abrams Family Collection, and stands as a testament to the family’s collecting interests as truly being global and without boundaries.

The Ultimate Abrams Family Collection

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The Ultimate Abrams Family Collection&nbsp;is a set of 5 books on art and design, including the following titles: <ul><li>Botero.</li><li>Fernando Botero (Columbian).</li><li>Carter Ratcliff (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1980.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>272 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Goodnough.</li><li>Martin Bush (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>260 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Wesselmann.</li><li>Slim Stealingworth&nbsp;[pseudonym of Tom Wesselmann, American].</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1980.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>320 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality.</li><li>Jean Dubuffet (French).</li><li>Mildred Glimcher (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1987.</li><li>310 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Cobra.</li><li>Jean Clarence Lambert (French).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>English and French edition.</li><li>261 pages.</li></ul> Enter the personal world of Bob Abrams and wife Cynthia Vance-Abrams through the Ultimate Abrams Family Collection capsule library. The monographs selected here relate directly to artworks in the family’s collection as presented for sale this fall at Sotheby’s. Each book has a unique place within Abbeville Press’ history and are the most definitive and comprehensive texts on each artist. Slim Stealingworth’s&nbsp;Tom Wesselmann&nbsp;(1980) was pseudonymously written by the artist himself and includes dual dedications. First, to Harry Abrams, for his profound impact on the artist, and with whom Wesselmann began the journey of publishing this very monograph in the late 1960s; and second, to Bob Abrams, for seeing the project through to production. Two works offered in Sotheby’s sale are illustrated in the monograph (<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-live-sale/great-american-nude-75?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 11</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-live-sale/3-d-illuminated-drawing-nude-1966-for-great?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 12</a>), and Stealingworth sheds light onto Wesselmann’s groundbreaking practice of creating these exact vacuum-formed nudes with crisp clarity.&nbsp; Author and art critic Carter Ratcliff has been a frequent Abbeville collaborator since the house’s founding in 1977. Ratcliff captures the spirit of the prolific Colombian painter, and firmly establishes him within the western art historical canon, of which Botero constantly references in his own work.&nbsp; Bob Abrams continued a tradition, established by his father Harry, of inviting artists to produce hand-painted limited-edition covers to celebrate the publication of their latest monograph. One such uniquely hand-painted cover is being offered for sale in September at Sotheby’s (<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-online-sale/painted-book-cover-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 525</a>) and thus the inclusion of Martin Bush’s monograph here is essential. The Abrams family maintained a long friendship with the artist and collected his work in depth. Abbeville Press’ publication of&nbsp;Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality&nbsp;displays Bob’s penchant for collaboration, as the artist himself wrote several important statements on his work and contributed significant text to monograph. The publication accompanied a retrospective of at Pace Gallery (March–June 1987). Finally, throughout their decades-long collecting journey, the Abrams family has paid a significant amount of attention to the CoBRA artistic movement, counting works by Karel Appel, Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn and Lucebert (lot&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-online-sale/prediker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">543</a>) within their collection. These artists directly prefigure the Pop art movement which subsequently defined the Abrams Family Collection, and stands as a testament to the family’s collecting interests as truly being global and without boundaries.

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/sothebys-&amp;-abbeville-press-capsule-libraries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sotheby's &amp; Abbeville Capsule Libraries</a>&nbsp;present a curated selection of Abbeville Press books from the personal archive of publisher Bob Abrams, in conjunction with&nbsp;Art without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection. The Ultimate Abrams Family Collection is a set of 5 books on art and design, including the following titles: <ul><li>Botero.</li><li>Fernando Botero (Columbian).</li><li>Carter Ratcliff (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1980.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>272 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Goodnough.</li><li>Martin Bush (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>260 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Wesselmann.</li><li>Slim Stealingworth&nbsp;[pseudonym of Tom Wesselmann, American].</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1980.</li><li>First edition.</li><li>320 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality.</li><li>Jean Dubuffet (French).</li><li>Mildred Glimcher (American).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1987.</li><li>310 pages.</li></ul> <ul><li>Cobra.</li><li>Jean Clarence Lambert (French).</li><li>New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.</li><li>English and French edition.</li><li>261 pages.</li></ul> Enter the personal world of Bob Abrams and wife Cynthia Vance-Abrams through the Ultimate Abrams Family Collection capsule library. The monographs selected here relate directly to artworks in the family’s collection as presented for sale this fall at Sotheby’s. Each book has a unique place within Abbeville Press’ history and are the most definitive and comprehensive texts on each artist. Slim Stealingworth’s Tom Wesselmann (1980) was pseudonymously written by the artist himself and includes dual dedications. First, to Harry Abrams, for his profound impact on the artist, and with whom Wesselmann began the journey of publishing this very monograph in the late 1960s; and second, to Bob Abrams, for seeing the project through to production. Two works offered in Sotheby’s sale are illustrated in the monograph (<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-live-sale/great-american-nude-75?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 11</a> and <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-live-sale/3-d-illuminated-drawing-nude-1966-for-great?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 12</a>), and Stealingworth sheds light onto Wesselmann’s groundbreaking practice of creating these exact vacuum-formed nudes with crisp clarity.&nbsp; Author and art critic Carter Ratcliff has been a frequent Abbeville collaborator since the house’s founding in 1977. Ratcliff captures the spirit of the prolific Colombian painter, and firmly establishes him within the western art historical canon, of which Botero constantly references in his own work.&nbsp; Bob Abrams continued a tradition, established by his father Harry, of inviting artists to produce hand-painted limited edition covers to celebrate the publication of their latest monograph. One such uniquely hand-painted cover is being offered for sale in September at Sotheby’s (<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-online-sale/painted-book-cover-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lot 525</a>) and thus the inclusion of Martin Bush’s monograph here is essential. The Abrams family maintained a long friendship with the artist and collected his work in depth. Abbeville Press’ publication of Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality displays Bob’s penchant for collaboration, as the artist himself wrote several important statements on his work and contributed significant text to monograph. The publication accompanied a retrospective of at Pace Gallery (March–June 1987). Finally, throughout their decades-long collecting journey, the Abrams family has paid a significant amount of attention to the CoBRA artistic movement, counting works by Karel Appel, Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn and Lucebert (lot <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/art-without-boundaries-the-abrams-family-collection-online-sale/prediker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">543</a>) within their collection. These artists directly prefigure the Pop art movement which subsequently defined the Abrams Family Collection, and stands as a testament to the family’s collecting interests as truly being global and without boundaries.

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