-- by Peter H. Falk. Three big volumes.
An essential bible to collectors, dealers, libraries, and museums. Winner of Art Libraries Society’s highest honor, the Wittenborn Award, and ALA “Outstanding Academic Title of 2000”; three big volumes include all four centuries of American artists: over 65,000 biographies of painters, printmakers, sculptors, illustrators, muralists, miniaturist, portraitists, as well as famous critics, art dealers, museum curators, educators, and collectors; also, over 3,000 samples of artists’ signatures. 3 volumes; 3,750 pages, 8-l/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1999), ISBN 932087-57-4, [299.00]

-- by Mary M. Schmidt, Head Art Librarian Emeritus, Marquand Library, Princeton University. Awarded by the American Library Association as “Outstanding Academic Title of 2000.” This is a guide to every article in every issue of every art magazine that appeared in 19th century America. Includes citations section, containing summaries of magazine articles — more than 27,000 entries — plus an index of authors, artists and other primary subjects, cross-referenced to the magazines. 2 volumes; 1584 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1999) ISBN 932087-56-6, [245.00]

-- by Peter H. Falk, Editor.
Documents 21,750 works from the vital period between the Centennial and the Armory Show. 612 pp., 55 illus., 8-1/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1989) ISBN 9320876-05-1 [89.00]

-- by William I. Homer, Art History Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware. Called the “Strunk & White” for anyone writing about contemporary art or trying to understand contemporary art criticism, this book is the key to the complex vocabulary of modern and postmodern theoretical and critical writing, including glossary. 175 pp., 6 x 9 inches, soft cover (1999) ISBN 932087-58-2, [15.95]

-- by Peter H. Falk, Editor. Celebrates the 100th anniversary of the prestigious Carnegie International exhibition by documenting 29,738 works. This documentation is so thorough that—for the first time ever—the works that were rejected are included as well! A fascinating and valuable record. 650 pp., 8-1/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1998) ISBN 932087-55-8 [89.00]

-- by Peter H. Falk, Editor. Documents 27,600 works shown in the Academy’s 50 annual exhibitions (1901-1950) and its 25 winter exhibitions (1906-1932). Includes a chapter on the history of this important series as well as charts of prize-winners and jurors. 624 pp., 14 illus., 8-1/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1990) ISBN 932087-09-4 [89.00]

-- by Peter H. Falk, Editor.
Documents 24,000 works from the nation’s formative years through the Civil War era.
486 pp., 8-l/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1998) ISBN 930287-03-5 [89.00]

-- by Peter H. Falk, Editor.
Documents 21,900 works from the continuing flowering of American impressionism and the emergence of modernism, up to the Academy’s last annual in 1968. 544 pp., 38 illus., 8-1/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1989) ISBN 932087-07-8 [89.00]

-- by Peter H. Falk, Editor. Documents 56,700 works from 166 exhibition catalogues of the American Annual, the Chicago Annual, and the Watercolor Annual. The primary media are oils, watercolors, pastels, prints, miniatures on ivory, and the various media of sculpture. Includes a chapter on the history of this important series. 1,117 pp., 11 illus., 8-1/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1991) ISBN 932087-11-6 [149.00]

-- by Clark Marlor. Documents over 27,300 works by 6,860 artists; many names and dates cannot be found in any other book. SIA was an important secessionist group formed in New York just after the famous Armory Show. 610 pp., 11 illus., cloth (1984) ISBN 930250-63-4 [64.00]

-- by Janice Chadbourne, et al. Over 145,000 entries by 3,000 artists. Includes a chapter on the history of this important series as well as catalogue list and the club's floor plans. 480 pp., 30 illus., 8-1/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1991) ISBN 930287-18-3 [64.00]

-- by Peter H. Falk, Editor. Documents 13,249 works. Includes a chapter on the history of this important series as well as list of the catalogues. 472 pp., 30 illus., 6 x 9 inches, cloth (1991) ISBN 930287-12-4 [64.00]

-- by Mary Smart & Adina Gordon. The first biography as well as the first catalogue raisonné of one of America’s most important sculptors. Foreword by Prof. William H. Gerdts. Catalogue raisonne by Adina Gordon of 116 sculpture and 109 paintings. Profusely illustrated. 342 pp., 209 illus., limited edition, cloth (1997) ISBN 930287-52-3 [89.00]

-- by Peter H. Falk. During the 1930’s, Braguin was an illustrator for Vogue and later became the magazine’s art director. In his private life, he was an abstract painter who cultivated a unique iconography and employed rough geometric shapes and seductive pastel hues. The Life and Art of Simeon Braguin, by Peter Hastings Falk, was published in 2004 by the Institute for Art Research and Documentation in conjunction with the Yale University Art Gallery for exhibitions at Spanierman Gallery, New York, and Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach and New York. 64 pp; 64 illustrations with 38 in color. . If you are interested in buying this book, it is available through www.spanierman.com

-- by Peter H. Falk. Monograph and exhibition catalogue, retrospective at the White Plains Museum, January 1988. An American founding member of two important secessionist groups of the Germany avant-garde. 32 pp., 39 illus. (4 color), 8-1/2 x 11 inches, paperback (1987) ISBN 932087-00-2,

-- by Peter H. Falk. Monograph and exhibition catalogue, retrospective at the Adirondack Center Museum, 1989. Wayman Adams’ best student, Jackson painted bold Post-Impressionist landscapes of the 1960’s to early 1980’s. 32 pp., 39 illus. (10 color), 8-1/2 x 11 inches, paperback (1989) ISBN 932087-08-6,

-- by Peter H. Falk. Monograph and exhibition catalogue, memorial exhibition at the John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, 1989. One of American’s great pioneers in surrealism during the 1930’s. Very low in supply...about to become out-of-print. 16 pp., 53 illus., 8-1/2 x 11 inches, paperback (1989) ISBN 932087-10-8 [15.00]

-- by Alexander Katlan. Comprehensive research on all U.S. stretcher patents, 1849-1949. Plus, all support materials thoroughly examined with hundreds of illustrations. Also includes directories of the 19th century art suppliers of Philadelphia and Baltimore. 544 pp., 6 x 9 inches, cloth (1992) ISBN 932087-19-1 [64.00]

The first comprehensive examination of the history, conservation, and treatment of gilded wood. By a team of 36 international experts. Profusely illustrated. 432 pp., 280 illus. (32 color), 8 -1/2 x 11 inches, cloth (1992) ISBN 932087-21-3 [89.00]