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National Gallery of Art Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals, Mo Willems

Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals

Mo Willems
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

Lovers of books and aspiring young readers📖: Join us for a reading of “Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” by Mo Willems tomorrow in our East Building Atrium at 10 a.m.✨ All ages are welcome to this bilingual gathering offered in English and Spanish👉🏽 https://t.co/fEL9jYFM0R https://t.co/ZE1YtC3cwM

Board Book, 2017

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Paintings, James McNeill Whistler

Paintings

James McNeill Whistler
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

Models are also artists. Joanna Hiffernan is the iconic “woman in white” featured in many of James McNeill Whistler’s renowned paintings. Yet, many are unaware of her contributions to his work... https://t.co/z6JHR04Ucz

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Book Cover for: Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice, Peter Humfrey

Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice

Peter Humfrey
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

Don’t miss your chance to immerse yourself in these galleries in “Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice;” currently on view in our West Building through this Sunday. 📍 Plan your visit 🔎👉🏽 https://t.co/4PNE9AfSmV

Hardcover, 2022

$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Divine Comedy: All 3 Books in One Edition - Inferno, Purgatorio & Paradiso, Dante Alighieri

Divine Comedy: All 3 Books in One Edition - Inferno, Purgatorio & Paradiso

Dante Alighieri
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

A new show opens in our West Building on 4/9: “Going through Hell: The Divine Dante.”🔥 The show will explore the seminal influence of Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy” connected to 20 works from our collection. #DanteDay Plan your visit, if you dare👉🏽 https://t.co/5ASsVw3jJY

Paperback, 2020

$16.60$8.30 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Samuel Fosso: Autoportrait, Samuel Fosso

Samuel Fosso: Autoportrait

Samuel Fosso
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

📷 Samuel Fosso, “Self-Portrait (as Liberated American Woman of the ’70s),” 1997, printed 2003, chromogenic print, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Nina and Michael Zilkha, 2004.809. © Samuel Fosso, Courtesy Jean Marc Patras Galerie, Paris

Hardcover, 2020

$85.00$60.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell, Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell

Dante Alighieri
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

A new show opens in our West Building on 4/9: “Going through Hell: The Divine Dante.”🔥 The show will explore the seminal influence of Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy” connected to 20 works from our collection. #DanteDay Plan your visit, if you dare👉🏽 https://t.co/5ASsVw3jJY

Paperback, 1950

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

While you may recognize this composition from the cover of Ottessa Moshfegh’s “My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” the fascinating history behind the painting may surprise you. ⬇️

Paperback, 2019

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900, James Meyer

The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900

James Meyer
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

This will make you double take🧐. Unlike the women standing in front of the photo, Rashid Johnson’s work is not actually of twins but of one man, doubled. On view in “The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900” through October 31. https://t.co/4dkZZuVdte

Hardcover, 2022

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Book Cover for: Mark Rothko, Christopher Rothko

Mark Rothko

Christopher Rothko
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

🖼 Mark Rothko, "Woman with violin," 1933/1934, Watercolor, 18 x 11 in., Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.559. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Hardcover, 2022

$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: London: The Metamorphosis, Anna Keen

London: The Metamorphosis

Anna Keen
National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of Art

One of these photographers was Anna Fox, who had a keen eye for social criticism in the workplace. This project by Fox is called “Work Stations” and it’s a commentary on the stress and alienation of London office work in the late 80s.

Hardcover, 2020

$37.95$18.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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