New Release: The Renegade Housewives of Pop Art: A Memoir of the 1960s by Joan Kron, Artist Robert Indiana
NEW | In the town once known as Ten Swamps, twelve-year-old Ellie walks a precarious line between her warring parents, each armed with their own version of the truth.
Her father’s house is a minefield, with each step potentially dangerous. Her mother’s home stands empty of the brother who vanished without explanation. And the ancient woods that surround them all hold mysteries that have been lurking beneath the surface for generations. When Ellie forms an unexpected friendship with Larry, a peculiar classmate who seems to understand her in ways no one else can, they create a sanctuary in the threatened woods behind her house. But as strange signals call from the trees and unexplained red dots flicker across her television screen, Ellie begins to wonder if the forest is trying to tell her something, something about the town’s forgotten history, or perhaps about Edward, the brother who either escaped or was taken. Nancy Doyne’s Ten Swamps masterfully captures the raw confusion of adolescence, the ache of fractured families, and the magic of discovering a friend who sees the world the way you do. With unforgettable characters and a setting rich in atmosphere, this novel is a poignant exploration of memory, myth, and the choices that define us.
By Nancy Doyne
6” X 9”, 152mm X 259mm
HARDCOVER
200 PAGES
ISBN: 978-1-938461-72-9
NEW | Golden Glass: Verre Eglomisé brings the reader into the glittering world of Miriam Ellner, the foremost practitioner of verre églomisé, the ancient process of gilding precious metals on the reverse side of glass, etching in a design, and setting it off with color.
While it was first developed in 200 BC, Ellner is one its acknowledged modern masters. These seductive materials coalesce to enliven the surface of glass with luminous reflections creating moving glass paintings. She is one of few experts in this rare art form, making it fresh and relevant in the 21st century. Her work enhances private collections and design projects around the world. Beginning her career as a dancer, Ellner brings energy, dynamism, and sense of motion to her art. This book offers stunning views into both Ellner’s process, her personal work, and the way she has worked on commissions with many leading interior designers and architects to create pieces that transform their rooms and bridge the worlds of art, craft, and design. Golden Glass: Verre Eglomisé contains reflections from her collaborators, coupled with hundreds of incredible photographs, as well as Ellner’s own insights into her decades-long practice, journeying into the ethereal world of illumination, reflection, and color.
By Miriam Ellner
10” X 12”, 254mm X 305mm
HARDCOVER
272 PAGES
OVER 200 IMAGES
ISBN: 978-1-938461-63-7
NEW | The heart is one of art history’s most enduring images. For us, the heart is a ubiquitous symbol of devotion, emotion, and romance.
In Heart Art, authors Susan Klein and Cynthia Schaffner give readers a fascinating and often surprising iconographic tour of the heart in modern and contemporary art. With beautiful illustrations throughout, they show how artists use the heart to express their feelings toward the power of love, religious passion, cherished friendship, creativity, and the divine, among many other subjects. From Henri Matisse’s “drawings with scissors” and Alexander Calder’s standing mobiles, to Jim Dine’s straw sculptures and Jeff Koons’ hanging hearts, Heart Art makes for a special addition to anyone’s art history library, or the perfect Valentine’s Day gift.
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By Susan Klein and Cynthia Schaffner
10” X 11”, 254mm X 308mm
HARDCOVER
136 PAGES
OVER 80 IMAGES
ISBN: 978-1-938461-75-0
NEW | Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater: A Coloring Book offers architecture enthusiasts and creative minds a chance to engage with the celebrated site through detailed illustrations, a historical introduction, and informative captions.
Accompanying the 36 detachable black-and-white drawings by David Wallace Crotty are special archival images from the building’s construction to its completion, as well as photographs showcasing Fallingwater’s distinctive interior design, art, furnishings, and surrounding landscape. Fallingwater, standing over a waterfall on the Bear Run stream in Western Pennsylvania, is not just an iconic house but an astonishing work of art. Draw and color along the lines of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece and discover hidden gems along the way.
Architecture / Art
113 Pages
11 x 8.5 inches
ISBN: 978-1-938461-76-7
NEW | This impressive book offers a comprehensive overview of designer and sculptor Eric Schmitt’s work, focusing on the years 2015–2025 while tracing the notable shifts of his practice since the 1980s.
Working primarily with noble materials such as patinated bronze, alabaster, marble, natural stone, and glass, Schmitt blends traditional French craftsmanship with a modern aesthetic to create functional works of art that balance geometry, fluidity, and subtle strength. Written in English and French, the book opens with an introduction by Patrick Mauriès, who charts the development of Schmitt’s artistic influences—from his early fascination with the Creative Salvage movement in the 1980s to his enduring commitment to hands-on fabrication. Organized thematically, the book’s central section explores Schmitt’s creations through chapters such as Cornerstones, Metal & Company, Levitation, and Material Illusions, with opening commentaries by Axelle Corty.
Through stunning photography by Adrien Dirand, readers are invited onto the grounds of Le Chapitre, while Alexandra Babeanu’s text shares the story behind the restored 12th-century farm that serves as Schmitt’s home, studio, and collaborative workshop. The volume concludes with an extensive catalogue raisonné of more than 700 pieces, establishing the book as both a visual archive and an essential reference for collectors, curators, and design professionals. Eric Schmitt portrays the distinguished designer’s multi-faceted practice, one that continues to blur the boundaries between design, sculpture, and architecture.
Eric Schmitt (born in 1955) is a renowned French designer and sculptor internationally recognized for his sculptural, timeless furniture and objects. Self-taught, he began his career creating expressive wrought-iron pieces before evolving toward refined, minimalist forms inspired by nature, architecture, and his upbringing in Poitou, France.
12” X 9”, 304 4/5 mm X 228 3/5 mm
HARDCOVER
408 PAGES
OVER 900 IMAGES
ISBN: 9781938461798
NEW | Mick De Giulio is an American designer and author celebrated for his influential kitchen interiors and product design.
Extending beyond the scope of his previous books, Mick De Giulio: Kitchen First presents the designer’s evolving body of work, revealing how his forward-thinking, holistic approach to design shapes more artful interiors throughout the home. At the core of the book is De Giulio’s belief that in today’s home, the kitchen holds the highest position in the design hierarchy—offering rich opportunities for innovation and often driving the design for the entire residence.
With an intimate look at 12 of his standout projects, the book reveals each space through finely detailed, close-up photography and expansive, full-scale views. Concise, insightful text explores De Giulio’s design process while highlighting the techniques that define his signature approach.
MICK DE GIULIO founded his firm de Giulio design over four decades ago, and has focused its artistry on building new levels of versatility into more dynamic and more serenely shared spaces. With a global project portfolio, he remains devoted to craft and wields an unusual command of detail and materials. His widely celebrated product designs include those for luxury brands SieMatic (Germany), Kallista (a Kohler Company), and Visual Comfort & Co. as well as his own signature products for de Giulio design. His work has been extensively featured internationally in leading design publications including Architectural Digest, Traditional Home, House Beautiful, Interior Design, Architektur & Wohnen, and Ottagono. Mick De Giulio: Kitchen First is De Giulio’s third book.
11.875” X 11”, 301mm X 279mm
HARDCOVER
291 PAGES
OVER 160 IMAGES
ISBN: 9781938461781
$95 USD RETAIL
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NEW | Reveals: Portraits from Five Continents showcases Wendy Newman’s impactful photographs from an expansive journey across global terrains.
Raised in White Plains, New York and shaped by an innate sense of style that led to a decades-long career at Harper’s Bazaar and Prada, Newman ultimately left the fashion industry in pursuit of something more meaningful: an authentic and deep understanding of people and cultures.
Spanning 11 years of global travel, Reveals compiles a remarkable body of portrait photography captured across diverse regions—from Asia and South America to Africa and the Middle East—culminating in Newman’s time in Uganda. Organized into five thematic chapters—Rivers, Mountains, Deserts, Islands, and Jungles—the book utilizes geography as a framework to explore the shared humanity that transcends place.
Newman’s portrait style, guided and influenced by her studies at the International Center of Photography and mentorship from renowned photographers Robert Caputo, Phil Borges, and Steve McCurry, demonstrates her unique ability to connect with strangers in brief, yet meaningful, moments in time.
WENDY NEWMAN grew up in White Plains, New York. She attended Bucknell University and graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She had a long career in the fashion business, beginning as a fashion editor at Harper’s Bazaar, then as the director of Prada US, and later, as the owner of the first store in New York for the shoe designer Christian Louboutin. She began her work as a travel photographer in 2000. Newman lives in New York. This is her first book.
Fall 2026
Photography
ISBN: 9781948799010
144 Pages
9 7/8 x 12 3/4 inches
NEW | In the 1960s, Joan Kron and her friend and business partner, Audrey Sabol, made history, collaborating with an emerging group of artists—Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, George Segal, Jean Tinguely, and Andy Warhol, to name a few.
In 1962, Kron and Sabol presented the first group show of Pop Art on the East Coast, at the YM/YWHA in Philadelphia, beating museums and New York galleries. They also went into business, producing multiples with Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, and Marisol Escobar. Sabol and Kron’s swan song was the Museum of Merchandise; it had a storefront by an unknown named Christo and a trouble-making product for sale by rising star Andy Warhol. All this took place before the pair pioneered art on billboards with Roy Lichtenstein.
A first-hand account and visual history, The Renegade Housewives of Pop Art™: A Memoir of the 1960s, is an inspiring tale of invention and reinvention, relatable to many women. Through never-before-seen documents, Joan Kron’s memoir recounts how she and Sabol became two of the most daring and revolutionary “housewives” of the 1960s. This is a new eyewitness account of the 1960s art scene by one of its last living participants. With wit and verve, Kron shares a collection of personal stories and an extensive, private, photographic archive from her early years in costume design to her mid-and-late-career adventures as a local arts revolutionary and a reporter and editor at prominent New York publications.
Joan Kron was born and raised in New York City. She graduated in costume design from the Yale School of Drama (now the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale) before moving to Philadelphia. As a founding member and head of the YM/YWHA Arts Council, she co-produced several Pop Art exhibitions. In her 40s, she wrote for Philadelphia magazine, New York Magazine, and the New York Times, later joining the Wall Street Journal, where she initiated the fashion beat. She served as editor-in-chief of Avenue magazine, before joining Conde Nast’s Allure, where she created the plastic-surgery beat. She went on to produce and direct the prize-winning documentary film Take My Nose Please! Comediennes and Plastic Surgery. She is the author of several works, including High-Tech: the Industrial Style and Source Book for the Home, with Suzanne Slesin (Clarkson Potter, 1978) and Home-Psych: The Social Psychology of Home and Decoration (Clarkson Potter, 1983). Now 98, she lives in Miami, Florida, and is at work on her second film, Weapon of Beauty: The Cloak and Dagger History of Botox.
Fall 2026
Art, Memoir
10⅜ x 9½ inches
340 pages
ISBN: 9781938461774
NEW | Ovando: Wild and Refined, Organic and Crafted masterfully displays a portrait of Sandra de Ovando and her vibrant and eponymous floral design studio.
More than a portfolio, the book tells the story of her journey—from her upbringing in Mexico, where vivid colors, rich traditions, and early experiences in nature shaped her artistic sensibility, to the opening of her first botanical gallery in New York City. Ovando is now a celebrated brand with locations in New York City and Southampton, New York, West Palm Beach and Miami, Florida.
At the heart of the book is de Ovando’s design philosophy: a balance of contrasts—sculptural and effortless, restrained yet bold, hard and soft. Through striking photography, readers experience her immersive arrangements, each a world of its own. Featuring signature elements such as cacti, succulents, and orchids, seasonal collections, and grand-scale events, the book expresses Ovando as both an artistic vision and a quality brand.
SANDRA DE OVANDO is the founder and creative director of Ovando, a luxury floral and event design company known for its original, textural, and emotionally resonant creations. Born in Mexico City to Spanish and Russian parents, de Ovando fell in love with nature, flowers, and bold colors when she spent countless weekends gardening with her mother. What began as a boutique studio 23 years ago has evolved into an internationally recognized brand. This is her first book.
10” X 12.75”, 250mm X 324mm
HARDCOVER
176 PAGES
OVER 100 IMAGES
ISBN: 9781938461804
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A signature arrangement by author and florist, Sandra de Ovando. Discover more of her over-the-top works in Ovando: Wild and Refined, Organic and Crafted.
NEW | Jeffrey Banks has blazed a remarkable path through the fashion industry. Born in Washington, DC, Banks discovered his passion for clothes at a young age.
When he was just 17 years old, he landed an internship at Ralph Lauren, where his precocious talent and eye for classical American design began to blossom. Storyteller: Tales from a Fashion Insider chronicles the designer and historian’s meteoric rise, graduating from New York’s Parsons School of Design to quickly launching his eponymous menswear line in 1977. He recounts the creative and business challenges of establishing his brand, known for blending traditional American sportswear with luxurious sophistication.
Banks shares intimate stories about designing for celebrities and his close friendships with Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, who became his mentors. His designs were photographed by Bruce Weber and Richard Avedon, among others. Stories about Audrey Hepburn, BobbyShort, and Barbra Streisand are also highlighted. But Storyteller: Tales from a Fashion Insider is far more than a catalog of names; Banks relates hilarious and touching tales with unmatched verve. The book also explores Banks’ advocacy for diversity in fashion and his tireless support for young designers. Through personal anecdotes and industry insights, the two-time Coty Award and CFDA Award winner reflects on fashion’s evolution from the 1970s through today.
By Jeffrey Banks
8” X 10.375”, 200mm X 265mm
HARDCOVER
320 PAGES
OVER 250 IMAGES
ISBN: 978-1-938461-71-2