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Our New Digs

Marquand Books is moving to a new space a stone’s throw from SAM, Pike Place Market, and Elliott Bay. You can follow our progress here.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House

Marquand Books is thrilled to announce the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, published with the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. The first book-length publication about Wright’s masterpiece since the 1980s features an introduction by New Yorker architecture critic and Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Goldberger.

For more details and ordering information, click here.

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Dinner with Dalí

Dalí: The Late Work features important work created by the Spanish artist between 1940-1983. Some pieces have not been seen in decades, most notably “Santiago El Grande” and “Assumpta Corpuscularia Lapilazulina,” not publicly viewed since 1959. Atlanta magazine had this to say about the show and Marquand-produced exhibition catalogue designed by Jeff Wincapaw:

 In short, Salvador Dalí: The Late Work…is an outside-the-box exhibition that should make Atlantans once again grateful to have a world-class art museum within footsteps of home…Art lovers can pick up the gorgeous, authoritative official catalog of the show published by the High Museum of Art and Yale University.

To whet your palate, watch this 1941 newsreel of a classic Dali dinner party:

For exhibition highlights full details click here.

MadArt In the Park

Cal Anderson Park sits a stone’s throw from the new Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. The heart of the Capitol Hill neighborhood, the park is always bustling in the summer with kids playing in the fountain and people reading, napping and walking dogs. It’s the perfect venue for the freshly installed MadArt In the Park exhibit. Sponsored by the Seattle Parks Department and 4Culture, Cal Anderson is hosting six local visual artists commissioned to create site specific installations:

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