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Charles Simonds

Museum Exhibition Catalogues, Monographs, Artist's Projects, Curatorial Writings and Essays


  

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Charles Simonds and the Seventies

HATJE CANTZ
By Jules Pelta Feldman.

On a seminal 1970s artist whose legacy has been largely lost to history

Pbk, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 288 pgs / 100 color. | 6/24/2025 | Awaiting stock
$34.95


     

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Charles Simonds: About Time

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
Text by Herbert Molderings.

Miniature floating worlds born from the idea to create fictional cities for imaginary tiny people

Hbk, 8.5 x 12 in. / 104 pgs / 34 color / 15 bw. | 6/18/2024 | In stock
$59.95


Charles Simonds and Lucy R. Lippard: Cracking

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

Flexi, 6 x 7.75 in. / 128 pgs / 48 color. | 2/28/2017 | In stock
$29.95


Charles Simonds: Dwelling

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

Pbk, 6 x 7.75 in. / 84 pgs / 48 color. | 2/23/2016 | In stock
$29.95


Charles Simonds and the SeventiesCharles Simonds and the Seventies

Published by Hatje Cantz.
By Jules Pelta Feldman.

American artist Charles Simonds (born 1945) is known for his diminutive "Dwellings," tiny architectural ruins embedded in the crumbling infrastructure of 1970s downtown New York. This volume reconsiders his legacy through a series of texts by curator Jules Pelta Feldman.



PUBLISHER
Hatje Cantz

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 288 pgs / 100 color.

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Forthcoming

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Catalog: FALL 2023 p. 171   

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ISBN 9783775754606 TRADE
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STATUS: Forthcoming | 6/24/2025

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Charles Simonds: About TimeCharles Simonds: About Time

Published by Walther König, Köln.
Text by Herbert Molderings.

Best known for his miniature architectural sculptures nestled into public buildings, American artist Charles Simonds’ (born 1945) Floating Cities are small whimsical villages placed on top of water. This photobook presents dreamlike landscapes of these maritime worlds, complete with sunsets and clouds.



PUBLISHER
Walther König, Köln

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 8.5 x 12 in. / 104 pgs / 34 color / 15 bw.

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Pub Date
Active

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Catalog: SPRING 2024 p. 151   

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ISBN 9783753305455 FLAT40
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Charles Simonds and Lucy R. Lippard: CrackingCharles Simonds and Lucy R. Lippard: Cracking

Published by Walther König, Köln.

Originally published by Walther Konig in 1978, in German, Cracking is an artist’s book about a woman archaeologist who is drawn into the imaginary world of Charles Simonds’ Little People, as created in his sculptures. This is the first edition with the original English text—the only fiction Lucy R. Lippard has written with an artist.

PUBLISHER
Walther König, Köln

BOOK FORMAT
Flexi, 6 x 7.75 in. / 128 pgs / 48 color.

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Active

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Catalog: SPRING 2017 p. 152   

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ISBN 9783863359928 FLAT40
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Charles Simonds: DwellingCharles Simonds: Dwelling

Published by Walther König, Köln.

For the past 45 years Charles Simonds (born 1945) has built dwelling places for an imaginary civilization of “Little People” in the streets of neighborhoods throughout the world. In Dwelling he recounts his adventures in Paris, Berlin, Shanghai and the Lower East Side of New York, along with his own personal musings about the “Little People” and the world’s reactions to them.

PUBLISHER
Walther König, Köln

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 6 x 7.75 in. / 84 pgs / 48 color.

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Active

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Catalog: SPRING 2016 p. 196   

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ISBN 9783863358204 FLAT40
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