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Outsider Art Library

First coined by Roger Cardinal in the 1970s, "Outsider art" is an umbrella term for art made by the mentally ill—art that is distinguished by visionary and/or obsessive qualities, or the development of fantasy worlds and individual mythologies. Below is a selection of our leading titles on outsider artists, from the 18th-micrographic marvels of Matthias Buchinger to Horst Ademeit's Polaroid photographs of unseen negative forces permeating everyday objects.

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

EUGENE VON BRUENCHENHEIN: KING OF LESSER LANDS

Andrew Edlin Gallery

ISBN: 9780977878390
USD $60.00 | CAD $79 UK £ 53

Pub Date: 6/14/2016
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GEORGE WIDENER: SECRET UNIVERSE IV

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783863352875
USD $39.95 | CAD $53.95

Pub Date: 9/30/2013
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GEWäCHSE DER SEELE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775745345
USD $65.00 | CAD $90

Pub Date: 7/23/2019
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HORST ADEMEIT: SECRET UNIVERSE

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865609977
USD $44.95 | CAD $60

Pub Date: 9/30/2011
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JEAN DUBUFFET: METAMORPHOSES OF LANDSCAPE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775740999
USD $65.00 | CAD $87

Pub Date: 4/26/2016
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JOE MINTER: TO YOU THROUGH ME

Institute 193/Tinwood

ISBN: 9781732848221
USD $30.00 | CAD $45 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
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JOSEF WITTLICH: PICTURE AFTER PICTURES

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783863354138
USD $120.00 | CAD $160

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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LOUIS MICHEL EILSHEMIUS: PEER OF POET-PAINTERS

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037644355
USD $100.00 | CAD $132.5 UK £ 60

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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NIKO PIROSMANI

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775744751
USD $65.00 | CAD $90

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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SINGULAR SPACES

Raw Vision

ISBN: 9780615785653
USD $80.00 | CAD $107.5 UK £ 71

Pub Date: 11/30/2013
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THE ALTERNATIVE GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE

Hayward Gallery Publishing

ISBN: 9781853323164
USD $35.00 | CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 9/30/2013
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THE SHADOW OF THE AVANT-GARDE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775740593
USD $45.00 | CAD $60

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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WALKS TO THE PARADISE GARDEN: A LOWDOWN SOUTHERN ODYSSEY

Institute 193

ISBN: 9781732848207
USD $45.00 | CAD $55 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
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WILLIAM L. HAWKINS: AN IMAGINATIVE GEOGRAPHY

Skira/Figge Art Museum/The Columbus Museum of Art

ISBN: 9788857236346
USD $55.00 | CAD $70

Pub Date: 9/25/2018
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Recommended Reading: A Book List on Outsider Art

Best-selling Titles from Outsider Art Library

Eugene Von Bruenchenhein: King of Lesser Lands ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY ISBN  9780977878390 Hbk, 9.25 x 12.25 in. / 162 pgs / 99 color. | 6/14/2016 | In stock  |   US $60.00	Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum D.A.P./TATE ISBN  9781935202684 Hbk, 8.25 x 11 in. / 208 pgs / 100 color. | 8/31/2011 | Not available  |   US $50.00
James Castle: Show and Store D.A.P./MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFíA ISBN  9781935202707 Hbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / 220 color. | 9/30/2011 | Not available  |   US $55.00

Outsider Art Library Active Backlist Titles

Eugene Von Bruenchenhein: King of Lesser Lands ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY ISBN  9780977878390 Hbk, 9.25 x 12.25 in. / 162 pgs / 99 color. | 6/14/2016 | In stock  |   US $60.00	George Widener: Secret Universe IV WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN ISBN  9783863352875 Pbk, 7.75 x 9.5 in. / 104 pgs / 70 color. | 9/30/2013 | In stock  |   US $39.95	Joe Minter: To You Through Me INSTITUTE 193/TINWOOD ISBN  9781732848221 Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 136 pgs / 32 color. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00
Louis Michel Eilshemius: Peer of Poet-Painters JRP|RINGIER ISBN  9783037644355 Hbk, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 768 pgs / 476 color / 53 bw. | 2/23/2016 | In stock  |   US $100.00	Singular Spaces RAW VISION ISBN  9780615785653 Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 584 pgs / 1,306 color / DVD (NTSC). | 11/30/2013 | In stock  |   US $80.00	Walks to the Paradise Garden: A Lowdown Southern Odyssey INSTITUTE 193 ISBN  9781732848207 Hbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 352 pgs / 100 color / 80 bw. | 4/23/2019 | In stock  |   US $45.00
William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography SKIRA/FIGGE ART MUSEUM/THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART ISBN  9788857236346 Hbk, 11.75 x 11 in. / 136 pgs / 78 color. | 9/25/2018 | In stock  |   US $55.00