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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

ADOLF WöLFLI: CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE

ARBOR VITAE

ISBN: 9788087164952
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 3/31/2013
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ART BRUT IN AMERICA

By Valérie Rousseau. Foreword by Anne-Imelda Radice. Text by Jean Dubuffet, Sarah Lombardi, Kent Minturn, Jill Shaw.

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM

ISBN: 9780912161266
USD $45.00 | CAN $60 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 1/26/2016
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CHARLES DELLSCHAU

Text by Thomas McEvilley, Roger Cardinal, James Brett, Thomas D. Crouch, Barbara Safarova, Randall Morris, Tracy Baker-White.

MARQUAND BOOKS/D.A.P.

ISBN: 9781935202905
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 3/31/2013
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EUGENE VON BRUENCHENHEIN: KING OF LESSER LANDS

Edited by Phillip March Jones. Preface by Joanne Cubbs.

ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY

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

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

Edited by Udo Kittelmann, Claudia Dichter. Text by Barbara Safarova.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783863352875
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95

Pub Date: 9/30/2013
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HORST ADEMEIT: SECRET UNIVERSE

Edited and with text by Udo Kittelmann, Claudia Dichter.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783865609977
USD $44.95 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 9/30/2011
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JAMES CASTLE: SHOW AND STORE

Text by Lynne Cooke, Briony Fer, Zoe Leonard, Suzanne Hudson.

D.A.P./MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFíA

ISBN: 9781935202707
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5

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

Edited with text by Raphaël Bouvier. Text by Andreas Franzke, Catherine Iselin, Florence Queneau, Sophie Webel, et al. Preface by Sam Keller.

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775740999
USD $65.00 | CAN $87

Pub Date: 4/26/2016
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JOSEF WITTLICH: PICTURE AFTER PICTURES

Edited by Stephan Diederich, Luise Pilz. Text by Walter Grasskamp, et al.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783863354138
USD $120.00 | CAN $160

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

Text by Stefan Banz, Louis Michel Eilshemius.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783037644355
USD $100.00 | CAN $132.5

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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MATTHIAS BUCHINGER: “THE GREATEST GERMAN LIVING”

SIGLIO

ISBN: 9781938221125
USD $39.95 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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NIKO PIROSMANI

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775744751
USD $65.00 | CAN $90

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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RICHARD DADD: THE ARTIST AND THE ASYLUM

Text by Nicholas Tromans.

D.A.P./TATE

ISBN: 9781935202684
USD $50.00 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 8/31/2011
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SINGULAR SPACES

Text by Jo Farb Hernández, Roger Cardinal, Laurent Danchin.

RAW VISION

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

Pub Date: 11/30/2013
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SOMETHING TO TAKE MY PLACE: THE ART OF LONNIE HOLLEY

Edited by Mark Sloan, Lizz Biswell. Text by Bernard L. Herman, et al.

HALSEY INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

ISBN: 9781467574488
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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THE ALTERNATIVE GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE

Text by Roger Cardinal, Rick Moody, Mark Pilkington, Valerie Rousseau, Ralph Rugoff, Margaret Wertheim, et al.

HAYWARD GALLERY PUBLISHING

ISBN: 9781853323164
USD $35.00 | CAN $47.5

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

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775740593
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

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

Edited by Phillip March Jones. Text by Jonathan Williams. Photographs by Roger Manley, Guy Mendes.

INSTITUTE 193

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

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

Text by Susan Mitchell Crawley, Jenifer P. Borum.

SKIRA/FIGGE ART MUSEUM/THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART

ISBN: 9788857236346
USD $55.00 | CAN $70

Pub Date: 9/25/2018
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YAYOI KUSAMA: GIVE ME LOVE

Text by Akira Tatehata, Yayoi Kusama.

DAVID ZWIRNER BOOKS

ISBN: 9781941701218
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5

Pub Date: 3/22/2016
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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 Hbk, 9.25 x 12.25 in. / 162 pgs / 99 color. | 6/14/2016 | In stock ISBN 9780977878390 | $60.00	Adolf Wölfli: Creator of the Universe ARBOR VITAE Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 372 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 3/31/2013 | In stock ISBN 9788087164952 | $55.00	Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum D.A.P./TATE Hbk, 8.25 x 11 in. / 208 pgs / 100 color. | 8/31/2011 | In stock ISBN 9781935202684 | $50.00
James Castle: Show and Store D.A.P./MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFíA Hbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / 220 color. | 9/30/2011 | Not available ISBN 9781935202707 | $55.00

Outsider Art Library Active Backlist Titles

Adolf Wölfli: Creator of the Universe ARBOR VITAE Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 372 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 3/31/2013 | In stock ISBN 9788087164952 | $55.00	Eugene Von Bruenchenhein: King of Lesser Lands ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY Hbk, 9.25 x 12.25 in. / 162 pgs / 99 color. | 6/14/2016 | In stock ISBN 9780977878390 | $60.00	George Widener: Secret Universe IV WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Pbk, 7.75 x 9.5 in. / 104 pgs / 70 color. | 9/30/2013 | In stock ISBN 9783863352875 | $39.95
Horst Ademeit: Secret Universe WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Pbk, 8 x 9.75 in. / 112 pgs / 155 color. | 9/30/2011 | In stock ISBN 9783865609977 | $44.95	Jean Dubuffet: Metamorphoses of Landscape HATJE CANTZ Hbk, 10.75 x 12.25 in. / 274 pgs / 160 color. | 4/26/2016 | In stock ISBN 9783775740999 | $65.00	Josef Wittlich: Picture after Pictures WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Hbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 352 pgs / 1,241 color. | 6/23/2015 | In stock ISBN 9783863354138 | $120.00
Louis Michel Eilshemius: Peer of Poet-Painters JRP|RINGIER Hbk, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 768 pgs / 476 color / 53 bw. | 2/23/2016 | In stock ISBN 9783037644355 | $100.00	Niko Pirosmani HATJE CANTZ Hbk, 11.25 x 9.5 in. / 220 pgs / 130 color. | 2/19/2019 | In stock ISBN 9783775744751 | $65.00	Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum D.A.P./TATE Hbk, 8.25 x 11 in. / 208 pgs / 100 color. | 8/31/2011 | In stock ISBN 9781935202684 | $50.00
Singular Spaces RAW VISION Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 584 pgs / 1,306 color / DVD (NTSC). | 11/30/2013 | In stock ISBN 9780615785653 | $80.00	The Alternative Guide to the Universe HAYWARD GALLERY PUBLISHING Hbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 192 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 9/30/2013 | In stock ISBN 9781853323164 | $35.00	The Shadow of the Avant-garde HATJE CANTZ Pbk, 8.25 x 11 in. / 328 pgs / 254 color. | 2/23/2016 | In stock ISBN 9783775740593 | $45.00
Walks to the Paradise Garden: A Lowdown Southern Odyssey INSTITUTE 193 Hbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 352 pgs / 100 color / 80 bw. | 4/23/2019 | In stock ISBN 9781732848207 | $45.00	William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography SKIRA/FIGGE ART MUSEUM/THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART Hbk, 11.75 x 11 in. / 136 pgs / 78 color. | 9/25/2018 | In stock ISBN 9788857236346 | $55.00	Yayoi Kusama: Give Me Love DAVID ZWIRNER BOOKS Hbk, 10 x 12 in. / 120 pgs / 47 color / 1 bw. | 3/22/2016 | In stock ISBN 9781941701218 | $55.00