Books
of the Last Year
Great
Sheila Hicks: 50 Years
Sheila Hicks does with textiles what the Lafranchini
brothers did with stucco: she creates fanciful
pieces of provocative scale that possess immense
visceral appeal. You just need to touch her work.
You will want to own this book. Shirley Blum / The
Monacelli Press.
Women Then
Women Then is a collection of photographs
taken by the fashion photographer and filmmaker
Jerry Schatzberg during the 1950s and 1960s.
The passage of half a century has not dulled the
chic dreaminess of these images, all showing
stylish dreamers and whimsical doers engaged
in fashionable living. Jerry Schatzberg (Photography), Julia
Morton (Author), Gail Buckland, Faye Dunaway (Afterword) /
Rizzoli.
Private Gardens
of Connecticut
Send this volume in lieu of a bouquet when
following up on a recent affair. Hosts, mothers
and lovers will all enjoy letting their eyes linger over
these well-executed photographs of exceedingly
handsome gardens. by Jane Garmey (Author), John M.
Hall (Photography) / The Monacelli Press.
HYLAND
