Article: RICHES OF ART BOOKS BEAUTY GALORE FROM CHINA TO POLAND; VICTORIANS, THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN

Sure, Georgia rr O'Keeffe's flowers were erotic. But do they really require a plain brown wrapper? That's what they get with the cardboard case around the new two-volume catalog raisonne of O'Keeffe's work by Barbara Buhler Lynes (Yale, $195). It's the culmination of a recent spate of O'Keeffe books, and also an indication of another art-world trend: The catalog as carry-on luggage. "Georgia O'Keeffe" weighs in at 20 pounds, and that cardboard box comes with a suitcase handle. Books on African art, once rare, are more plentiful this year. The most spectacular 1999 example is another two-volume extravaganza, "African Ceremonies" (Abrams, $150), part of an ongoing collaboration by ...

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