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Written by art historians Richard Brettell and Stephen Eisenman, with technical entries by conservators Rosamond Westmoreland, Joseph Fronek and Susan Sayre Batton, this is the first critical catalogue of the Museum's unparalleled collection of nineteenth-century paintings and drawings. Brettell and Eisenman combine their notable strengths in the areas of connoisseurship, iconography, formal analysis and historical and political criticism to provide a catalogue that is at once authoritative and discursive, empirical and imaginative. Senior Curator Sara Campbell is the editor of this important edition, which examines 138 works and includes artists' letters in the collection. (Volume II will focus on the Museum's Degas collection and is expected to be published in late 2009.)

Published 2006, Norton Simon Art Foundation in association with Yale University Press, 578 pages, 236 color and 231 black and white illustrations, 11-1/2 x 10-1/4 inches

Written by Bertrand Lorquin with an introduction by Dina Vierny, this full-color publication explores the life and work of French artist Aristide Maillol. The book features work from every phase of Maillol's career, including his early efforts in tapestry, and includes essays and a complete chronology of Maillol's life. This rare book is the only English language monograph currently in print on the artist.

Published 1994, Thames and Hudson with permission from the Musée Maillol, 200 pages, fully illustrated with black and white and color plates

Published in conjunction with the exhibition The Collectible Moment, this beautifully illustrated catalogue investigates the Museum's important collection of 526 photographs, assembled mostly between 1969 and 1974. The catalogue includes an introduction by Therese Mulligan, director of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, and an exploration of the history of the photography department and its collection by Gloria Williams Sander, curator of the Norton Simon Museum. Also included are recollections by important scholars, critics and artists.

Published 2006, Norton Simon Art Foundation in association with Yale University Press, 345 pages, 690 illustrations, 11-1/2 x 10-1/4 inches

The Handbook offers full color illustrations and descriptions for over 300 works of art, including paintings, tapestries, sculpture, prints, drawings and photography housed at the Norton Simon Museum. A brief biography about the Museum's founder Norton Simon and a history of the Museum's collections are also included.

Published 2003, Norton Simon Museum, 300 pages, 375 color illustrations, 6 X 9-1/2 inches

Brilliantly illustrated and carefully documented, this three-volume series catalogues the Asian art collection at the Norton Simon Museum. Each volume is fully illustrated and a substantial introduction sheds light on the aesthetic and metaphysical underpinnings of these masterpieces. The catalogues are written by Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, an authority on the art of South and Southeast Asia.

Published 2003 and 2004, Norton Simon Art Foundation in association with Yale University Press, 9-3/4 X 11-1/2 inches

Volume 1: Art from the Indian Subcontinent
335 pages, 198 black and white and 152 color illustrations.

Volume 2: Art from the Himalayas and China
286 pages, 54 black and white and 198 color illustrations.

Volume 3: Art from Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
256 pages, 32 black and white and 187 color illustrations.

With their vibrant colors and dynamic compositions, the paintings created for Rajput patrons in northern India are like stories come to life. This fine publication presents 80 evocative paintings from the collection of Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor, many of which have been donated to the Norton Simon Museum. To provide background for the reader, author Pratapaditya Pal discusses the tradition of Rajput painting, then offers insightful commentary on each of the paintings featured. The volume also includes an appendix of English translations of the paintings’ inscriptions.

Published 2004, Norton Simon Museum, 192 pages, 38 black and white and 107 color illustrations, illustrations, 10 x 8 -3/4 inches

This handsome publication features highlights of 14th- through the 20th-century European painting and sculpture from the Norton Simon Museum. 

Published 1989, Norton Simon Museum, 208 pages, 292 color illustrations, 9 x 12 inches

A catalogue presenting over 500 works by a multitude of artists including Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, Vasily Kandinsky, and Alexei Jawlensky from the collections of Galka Scheyer and the Norton Simon Museum. The book is written by Vivian Endicott Barnett and includes a biography of Galka Scheyer in the introduction.

Published 2002, Norton Simon Art Foundation in association with Yale University Press, 500 pages with 237 color and 496 black and white illustrations, 10 x 12 inches  

This fully illustrated catalogue features 120 prints by Picasso from the Norton Simon collection.  The catalogue, which was published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition in 1999 and 2000, includes a rich selection of essays by noted scholars and artists that focus on aspects of Picasso’s printmaking activity.

Published 1998, The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University in association with Phillip Wilson Publishers, 176 pages, 16 color and 120 duotone illustratons

A biography on the life of Norton Simon written by Los Angeles Times Art Features writer, Suzanne Muchnic. Ms. Muchnic was the only reporter to interview Mr. Simon during the last ten years of his life. This fascinating biography charts his success in business, the creation of his extraordinary art collection and its evolution into the Norton Simon Museum. The biography also delves into Mr. Simon's role in the development of Los Angeles as a significant metropolitan art market.

Published 1998, University of California Press, 313 pages with 18 color and 20 black and white illustrations, 9-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches