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    "S.W.Hayter and Atelier 17 in America, 1940-1955" in The Renaissance of Gravure: The Art of S.W.Hayter edited by P.M.S. Hacker (Oxford: O.U.P.,  1988).
    considers Hayter's work during the 1940s and his influence on the emerging New York School, in particular Jackson Pollock; describes his collaborations with Joan Miro and others.abstract|full text|hyperlink

    • "Francis Bacon", "Jacob Epstein", "Barbara Hepworth", "Aristide Maillol", "Ben Nicholson" and "Graham Sutherland" in International Dictionary of Artists and works by the above in International Dictionary of Art twin volumes edited by James Vinson (London: St. James's Press, 1990).

    "Herbert Read and Psychoanalysis" in Art Criticism since 1890: Authors, Texts, Contexts, edited by Malcolm Gee (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1993)
    considers Read’s early interest in variety of psychoanalytic schools and their bearings on problems of literary criticism, proceeding to his growing interest in C.G.Jung and particular reference to Henry Moore. Click here for full version

    Henry Moore in the Bagatelle Gardens, Paris, photographs by Michel Muller with an essay by David Cohen (London: Lund Humphries, and New York: Overlook Press, 1993)

    an overview of Moore's work stressing the importance of landscape to his aesthetic; the book records an important outdoor exhibition staged the previous year in Paris

    The Annual Register: A Record of World Events 1994 edited by Alan J. Day (London: Cartermill Publishing, 1994) Section XVI.2.i."Art" pp.525-529

    "Lucian Freud", "Barbara Hepworth", "R.B.Kitaj", "Henry Moore", "John Piper", "Graham Sutherland" in Garland Dictionary of Twentieth Century Britain edited by Fred Lowenthal (New York: Garland Press, 1995).

    The Annual Register: A Record of World Events 1995 edited by Alan J. Day (London: Cartermill Publishing, 1995) Section XVI.2.i."Art" pp.494-498

    "Muirhead Bone", "Douglas Cooper", "Lucian Freud", "S.W.Hayter", "H.S.Ede", and "London art life since 1909" in The Dictionary of Art (London: MacMillans, 1996).

    The Annual Register: A Record of World Events 1996 edited by Alan J. Day (Bathesda, MD: Keesings Worldwide, 1996) Section XVI.2.i."Art" pp.487-491  

    The Annual Register: A Record of World Events 1997 edited by Alan J. Day (Bathesda, MD: Keesings Worldwide, 1997) Section XVI.2.i."Art" pp.507-512

    Celebrating Moore: Works from the Collection of the Henry Moore Foundation Selected by David Mitchinson (London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1998); articles on catalogue numbers 92, 130, 157, 165, 173, 227, 232, 236, 265, 273

    twenty-five writers and artists with previous associations with Henry Moore were invited to write about works of their choice in the Foundation’s Collection in a volume to mark the centenerary of Moore’s birth


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  • Exhibition catalogues published by museums and institutions

    'Appreciation', in Prints of S.W.Hayter (Royal Academy of Arts, London, September-October, 1989)

    'Henry Moore's Sculpture in the Open Air: Landscape, Community and Metaphors of Universal Form', in Henry Moore in Scotland, (Glasgow, 1990)

    Art at Alyth: Guide to Works of Art and Decorations at the North Western Reform Synagogue by David Cohen (London, 1993)
    considers the design history of this synagogue with special attention to the stained glass of Roman Halter and the tapestry after Shraga Weil

    'Essay' in Drawn to Seeing: Works in Pencil on Paper by Michael Heindorff (Royal College of Art, London, 1995) exhibition catalogue published on CD-ROM

    '"Grand, Quirky and Living Forms": Six Painters of the School of London' in From London: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, Kitaj (British Council, London, 1995) travelling exhibition in Edinburgh, Luxembourg, Lausanne, and Barcelona, 1995-96
    discusses School of London painters Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Leon Kossoff, Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach and R.B.Kitaj in relation to common issues and sources

    see also'"Formas espendidas, vivas y ambiguas" seis pintores de la Escuela de Londres' in From London: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, Kitaj (Fundacio Caixa de Catalunya) translated by Sara Espinosa Viale; '"De grandes formes, vivantes et bizarres..." Six peintres de l'Ecole de Londres' in De London: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, Kitaj (Le Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne) translated by Denis-Armand Canal

    'Identité nationale et différances: immigrés et émigrés' in Un siècle de sculpture anglaise exhibition catalogue (Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1996)
    discusses issues surrounding national idenity in relation to modern British sculptors, with particular attention to Jacob Epstein, Henry Moore, Anthony Caro and Anish Kapoor

    ‘Foundations and Fragments’ in Ralph Freeman: Foundations and Fragments Tate Gallery St Ives 1997 5-11
    discusses series of collages drawing on the artist’s family documents and their experience as refugees

    ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ (‘Mit Weitgeschlossenen Augen’) in Michael Heindorff ‘Eyes Wide Shut/Mit Weitgeschlossenen Augen’ NordDeutsches Landesbank Girozentrale, Braunschweig, Germany, 1998 (exhibition toured to various German cities and the German Consulate, New York)
    essay on a body of work in which the artist experimented in painting with his eyes closed

    'Freud’s Probity', in Lucian Freud: Etchings from the Paine Webber Art Collection (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1999)

    ‘The Rising City: Urban Themes in the Art and Writings of C.R.W. Nevinson’, in C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century (Imperial War Museum, London, published in association with Merrell Holberton, 2000)


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Exhibition catalogues published by commercial galleries and self-published by artists

    [unless otherwise stated, David Cohen’s text forms the untitled introduction or preface]

    Neil MacPherson, Paintings and Prints, (Glasgow: Glasgow Print Studio, 1988)

    Aviva Halter: Fourteen Linocuts After Holocaust Drawings, (London, 1988)
    limited edition portfolio of linocuts

    "Henry Moore", "Eric Gill" and "David Hockney", in British Art from the Twentieth Century (London: Peter Nahum Gallery, 1989)
    descriptions of individual works

    'Trente Six', in Ivor Abrahams (London: Bernard Jacabson Gallery, 1990)

    Stanley William Hayter (London: Crane Gallery, 1991)

    William Tillyer - Living in Arcadia in the series, "Modern English Masters" (London: Bernard Jacobson Gallery, 1991)

    "Surface and Symbol: Four London-based artists" in Surface and Symbol: Saleem Arif, Hervé Constant, David Hugo, Joanna Price (London: Gallery K/ Copenhagen: Gallery Gamellstrand, 1991)
    introduction also appears in Danish

    Vidya Sagar, Paintings and Pastels (London: Primrose Gallery, 1992)
    announcement card

    ‘Voluptuous Stress’, in James Power (London: Kapil Jariwala Gallery, 1994)

    Ghisha Koenig 1921-1993 Memorial Exhibition, (London: Boundary Gallery, 1994)

    ‘"A Well-Spring of Delight": Dhruva Mistry and the Rasas’ in Dhruva Mistry: Work 1990-1995 (London: Antony Wilkinson Fine Art/Royal Academy of Arts Friends Room, 1995'

    Milein Cosman- An Appreciation' in Milein Cosman: Drawings and Prints Belgrave Gallery, London 1996

    ‘ "On the Seashore of Endless Worlds": The Treated Postcards of Lino Mannocci’ in Lino Mannocci: Cartoline a Olio (Florence: Maschietto & Musolino, 1996)
    served as catalogue for travelling exhibition, shown at Eagle Gallery, London, and elsewhere

    Janet Boulton (London, Mercury Gallery, 1997)
    announcement card

    ‘Fixity and Flow: The Graphic Art of Jane Joseph’ in Jane Joseph, Drawn in Place: Two Decades of Drawing and Printmaking 1980-1987 (London: Morley Gallery, 1997)

    Down to Earth (London: Lamont Gallery, 1997)
    exhibition featuring Lino Mannocci, Ken Kiff, Eileen Cooper, Christopher Cook, Eva Bosch

    Linda Karshan: The Line Took Me for a Walk (London: Redfern Gallery, Bucharest: National Theatre, Munich: Biedermann Gallery, 1998)

    Graham Nickson: Small Works: Watercolors (New York: Salander O’Reilly Galleries, 1998)

    Ena Swansea (New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1999)
    announcement card

    Leonard McComb: Portraits (New York: New York Studio School, 2000)
    exhibition curated by David Cohen

    Between Gesture and Glyph: Paintings by David Brody and Drew Lowenstein (New York, Makor, 2000)
    exhibition curated by David Cohen

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