Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s Tapa dura - 1991

Houston Fine Arts Press, Houston TX, 1991. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 239 pages with 148 illustrations, 70 in color. Hardcover exhibition catalogue, bound in black cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Tight binding, with minimal shelfwear to the edges of the dustjacket, which is essentially bright. Sharp edges and corners of the boards, and a clean, unmarked interior. Texts in English. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC June 15-August 11, 1991, The Menil Collection, Houston TX September 27, 1991-January 5, 1992, Chronology. Documents and Bibliography..

Houston TX, : Houston Fine Arts Press, Houston TX,, 1991. This is an about very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with some wear. Previously owned by an artist, some discoloration of jacket not visible from the front, some darkening of the rear black cloth board from the same incident. Internally completely clean. Walter Hopps' important monograph on Rauschenberg in the early 1950's, a five year stretch before Rauschenberg completed his first combine picture in late 1954. Illustrated in color with 70 plates and 143 black & white images, photographs etc. Chronology. Bibliography. 10" high X 11" wide, 239 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Houston, Texas: The Menil Collection / Houston Fine Art Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0939594250 . 239 pages. 213 illustrations in color and black and white. Tight, clean and crisp, with a light touch of shelf/edge wear, with mild rubbing to dustjacket corners, otherwise an excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not ex-library. Collectible.; Oblong 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" wide. .

Houston, TX: Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. 239pp. Original black cloth with white lettering. The Menil Collection. Published to accompany a traveling exhibition curated by Walter Hopps in 1991. Designed by Don Quaintance, Public Address Design. With an exhibition checklist, chronology and bibliography. Artist Monograph. 213 illustrations with 70 color plates. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but beginning to yellow with age. Outer page edges are lightly finger soiled. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards have some rubbing to corners, light scuffing. DJ has some minor rubbing to corners, nick to lower right front corner. Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Nice copy. . First Thus, Collectible. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good -. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Houston Fine Art Pr, 1991-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Hopps, Walter. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: THE EARLY 1950's. Houston, TX: The Menil Collection & Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 240pp, 143 b&w and 70 color illustrations. This exquisite book was published as the hardbound catalogue for the 1991 Walter Hopps curated "Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s" held at The Menil Collection - one of the great Museum retrospectives of the past two decades. A show incredible for its scope and execution, the focus was Robert Rauschenberg's earliest mature work, executed between 1951 and 1954, that at once embraced and mutated the prevailing trend of Abstract Expressionism. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-939594-25-0 Inventory Number: 026649

Houston: Houston Fine Arts Press/Menil Foundation. As New in As New dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0939594250 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing. Book and jacket in As New condition, crisp, unread. Black cloth boards, white text, clean and sharp. Includes Rauchenberg's time at Black Mountain, in New York, in Europe and North Africa, and at his Fulton Street Studio in New York. 240 pp. Including chronology, documents, bibliography; 213 illustrations in color and b&w. Published to accompany a traveling exhibition curated by Walter Hopps in 1991. A handsome, pristine copy. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .

Houston: Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 239 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with red lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Minor shelf wear. Light creasing along edges of dust jacket. Interior pages clean. Inscribed flat by Hopps on half-title page. Shelved on Front Table. 1380212. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.