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Abbeville Press, New York, 1983; First Edition; 4to, 128 pages; illustrated. A critical look at the full range of George Segal’s works, from earliest paintings and pastels to his famous painted plasters. Profusely illustrated in both b&w and color. Fine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, 1993; 4to, 136 pages. Illustrated catalogue for the February 24, 1993 auction featuring the works of 170 important American, Latin American, and European artists, containing descriptions, provenance, and auction estimates for each. Prices realized circular laid in. As New, in color illustrated stiff wraps.

Whitney Museum Of American Art/ Harry Abrams, NY, 1988; First Edition; large 8vo (9" x 11"); 240 pages; illustrated. Exhibition catalogue for the Whitney Museum’s 1988 traveling exhibition of the work of avant-garde American artist Charles Demuth (1883-1935), originator of precisionism and acknowledged progenitor of pop art. Formidable historical and critical text throughout by Barbara Haskell, director of the Whitney. Profusely and beautifully illustrated in striking color and black & white. Fine, in illustrated heavy wraps.

Editions D’Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 1946; First Edition; tall quarto (11 1/4" x 15 1/4"). Finely published Toulouse Lautrec print portfolio, an entry in the Albert Skira "Le Tresors De La Peinture Francaise" Swiss series on 19th century French painting. Four-page illustrated introduction by Gilles De La Tourette, followed by six beautiful full-page laid-in plates tipped onto heavy card stock, suitable for framing. All plates in brilliant color. Printed in Switzerland. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp. Complete with the original protective outer glassine wrap, which has a couple of tiny chips. All plates Fine. Text in French.

Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1978; 4to, 210 pages; illustrated. Catalogue for the exhibition of the Paul F. Walter collection of Indian miniature paintings of the Rajput school, sponsored by the Pierpont Morgan Library in conjunction with the Gallery Association of New York State. Over eighty paintings from the 15th through the early 19th centuries, containing 78 full-page plates in b&w and four in color. Very Good Plus, in plain card wraps with color illustrated paper dust jacket that has one small (1/4") closed edge tear at the upper right of the front panel and some shallow creasing along the top margin. Clean, crisp, and bright, and sharp. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Watson-Guptill Publications, NY, 1969; First Edition; 4to, 87 pages. Detailed study of the art of Winslow Homer, most popular of American water colorists. Published in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Thirty-four full-page color plates with complete descriptions and analysis for each, printed in sparkling six-color offset lithography. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, 1985; First Edition, Limited to 2,000 copies; oblong 8vo, 36 pages. Illustrated exhibition catalogue for the centenary celebration of the works of German Expressionists Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, at Los Angeles County Museum Of Art in July of 1985. Text by Gunther Thiem. Fine, in illustrated card wraps.

Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, 1969; First Edition; large octavo (8 1/4" x 10 1/2"); 265 pages; illustrated. Scholarly study of the art of the Middle Ages, spanning twelve-centuries and reflecting the interplay of Classical, Christian, Barbarian, and Indigenous elements. Published as a companion to the 1969 traveling exhibition at L.A.C.M.A. and the Art Institute Of Chicago, the first time a major loan exhibition entirely composed of objects coming from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art was ever mounted. Scholarly text by Vera K. Ostoia, medieval authority at M.O.M.A. Foreword by Thomas P.F. Hoving, Director of the Metropolitan. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. Near Fine, previous owner tiny printed surname in neat hand in the blank margin at the uppermost extremity of the title page. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square.

Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1957; 4to, 250 pages. Illustrated catalogue for the auction at Galerie Charpentier, Paris, December 5-6, 1957, featuring eighteenth century furniture and objects of art, Chinese and Japanese objects, ancient tapestries, and paintings and sculpture by Degas, Rodin, Utrillo, Pascin, Matisse, Redon, Corot, Vlaminck, Latour, Daumier, et al. Finely printed, with full descriptions for each item and illustrated with 87 plates in high quality b&w gravure. Very Good Plus, in printed heavy wraps. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, no chips or tears, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Univ. of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1980; First Edition; 8vo, 204 pages; illustrated. Monograph and biography of William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955), profusely illustrated with reproductions of the artist’s works in both color and black & white. Foreword by Fred A. Meyers, director of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp, with no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. In a bright Very Good dust jacket that has some scattered minor external foxing on a few areas of the blank margins. No chips, no tears, not price-clipped. A nice copy.

Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, 1993; 4to, 98 pages. March 7, 1993 illustrated auction catalogue featuring the works of 150 California artists, with descriptions, provenance, auction estimates, and photo for each. As New, in color illustrated stiff wraps.

Chartwell Books, Secaucus, NJ, 1973; First Edition; quarto; 319 pages; illustrated. First English language edition of this authoritative reference on the subject of Impressionism authored by the editors of Hachette/ Realites, Paris, first published in French in 1971. A monumental work, profusely illustrated with 132 monochromes and 364 brilliant full-color reproductions of the artists’ works, many of them full-page. Preface by Rene Huyghe of the Academie Francaise. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, binding tight, sound and square, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket that has a 1" crease at the lower right corner of the front panel and a miniscule (1/8") chip in the blank area at the lower edge of the spine panel, not affecting titles or graphics. Text in English. An attractive copy.

Princeton Architectural Press, NY, 1998; First Edition; quarto, 260 pages; illustrated. Original plans, design studies, period photographs, and related ephemera for 150 years of World’s Fairs, from London in 1859 to Hanover in 2000, with professional evaluation and commentary by Dutch architectural historian Erik Mattie. Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket with no chips, tears, or price-clipping. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Rizzoli, NY, 1985; First Paperback Edition; 9"x12", 216 pages plus a list of twenty two Fortuny-held patents, eight pages of footnotes, a listing of museums holding Fortuny exhibits, a select bibliography, a list of Fortuny exhibition catalogues, and a full alphabetized index at the back. A detailed study of the life and work of celebrated fashion designer, painter, and inventor Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Fine, in heavy card wraps. A crisp and sparkling copy.

Christie’s Auctions, , New York, 1992; 4to, 272 pages; color illustrated. May 18 and 19, 1992 Christie’s auction catalogue featuring works by Rivera, Tamayo, Orozco, Botero, Lam, Matta, Toledo, Siqueiros, et al. As New, in color illustrated stiff wraps. Prices realized circular laid-in.

Christie’s Auctions, , New York, 1993; 4to, 45 pages. May 17, 1993 auction catalog of 11 works by Fernando Botero, each painting featured in full-page color photo with description, provenance, exhibition history, bibliography, and auction estimate. As New, in color illustrated stiff wraps.

Editions D’Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 1946; First Edition; tall quarto (11 1/4" x 15 1/4"). Finely published Edouard Manet portfolio, an entry in the Albert Skira "Le Tresors De La Peinture Francaise" Swiss series on 19th century French painting. Four-page illustrated introduction by eminent scholar and critic Adolphe Tabarant, followed by six beautiful full-page laid-in plates tipped onto heavy card stock, suitable for framing. All plates in brilliant color. Printed in Switzerland. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp. Complete with the original protective outer glassine wrap, which has a few small chips. All plates Fine. Text in French.

Editions D’Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 1946; First Edition; tall quarto (11 1/4" x 15 1/4"). Finely published portfolio of Paul Gaugin prints, an entry in the Albert Skira "Le Tresors De La Peinture Francaise" Swiss series on 19th century French painting. Four-page illustrated introduction by Louis Hautecoeur, followed by six beautiful full-page laid-in plates tipped onto heavy card stock, suitable for framing. All plates in brilliant color. Printed in Switzerland. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp. Complete with the original protective outer glassine wrap, which has a few tiny chips. All plates Fine. Text in French.

Graphis Arte Editions, Livorno, 1993; First Edition in English; Limited to 1000 copies; quarto, 275 pages; blue cloth; gilt titles; illustrated. Definitive catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of Marino Marini (1901-1980), the culmination of twenty years of research by Giorgio and Guido Guastalla resulting in considerable changes to the previous cataloguing, ordering, and dating of the artist’s works. Illustrated with over 435 reproductions in color and b&w, quite a number full-page. Exhaustive catalogue at the back with photo, date, and technical data for every graphic work in Marini’s oeuvre. Includes eight previously unpublished works. Foreword by the authors, preface by Marina Marini, the artist’s wife, and eight-page introductory critical essay by renowned Italian art critic Mario de Micheli. Translation to English from the original Italian supervised by Leslie J. Sachs. Finely published and printed on Brilliant Garda Matt paper from the Garda Mill, by Grafiche Favillini in Livorno,… Leer más

Les Editions Du Chene, Paris, 1951; First Edition; tall quarto (11" x 15"). Large portfolio with 14 pages of commentary on post impressionist Henri Rousseau by legendary author and critic Joseph-Marie Lo Duca, co-founder in 1951 of the French magazine Cahier du Cinema, accompanied by 16 brilliant full-page laid-in color plates tipped onto heavy card stock, suitable for framing. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, no chips or tears. All text and plates Fine. Text in French.