Resultados de búsqueda: Art-Archives of Merle Armitage from Arroyo Seco Books

New York: E Weyhe / Lynton R. Kistler / Merle Armitage, 1935. Original Photograph . No Binding. Fine. 10 1/4" Tall. Photograph By Ralph Samuels. Photograph 9 1/.2" X 7 5/8" Of Head Of Martha Graham, Eyes Closed, Head Uplifted Slightly. One Of The Photograph Considered By Merle Armitage For The Book "Modern Dance" That He Designed That Year. The Photograph Is Annotated By Hand On The Reverse "Please Credit: - Ralph Samuels N. Y. C." In Purple Ink.

1925. No Binding. Fine. Original Textile, Abstract Design, Wool, 10" X 10". From The Estate Of Artist Herman (Hermann) Sachs.Born In Romania To Jewish Parents, Herman [Hermann] Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father, A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe, Spending The 1910-1920 Period In Germany, Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists (Munich Expressionist Werkstätten). Upon Returning To The United States In 1920, Sachs Exhibited At The Art Institute Of Chicago And Established The Chicago Industrial Art School, Which Soon Failed Due To Lack Of Sufficient Funding. Afterward, Sachs Became The First Director Of The Dayton Museum Of Fine Arts, Now The Dayton Art Institute. During This Time, He Also Served As The U.S. Representative Of Artist George Grosz. Around 1924, Sachs Moved To Los Angeles Where He Designed The Interiors Of The New Gas Company Building. As A Muralist And… Leer más

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/As New. A Very Tiny New Edition Of The 1933 First Edition, Including The Dj Stating "Inscriptions By Paul Claudel", But With The Claudel Text Replaced With The Verses By Charlot Originally Intended For The 1933 Edition. #229 Of 300 Copies Signed By Charlot And Initialed By Lynton R Kistler, With 32 Original Lithographs By Charlot Signed In Color In The Plates, And A Dj By Charlot. A Fine, As New Example, No Wear Or Damage, No Browning Or Fraying, In Fine Dj And Slipcase.

Milano (Milan): Ulrico Hoepli, 1927. 3rd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xv, 392 Pp. Red Boards Printed In Black. Stated Third Edition, Revised And Enlarged. Clean, No Fading Or Staining, Wear At Corners With A Little Fraying, Hinges Tight. Ownership Signature Of American Muralist Pasquale G Napolitano, Dated 1930 In Florence. Napolitano Was Born In Italy, Educated In The U. S., First Worked On Well Known Architectural Murals In Los Angeles Including Los Angeles City Hall, Bullock's Wilshire, Other Major Buildings, Etc., In The 1920'S, Also Elsewhere In The Us Including The Palm Beach Biltmore; He Studied In Italy And Germany 1930-1931, Returned To The U. S., Worked On His Wpa Murals Circa 1934-1937, And Was Subject Of A Book "Napolitano" By Merl Armitage. Later He Worked On Some Private Residence Murals, Dozen Of Church Statues And Interior Decorations, Ceramics, Movie Studio Design, Textiles, Paintings, Sculpture, Watercolors, Etc. With Two Pages On His Notes From The Book, And His… Leer más

Santa Fe: Laboratory Of Anthropology, 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Photographs Throughout. 15 Pp. Linen Card Wrappers, Printed In Black. First Issue, Printed By "Clarks Studio, Santa Fe". Fine, No Wear Or Damage Or Marks.

New York: Duell, Sloan And Pearce, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. Design By Merle Armitage, Over 400 Photographs, Maps And Silhouettes By Al Ewers. 319 Pp. Near Fine In Near Fine Dj, Slight Rubbing At Spine Ends And Tips, 3/16" Square Chip At Bottom Of Rear Spine Edge, Not Price-Clipped, Slight Browning To Spine Of Dj.

Russell L. Putman / Standard Printing Company, 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Maps, Title Page Eagle And Chapter Head Decorations By Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano, Design By Merle Armitage. 282 Pp. One Of 2000 Numbered Copies Signed By The Author. This Example Specially Bound In Full Red Morocco, Gilt Lettering And Design With Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano's Eagle Design In Gilt On Front Cover, Gilt Lettering On Spine And Front Cover, Also With "To Giovanni Napolitano" In Gilt On Front Cover. Fine In Slipcase. One Of Napolitano's Collaborations With Armitage, And Which Armitage Had Bound In Leather For Napolitano.

Merle Armitage / E. Weyhe / Ward Ritchie, 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Design By Merle Armitage. 1/500 Copies Only. Yellow Card Covers Printed In Red And Black, Taller Than The Text Block. Compiled From His Notes Of A Short Lecture. A Near Fine Example, Immaculate, With Slight Rubbing At Top And Bottom Ends Of Spine.

Yucca Valley: Merle Armitage, Manzanita Press, 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Color And B/W Plates; Design By Merle Armitage; Division Heads By Albert Christ-Janer, Buckley Mac-Gurrin, Paul Landacre, Carl Milles And Merle Armitage. 328 Pp. First Edition. This Example Inscribed To Armitage's Friend And Illustrator Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano And His Wife " Jonnie And Emmie From From Isabelle And Merle 1959". Fine In Fine Dj,

Circa 1800?, 1800. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Original Silk Embroideries, Circa 1800 (?), Embellished With Gold Leaf-Wrapped Yarn, Mounted On Old Paper, Framed Under Glass. From The Collection Of Los Angeles Architectural Decorator Herman Sachs (Bullock's Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, Etc.)

Milano (Milan): Edizioni Athena, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 78 Pp. Brown Card Covers, Worn, Spine Paper Torn, Binding Cracked Through Internally Ownership Signature Of Italian-American Muralist And Artist In Many Other Media Pasquale G Napolitano, Dated In Naples 1930 Upon A Trip To Italy And Germany 1930-1931 To Study Art. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis To 1925, Worked With Herman Sachs And Later On His Own Doing Architectural Murals (Los Angeles City Hall, The Miami Beach Biltmore, And Many Prominent Buildings And Estates), And Studied Ceramics In Ny And Painting In Germany 1929-1931. After Returning To Los Angeles In 1933 Napolitano Began Working In All Media, Including Many Murals For The Wpa, Where He Met Armitage. Armitage Published A Book About Napolitano In 1935 And Used His Illustrations In Many Books 1934-1960.

Leipzig: Karl Robert Langewiesche, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 110 Photographs Throughout. 96 Pp. Stated First Printing, One Of 8000 Copies. Short Text, 90 Pp Of Photographs. Lightly Used, No Chips Or Tears Or Fading Or Stains, In Dj With Light Wear, 1/8" Tears At Top And Bottom Spine Edges.Ownership Signature Of California Muralist And Artist Pasquale G. Napolitano Dated In 1931 In Munich.

Los Angeles / New York: Will Kistler And Merle Armitage, 1933], 1933. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. 8 1/8" X 6 ½" Sheet, Finely Printed On Both Sides. One Side "What The Critics Say" About The Ma Books Published By January 1933, With Comment From American Art News, Creative Art Magazine, Publishers Weekly, The New York Times, The Nation, And The Los Angeles Times, Second Side "Comments From Authorities" With Paragraphs By Jose Rodriguez, Henry Mcbride, Christian Science Monitor, And Lincoln Steffens. Possibly A Kistler Promotional Item. Light Glue Stains On One Side, From Mounting, No Loss Of Lettering Or Design.