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New York: David R. Godine Publisher in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1976. Cloth, 350 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. A Bicentennial exhibition organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, shown from March 16 to September 26, 1976. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by noted American sculptor Chaim Gross, with a sketch and personalized inscription. A very good copy, age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. The price of this unique book is not negotiable. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Sponsor's introduction, by David Rockefeller; Foreword, by Tom Armstrong; Aboriginal art, by Norman Feder; Images of a nation in wood, marble and bronze: American sculpture from 1776 to 1900, by Wayne Craven; The innocent eye: American folk sculpture, by Tom Armstrong; Statues to sculpture: from the nineties to the thirties, by Daniel Robbins; Magician's game: decades of transformation,… Leer más

Hampton, VA, and Seattle, WA: Hampton University Museum in association with University of Washington Press, 1991. Cloth, 127 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition held 1991-1993. SIGNED. Boldly signed & dated by the artist Jacob Lawrence on the half-title page. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1960. Cloth, 262 pages, illustrations. 24 cm. ASSOCIATION-PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author, "To Upton Sinclair, after an unbroken lifelong friendship from Martin Birnbaum". Numbered "6" of 500 copies printed on handmade paper. Dust jacket, price-clipped on the front flap, protected in a mylar book cover. Author Upton Sinclair, famous for The Jungle and other works of fiction, then gifted or loaned the book to another close friend Richard Stuart Otto, who managed Sinclair's run for Governor of California in 1934. A handwritten note from Sinclair to "Dick" signed by "Upton", is pasted onto the front free endpaper. Also inserted: a handwritten letter from Birnbaum, dated 1961, to Otto, thanking him for corresponding with him about the book. Martin Birnbaum (1878-1970) was a New York art dealer with an aristocratic background. He boasts in this book: "I was probably the first person in America to… Leer más

New York: Hacker Art Books, 1974. Cloth, 4 volumes (xvii, 1578 pages, chiefly illustrations; 35 cm. COMPLETE SET. All 4 volumes in near-fine condition, with light soiling to some of the edges. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. NOT FOR SALE ON AMAZON. "This catalogue is based on the work of Max Geisberg, Der deutsche Einblatt Holzschnitt in der ersten Halfte des 16. Jahrhunderts (The German Single-Issued Woodcuts of the First Half of the Sixteenth Century), Munich, 1924-1930. Geisberg was the first to assemble a comprehensive collection of the woodcuts of that period. He issued them in forty-three large portfolios, arranged according to repositories. A great number of woodcuts omitted by Geisberg, or unknown to him, have been added. These volumes are not intended to be a catalogue raisonne , but to serve primarily as a pictorial catalogue in a practical format of the singly-issued woodcuts of the first half of the sixteenth century in Germany, as… Leer más

Washington D.C.: New Republic Books, 1977. Cloth, xiv, 316 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist Raphael Soyer, with a personalized inscription, accompanied by a portrait sketch in ink. A very good copy, age toned. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1968. 63 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 x 24 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (April 17 to May 27, 1968) in collaboration with the Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio (July 1 to August 15, 1968) and the Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis (September 1 to 29, 1968). The catalogue accompanying Pop artist Robert Indiana's first major museum retrospective, with his famous LOVE logo on the front cover. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by Robert Indiana, with a personalized inscription/inside front cover, dated 3.VI.68. Light shelfwear to wraps, minor soiling. Edition of 2500 copies. Collectible.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong. Collectible.

Washington D.C.: Phillips Collection in association with the National Gallery of Art; Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1957. 101 pages, illustrations (some colour), portrait; 27 cm. Illustration mounted on front board. An artist's rendition of a still-life appears on the front free endpaper, drawn in the cubist style of Karl Knaths, and in all likelihood an original drawing by Knaths. The binding is sound, but half the spine's backstrip has chipped-off. Knaths (1891-1971) was an early practitioner of Cubism and Expressionism in America, and at mid-century he was one of the most prominent artists associated with Provincetown, Mass. Patronised by collector Duncan Phillips, he was much admired in his day.. 1st. Hardcover. Fair. 4to.

[Pasadena, CA?], 1919. [10] pages, illustrations; 23 cm. 10 original pen & ink drawings of hybrid animals, each accompanied by verse, bound in half-cloth. Best known as a photographer of American Indians, Carl E. Moon (1878-1948) collaborated with his wife Grace on children's books. He did the pictures and she wrote the text. Each illustration is signed "CM" with the date "1919." Sewn binding, with cracking along front & back hinges. This is a dummy for an unpublished book with original drawings which are very much in the spirit of Edward Lear's Nonsense rhymes and sketches.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1963. [65] pages, illustrations; 25 cm. ASSOCIATION COPY. From the library of Allan Kaprow, whose signature appears on the inside front cover. Kaprow, founder of the Happenings, was influenced by Rauschenberg -- both artists were acolytes of John Cage. Kaprow's personal copy of Rauschenberg's first retrospective! Wraps lightly rubbed, expected age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2000. 144 pages, colour illustrations, col. maps; 25 x 35 cm. ASSOCIATION/PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by Edmund Morris and dedicated to the photographer, Macduff Everton/half-title page. Near-fine copy, with light edgewear to boards and dust jacket, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "'Macduff Everton updates travel photography in the same way that Ansel Adams updated 19th-century photography of the West. He captures strange and eloquent moments in which time, and the world, seem to stand still.' - Andy Grundberg, New York Times. Only a handful of photographers have succeeded in capturing the majestic landscapes of the American West. Now, Macduff Everton takes his place among them, with magnificent panoramic photographs that deserve to be viewed alongside those of Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter. Everton's lush, romantic pictures - each a cinematic tour-de-force of light and color - present… Leer más

San Francisco and Seattle: San Francisco Museum of Art; University of Washington Press, 1985. 207 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 29 cm. Exhibition held at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 12 September to 10 November 1985 and at 4 other museums through 9 November 1986. SIGNED and inscribed by artist Wayne Thiebaud, "Thank you for your kindness," with a heart. A near-fine copy, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Wayne Thiebaud first captured the attention of the art world in the early sixties when he exhibited paintings of cakes, hot dogs and gumball machines. Initially identified, by the subject of these works, with American Pop artists, Thiebaud has since shifted his attention to other subjects ranging from the figure to landscape. He has established himself as a preeminent American realist exploring traditional subjects with a fresh and contemporary eye. This major monograph traces the… Leer más

New York: Aperture, 1986. Cloth, 95 pages, chiefly illustrations; 30 cm. SIGNED by both Inge Morath and Arthur Miller on the title page. A near-fine copy with very light dust spotting on the top edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. A famous Magnum photographer, Morath was the third wife of playwright Arthur Miller. Profusely illustrated.. SIGNED. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. Cloth, x, 324 pages, [20] leaves of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by artist Robert Rauschenberg, with a personalized inscription to Joan and Paul. A fine copy of the first printing. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. This monograph remains the most well-known biography of the mercurial artist Robert Rauschenberg, who bridged the gap between art and life with his combine paintings and performance works.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Milan and Rimini: Y. Press; Guaraldi, 2006. 2 volumes, illustrations; 35 cm. + 1 DVD. COMPLETE SET. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tips lightly bumped. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Volume 1 is a facsimile of the original 1472 publication of Roberto Valturio's military treatise De re militari. Volume 2, "Sagi critici," is edited by Paola Delbianco, with contributions by Agostino Conto, et al. A DVD-ROM is packaged in a third folder. The entire set is on Military kings: humanism and the art of war between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The book influenced Leonardo da Vinci.. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1969. Pictorial boards, 230 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 28 x 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Includes an "Autobiography [of Rauschenberg]": pages 225-229. Scarce title on Rauschenberg.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1971. Cloth, 4 volumes, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Translated from the Spanish. COMPLETE SET. All 4 volumes in near-fine condition, unmarked, with expected age toning. First U.S. Edition. Dust jackets toned, with light edgewear, protected in mylar book covers. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Catalogue raisonne of the Spanish master Goya (full name: Francisco Jos de Goya y Lucientes, 1746-1828), arguably the greatest painter of the Romantic period.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Cologne: Taschen, 2017. 3 volumes (964 pages), colour illustrations; 39 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Text in English, French, and German. COMPLETE SET. All three volumes in fine condition. Slipcase in fine condition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "At the turn of the 20th century, architecture took an imaginative leap. As new construction materials and technologies met such far-flung stimuli as the Far East, nirvana, and the unleashed unconscious of Freudian psychoanalysis, buildings by the likes of Gaudi, Horta, Hoffmann, Loos, and Mackintosh instilled structure with the sinuous lines of nature, surfaces with a fairy-tale shimmer, and spaces with an ethereal wash of light or shadowy, mysterious hush. For this dramatic portfolio, printed for the first time ever in a book with five colors including gold, the late architectural photographer Keiichi Tahara traveled across Europe to present the finest examples of this Art… Leer más

New York: Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, 1966. 131 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Exhibition held at Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, October-November 1966. BOLDLY SIGNED "Oskar Kokoschka, 5.XI.66" (November 5, 1966) on the front cover, under the printed signature accompanying the self-portrait. Tight, clean copy. Tanned edges. The preeminent Austrian Expressionist, the life of Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) spanned almost the entire twentieth century. He is one of the leading masters of modernism, a contemporary of Sigmund Freud, who sought refuge, like Freud, in England during the war years. Copiously illustrated with examples of Kokoschka's paintings and graphic works.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1962. 66 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Fifth loan exhibition, Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 20 to May 13, 1962. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. An important exhibition, presaging Minimalism and the antecedents of "hard-edge abstraction." The original publication, not some tacky reprint.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Milan: Electa, 2009. 119 pages, colour illustrations; 18 x 25 cm. Text in Italian and English. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist Vanessa Beecoft, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy. Wince-inducing project about racism and African immigrants in Italy.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong. Collectible.