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Washington DC: National Portrait Gallery/Princeton University Press, 2018. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, Accompanied exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Illustrated. First major publication to focus on the development of silhouettes, gathers leading experts to shed light on the surprisingly complex historical, political, and social underpinnings of this ostensibly simple art form.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York : Harrison House, 1987. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 150 vintage black-and-white 1920s and 1930s Hollywood star portraits (many/most full-page) with accompanying descriptive captions. "This book lets us see, with dramatic impact, the artistry of the Hollywood studio photographers, whose portraits (reproduced by the millions as cheap fan photographs) of Crawford, Garbo, Cooper and the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 159 pages. illustrated in b&w, some color. Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) was an American artist and educator. This monograph traces his life and work in nine chapters: Beginnings; Paris and Brittany; The Return; Japanese Currents; The Pratt Institute and the Launching of Composition; Ipswich and the World;… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: National Gallery, 2013. 1st. Very Good/None. Softcover, 71 pages illustrated in color. A key member of the Hudson River School, Frederic Church (1826–1900) rose to fame as the creator of some of America’s most iconic landscape paintings. He also traveled abroad extensively, making trips to Jamaica, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. At home and away,… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Vintage Books, 1987. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 101 pages. Interview with American artist, David Salle by Peter Schjeldahl. 65 pages of text (interview) as well as color and black & white plates by Salle. In very good condition. Cover is a black & white photograph of David Salle. Record # 385769

Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1970. reprint. Softcover. Good/None. Softcover, 243 pages, 150 b&w plates. Illustrated covers, perfect binding, divided into seven sections organized by historical period, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Mild rubbing to covers, very minor markings to bottom of page block, front top right corner creased; otherwise a very clean, tight copy. Record # 385775

NY: Ten Americans: Masters of Watercolor , 1974. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, The catalogue of an exhibition at the Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, May 16 - June 30, 1974. Features the work of 10 artists: Milton Avery (15 works), Charles Burchfield (14 works), Charles Demuth (20 works), Arthur Dove (15 works), Winslow Homer (14 works), Edward… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1982. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover. This is the second in a series of exhibitions organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, that shows a small number of artists' recent work on paper. Artists featured: Jonathan Borofsky, Francesco Clemente, Mario Merz, A.R. Penck, and Giuseppe Penone. Introduction by Bernice Rose. Clean… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Random House, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 403 pages. Hardcover. 65 illustrations, 40 in full color. Price clipped dust jacket worn with tape repairs, fading - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. "An account of the life and death of an art, of the men who made it and of the lusty age in which they… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Ten Americans: Masters of Watercolor , 1974. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, the catalogue of an exhibition at the Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, May 16 - June 30, 1974. Features the work of 10 artists: Milton Avery (15 works), Charles Burchfield (14 works), Charles Demuth (20 works), Arthur Dove (15 works), Winslow Homer (14 works), Edward… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: McGraw-Hill , 1992. 3rd pr.. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 205 pages. 191 b&w figures. An in-depth look at the history of ornamental ironwork and ironworkers in American architecture. Well illustrated with many photos. Clean copy. Record # 385743

NY: Doubleday & Company/MOMA, 1963. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 228 pages illustrated in b&w, some color. Although falling well short of a definitive biography, this treatment of Rodin is chronologically sound, contains some evocative photographs, and a good bibliography, and serves as a solid point of departure for the student… Saber más sobre este artículo

Waltham MA: Brandeis University Press, 2006. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Barry Moser. Softcover in pictorial wrappers. Written and illustrated by master wood engraver Barry Moser, this primer on the art of wood engraving is filled with valuable knowledge including how to prepare a printing block; how to think in the mediums properties of line, shape, and ink; and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Zurich: Scheidegger and Spiess, 2016. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in pictorial cloth, 210 pages, 164 color and 76 b/w illustrations. Le Corbusier (1887–1965) is one the most influential architects of the twentieth century. In the Scandinavian countries, his influence is arguably most pronounced in the writings and art of the Danish experimentalist Asger Jorn (1914–1973). Their collaboration… Saber más sobre este artículo

New Castle DE: Oak Knoll, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A History of the Eragny Press, 1894-1914, is a full and exceptionally well-researched account of the Press. It begins with a brief survey of Lucien Pissarro's early career in France in order to establish the influences and motivations for his book designs and proceeds to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Sotheby's, 2005. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. 367 pages, photographs throughout. Very slight corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 853674

Paris: Zodiaque, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 334 pages plus index. Color, b&w gravure photographs, plans of churches, cathedrals, abbeys and monasteries in France. Text in French. Ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket. Record # 403695

Rome : Compagnia Edizioni Internazionali, 1968. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 173 pages. Hardcover. Numerous full color illustrations. Illustrated flyleaves and endpapers. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on frontispiece. Gray and white dust jacket with full color illustration on the front. Light edgewear and foxing on top edge. Record # 857199

Jackson [Miss.]: University Press of Mississippi, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 284 pages, b&w illustrations. Minor edgewear to dust jacket else a clean, tight copy. Record # 458926

Tokyo: Genko-sha, 1987. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. 104 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white examples of art and graphic design work by Pater Sato. Clean, tight copy. Record # 608347