Le Musée Français Portraits des Contemporains Dessinés d'Après les Meilleurs Photographies
Paris: Le Musee Francais, 1862. Hardcover. G-: A very old (but still beautil) book. Various stains and marks on the covers. Wear to the corners of the spine. Significant page tanning and foxing, especially around the end pages. Several library stamps on the first ten pages or so.. Heavy textured brown cloth with black embossed designs and debossed gilt lettering on the spine. Floral orange end pages. Gilt edging on the text blocks. Different types of paper for... Read More
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Counterpoint: Two Centuries of American Masters
New York: Hirschl & Adler, 1990. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 110 pp. 21 bw, 52 color repros. Contains painings, prints, furniture and clocks. One-page foreword by Stuart P. Feld. Each work is annotated, although a preface note states that the exhibition records have been greatly trimmed due to space limitations, and that this information is available upon request.
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The Fellowship of The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts Annual Exhibition Art Club Gallery
1939. Softbound. VG, some writing on front cover. Folded sheet of 8 panels. no illustrations. Lists 71 paintings and 19 sculptures. No text.
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COLLECTION JEAN ALBOU. ITINERAIRE D'UN PASSIONNE. I Photographie: de Ronis a Mapplethorpe. II Art Contemporain : de Cesar a Chen Zhen. 2 volumes in wrap-around papercase
France: Artcurial, 2008. Softbound. VG+. Two volumes in wrap-around papercase with seal. Vol. 1: 110 lots of photographs. Vol. 2: 123 lots. Text is entirely in French. A stunning collection. Foreword by Jean Albou and recollections of him by a number of French gallery owners.
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Art d'Aujourd'hui : Revue Mensuelle d'art Contemporain : Serie 4 no 5, Juillet 1953
Paris, France: Art d'Aujourd'hui, 1953. Softcover. Good, Wear to edges of wraps, foxing on back cover, some warping of book. Pages excellent except for warping present to corner.. Wraps with duochrome design and red text. 32 pp. Many bw illustrations. Unbound color print by Pablo Palazuelo. Sommaire - "D'une Nature sans Limites a une Peinture sans Bornes" par Julien Alvard ; "Le Monument au Prisonnier Politique Inconnu" par J. Romero brest ; "Exposition d'Art Abstrait a Rome" par... Read More
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Gontcharova/Larionov: The Tobin wing Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum - June 1987
San Antonio: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1987. Softcover. VG. Glossy, illustrated wrap. 45 pages : illustrations (some color). Wonderful pictures and concise descriptions. Exhibition Catalog.
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Cubism: Braque, Gris, Laurens, Leger, Lipchitz, Picasso
New York: Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin, 1949. Paperback. VG-. Tanning, minor soiling to covers. A bit of soiling in contents.. BW stapled wraps. [8] pp. 13 small BW plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held April 5-30, 1949.
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The Political Register and Impartial Review of New Books for MDCCLXIX (1769) Volume 5 (July to December)
London: Printed for Henry Beevor in Little Britain, 1769. Leather bound. Fair. Front cover off, internally VG with several ancient ownership stamps of "John H. Lick, Fredericksburg, Pa" throughout. 3/4 Leather with marbled boards and marbled page edges and endpapers. Title-page, pp. 375-380 (Index), pp. 1-374. With 6 engravings (5.5" x 8.4"). Includes several noteworthy contributions relative to the American Colonies: "An Analysis of The British Constitution, in it's genuine purity, from which is deduced the policy and... Read More
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Andre Fauteux: Recent Sculpture
Toronto: Gallery One, 1989. Softcover. VG- (Ex-mus. lib., label at base of spine.). Purple wraps. Unpaginated, 32 pp. 13 bw plates. Accompanied a 1989 gallery exhibition. Includes exhibition information and a bibliography.
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Drawing: The International Review Published by The Drawing Society
New York: The Drawing Society, 1998. Vo. XIX, No. 4. Softcover. VG tight and clean;. White stapled wraps with punch holes; 40 pp. with numerous bw illustrations;. Articles about Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance sculptors, West African artists, and more.
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Zwanzig Ausgewahlte Blatter der Graphischen Kunst
New York: C. G. Boerner, 1976. Softcover. Very good and clean but for mild sunning and soiling to folio. 20 individual engraving sheets in tan wraps with brown lettering, all in grey card folio with cream title square with brown lettering;. Includes works by Rembrandt, Hoogstraten, Caspar David Friedrich, Menzel, Degas, Pissarro, Picasso, and others; with descriptions on reverse of each work; plates are listed inside front of cover. Very nice reproductions.
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Aaron Bohrod
New York: Associated American Artists, 1946. Ephemera. VG-. Single folded, terracotta/white sheet with bw photo and black lettering. Duotone illus. inside. Catalogue of works exhibited from March 18 to April 6, 1946. Includes a brief biograhic essay on back cover. 41 works in gouaches and oils are listed, paintings likely done during Bohrod's time in the Army and then with Life magazine in Europe, judging from the painting titles. Bohrod was born in Chicago in 1907, the son... Read More
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Photo Album of European Grand Tour
1887. Hardbound. Very good interior; leather part of spine loose, but binding intact; a few scuffs to leather covers. 19" L x 13" H full maroon leather-coverd boards with gilt border; decorative end papers; 60 single-sided cardboard sheets, with 142 mounted photographs on 48 of the 60 sheets. Souvenir b/w photographs of the Grand Tour highlights of Europe, including the riches of some of Italy's best museums (the Uffizi, Sistine Chapel, etc.). A lovely book of Europe past,... Read More
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Baedeker's Paris and its Environs
Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1910. Hardcover. G+: Wear to the edges and corners. The Chatteau de Versailles map is missing the lower left corner. All other maps seem to be complete with only some wear along the creases. Slight tanning to the pages.. A small red casebound book with gilt text on the spine and front cover. Maps as end pages. liv, 490, 48 pages; [61] leaves of plates, including color foldout maps, color tables, and color foldout plans.... Read More
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Catalogue of the 122nd Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1927. Softcover. Poor. Covers missing, only front cover (with lots of chipping/loss) included, though detached. Some wear, soiling, chipping to pages.. Brown wraps. 98 (+illust) pp. 90 bw repros. Exhibition held January 30 to March 20, 1927. 516 works listed. Artists index at rear.
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The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume XVII (April and July, 1836)
New York: Theodore Foster, 1836. American edition. Hardcover. G-, wear to extremities, some soiling, foxing, cracked inner hinge. Blue boards with blue cloth spine. 256 pp. No ills. Articles addressing Eckermann's "Conversations with Gothe", Mexican antiquities, Retzsch's "Outlines", ancient Persian poetry, Athenian architecture and polychrome embellishment, music and literature and science.
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Jean Dubuffet: Paintings, Gouaches, and Lithographs
London: Hanover Gallery, 1960. Staplebound. VG. Muted brown wraps with black text on the front cover. Staplebound. [24] pages; profusely illustrated with 27 black-and-white images.
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Strautmanis
1991. Softbound. VG. Red paper wraps. 38 pages. 24 color plates. In German and English. German text by Wolfgang Winkler and English text by Frederick Ted Castle. Exhibition at Haus Schonblick (Oct 6 - Nov 2, 1991, Germany) and Stephen Rosenberg Gallery (Oct 22 - Nov 23, 1991, New York).
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Important Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art
New York: Chinese Porcelain Company, 1998. Hardbound. As New. Black cloth with black, color-illustrated dustjacket. 96 pp., 62 items featured and illustrated. A veritable cornucopia of important items, each accompanied by recent scholarship and breathtaking color images. Includes pricelist.
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Gottfried Helnwein
Kilkenny, Ireland: Kilkenny Arts Festival, 2001. Softcover. VG- (Label & few marks from previous gallery owner.). Color illus. stapled wraps, 30 pp., many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2001 installation of work crafted by Austria-Irish artist Gottfried Helnwein (b. 1938), focusing mainly on children's faces. With essay by Mic Moroney.
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J. H. Fragonard e H. Robert a Roma
Rome: Fratelli Palombi Editori, Edizioni Carte Segrete, 1990. Hardcover. G (A personalized library binding of pb catalog; inner spine has loosening and signatures are beginning to escape; otherwise pristine.). Dark green library buckram, gilt letters on spine & front cover, color illus. wraps; 311 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color and bw. Text in Italian only. Accompanied an exhibition at Villa Medici, held in 1990 and 1991, and featuring paintings by French artists Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) and Hubert Robert... Read More
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The Art of Steuben, Volume IV
New York: Steuben Glass, 1987. Softcover. G (Ex-library, with spine label, bookplate, imprint of previous owner, some marks, contents still nice.). Gray paper & illus. wraps, 80 pp., many color illus. A commercial catalog of glass pieces available for purchase in 1987. Nice samples of the company's work.
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Carrier Pigeon : Volume 3 Issue 1
Guttenberg, NJ: CPMag, LLC, 2013. Softcover. Like New, in plastic. Color illustrated gray wraps. 108 pp. Color and bw illustrations. Contents: The Honor Among Thieves - Ryan Scamehorn ; Persona Ward - Ryan Warwick ; The Girl Who Was Struck by Lightning - Christopher Stanton ; Everything I Do Hurts Somebody - Nick Kolakowski ; The Inviting Neighbors of Eldervale - Elahzar Rao ; Five Course Meal - Josh Saltzman ; Artist Portfolios - Jennifer Ale, Chuck Webster,... Read More
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Janet Culbertson: La Tierra Sagrada: Pasado, Presente y Futuro / The Sacred Earth: Past, Present, Future
San Jose, Costa Rica: Galeria Nacional, San Jose, 2008. Softcover. VG. White illus. wraps; Unpaginated, 12 pp.; 2 color figures, 13 color plates. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name, held at the Galeria Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica; Includes annotations provided in both Spanish and English.
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Brancusi
New York: Brummer Gallery, 1926. VG with a few small spots or stains at the very top of a few pages, one or two spots of uneven age-toning otherwise a solid and fresh copy. Tri-fold with printing on all 6 panels The booklet measures 6 5/8 " wide and 8" tall. A very early exhibition leaflet on this sculptor. Introductory essay by Paul Morand. Lists 37 sculptures and 5 bases, 1 painting and 27 studies. A scarce catalogue... Read More
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