1,618 entries. over 1,000 biographies of painters, sculptors, architects and graphic artists. 1,434 illustrations with 301 in color. 704 pages. DJ is VG- with wear to edges, corners and creasing to spine. Book covers are clean, interior is tight. Book is VG+. Due to the size of this book, extra postage may be required. View More...
The Age of Impressionism describes not so much a style as a dazzling assembly of individuals who shared a common urge to create something new-something unacademic, realist rather than romantic, recording immediate visual impressions. This lucid guide containing 83 full color illustrations embraces every significant direction in the age we now chiefly associate in art with Impressionism. 158 pages including index. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine.Mildly rubbed spine ends. Overall covers are VG+. owner's name and date on free endpaper, otherwise interior is tight, clean a... View More...
Forward by John Redhouse. Catalogue Raisonne by Nancy Steen. Commentary by Robert and Hazel Tohe. Signed by artist, R. C. Gorman, on half title page. 254 pp. Grey cloth covers with grey/silver linen spine. DJ in Good- to Good condition with significant wear to edges and corners, large tear to front of cover, scuffing and wear to faces, tears to folds on back of jacket that have been "repaired" with scotch tape. Cover corners slightly rubbed, bottom cover edge has discoloration spots and some rubbing, spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Interior pages crisp, clean. Book in VG+ condition. ... View More...
Number one. February 1952. 72 pp. Xeroxed?/typed copy. Stapled at spine end. Cover is "professionally" printed with a large orange number "1" and black type: University of Nebraska Galleries. Four Gallery Talks. Covers mildly soiled and sunned around edges. Waterstains? on back cover-don't go through. Covers overall Good. Interior is clean, tight, and Very Good+. View More...
Lectures include: "Museums of Art and Teachers of English" by Stockton Axson; "Museums of Art and Teachers of Art" by Kenyon Cox; "Museums of Art and Teachers of History" by G. Stanley Hall; and "Museums of Art and Teachers of the Classics" by Oliver S. Tonks. The lectures were delivered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a course for teachers. 144 pp. Green boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover corners are rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, scuffing to cover faces. Spine ends are bent and chipped, particularly the top spine end that is ... View More...
65 pp. Interpretations of paintings, including "Creation of Man" by Michelangelo, "The Sistine Madonna" by Raphael and Botticelli's "Judith with the Head of Holofernes," among others. Brown cloth covers with brown imprint title on front and spine. Corner corners are bumped and rubbed, small water spots/stains and white marks on front cover, edges with small bumps. Spine is faded from sun exposure, spine ends are bumped and torn. Large red 'donation' stamp on front free endpaper. Interior pages tight and clean. Book in VG- to VG condition. View More...
359 pp. Brown cloth covers with blindstamped image on front and back, and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are rubbed to boards, joints are broken and exposed, spine ends are broken and partially removed. Broken hinges and spine. Light foxing/browning throughout interior. Book in Good condition. View More...
Contains 85 superb color plates of masterpieces of paintings from the National Gallery Of Art, each matched with an interpretive passage from the world's literature. Full page color plates of such artists as Botticelli, El Greco, Rubens, Raphael, Rembrandt, Renoir and others. 182 pp. Burnt red covers. Front cover with gilt lettering and "symbol" of the National Gallery of Art. Spot?/stain? at side edge-could be oil? from hand opening book? Only visible at certain angle. Mildly rubbed bottom edge. Overall covers are VG. Small sticker glue residue on free endp. one color plate shows res... View More...
"Art Seminars in the Home". Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a course on art study. 12 Portfolios: WHAT IS A PAINTING, REALISM, EXPRESSIONISM, ABSTRACTION, COMPOSITION (Pictures as structures), COMPOSITION(Composition as expression), TECHNIQUES(Fresco), TECHNIQUES(Tempera and Oil), TECHNIQUES(Water Color, Pastel, Etching, Engraving), THE ARTIST AS A SOCIAL CRITIC, and THE ARTIST AS A VISIONARY. Each volume has a pocket with colored plates-frameable. Missing 19 of 144 plates. Two plates slightly damaged. Exteriors are Good to Very Good. Interiors are Very Good. Some yello... View More...
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education. 842 pp. with index. Ex. lib. with stamp and identification numbers on front freepaper and inside front cover. Brown cloth covers have bumped corners, edges rubbed. Library sticker adhered to bottom of spine. Spine head and tail are bent and fraying, spine separated from interior of book, and joints are rubbed to expose boards. Spine loose within interior pages. Interior page edges are browning, but text is easily legible. Book in Good condition. View More...
"In studying the history of a people, nothing can be more interesting than its religion, and nothing more vital to the comprehension of the character of a nation than a knowledge of its initial system of faith and worship." In two volumes. Volume I: 1-422 pp. Volume II: 423-830 pp. Red cloth covers with gilt/blue decorative image and title on front, and faded gilt title on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges lightly rubbed, fading along joints, some light soiling. Volume II has bubbling on back cover. Both volumes spines are significantly faded from sun exposure, spine e... View More...
Editions Pierre Tisne, Paris. Printed in France. Text in German. 35 pp. with 112 b/w and color plates, some tipped in. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover corners are bumped and edges rubbed. Foxing to top page edge. Mild browning on pages. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition. View More...
Written entirely in Spanish, "The Private World of Pablo Picasson" is profusely illustrated with photographs depicting the famous artist with his family. 176 pp. Red marbled boards with red leather spine and tips, gilt lettering on spine. Covers are slightly bowed, scuffing to leather corners, edges are rubbed, spine ends are bumped from shelfwear. Hinges are broken. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition. View More...
Each page with illustrations by Sarkis Katchadourian including 11 color plates. Contents include: Notes about the Artist, Introduction by Edward J. Fitzgerald, Fourth Version of the Rubaiyat--1879, and First Version of the Rubaiyat-- 1859. 138 pp. Tan linen-like covers with colored illustration insert on front cover. spine bottom edge bumped, otherwise covers are VG. One inch tear on side edge of title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Omar Khayyám was a Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived in Persia. Sarkis Katchadourian was a prolific artist who... View More...
"Humbug is both a biography of this master trickster and a quest for the historical Barnum, a study of the audiences whose needs he so brilliantly anticipated. It shows the young Barnum starting out in the age of 'the common man,' the irreverent Jacksonian era, when physical progress and democratic dogmas made Americans extremely sure of their own opinions--and easy prey for the hoaxer." 337 pages with index. Gift inscription from author on half title page. Red cloth cover. DJ in VG- condition. with wear and small tears to edges and corners, some creasing, tears along joints near spine... View More...
29th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Rep. No. 806. Read, and laid upon the table. July 24, 1846. "The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the memorial of Mr. Catlin, for the purchase of his gallery of Indian collections and paintings, and also the memorial of American artists abroad, and of American citizens resident in London..." Catlin's Indian Gallery, which is housed at the Smithsonian Institute American Art Museum, is recognized as a great cultural treasure, offering rare insight into native cultures and an important chapter in American histor... View More...
owner's name in red block letters on free endp. otherwise interior is clean, tight and VG+ condition. Glossy covers. Back cover slightly soiled, otherwise VG to VG+. View More...
"This catalogue is only being sent to our regular customers and the works of art illustrated will be shown by appointment only on a first come basis." Artists include Stuart Davis, Winslow Homer, Jack Levine, Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Sheeler, and Benjamin West. Mustard stiff paper covers with wear to corners and edges, dirt smudges to front cover. Interior is tight and clean. Catalogue in VG- condition. View More...
