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Amon Carter Museum PAUL KANE 1810-1871
Amon Carter Museum & the National Gallery of Canada 1971 First Edition Hardcover Good
Good minus condition. Oblong (10.5 x 11"). Ex-library book with usual type markings & moderate wear & tear. Jacket attached to book, small tears to corners, sticker residue on front, age tanning. Internal pages have light soiling, a few earmarks & a small amount of pen/pencil markings. English & French text. Circulated as part of the International Exhibitions programme 1971-1972, of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Colour frontispiece is a self portrait by the artist plus numerous b/w illustrations. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Anno, Mitsumasa ANNO'S ITALY
London The Bodley Head 1979 0370302141 / 9780370302140 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good
Retired library book with no library markings to outside of book. Removed back pocket with some peeling and a few small crossed out stamps internally. No jacket as issued. Slight corner wear to cover, small peel by spine on rear. Pages otherwise clean and intact. Colour illustrations, non-paginated. The traveller from Anno's Journey crested the hill on the last page of that book, and on the first page of this one, he is sitting in contemplation on a fallen tree. He is not still for long though, and he is next to be found buying a horse from a wood-cutter and setting off on a new and extraordinary adventure....Take a stunning visual journey with this well-known Japanese illustrator as our traveller makes his way across Italy. (384osl) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Anno, Mitsumasa THE UNIQUE WORLD OF MITSUMASA ANNO Selected Works 1968-1977
Philomel Books 1980 0399207430 / 9780399207433 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Clean, tight copy. Ex-library book with usual type markings, jacket attached to book. Light edgewear, fading to spine area. Internal pages clean with great colour illustrations. 48 pages. "...the first collection of the artist's individual works of graphic art. Anno quotes relevant passages from the works of famous authors underneath the pictures.." (400) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Archbold, Rick (Text) ROBERT BATEMAN, AN ARTIST IN NATURE
Viking Studio Books 1990 0670834262 / 9780670834266 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Hardcover is excellent, clean, no markings. Jacket has scuffing, light edgewear, light soiling and a few small edge tears, not clipped. ...Bateman's remarkable skill at depicting a marvelous variety of birds and mammals within beautifully rendered landscapes has made him the most acclaimed wildlife artist in the world today. This is the third book to be devoted to this artist's work.... (*Note: Book is heavy, near 5 lbs. Wrapped - there will be an addt'l shipping charge) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Barcham, William L. TIEPOLO
Harry N. Abrams 1992 0810938588 / 9780810938588 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Large hardcover. HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Excellent condition, clean and unmarked, a little scuffing to jacket - overall wear is very light. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages; The art of Tiepolo represents a key chapter in the rich history of Venetian painting. The range of his art is as wide as his career was long. Harmonies of ravishing hues, bold illusionism, decorative projects, etc. William Barcham provides an informative biographical study of the artist, which is illustrated with 36 b/w reproductions representing all phses of Tiepolo's oeuvre and comparative examples by other artists. Forty luminous full page color plates are accompanied by commentaries and additional b/w illustrations that explain the pictures' context and meaning... (*Note: due to heavy weight, extra postage will be required. Contact us if you would like an exact quote) .
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Barron, Roderick DECORATIVE MAPS With Forty Full-Color Plates
New York Crescent Books 1989 1851702989 / 9781851702985 First Edition Softcover Very Good+
Crescent Books 1989, ISBN: 0517688085. Light edge and corner wear, a little corner creasing. Internal pages are clean other than name/date written on corner of 1st page. A few pages near rear have a tiny edge tear. Pages otherwise unmarked. 40 Beautiful colour historical map plates. Page size 15 x 11". Includes: Richard of Haldingham: The Hereford Mappa Mundi; Claudius Ptolemy: The World; Jean Rotz: Portolan Chart of South-East Asia; Diego Homem: Portolan Chart of the Atlantic; Laurence Nowell: A General Description of England & Ireland; Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg: Francofordiae; Christopher Saxton: Dorcestriae & numerous others. (670) ; Folio 13" - 23" tall
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Beittel, Kenneth R MIND AND CONTEXT IN THE ART OF DRAWING
Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1972 0030860458 / 9780030860454 First Edition Hardcover Very Good
Clean, tight condition. Pages unmarked, a little sticker residue inside front cover. Cover has moderate wear to spine ends & corners, otherwise very good. No jacket as issued. An empirical and speculative account of the drawing process and the drawing series and of the contexts in which they occur. [570]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages
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Benke, Britta GEORGIA O'KEEFFE 1887-1986 Flowers in the Desert
Benedikt Taschen 1995 3822888869 / 9783822888865 Softcover Very Good
Clean, tight condition. Internal pages very clean, one small tear seen. Ex-library markings, including sturdy laminated cover. Light edgewear to cover & a little soiling outer edge of pages. 96 pages. Review: "Marvelous prints, absorbing essays...If you enjoy the works of Georgia O'Keeffe, this is a book you'll want to savor. The reproductions of her paintings are marvelously printed, and the accompanying essays of O'Keeffe's life and work are erudite and lucid. There are also pictures of O'Keeffe at various stages of her life and career..." [556]; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Blumenfeld, Erwin; Blumenfeld, Yorick THE NAKED AND THE VEILED The Photographic Nudes of Erwin Blumenfeld
Thames & Hudson 1999 0500542309 / 9780500542309 First Edition Hardcover Fair
Ex-library book, no jacket as issued, usual ex-lib type stamps & stickers. Well used copy, scuffing of cover and paper worn at corners. Internal pages tight and clean other than some ink rubbing. Note: book is missing an endpage at front and one page near center. Pages otherwise very good. Reading/study copy only - not collectible. (*Due to heavy weight, extra shipping will apply to some locations) [988]; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages
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Bouchard, Philip FROM SURREALISM TO ORIENTALISM The Influence of Arabia on the Work of an Artist
London M & M Arts 1985 0951027603 / 9780951027608 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
HC/DJ - near fine/VG. Text in English and Arabic. Pages clean and intact other than a few small spots inside rear cover (appears to be small coffee stains). Hardcover otherwise excellent, light age tanning to page edges. Jacket has light edgewear and one or two tiny tears, moderate scuffing / light scratches to front and rear. "....upon arriving in Arabia early in 1979 came the reality of the vast, almost 'Surreal' landscapes of the desert and more especially the light. It is quite different to that of Europe (Northern Europe in particular) and for an artist was - and indeed still is! - something quite impossible to ignore..." From Author's Preface. [755] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Bridges, Marjorie Lismer A BORDER OF BEAUTY Arthur Lismer's Pen and Pencil
Red Rock 1977 0920178049 / 9780920178041 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
HC/DJ - fine/VG+. Hardcover clean, tight and unmarked, a little bumping at spine ends, slight upward tilt to front cover. Jacket has light edgewear, few small tears and light age tanning, not clipped. Colour & b/w illustrations. A myriad of pen and ink drawings - landscapes, satirical, and always the faces of people - a mood, a time, a place - captured by the artist with swift strokes of pen and pencil.... [770] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 156 pages
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Casteras, Susan P. & Susan Phelps Gordon & Anthony Lacy Gully JOHN RUSKIN AND THE VICTORIAN EYE
Harry N. Abrams 1993 0910407274 / 9780910407274 First Edition Softcover Very Good+
Clean, tight condition. Ex-library book, but still in great shape, sturdy laminated cover & usual ex-lib type markings. Internal pages clean & tight. Cover has light edgewear & a little soiling to outer edge of pages. Profusely illustrated in b/w & colour. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 223 pages; "The six accessible essays in this richly illustrated volume--companion to an exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum and the Indianapolis Museum of Art--examine John Ruskin's activities as Victorian art critic and moral sage. Ruskin scholar Robert Hewison explores how the critic's encounter with paintings by Renaissance masters led to his loss of religous faith. Brown University professor George Dandow scrutinizes the sermonizing language with which Ruskin urged readers to sharpen their own perceptive powers. Yale art historian Casteras discusses Ruskin's creation in 1871 of a utopian guild to govern Saint George's Museum in Sheffield, England. Other essays deal with Ruskin's high aspirations for modern art, his passion for geology and his drawings, which were a stimulus to his thought. Nearly 180 plates (40 in color) show paintings by Ruskin himself as well as by Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, J. M. W. Turner and others. " (*Note - due to heavy weight, some locations will require extra shipping) [1032]
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Coe, Ralph T. LOST AND FOUND TRADITIONS Native American Art 1965-1985
Vancouver, B. C. Douglas & Mcintyre 1988 0888946252 / 9780888946256 First Edition Softcover Very Good
Ex-library book, but still in quite good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Page are clean and tight, profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. Light edgewear and some rough edges to laminate on covers, a little soiling to outer edge of pages. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 288 pages; From Publishers Weekly: Contemporary American Indian arts and crafts are sometimes dismissed as a pale reflection of a once-great art form. Coe, who spent eight years crisscrossing North America, meeting Indian artists and collecting their works, disproves this viewpoint. A rich legacy of tribal tradition lives on in modern textiles, masks, carvings, jewelry and sacred objects, as revealed in the 400 artworks reproduced in this catalogue of a touring exhibition. When a Makah Indian in Washington State carves a painted box in the shape of a wolf's head, he rediscovers an age-old form and, in so doing, experiences a sense of pride and shared values. Visiting scores of tribes, Coe discovered an art community, a loose network of weavers, craft classes, singers, carvers. Examples in this revelatory volume range from a Pueblo dance-skirt decorated with mystical life symbols to a Cheyenne bird-feather fan whose iridescent colors mirror the peyote ceremony.... (*Note: due to heavy weight, there will be an addt'l shipping charge to most locations) [1,280]
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Collection, Burrell; Marks, Richard The Burrell Collection
Collins 1984 0004356802 / 9780004356808 Third Printing Softcover Near Fine
Softcover edition (same ISBN as hardcover edition) - Collins, London & Glasgow 1984. Large softcover in excellent condition. Pages clean and intact other than previous owner's name inside front cover. Cover has light scuffing and slight wear at corners. Intro by John Julius Norwich. Beautifully illustrated in colour. (585,0811); 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages
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Connor, Holly Pyne (editor) OFF THE PEDESTAL New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent
Rutgers University Press 2006 0813536979 / 9780813536972 First Edition Softcover Very Good+
Ex-library book, but still in great condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages clean and tight, no markings. Cover has light scuffing and slight edgewear. Beautifully illustrated in colour and b/w. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages; Pictures of women portrayed as professional, athletic, and intellectual seem common to us today, but until the late nineteenth century, such representations of strong, self-reliant women were virtually, if not completely, absent from the visual arts and literature. Off the Pedestal is the first book to explore the radical change that occurred in the representation of women immediately after the Civil War. Three critical essays draw on the visual culture of the period to show how the collapse of slavery in the United States brought issues of subordination and autonomy to the surface for women in much the same way that it did for blacks. As women began attending college in greater numbers, entering professions previously dominated by men, and demanding greater personal freedom, these "new women" were featured more frequently in the visual arts and in a manner that made it clear that they had ambitions outside the domestic sphere. The complexity and pervasiveness of these women fascinated many of the most well known painters, illustrators, and writers of the time, including Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, Charles Dana Gibson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and William Dean Howells. The women represented in works by these and other artists reflected those who, in life, were becoming liberated from the confines of the home and the sole company of their husbands and children. They were portrayed riding bicycles, hiking in the mountains, reading books and newspapers, and working as professionals. The depiction of female self-reliance, however, was not uniform throughout all visual media. Although painters and authors tended to portray these women positively, illustrators and photographers often vilified or satirized them. Among these negative stereotypes one could find the "manly" new woman-a contested figure whose appearance in journalism and elsewhere pointed to underlying social anxiety and demonstrated a widespread backlash against female empowerment. The medical community also condemned new women by arguing that females who studied or exercised vigorously would become sick, insane, or even sterile, thus threatening the welfare of the country. Featuring more than seventy color and black-and-white images, Off the Pedestal is an engaging and informative window into the ways that identities and attitudes are forged on the stage of visual culture. The book will accompany the traveling exhibition of the same name, which will open at the Newark Museum in the spring of 2006. (775)
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Czobor, Agnes (editor) The Budapest Museum of Fine Arts
Corvina 1971 9631326152 / 9789631326154 Third Edition Softcover Very Good
Illustrated wrappers 7 x 6.5". Pages clean and unmarked, b/w illustrations. Cover has light scuffing and light wear at corners, some glue residue near spine inside front. 116 pages. Contents: Egyptian Art; Greek and Roman Antiquities; Gallery of Old Masters; Old Sculpture; Prints and Drawings; Modern Arts. (*lower shipping options avail. To Cdn & overseas locations) [210-osl] ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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Day, David THE HOBBIT COMPANION
Atlanta Turner Publishing, Inc. 1997 1570363919 / 9781570363917 First Edition Hardcover Fine Illustrated by Postma, Lidia
Excellent, near new condition. Large padded hardcover, no jacket as issued. Cover has two small closed tears near spine (not very noticeable). Colour & two-tone illustrations throughout. "In The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien spun a clever web of wordplay and verbal hocus-pocus. Inspired by these linguistic games, master "hobbit investigator" David Day untangles the crafty puns and riddles, hidden meanings, and mythical associations that lie beneath the saga's thrilling surface. More than just a delightful study of an author who deeply loved and understood the intricacies of the English language (Tolkien helped compile the prestigious Oxford English Dictionary) , this magnificently illustrated companion charms with its own beauty and enhances our understanding of one of the world's great masterpieces. "; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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De Nanteuil, Luc JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
Harry N. Abrams 1990 0810932016 / 9780810932012 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Cloth hardcover is clean, tight and unmarked. Jacket has very light edgewear, scuffing and light scratches, not clipped. During the span of his long and productive life (1748-1825) David was both a supremely gifted artist and a passionately political man. The author has selected a broad and balanced range of masterful drawings and magnificent paintings produced by this classically revolutionary artist, accompanied by informative text. 103 illustrations, incl. 40 color plates. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; (*Note: due to heavy weight, there will be addt'l ship charges to most locations)
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Deleu, Jozef (editor) THE LOW COUNTRIES Arts and Society in Flanders and the Netherlands, TLC 8
Flemish-Netherlands Foundation 2000 9075862423 / 9789075862423 First Edition Very Good+
Softcover. Great condition. Ex-library with only light wear, laminated cover & usual type markings. Pages are clean & tight. Cover has light scuffing and a little wear to corners & spine ends. B/w & colour illustrations. "The articles in this book survey the living, contemporary culture of the Low Countries as well as their cultural heritage. In its words and pictures The Low Countries provides information about literature and the arts, and also about broad social and historical developments in Flanders and the Netherlands. " (*Note - due to heavy weight, there will be an addt'l shipping charge to most locations) [970]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages
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