ART / Individual Artist Books

University of California Press,, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean text. Tight binding. No dust jacket. An illustrated compilation of articles and essays from 16 artists regarding their craft. Contributors include Jean-Paul Sartre (on Giacometti's paintings), Jean Renoir (an interview), Ernest Mundt, Henry Moore, Otto Luening, Rico Lebrun, Alexander Zschokke (on Paul Klee), Sabro Hasegawa, Anton Eherenzweig, Ernst Barlack (selected letters), Ruth Armer, Geroge Rickey (on Kinetic sculpture), Jack Shadb... more information

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Benedikt Taschen Verlag,, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean, tight book. Tear on front of dust jacket at flap edge. Chronology. 224pp. Extensively illustrated. ... more information

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Barnes Foundation Press,, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Clean text. Tight binding. 171 illustrations. A systematic study of the features of Cezanne's work that determine its characteristic form. Index. 456pp. ... more information

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Harry N. Abrams,, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean, tight book. Slightest chipping on unclipped dust jacket. 324 illustrations, including 121 plates in full color. Looks at Degas as a painter and draughtsman. Bibliography. Index. 288pp. ... more information

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Dover Publications,, 1988. Paperback. Good. Clean text. Corner crease on cover. Republication of a text originally published by alfred A. Knopf and Benn Brothers (1923). 41 B/W illustrations. Translator's preface. List of plates. 119+pp. Translated by J. Holroyd Reece. ... more information

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Chronicle Books,, 1991. Paperback. Like New. Clean text. Tight binding. This volume includes Roditi's interviews with the artists Victor Brauner, Carlo Carra, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Barbara Hepworth, Josef Herman, Hannah Hoch, Oskar Kokoschka, Marino Marini, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Giorgio Morandi, Gabriele Munter, Ettore Sottsass, Pavel Tchelitchev, & Ossip Zadkine. Includes black-&-white illustrations of the artists' work. 156pp. ... more information

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Bounty Books,, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean book. Dust jacket. 212pp. Index. Appreciation by Arthur Symons. Edited by Bruce S. Harris. ... more information

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Haines Gallery,, 2001. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 6 color reproductions. Clean. Oblong. ... more information

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San Francisco Art Institute,, 2003. Spiral Bound. Very Good. 2003 Adaline Kent Award Exhibition catalogue (awarded by the San Francisco Art Institute). Includes essay by Marcia Tanner: "Neurochemistry: An Irreverent Reverence for Science." Exhibition nominated for 2004 Wired Rave Award. 48pp. 37 illustrations. Clean text. Head and tail slightly worn. Catalog is printed on heavy stock glossy paper. ... more information

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Galerie Con Tempo,, 1977. Paperback. Very Good. Clean book. Exhibition catalogue. Text in German. Biography. 48pp. French flaps. Well illustrated in color. ... more information

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University Of Chicago Press,, 1995. Hardcover. New. Factory sealed. 290pp, with 22 color plates and 69 halftones. In the work of Fra Angelico, an alternate strain of Renaissance painting emerges to challenge rather than reinforce verisimilitude. Didi-Huberman traces this disruptive impulse through theological writings and iconographic evidence and identifies a widespread tradition in Renaissance art that ranges from Giotto's break with Byzantine image-making well into the sixteenth century. ... more information

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National Gallery of Art,, 1984. Saddle-stitched (Stapled) binding. Very Good. Clean text. 12 B/W illustrations. List of events related to the exhibition at The National Gallery of Art, Washington (Nov 22, 1984-Mar 10, 1985). Topics include the Opera Ballet, Dance, ways of seeing form, etc. 16pp. ... more information

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Museum of Modern Art,, 1957. Paperback. Good. Clean text. Some wear on spine and some small marks on cover. Foreword by Arthur Drexler. 85 B/W illustrations. 48pp. Antonio Gaud’ was a Spanish Catalan architect who belonged to the Modernist style (Art Nouveau) movement and was famous for his unique and highly individualistic designs. ... more information

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Phaidon,, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean text. Tight binding. Unclipped dust jacket. Includes 80 plates, 24 in full color, selected by Rene Ben Sussan. Painting reproduced on the dust jacket was specially contributed by M. Georges Braque. Includes a loose obiturary (attributed to the Associated Press) of Braque taken from the Sept 1, 1963 San Francisco Chronicle . Book is dedicated to Dora Maar. 128pp. 8 pages of comments on the plates by Rene Ben Sussan. ... more information

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Woldemar Klein Verlag Baden-Baden,, 1953. Paperback. Very Good. Text in German. Eingeleitet von Georg Schmidt. 12 color plates. Dust jacket. ... more information

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Norton,, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight book. An introduction to Giotto's frescoes in Padua with an analytical essay, documents and source materials, critical essays and 129 illustrations. 218pp. Bibliography. ISBN: 0393098583 ... more information

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The Guild of Boston Artists,, 1970. Saddle-stitched (Stapled) binding. Very Good. Clean book (except for a notation noting the award associated with one piece). One B/W reproduction and a bio for each artist. Artists include Agnes A. Abbot, Mary Ogden Abbott, George V. Augusta, Harry R. Ballinger, Henry H. Brooks, Margaret Fitzhugh Browne, Alden Bryan, Mary Bryan, Jack Callahan, Loring W. Coleman, Otis Cook, Robert Cormier, William Franklin Draper, Shu dick Ju, C. Robert Perrin, and others. ... more information

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JG Contemporary / John Berggruen,, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. Poem by Bill Berkson. Chronology. Clean throughout. 24pp. Color reproductions. ... more information

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INSEL VERLAG,, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library. Clean throughout. 40 line drawings by Paul Klee from 1909-1940. Includes an essay by Will Grahmann in German. No dust jacket. Insel-Bocherei Nr. 294. ... more information

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Nicholson & Watson,, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. Small tear on frontispiece near spine. First English edition. Frontispiece and terminal illustration by Dali. that where specifically designed and executed for this book. Foxing inside boards. No dust jacket. Loose binding. ... more information

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