(Color Lithograph) Exterior Door by Jansem, Jean (Armenia, 1920-2013)

Chicago: Wally F. Findlay Galleries [c. 1966] [21] pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 x 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Vignettes of female dancers, some vaguely erotic, backstage at the Paris Opera. The artist was born in Armenia, in 1920.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Touchstone Publishers Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. 89p., illustrated by a remarkably fine frontis portrait by actor Brynner, a short essay by Daleveze, then profuse vignette reproductions, all in b&w, from three to six to a page, presswork on matte cream paperstock. Hardbound in 13x9.5 inch raw linen boards titled black, with a color dust jacket featuring fullpage graphics fore and aft; the first American edition (presumed). Jacket shows slightest edgewear, book's paperstock very faintly toned round the margins, entirely sound, clean and unmarked, a very good copy. Subjects: street people, proleterian children and the aged, innocent female nudes, and the declasse' as in his illustrations for Baudelaire and Villon.

Paris, Hervé, 1963. Good. 8°quer Broschierte Ausgabe. Ausstellungskatalog von Jean Jansem mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Außen etwas angeschmutzt, ansonsten von innen schönes, sauberes Exemplar.

Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Very Good. JEAN JANSEM. Jansem, Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1974.Quarto, first edition, pp. 189, 2 (notes), olive cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, original cardboard slipcase, text in French and English by Pierre Mazars, color and halftone plates, photos. Examines the work of the post-war French-Armenian artist, showing portraits, still lifes, nudes, seascapes, cityscapes and other paintings.Condition of this book:Jacket worn at edges, overall near fine. Size: Quarto. Text is in multiple languages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; France; 1970s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More

New York: Touchstone Publishers Ltd., 1969. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gray linen, lettered and with facsimile front cover signature in black. Very slight thumbing to front blank following flyleaf, otherwise as issued. 89 pp., illus. throughout, reproducing Jansem's work from Lithographies (1954) through Cartes de Vouex (1958-68): Lithographies on pp. 7-40, numbered from 1 to 81, 3 to 6 on each page, followed by Pointes Seches, Les Soliloques du Pauvre, Le Spleen de Paris, Rinconete et Cortadillo, Oeuvres Poetiques de Villon, and Cartes de Voeux, also 3 to 6 per page. 150+ illus., some unnumbered. Color illus. dust jacket shows the slightest rubbing at head of spine, essentially as issued, now in archival mylar. Undated, with contents through 1968, thus providing an approximate date of publication. Lacking the (9) color lithographs included upon original issue in some copies (but evidently not all, or even most), and the binding shows… Read More

Paris: Galerie David & Garnier, 1965.. Large format color print poster 28” x 20”. Good. Wear from handing, and some edge wear. One inch tear on right edge. Soiling on verso. Printed by Mourlot. Extremely Scarce.

New York: Touchstone, 1970.. Separate printing of the front cover from Jansen Oeuvres Graphiques, an illustrated catalogue of the artist's graphic work. The dust-jacket is an original lithograph, entitled "La Procession," Berger & Sorlier no. 191

Jansem, Jean. MOTHER AND CHILD. Lithograph, not dated. Artist's proof aside from an edition of likely 75 or 100. Inscibed "E.A." (Epreuve d'Artiste) and signed in pencil. 24 X 18 inches. In very good condition.

Paris: Club du livre - Philippe Lebaud, 1966. Livre. Illus. by Jansem. Très bon. reliure éditeur. Signé par l'illustrateur. Paris, Club du livre - Philippe Lebaud, 1966. 33 x 26 cm (R), in-4, 236 pp. - 2 ff. n. ch., 20 lithographies originales en noir hors texte (comprises dans la pagination) dont 3 à double page, reliure de vachette maroquinée noire incrustée de trois larges plaques colorées au palladium formant un décor fleuri, titre et auteur au palladium ou dos, tête argentée, chemise de demi-vachette maroquinée à bandes et étui bordé (reliure d'édition exécutée par Jacques Ebrard d'après une maquette de Henri Mercher). Tirage à 325 exemplaires. Celui-ci l'un des 225 sur Rives (n° 202), signé par Jansem au colophon. Belles lithographies dans une intéressante reliure d'édition. Bel exemplaire. (MONOD, 11299) (Prévoir… Read More

Sl: Le Livre contemporain et Les Bibliophiles franco-suisses, 1974. Livre. Illus. by Jean Jansem. Très bon. En Feuilles. Grand In-4. Sl, Le Livre contemporain et Les Bibliophiles franco-suisses, 1974. 38 x 28 cm, grand in-4, 146 (3) pp., frontispice et 10 planches hors texte (comprises dans la pagination), en feuilles sous couverture crème rempliée et imprimée, coffret de pleine toile doublé de feutrine de l'éditeur. Tirage unique à 175 exemplaires, tous sur vélin de Rives à la forme, celui-ci nominatif (n° 8, Didier Gompel). On joint le MENU illustré d'une eau-forte supplémentaire au format de l'ouvrage. Très bel exemplaire. (MONOD, 5419).

Ottawa, Ontario: Chief of the General Staff, 1949. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Canadian Army Journal. Lead article is War on the Western Front: The Russo-German Campaigns. Quite a nice copy of uncommon magazine. From collection of historical material amassed through lifetime of local St Thomas historian Don Cosens.

France: Pierre Tisne, 1945. (Limited, 1st edition). Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. #228 of 1720 copies. Protective glassine cover shows signs of wear around edges. Slight age soil and yellowing to protective cover and rough cut page edges. Interior on high quality art papers. Map of "La Colonne Du Tchad" plus 68 drawings (charcoal, ink and sepia) and water color prints tipped in) by the official painter of the Leclerc column (Philippe de Hauteclocque) - WWII North African campaign from the French Fort Lamy in Chad (December, 1942) to joining Montgomery's 8th army in January 1943 in Tripoli. Text in French. "Les dessins et tableaux de Rene-Jean Clot ont fait revivre devant nos yeux des paysages auxquels je ne pense jamais sans emotion. Ils les ont fait revivre avec force, tels que nous les avons connus et aimes." "Les lignes qui suivent, puisees dans le journal de marche de mon aide de camp, animeront ces toiles et les situeront dans le temps et dans l'espace… Read More

Original book from the publisher to the artist including a certificate of recognition for Max ten Bosch. The book is still in the original packing and in plastic. Both the letter from the publisher and the original certificate are included.

Amsterdam: Kunsthandel Goudstikker, 1933. Book. Good. Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. text in Dutch. rubs to covers, edges chipped, as they extend over the edge of the text block. blank and white plates..

Paris: La Bibliotheque Des Arts, 1962. First edition thus. First French edition. Text in French. Published Paris: La Bibliotheque Des Arts, 1962. Folio, 11" x 14 1/4." 32 pages text plus 34 tipped in color plates, 35 black and white (not tipped in). Sea blue cloth with gilt lettering and white paper covered boards lettered in black and gray. Foxing to the covers, end papers and interior face of dust jacket (facing the book), age toning along the margins of the page block, otherwise, clean, tight in dust jacket chipped along the edges. Good plus.. 1st. Hard. Good Plus/Good Plus. Folio.

NY: Norton, 1969. Complete four volume set in slipcase. All first editions. Published NY: Norton, 1969, first printing. 8vo., illustrated with 352 b/w and color plates. Volume 1: Late Gothic to High Renaissance. xi+352. Volume 2: Baroque. 355-711. Volume 3 Neoclassic to Post-Impressionist. 713-1124. Volume 4: Plates and Index. 7-400. Green linen cloth with gilt titles, text printed on bright white laid paper. A near fine set in a good slipcase with wear at the top and external tape repair.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo..

First American edition, presumed first printing. A Studio Book. by Viking Press. Text in English translated from the French. This massive book includes a map of Lautrec's Paris, a catalogue of his graphic works and a chronology of his life and work. Many magnificent full page color reproductions as well as paste-on reproductions and b&w photos. no pages or illustrations, photos, etc. are missing.Book is in excellent condition. Only faults we could find in book are some shelf wear/white spotting at bottom edge of the back cover, a small (about 1/8") stain at top of spine extending about one inch from the spine at the top of the pages; however, the stain is only visible on the top edges of the pages when the book is closed. It does not show on the pages themselves. The Dj is whole but shows its age with some light stains and wear marks on front cover and shelf wear at edges including some small tears and chipping at bottom of spine are. (see photos which will be posted shortly).Priority mail provided… Read More

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More

Yale University Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW in publisher's shrink-wrap. hardcover, Yale University Press, 2014, 272 pages. Ships from Hawaii. This compelling examination of the work and lives of Expressionist artists Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter and Dadaists Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber illuminates the roles of gender and the applied arts in abstraction's early days. Both couples, like Expressionism and Dada more generally, strived to transcend the fragmented individualism promoted by capitalism. Through abstraction and by unsettling the boundaries between the decorative and fine arts, they negotiated tensions between the philosophical and commercial aspects of their production. Both pairs were feminist―the women ambitious and the men supportive of their work―but theirs was a feminism that embraced differences between the sexes. This innovative look at the personal relationships of two influential artist couples shows how everyday life―mundane concerns along with… Read More

Bruno Munari's Zoo. 1963 First American Edition, The World Publishing Company. 3rd Impression Thus. Number line starts with 3. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-14773 8 ¾ X 11 ¾. EXLIB. Good condition/ No DJ Included. Protected in mylar wrap. A trip to the zoo as envisioned and and presented by brilliant Italian Artist and educator Bruno Munari, Father of: Modern Graphic Design,The Futurist Movement, Useless Machines, Mobiles, Spacial Environment, Kinetics, Concrete Art Movement, Direct Projections, Arrythmic Machines. Unpaginated.