Search Results: Genre & Subject / Figure & Nudes from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2003. 314 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Translated from the French by Toula Ballas. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This volume, illustrated with archival photography, sketches, letters, paintings and highly personal ephemera, examines some 24 couples whose pairings have left an indelible mark on 20th-century art. In each case, the authors find, their passion and intimacy proved to be the germ of creation." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Rizzoli, 1998. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Homoerotic emphasis.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Marlborough Gallery Inc., 1983. 40 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 30 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Marlborough Gallery Inc., New York, March 5 to April 2, 1983. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1931. Cloth, 54, [2] pages, illustrations (portrait), plates; 26 cm. Descriptive letterpress on versos facing plates. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to boards, with rubbing & wear to caps, tips. Expected browning.. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 4to.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. 181 pages; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, price-clipped on the front flap, protected in a mylar cover. "In this stylish work of imaginative nonfiction, Eunice Lipton re-creates a provocative figure out of nineteenth-century art history, Victorine Meurent, the mysterious woman who modeled for Manet's most famous paintings, Olympia and Dejeuner sur l'herbe. Was Meurent, as her contemporaries would have had us believe, simply a drunkard, a prostitute? Or was she - whose defiant gaze from Manet's canvas provoked a riot - an accomplished artist in her own right? Through the streets of Paris, an American art historian sets out on an inquiry into the life of Victorine Meurent. As the pieces of an untold story begin to accumulate, something unforeseen happens to her. Every step she takes to undo the erasure of Meurent's life brings her face-to-face with the boundaries of her own. Every day she loses herself a little more in the other… Read More

Munich and New York: Prestel; Pegasus Library, 2000. 120 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Translated from the German by John Brownjohn. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "This interpretation of Modigliani's career charts the artist's development from his early portraits, through more stylised decorative images such as the graceful figures with the almond-shaped eyes and swan-like necks, to his mature depictions of nudes, which have become symbols of femininity. Although Modigliani led the dissipated life of the turn-of-the-century bohemian in Paris, dying at the age of of 35, his restless life is scarcely reflected in his paintings. The author shows how his works are characterised by cool detachment and often archaic austerity. This study reveals how Modigliani drew his inspiration not so much from the avant-garde movements of the time, such as Cubism, Fauvism and Futurism, as from artists of the Renaissance and Rococo periods." - Publisher. . Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Houston and New Haven: Menil Collection; Yale University Press, 2011. Cloth, 136 pages, illustrations. (some colour), color maps; 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Menil Collection, Houston, Tex., May 6 to August 28, 2011, and Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norwich, England, September 27 to December 11, 2011. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "After Dutch expeditions reached New Guinea's Lake Sentani island and Humboldt Bay in the mid-1800s, Western visitors began collecting works by local artists. Ancestors of the Lake is a stunning look at the region's distinctive art, such as its highly stylized wooden sculptures and decoratively and abstractly designed barkcloths. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together many of these important historic pieces for the first time, including the landmark collection of French writer and… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1987. 208 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Front cover slightly sunned. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1987. 208 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Exhibition Catalogue. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Hier & Demain, 1978. [85] leaves, illustrations; 27 cm. Text in French/Texte en fran ais. TRES BON ETAT. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. Erotic drawings by John Boyce for selected Passages from the Works of Ana s Nin. . Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Boyce, John. 4to.

Venice: Marsilio Publishers; MIA - Meet in Art, 2009. 111 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. English Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held in Venice, at the Complesso Monumentale di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Archivio di Stato, as part of the 53rd Venice Biennale, June 6 to August 9, 2009. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Hamilton, NJ: Chimera Publishing, 2010. 160 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the artist on the title page, no dedication. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1995. Cloth, 127 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 27 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist Giancarlo Impiglia, with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy with light shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1991. 180 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Light edgewear to boards, half-title page lightly soiled. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Pregnancy; Giving birth; Nursing; By the cradle; Mother's lap; Close bonds; First steps; Mothers at work; Mothers and children at play; Other moments; Special mothers; The family.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. xv, 240 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition. "The classical human body is perhaps the single most important and wide-ranging legacy bequeathed to the modern world by antiquity. Not only has it directed the evolutionary trajectory of western art; it has also saturated almost every aspect of the contemporary subconscious, as ideal, anti-type and point of departure. This short book represents the first concerted attempt to grapple with the complex nature of that legacy. Writing in an attractive and accessible style, and supplementing his text with a rich array of illustrations, Michael Squire guides his readers through a multifaceted range of modern interactions with ancient visual representations of the body. From Byzantine diptych to Hollywood cinema screen, and from Aphrodite to the Venus de Milo, The Art of the Body demonstrates the wide range of cultural ideas and anxieties that were… Read More

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Artist's Limited Edition, 1984. 132 pages, [8] pages of plates: illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2017. Pictorial boards, 159 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Published on the occasion of the special exhibition project "From Life", Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 December 2017 to 11 March 2018 Firm binding, clean inside copy. "From Michelangelo's marbles to photographic self-portraits, artists have always been fascinated by their creative encounters with the human body. Often a key part of their early training, drawing and sculpting from life goes on to inform their later work in unexpected and inspiring ways. This illuminating publication brings together interviews with over 15 artists from all disciplines, including painters, sculptors and conceptual artists, working in a variety of different media. Through their in-depth conversations with the artists, writers explore the many ways artists work 'from life': from Jeremy Deller's open life class with Iggy Pop as model to Jonathan Yeo's innovative use of 3D scanners and… Read More

Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 1998. xix, 519 pages, colour illustrations; 23 x 31 cm. National Library of Medicine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Fine. Oblong.

Venice: Edizioni La Biennale di Venezia, 1980. Cloth, 94 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Text in English, French, and Italian. Exhibition held in Venice in 1980. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, foxing-dust spotting on top edge & endpapers. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983. Cloth, 100 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small remainder mark/tail edge. Age toning. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap, with light edgewear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.