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Patrimonio Artístico Nacional: Inventario de bienes muebles -- Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco de Córdoba
by Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes
Córdoba: Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2000. Hardcover. VG (Page edges are beginning to tan lightly, otherwise quite nice.). Smooth black boards, orange & illus. dust jacket, 197 pp., many BW and color illus. Text is in Spanish. Provides an inventory of artwork from the church and convent of San Francisco in Córdoba, Argentina. Begins with an extensive narrative history of the site, structure, and decor. 206 pieces are addressd in the annotated and illustrated catalogue.
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$50.00
Southwestern Pennsylvania Painters: 1800-1945
by Chew, Paul A. and John A. Sakal
Greensburg, PA: Westmoreland Museum of Art, 1981. Softcover. VG-. Books is overall clean and tight with some shelf wear. Binding glue shows through on some pages, so book should be opened carefully.. White wraps with color illustration, black lettering. 166 pp. 9 color, 190 BW repros. Catalogue of an exhibition held September 27-November 29, 1981. Introduction by Paul Chew, catalogue listing 304 paintings by 59 artists with biographical information on each artist and vital data for each listed work. A...
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$29.97
Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series.
by LAWRENCE, Jacob
Washington, D. C.: The Rappahannock Press, 1993. First edition / First printing. Beige cloth. Very fine in about fine dust jacket.
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$120.00
The Victorian American: Lithographs from the Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection
by Garvan, Anthony, and Peter Welsh
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1961. Softcover. VG--, light wear and soiling/foxing to cover. White ill. stapled wraps. 30 pp. Numerous bw plates. A very colorful catalogue cover. Lists 100 works.
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$29.97
Location, Volume 1, Number 1 (Spring 1963)
by Barthelme, Donald, Thomas B. Hess and Harold Rosenberg (eds.), Larry Rivers (cover), Kenneth Koch, Robert Rauschenberg, Saul Steinberg, Marshall McLuhan, Willem de Kooning, Saul Bellow, Peter Yates, et al
New York: Longview Foundation, Inc, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Square 8vo, 100pp, printed wrappers. Lavish art and literature mag with cover and article by Larry Rivers. Donald Barthelme was the Managing Editor, Harold Rosenberg was Co-Editor. Includes work by Kenneth Koch, Robert Rauschenberg, Saul Steinberg, Marshall McLuhan, Willem de Kooning, Saul Bellow, Peter Yates, et al. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil, minor patch of cover abrasion.
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$125.00
Howth Castle a Journal of the Arts 1989-1990 Vol. 5 No. 1
by Peter T. Kidwell [editor ]
Boston: University Of Massachusetts. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1990. Trade Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. , 110 pages A LIGHT STAIN TOT HE IINSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER, HALF CIRCULAR IN SHAPE THE WIDTH OF THE COVER AND RUNNING ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE WAY UP, SAME LIGHT STAIN ONLY SMALLER AND LESS NOTICEABLE TOTHE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, NO OTHER PAGES ARE AFFECTED, THERE IS LIGHT RUBBING AND A READERS CREASE TO THE FRONT COVER. ; A Journal of poetry, art ,...
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$17.00
TOBACCO AND SMOKING IN ART AN EXHIBITION
by Byrnes, James B
Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1960. Softcover. VG-, minor soiling or aging to covers. Yellowish wraps. 152 pp., profusely illustrated in bw. by James B. Byrnes, with special section by Paul Wescher. 158 annotated items listed. 1000 copies printed. Examines the representation of tobacco in the cultural identies of many areas of the worlkd.
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$29.97
Artists to Artists: Volume 2 (2002-2016)
by Kim, Lisa, Rebecca Roberts, et. al
New York: Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, 2016. Softcover. New. Color-illustrated softcover with black lettering on cover, red spine with white lettering. Comes in hard-shell case. 484 pp. Many color illustrations. Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Marie Walsh Sharpe space program and the Sharpe-Walentas studio program.
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$100.00
Masterpiece Paintings of the American West. 2007 Calendar
by Farny, Henry; Remington, Frederic; Couse, E Irving; &c
Raton: Indian Youth. VG : in very good condition. 2007. First Edition. Illustrated card cover. 220mm x 270mm (9" x 11"). [28pp]. 12 colour illustrations. J N Bartfield Galleries, New York. &c. .
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£18.60
14th Annual Iowa Artists Exhibition
by Des Moines Art Center
Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1962. Paperback. VG- ex-museum library copy with stamps and call number label. light overall wear to wraps.. White wraps with BW-illustration and black lettering. 16 unnumbered pages. BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from April 15 to May 13, 1962 at the Des Moines Art Center.
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$29.97
American Paintings from Private Collections
by Owen, Michael, Andrew Thompson and Jennifer Chow
New York: Owen Gallery, 2001. Softcover. VG. Black and color illus. wraps, [48 pp.] Numerous color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2001 exhibition. With an introduction by Michael Owen, and well-annotated and illustrated catalogue entries. Artists are: Joshua Johnston, Robert Scott Duncanson, William Bradford, Herman Herzog, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Robert Reid, Robert Henri, Everett Shinn, Willard Metcalf, George Bellows, Walter Elmer Schofield, Ernest Lawson, Guy Pene du Bois, Jerome Myers, Arthur...
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$29.97
The Art of Music: American Paintings & Musical Instruments, 1770-1910
by Michael Edward Shapiro, et al
Clinton, NY: Hamilton College, 1984. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 103 pp. 6 color, 55 bw plates. Includes essays by Michael Edward Shapiro (Sound In A Silent Medium: Thoughts on The Pleasures and Paradoxes of Musical Paintings), Frederic R. Selch (The Musical Instruments: A Brief History), H. Nichols B. Clark (American Musical Paintings, 1770-1865), Cecilia Betsky (American Musical Paintings, 1865-1910). Lists 22 paintings. Selected bibliography, significant selection of musical instruments were displayed as...
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Fitz Henry Lane & Mary Blood Mellen: Old Mysteries and New Discoveries
by Wilmerding, John and Stephanie Buck
New York, NY: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 2007. Hardcover. VG. Maroon and color illus. boards, 112 pp., many illus., chiefly in color. Issued in conjunction with two exhibitions of Gloucester, Mass., scenes painted by Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865) and Mary Blood Mellen (1819-1886), If you like New England coastal views, this exquisite book is made for you. Exhibitions held at Spanierman Gallery in New York and at the Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester, MA. 3100 copies printed.
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$29.97
Life In Georgia - A Portfolio of Limited Edition Prints
by Solomon, Bernard
Statboro: Georgia Southern College, 1973. SIGNED First edition. Limited to 50 copies. 15 signed 9" x 12" limited edition prints produced by students of the printmaking studio at Georgia Southern College under the direction of Bernard Solomon, Summer '73. In printed die cut card case signed by Solomon, each print signed by its artist. Very good.. Signed by Illustrator. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to. Art, Prints & Posters.
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$425.00
Domestic Tales
by Posner, Helaine
Amherst, Massachusetts: University Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1984. Softcover. VG. Coral & color illus. stapled wraps, 22 pp., 11 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1984 exhibition of interior depictions by 6 women artists. "A wealth of imagery has been derived from the traditional domain of women -- the home. The artists in this exhibition have used 'the woman's place,' the domestic environment, not in a neutral way, but as a stage for psychological projection, personal...
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$29.97
A Life in Photography
by Steichen, Edward
W.H. Allen, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. Cloth, 29 cm, unpaginated, 249 photos. First British edition containing a number of color plates. Good but for a piece of black tape over copyright statement bleeding through to title page; some edgewear to dustjacket.
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$50.00
Artists and Anatomists
by Mayor, A. Hyatt
New York: The Artist's Limited Edition, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11.7x9.4x0.8in. light foxing to edges of text block, dust jacket with wear at head of spine, tear at top edge of front panel, and abrasion at middle of fold on back panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. 91 drawings are described and illustrated. 132pp 2.12lb 11.7x9.4x0.8in
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$10.00
Tropical Renaissance: North American Artists Exploring Latin America, 1839-1879 (New Directions in American Art)
by Manthorne, Katherine Emma
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Softcover. VG- light corner/edge wear, sticker on spine, previous owner's name and address label and stamp inside. Library envelope inside front cover.. Color illustrated wraps; x, 235 pp. illustrated in bw and color. Chapter titles include [Latin America: Myth and Reality]: Myths and Mind Sets: Historical Preconceptions Attracting Travelers to Latin America; Art in The Context of United States-Latin America Relations From The Vantage Point of 1859....
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$30.00
Masters of Color and Light: Homer, Sargent, and the American Watercolor Movement
by Ferber, Linda S. and Barbara Dayer Gallati
Washington, DC: The Brooklyn Museum of Art / Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. Hardcover. VG/VG. Hardcover book. Green cloth, blue & color illus. dust jacket, xiii, 223 pp. 47 bw, 150 color plates. Contents as follows: 1. "A Taste Awakened": The American Watercolor Movement in Brooklyn / Linda S. Ferber -- 2. The Exhibition Watercolor in America / Barbara Dayer Gallati -- 3. The Power of Patronage: William Trost Richards and the American Watercolor Movement / Linda S. Ferber -- 4. Watercolors by...
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Symbols of Peace: William Penn's Treaty with the Indians
by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia: The Academy, 1976. Softcover. VG- (light shelfwear to wraps, corners bumped, interior is clean and tight). Brown wraps with color illustration on front cover, unpaginated. 4 color, 17 bw repros. Checklist of the exhibition lists 58 annotated works. Five-page essay on Benjamin West's painting by Anthony N.B. Garvan, seven-page essay on Penn by Charles Coleman Sellers. Preface and acknowledgments by Richard J. Boyle and Paul Kaylor. In depth study of both the moment and the painting by...
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XVIII Annual All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition
by Shalkop, R.L. and James Elliott
Anchorage: Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, 1983. Paperback. VG- ex-museum library copy with call number label, stamps, and bookplate. light corner and edge wear to wraps.. White wraps with red and blue lettering and blue illustration. 24 unnumbered pages. BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from February 6 to March 6, 1983.
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$29.97
ACTIVE ARCHIVE
by Martha McDonald, Alice Sebrell, Jeff Arnal
Catalogue for an exhibition held September 21 - December 30, 2017 at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, featuring performances and installations by Martha McDonald drawing from the BMCM+AC Archives, Bauhaus theater, and experimental educational practices to present a new look at process and performance at Black Mountain College. Essays by Martha McDonald. Foreword by Jeff Arnal. Interview with Heather South by Alice Sebrell. xiv, 64 pages. Bound in pictorial wrappers.
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$18.00
Nothing and Everything: Seven Artists, 1947 - 1962
by Dreishpoon, Douglas
New York: Hauser & Wirth, 2017. Softcover. As New. Bw-illus. wraps with French flaps. 100 pp. full of color and bw images. ‘Nothing and Everything. Seven Artists, 1947-1962' examines a fascinating period in the history of American art: the synergistic relationship that existed between visual artists and composers living in New York City between the end of World War II and the early 1960s. Louise Bourgeois, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Joan Mitchell and David Smith were part...
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$30.00
The Eighteenth Century: Europe in the Age of Enlightenment
by Cobban, Alfred (editor)
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 14.0x10.5x1.6in. toning to edges of pages, dust jacket with tiny edge tears, wear at corners. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 589 illustrations (173 color plates and 416 photographs, engravings, drawings, and maps). 360pp 5.64lb 14.0x10.5x1.6in
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$35.00
Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process.
by GEHRY, Frank O. Edited by Mildred Friedman with an essay by Michael Sorkin; commentaries by Frank O. Gehry and Associates
New York: Rizzoli, 1999. Signed on the half-title page by Frank O. Gehry. First edition / First printing. Illustrated boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Frosted "vellum" jacket is fragile, and tears and chips easily, this copy is flawless. An exceptional copy. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.
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$475.00
