Search Results: Authors starting with A from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Jyvaskyla, Finland: Museo Jyvaskyla, 1981. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stapled softcover booklet. Dual text in Finnish and English. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 16pp. Several b/w photographic illustrations. This small booklet was produced by the Museo Jyvaskyla in 1981. It includes in both English and Finnish Aalto's own description in 1933 of the sanatorium he designed at Paimio..

Woodbridge, Suffolk: ACC Editions (Antique Collectors Club), 2012. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black hardcover with title blindstamped on spine and front cover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 240pp. Many b/w photographic illustrations. This book is a tribute to the inventiveness and ingenuity of the great Hollywood film studios: Columbia, Paramount, MGM, Universal, Warner Brothers, RKO and Twentieth Century Fox. From the late 1920s to the early 1960s, these studios publicity departments created some of the most iconic images of Hollywood stars. The photographs in this book were originally produced by the studios to show the "real" lives of the stars, including Rita Hayworth, Humphrey Bogart, and Clark Gable, but were in fact carefully constructed and prepared..

Osaka, Japan: Japanese Textile Color Design Center, 1959. Book. Good. Cloth. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NB: Vol I only. Dark brown buckram with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with a 5 inch vertical repaired tear to front cover of jacket, and light sunning to spine. 84pp. text plus 160 b/w and 24 colour plates. This book is the first volume of a three volume survey of rich and varied Japanese textile designs classified into three groups: designs of free style, designs of geometrical arrangement and designs of the Ryukus and the Ainu. Volume I (this book) contains the mos important designs of free style, selected from all types of textiles, such as costumes including noh and kabuki robes, and quilts. The illustrations are arranged in four groups by motif: plants, animals, nature and manufactured objects. A very heavy book will require extra shipping charges if… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. 63pp. Valentine Ackland (1906-1969) was educated in London and Paris. She began to write poetry with serious intentions in her early twenties. The poems in this selection are arranged in roughly chronological order from 1931 to a few years before her death. Ackland was also the long term partner of Sylvia Townsend Warner..

New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Dark grey hardcover with title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. There is some foxing to immediate fore-edge of textblock, heavy in places, not affecting book internally. Inscribed to the previous owner by Jim Dine on title page (see image). Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, lightly shelfworn with some general light soiling. 25 colour plates. This book contains images of a series of twenty-five prints by the American artist Jim Dine (b.1935) of his wife and muse, Nancy, started in 1977 and finished in 1981..

New York: Acquavella Contemporary Art Inc., 2004. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 22 colour plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by Lucian Freud held at the Acquavella Gallery, New York from April 28 to May 27, 2004. The exhibition later toured to The Wallace Collection in London. The exhibition included" The Brigadier", a portrait in then unfinished state of Andrew Parker-Bowles..

London: Ridinghouse, 2017. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Grey hardcover with title in black on spine. Condition: Good, essentially very good with a faint watersplash mark to top right corner of the front cover (not affecting the book internally in any way). No insxriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, again essentially very good except there are a few light vertical linear indentations to the centre of front cover of jacket. 254pp. Many colour illustrations. This book is about the life and work of the British artist John Golding (1929-2012), perhaps best known for his seminal book published in 1959 "Cubism - A History and an Analysis, 1907-1914"..

London: The South Bank Centre, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 360pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, London from26 October 1995 to 21 January 1996, which then toured to Barcelona and Berlin. This book discusses the relationship between art and politics in the 1930s, in the Europe of the dictators. It provides a history of the plight of individual artists and architects under totalitarian rule, structured around the four capital cities of Paris, Rome, Moscow and Berlin. .

New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1931. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paper covered boards. Condition: Good, with general shelfwear and light sunning and soiling to covers, more so to rear cover. Binding sound, no inscriptions. One of an edition of three thousand copies. As well as essays on subjects such as four centuries of book titles, modern firsts and the bookseller, Benjamin Gomez, It includes a signed lithograph entitled "Gardenia" by Victoria Hutson dated 1931. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje cantz, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Red hardcover with title in black and white on spine and front cover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. 200pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the American artist Keith Haring (1958-1990) held at the Museum fur neue kunst/zkm Karlsruhe from September 23, 2001 to January 6, 2002, which then toured to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. The main focus of the catalogue is on paintings and drawings from the artists estate and the rarely seen large-format and monumental works and wall hangings on the themes of heaven and hell. The catalogue is edited by Gotz Adriani and includes essays by Ralph Melcher, David Galloway and Ulrike Gehring as well as texts by Haring himself..

London/New York: Thames and Hudson Ltd./Abbeville Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Navy hardcover with title in grey on spine. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 408pp. 269 illustrations, 74 in colour. In the rich selection of pictures in this book, the meticulous detail of Degas' early pencil sketches can be compared with the furious late charcoal drawings, and fleeting chalk sketches with large pastels. Taken together, they exemplify the splendour and diversity of Degas' work on paper. A very heavy book, will require extra postage charges if to be sent outside UK..

Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark grey hardcover with title in white on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear and light sunning to very top and base of spine. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear , and light soiling to rear of jacket. 184pp. 119 illustrations, 105 in colour. This book features essays by Gotz Adriani and Dieter Schwarz, and over eighty works from private collections. It provides a concise overview of Richter's oeuvre from 1963 to the present. It was published to coincide with the eponymous exhibition which commenced at Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden January 19 to April 27 2008 and then toured to Beijing, Edinburgh, Vienna and Duisburg. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Montclair Art Museum, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 221pp. Many b/w and several colour illustrations. This monograph was produced to accompany the retrospective exhibition of work by the American artist Morgan Russell (1886-1953) held at the Montclair Art Museum in 1990. With Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Russell was the founder of Synchromism, a style of abstract painting that dates from 1912 to the 1920s. Russell's "synchromies," which analogized color to music, were an early American contribution to the rise of Modernism..

Milan: Fabbri Editori, 1988. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 112pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition celebrating the achievements of the Italian car manufacturer, Fiat between 1899 and 1989, which was held at the Science Museum, London from 23 November 1988 to 31 March 1989. .

London and Edinburgh: T n Foulis, 1913. Book. Illus. by Katharine Cameron. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Olive green paper covered boards with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Page edges untrimmed. Condition: Fair to good, cover edges and spine are sunned and lightly shelfworn with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Front cover has some paper residue from a small label to right of gilt emblem (see image). Binding sound, no inscriptions.Very occasional light foxing. Approx three pages have some linear foxing possibly from a green silk bookmark, present, but detached. 107pp. 7 colour tipped in plates from watercolour drawings by Katharine Cameron. A charming book detailing the four seasons in a city garden. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Rizzoli Publications Inc., 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers including a couple of small shallow circular dents to rear cover. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, one small tear to top right edge of front cover of jacket, and a couple of small shallow circular dents to rear cover of jacket as previously described relating to the rear cover. 240pp. Many colour illustrations. This book describes the history of 20th century Italian design, and includes images of hundreds of designs including furniture, silver, cameras, cars and lighting, many of which were in production then (1989) and several of which are still in production today, together with addresses of the manufacturers in Italy and details of stockists in the USA..

Antwerp, Belgium: Fonds Mercator, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NB: Text is in French throughout.No slipcase. Maroon paper-covered boards with title in gilt on white paper covered spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and some light soiling to spine. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, and a couple of small tears. 328pp. Many colour illustrations. A heavy book, will require extra shipping charges if to be sent outside UK..

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name on front pastedown. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. The jacket is in a clear removable sleeve. 219pp. plus publishers list. 17 b/w illustrations. In this book, tha author traces the history of British new towns and the major phases of their development to the date of publication (1979). Since 1946, 28 new towns had been designated in England, Wales and Scotland. She examines the social and economic changes which altered the new towns concept and produced the "Mark II" round of designations in the 1960s. She also argues that the notion that there was a systematic and unified approach to new towns was largely illusory, and further argues that lack of commitment and direction on the part of central government wasted much of the… Read More

Sheffield: Graves Art Gallery, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 40pp. Many b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the Welsh artist Evelyn Williams (1929-2012) held at the Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield from 10 February to 24 March 1990..

London: Gimpel Fils, 1980. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Light crease to top right corner of title page. 7 colour plates (including front cover illustration). This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the American abstract expressionist artist Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) held at the Gimpel Fils Gallery, London from 28 October to 22 November, 1980..