Search Results: Titles starting with C from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Seattle and London: Hsi An T'ang Distributed By University of Washington Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Softcover. Grey card covers with title in silver on front cover and spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with a hint of shelfwear. 91pp. Many colour illustrations.The book includes a foreword by C.C.Wang (1907-2003), an artist and collector originally from China, but based in New York for much of his career, essays by James Cahill on Wangs' oeuvre and by Lynn King on Chinese seals and their place in Chinese painting. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Koln, Germany: Taschen, 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Text is trilingual in English, German and French. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions.312pp. Many colour photographic illustrations. This book is aphotographic record of 90 weird and wonderful public buildings from the last decades of the USSR. A heavy book, will require extra postage charges if to be sent outside UK..

Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 2004. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: Text is in French throughout. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Light smudge to text on reverse of half-title. 247pp. Many colour illustrations..

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors Club, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 239pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This book provides a record of a unique period in British art. Victor Pasmore, Wiliam Coldstream and John Minton were among the charismatic teachers who attracted so many talented students to study at Camberwell, including Terry Frost, Anthony Eyton and Euan Uglow. .

London: Groombridge & Sons, 1886. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Presentation copy. Second edition, with appendix. Scarlet cloth with titles in gilt on front cover. Pale yellow endpapers. All edges are red. Condition: Good, covers are generally lightly soiled and rubbed with bumping to spine and cover corners. Colour from the cover cloth has bled around the very edge of the front and rear endpapers. Fep has the inscription "presented by the author" in ink. Title page has a small white paper label with the number 289 on it in black, and a red stamp from the Birmingham and Midlands Counties Gardeners Mutual Society. Binding cracked internally in once place, otherwise sound. Text clean. 143pp. One double-page b/w image in the centre of the book, illustrating the diseases which can affect the carnation. Scarce. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Alan Cristea Gallery, 2016. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with title in black on spine and front cover. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. 32 plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of prints by Antony Gormley (b.1950) held at the Alan Cristea Gallery, London from 13 May to 2 July 2016. Marking his first project and exhibition with the Alan Cristea Gallery, Gormley made four series of works on paper (woodblock prihts, crude oil and petroleum jelly prints, acquatints and etchings) that consider how our physical freedom and imaginative potential is increasingly conditioned by the built environment. .

Pall Mall, London: W.Nicol, 1840. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dark brown paper covered sewn booklet, with title in black on front cover. Condition: Fair with general light shelfwear and some light soiling and a couple of small splashmarks to rear cover. Front cover has the date 1840 neatly written in ink at top. 50pp. No illustrations.This catalogue contains details of the 177 pictures in the National Gallery collection in 1840. The catalogue includes details of paintings by Titian, Poussin, Rubens and Constable, amongst others. The size and medium of each picture is given, together with a short description, and in most cases, their provenance. Scarce..

London: Adams Gallery, 1957. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: Text is in French. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Fair to good, covers are quite foxed and sunned to edges. Staples beginning to rust in centre. No inscriptions. This 20 item catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the French artist Andre Minaux (1923-86) held at the Adams Gallery, London from 6th November to 6th December 1957. It includes a 4 page preface by George Besson. 6 b/w plates. Scarce..

Hull: Ferens Art Gallery, 1936. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated, but c.1936. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light foxing to covers, both internally and externally. Light rusting to staples. Binding sound. Occasional ticks and notes in pencil throughout the catalogue with a neat vertical list of numbers in pencil in the left margin of the last page of text. 44pp. Tipped in colour frontispiece and two further colour illustrations as well as two b/w illustrations. This scarce catalogue includes details of various oils, watercolours, etchings and lithographs by Brangwyn as well as three portraits of Brangwyn (including a bronze bust by A.Sava Botsava) then in the collection of the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull..

London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1994. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover with dustjacket. Condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a faint hint of shelfwear. 48pp. 12 colour plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the English artist Cecil Collins (1908-1989) held at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London. Throughout his long career, Collins retained many of his best works in his own personal collection, and that of his wife, the painter Elisabeth Collins. The paintings in this exhibition were carefully selected by Elisabeth Collins herself, and include many well-known works such as "The Poet: Image with Forms", 1935 and "The Gatherers of the Fruit", 1955.

Ipswich: Golgonooza Press, 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fine. 54pp. 36 plates, mostly in colour. This book contains a two-part essay on the British visionary painter, Cecil Collins (1908-1989). The first part is a pioneering study of Collins as a major writer on the meaning and significance of art as a revelation of the soul. The second part of the essay attempts to guide the reader towards an authentic approach to the painters' intention, as well as offering a valid interpretation of the symbolic content of his work..

Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 168pp. Many colour plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the Irish artist Cecil King (1921-1986) held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin from 27 February to 18 May, 2008. It covers his entire career and focuses on the later paintings for which he is best known. It includes texts by Richard Demarco, Sean Kissane and Medb Ruane as well as a chronology by Oliver Dowling..

New York: Rizzoli International Publications Ltd. in association with The Gagosian Gallery, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First printing. Pale orange cloth with title in copper gilt on front cover and spine. Condition: Fine, with just a very faint hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 264pp. Many colour illustrations. This overview of the British artist Cecily Brown's work to the date of pubilcation in 2008 includes essays by Dore Ashtion and the transcript of a conversation between Brown and Lari Pittman. Scarce. .

Totnes, Devon: Dartington Arts, 1994. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 50 b/w photographic portraits together with accompanying paragraphs about the sitters. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of photographs by Ski Harrison (b.1945) held at Dartington Arts Gallery, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon from May 20th to June 11th, 1994. The exhibition was the culmination of 15 years of photographing the older generation in the South West of England..

London: Offer Waterman & Co., 2006. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Dark purple card covers with tite in pale grey on front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and some light scuffing to covers. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of watercolours on vellum of English Florists' tulips by Celia Hegedus (b.1949) held at Offer Waterman & Co., London in 2006. The catalogue includes 24 colour plates of Florists' tulips by Hegedus, such as Agbrigg Feather, Talisman and Lord Stanley Flame. Celia was drawn to botanical art by her admiration of the flower painters of the past and her love for specific flowers, in particular Iris, Auricula and Tulips. She has been awarded six Gold Medals by the RHS.

Sandown: Dowden & Goodredge, 2005. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 256pp. Many colour illustrations. This book tells the story of the first pots found on the Isle of Wight from Neolithic times, with an overview of pottery there until the 20th century. The book includes a series of 27 potters profiles that reflect the times and places in which they lived, including Edward Bagley of the Isle of Wight Handcraft Pottery, Sybil and Ray Parsons, Harold Charlesworth and Joe Lester..

London: Academy Editions, 1985. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 160pp. Many b/w illustrations and line drawings. The aim of this book is to show the broad development of chair design between 1850 and 1950, a century of unprecedented technological change during which the transition from traditional methods of hand-craftsmanship to modern techniques of mass production changed the appearance of the chair almost beyond recognition..

Rhosllanerchrugog: The Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1961. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NB: Dual text in English and Welsh. Card covers. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. Colour frontispiece and 35 b/w plates. This little book was produced to celebrate the award of the Gold Medal of the National Eisteddfod of Wales to Ceri Richards (1903-1971) . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Thomas Nelson and sons Ltd., 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Top edge green. Condition: Good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Light browning to front endpaper from dustjacket flap. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with some small chips missing and some repaired tears. 175pp. 3 colour and 9 b/w plates. This book tells the story of the making of a garden, Highdown, from a barren chalk-pit. It discusses in detail the plants that will grow on chalk. Stern raised plants at Highdown from seed brought back by the great collectors, Wilson, Farrer, Forrest and Kingdon-Ward from south-east Asia, Comber and Clarence Elliott from south America and E.K.Balls and Peter Davis from Asia Minor..

London: Gay Mens Press, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 111pp. 50 b/w illustrations. This book features images of fifty black and white drawings by the British artist, Michael Leonard (b.1933), the majority dating from the late 1970's and early 1980's. The nude, particularly the male nude, has been a recurring theme in the artists' work. Figures are usually on the move or in a state of transition but even when they are at rest, dynamism is provided by the design of the picture. .