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Human Concern/Personal Torment: The Grotesque in American Art
by Doty, Robert
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Praeger Publishers, 1969. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Illust w bw photographs of works from the exhibition. Orange cloth w bold blindstamp lettering on cover, purple lettering on spine. Very light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. Titled orange DJ shows three chips to bottom front edge, wear to corners and head, 1.5cm loss to tail, and is price-clipped. DJ preserved now in BroDart cover. Small quarto: 25.5 x 24cm. Published for the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in conjunction with the exhibition held at the museum October 14 - November 30, 1969, and at the University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, January 20 - March 1, 1970.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045298
- Title
- Human Concern/Personal Torment: The Grotesque in American Art
- Author
- Doty, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Praeger Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Whitney Museum of American Art -- Exhibitions -- 1969. Art, American -- 20th century. Art, American -- Grotesque. Art -- Grotesque. NOISBN General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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