And, here are the remaining 371 of our art related books of the 746 on the shelves at Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, NH, as of November 6, 2007.
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376. le Grice, Lyn, THE STENCILED HOUSE: AN INSPIRATIONAL AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO TRANSFORMING YOUR HOME, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1988) 1st ptg, over 350 color illustrations, 176pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671666703 A wealth of ideas on stenciling, decorating, and furnishing ever room in the home with information on stenciling a wide range of surfaces - fabric, plaster, wood, paper, and concrete. Illustrated step-by-step techniques., (Order No: 37566 ), $10.00
377. le Pichon, Yann (translated by Joachim Neugroschel), THE WORLD OF HENRI ROUSSEAU, The Viking Press, New York, (1982), B&W and color illustrations, 285pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670366919 In this magnificent book, le Pichon, a journalist and art historian, re-creates Rousseau's world, examines the iconographical and psychological inspirations of his paintings, and discusses his influence on others--Picasso, Delaunay, the Surrealists, and of course the naive painters., (Order No: 52301 ), $20.00
378. Lee, Cuthbert, CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PORTRAIT PAINTERS: ILLUSTRATING AND DESCRIBING THE WORK OF FIFTY LIVING PAINTERS, William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1929, B&W ill., 111pp, good, blue cloth w/light wear to corners, teg (hardcover), Limited to five hundred copies. This volume is No. 202. "This book is brief and, it is hoped, concise enough to help many to retain, out of all the maze of publications and exhibitions, a lasting and defined idea of some few of the outstanding and worthwhile painters we now have in America, and a memory of their notable works.", (Order No: 35876 ), $30.00
379. Lee, George J., SELECTED FAR EASTERN ART IN THE YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1970), B&W illustrations, 285pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300012977 Contents include: Major Objects in Bronze, Jade, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Painting; Ch'ang-sha; Bronzes, Jades; Ceramics; Sculpture; Painting; Prints; Textiles, Lacquer, and Ivory; Selective Bibliography; Index., (Order No: 47894 ), $12.50
380. Lee, Sherman E. (selected by), TEA TASTE IN JAPANESE ART, The Asia Society, Inc., New York, 1963, B&W and color ill., 111pp, good, pictorial boards (hardcover), This volume is concerned with the general taste for Chinese and Japanese art displayed during the earlier and more creative development of the tea ceremony and of tea taste., (Order No: 29285 ), $45.00
381. Leonard, Elizabeth, PAINTING FLOWERS: A WORKSHOP FULL OF IDEAS AND EXERCISES FOR CREATING COLORFUL COMPOSITIONS WITH FLOWERS, Watson- Guptill Publications, New York, (1986) 1st ptg, over 150 color plates, 144pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0823036294, (Order No: 27109 ), $10.00
382. Leotard, Francois (preface by), TRESORS DES PRINCES CELTES: GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS 20 OCTOBRE 1987 - 15 FEVRIER 1988, Ministere de la Culture, Paris, (1987), B&W and color illustrations, 268pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 271182148X, (Order No: 49213 ), $30.00
383. Lerner, Abram (edited by); Nochlin, Linda; Frankenstein, Alfred; Baur, John I. H.; Brown, Milton; et al (essays by), SELECTED PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE FROM THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1974) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 770pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0810990113, (Order No: 36474 ), $12.50
384. Levey, Michael, A ROYAL SUBJECT: PORTRAITS OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE, The National Gallery, London, (1977), B&W illustrations, 24pp, good, wraps (softcover), Includes nineteen portraits., (Order No: 43314 ), $30.00
385. Levine, Faye, THE CULTURE BARONS: AN ANALYSIS OF POWER AND MONEY IN THE ARTS, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1976) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 312pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0690010982, (Order No: 32691 ), $2.50
386. Lewis, R. W. B.; Auchincloss, Louis; Ozick, Cynthia; Schlesinger, Arthur; Updike, John; Mailer, Norman; et al, A CENTURY OF ARTS & LETTERS, Columbia University Press, New York, (1998) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 346pp, fine, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0231102488 The history of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters as told, decade by decade, by eleven members., (Order No: 30792 ), $7.50
387. Lieberman, William S., EDVARD MUNCH: A SELECTION OF HIS PRINTS FROM AMERICAN COLLECTIONS, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1957), color frontis, B&W ill., 39pp, good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 24396 ), $3.00
388. Lieberman, William S., 20TH CENTURY MASTERS: THE THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION, Int't Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., (1982) 1st ptg, color ill., 79pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0883970392 The International Exhibitions Foundation presents this second tour of paintings from the incomparable collection of Baron H. H. Thyssen-Bornemisza., (Order No: 34333 ), $15.00
389. Lieberman, William S. (introduction by), ETCHINGS BY MATISSE, Museum of Modern Art, New York, [1955], B&W illustrations, 23pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 51393 ), $4.00
390. Lindner, Gert, WERKEN UND KUNSTLERISCHES GESTALTEN - TRANSLATES TO: WORKS AND ARTISTIC SHAPES, Mosaik Verlag, Munich, Germany, (1989), B&W and color illustrations, 320pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The standard work for creative arrangements. Text in German., (Order No: 50860 ), $17.50
391. Lindsay, Jack, THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH: HIS LIFE AND ART, Granada, London, (1981), 29 B&W ill., 244pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0246110716 This lively biography unravels the events of his life and penetrates Gainsborough's rebellious character which compelled him to search for new ways of painting, and of handling paint., (Order No: 18407 ), $7.50
392. Lindsay, Suzanne G., MARY CASSATT AND PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, (1985), B&W and color ill., 99pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0876330618 Catalogue of the exhibition held Feb. 17 - Apr. 14, 1985 at Philadelphia Museum of Art., (Order No: 25401 ), $10.00
393. Linsley, Leslie, FABULOUS FURNITURE DECORATIONS: HOW TO CREATE DESIGNER PIECES FROM UNFINISHED FURNITURE, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1978) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 176pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0690016980 A multitude of ideas for decoratiang ready-to-finish furniture that go beyond mere painting or staining., (Order No: 15526 ), $5.00
394. Lipman, Jean, AMERICAN FOLK ART IN WOOD, METAL AND STONE, Pantheon, New York, 1948 1st ed, 183 ill., 4 color plates, 193pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 2414 ), $20.00
395. Lipman, Jean (foreword by Gerard Piel) (foreword to 1980 edition by John I. H. Baur), RUFUS PORTER REDISCOVERED: ARTIST - INVENTOR - JOURNALIST 1792-1884, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1980) 1st ptg, 104 B&W ill., 22 color plts., 202pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0517541165 Originally published in 1968 as RUFUS PORTER, YANKEE PIONEER. Reissued, and revised with the renewed interest in Porter and other early American painters of the period., (Order No: 4143 ), $50.00
396. Lipman, Jean, AMERICAN FOLK DECORATION (WITH PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION BY EVE MEULENDYKE), Oxford University Press, New York, 1951 1st ed, over 180 B&W ill., 163pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) lt wear bottom of spine, Covers the decorative painting that flourished in the rural communities of New York, New England, and Pennsylvania during the past three centuries., (Order No: 5035 ), $14.50
397. Lipman, Jean, AMERICAN FOLK ART IN WOOD, METAL AND STONE, Dover Publications Inc., New York, (1972), 183 B&W ill, 4 color plates, 193pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486228169 Reprint of 1948 edition., (Order No: 5225 ), $6.00
398. Lipman, Jean & Armstrong, Tom (editors), AMERICAN FOLK PAINTERS OF THREE CENTURIES, Arch Cape Press, New York, (1988), over 200 B&W and color ill., 233pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517661926 First published in 1980. Presents the richest collection of American folk paintings ever assembled along with authoritative biographical essays., (Order No: 6020 ), $20.00
399. Little, Charles T. and Husband, Timothy B. (introduction by), THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1987), color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994476, (Order No: 50546 ), $14.50
400. Little, Nina Fletcher, COUNTRY ARTS IN EARLY AMERICAN HOMES, E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1975 1st ed, 190 B&W ill., 20 color plts, 221pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0525473920 Valuable study of a wide variety of country arts that were characteristic of early American Homes. Contents include: architectural development of the New England country house, carvings for house and barn, schoolgirl and ladies art, picture frames with painted decoration, flowers in the parlor, small objects for use and enjoyment, wooden boxed for all occasions, ceramics used by American housewifes, fireboards on the hearth, and more., (Order No: 5362 ), $5.00
401. Lloyd, Christopher (with contributions by Kathryn Barron; Charles Noble; and, Lucy Whitaker), THE QUEST FOR ALBION: MONARCHY AND THE PATRONAGE OF BRITISH PAINTING, The Royal Collection, London, (1998), B&W and Color illustrations, 128pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1902163141 This book brings together forty-six works--many instantly recognizable, others less familiar--and places them firmly in the context of Britain's national heritage., (Order No: 40407 ), $12.00
402. Loehr, Max, CHINESE PAINTING AFTER SUNG: YALE ART GALLERY, RYERSON LECTURE, MARCH 2, 1967, n.p., n.p., [1967], B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, orange cloth (hardcover), "An understanding of the contrast between late Sung and Yiian painting offers a key, as it were, to the understanding of Chinese painting history quite generally. My chief concern therefore will be an exposition of the nature of that new art form.", (Order No: 29847 ), $8.50
403. Lord, Priscilla A. and Foley, Daniel J., THE FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS OF NEW ENGLAND, Chilton Books, Philadelphia, PA, (1965) 1st ed, over 500 B&W and color ill., 282pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Covers all aspects of folk-art, extensive bibliography. Franklin 6761., (Order No: 983 ), $7.50
404. Lovoos, Janice, FREDERIC WHITAKER: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST WATERCOLORISTS, Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ, (1972), B&W and color illustrations, 115pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the artist, ISBN 087358094X The definitive biography of Frederic Whitaker., (Order No: 43959 ), $15.00
405. Lowry, Glenn D. (with Susan Nemazee), A JEWELER'S EYE: ISLAMIC ARTS OF THE BOOK FROM THE VEVER COLLECTION, University of Washington Pr., Seattle, WA, (1988), B&W and color ill., 240pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0295966777 Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts., (Order No: 17329 ), $12.50
406. Lubke, Wilhelm; Sturgis, Russell (edited and revised by), OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF ART - TWO VOLUMES IN ONE, Tudor Publishing Co., New York, 1937, B&W illustrations, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), First published in 1877 in two volumes. This edition is two volumes in one; 626pp followed by 557pp., (Order No: 36685 ), $14.50
407. Lucie-Smith, Edward, CULTURAL CALENDAR OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford, (1979), B&W and color ill., 184pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0714819301 This book is a chronology of change: it sets the immense variety of twentieth-century cultural activity, year by year, against the background of world events. It does so not only through a succinct and authoritative narrative, but also by taking each year in turn and presenting a list of the major works in each art form created during that year., (Order No: 13850 ), $12.50
408. Lucie-Smith, Edward, SYMBOLIST ART - THE WORLD OF ART, Oxford University Press, New York, (1972), B&W and color illustrations, 216pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0195199472, (Order No: 46419 ), $5.00
409. Lucie-Smith, Edward, ART OF THE 1930S: THE AGE OF ANXIETY, Rizzoli, New York, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 264pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 084780609X The art of the 1930s was influenced, molded, and even destroyed by political movements that swayed the world., (Order No: 49889 ), $25.00
410. Lupfer, E. A., ORNATE PICTORIAL CALLIGRAPHY - INSTRUCTIONS AND OVER 150 EXAMPLES, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1982), B&W illustrations, 78pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486219577 Republication of the edition published in 1951 under the title FASCINATING PEN FLOURISHING by The Zaner-Bloser Company, Columbus, Ohio., (Order No: 46026 ), $6.00
411. Lynes, Russell, THE ART-MAKERS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, Atheneum, New York, 1970 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 514pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear on dj, A critical narrative of painters, sculptors, architects and designers in the lively, tough years when America was growing up., (Order No: 38460 ), $6.00
412. Madigan, Mary Jean (introduction by) Edited by Art & Antiques, AMERICANA: FOLK AND DECORATIVE ART, An Art & Antiques Book, New York, (1982) 1st ptg, 150 B&W, 100 color ill., 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0823080056 A collection of articles by noted authorities. Chapters include various pottery, shaving mugs, quilts, bandboxes, disc music boxes, decoys, and much more., (Order No: 5856 ), $12.00
413. Maflin, Andrea, ANDREA MAFLIN'S DECORATING CRAFTS - 25 STEP-BY-STEP PROJECTS TO MAKE, Collins & Brown, London, (1998), color illustrations, 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1855856026 "Stylish yet simple-to-make projects using easy techniques." Projects for all rooms in the house., (Order No: 51726 ), $5.00
414. Maiuri, Amedeo, ROMAN PAINTING - THE GREAT CENTURIES OF PAINTING, Skira, Geneva, Switzerland, (1953), color illustrations, 156pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Ancient painting in Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, Paestum, Cumae and Ruvo., (Order No: 51045 ), $15.00
415. Man, Felix M. (photographed and edited by, with original contributions by the eight artists), EIGHT EUROPEAN ARTISTS, British Book Centre, NY, (1954), B&W and color plates, unpaginated, good w/chipped and taped repaired dustjacket, The eight artists are: Braque, Chagall, Leger, Le Corbusier, Matisse, Moore, Picasso, and Sutherland., (Order No: 13617 ), $65.00
416. Manson, J. B., and Mrs. Meynell (with introductions by), THE WORK OF JOHN S. SARGENT R.A., William Heinemann, London, 1927, B&W illustrations, 24pp of text, very good, red cloth (hardcover), An exceptional copy of this almost "elephant folio" presentation of Sargent's work. Pages measure 18 inches high by 14 inches wide. 88 grand plates. One of an edition of 360 copies., (Order No: 48628 ), $450.00
417. Marandel, J. Patrice, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - EUROPE IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND REVOLUTION, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1987), B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994514, (Order No: 51163 ), $20.00
418. Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd. (presented by), FRENCH PRINTS OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, Adelson Galleries, Inc., New York, (2002), B&W and color ill., 80pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the exhibition held April 17 - May 11, 2002., (Order No: 36222 ), $30.00
419. March, Benjamin, SOME TECHNICAL TERMS OF CHINESE PAINTING, Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1935 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 55pp text, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), American Council of Learned Societies Studies in Chinese and Related Civilizations Number 2., (Order No: 51709 ), $45.00
420. Marchiori, Giuseppe (text by), ROUAULT, Reynal & Company, New York, n.d., B&W and color plates, 34pp, plates, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author not only gives a vivid portrait of the artist, but also a remarkable analysis of his work over the turbulent years in which he lived., (Order No: 34628 ), $25.00
421. Margolin, Victor, AMERICAN POSTER RENAISSANCE: THE GREAT AGE OF POSTER DESIGN, 1890-1900, Castle Books, New York, first pub 1975, 175 B&W ill, 48 color plates, 224pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0890095736, (Order No: 400 ), $10.00
422. Martin, John Rupert, CORPUS RUBENIANUM LUDWIG BURCHARD, PART I: THE CEILING PAINTINGS FOR THE JESUIT CHURCH IN ANTWERP, Phaidon, London, (1968), 203 B&W plates, 241pp, plates, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE WORK OF PETER PAUL RUBENS BASED ON THE MATERIAL ASSEMBLED BY THE LATE DR. LUDWIG BURCHARD IN TWENTY-SIX PARTS. In this volume, Professor Martin discusses the building of the Jesuit Church and the terms of the commission given to Rubens, next he deals with the fire of 1718 and the work of the copyists, while the third chapter is a critical catalogue of the surviving sketches by Rubens and shows what information can be derived from the existing copies by draughtsmen and engravers. A concluding chapter is devoted to the iconography of the ceiling paintings., (Order No: 19725 ), $20.00
423. Martin, John Rupert, THE PORTRAIT OF JOHN MILTON AT PRINCETON AND ITS PLACE IN MILTON ICONOGRAPHY, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1961, B&W illustrations, 34pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), This study concerns an appealing pastel drawing of John Milton, the so-called Baker or Bayfordbury portrait. The portrait, traditionally attributed to William Faithorne, shows the author of AREOPAGITICA and PARADISE LOST, serene though sightless, as he appeared to his contemporaries a few years before his death., (Order No: 25167 ), $12.50
424. Maryon, Herbert, METALWORK AND ENAMELLING: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GOLD AND SILVERSMITHS' WORK AND THEIR ALLIED CRAFTS -- FIFTH REVISED ED., Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1971), B&W illustrations, 335pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486227022 First published in 1912., (Order No: 52155 ), $5.00
425. Mason, Lauris (compiled by) (assisted by Joan Ludman), PRINT REFERENCE SOURCES: A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 18TH-20TH CENTURIES, Kraus-Thomson Organization, Millwood, NY, 1976, 246pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0527003727 The purpose of this book is to simplify research by providing a selected bibliography of the literature on printmakers of the 18th through 20th centuries., (Order No: 52693 ), $10.00
426. Matejcek, Antonin and Pesina, Jaroslav, GOTHIC PAINTING IN BOHEMIA: 1350-1450, Artia, Prague, (1955) 4th ed, 279 B&W and color plates, 98pp of text, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) in cardboard slipcase, "The Golden Age of Panel Painting in Bohemia was at its height during the reign of the two kings of the Luxembourg dynasty who followed each other on the Bohemian throne and in the Roman Emperorship, Charles IV and Wenceslas IV.", (Order No: 9639 ), $40.00
427. Mather, Frank Jewett, CHARLES HERBERT MOORE: LANDSCAPE PAINTER, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1957, B&W illustrations, 86pp, ill., very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is an appreciation of Charles Herbert Moore, who at thirty-one gave up a promising career as a landscape painter to become a Harvard instructor, and eventually professor, museum director, and authority on mediaeval architecture., (Order No: 43834 ), $20.00
428. Mayerson, Charlotte Leon (editor) (introduction by George Biddle), SHADOW AND LIGHT: THE LIFE, FRIENDS AND OPINIONS OF MAURICE STERNE, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, (1965) 1st ed, 19 B&W ill., 4 color ill., 266pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Maurice Sterne, one of the outstanding American painters and sculptors of the twentieth century, died in 1957 after a long, colorful, tempestuous, and varied life. Painter, wanderer, philosopher, and flamboyant individualist: Sterne's story is one of the most interesting of his generation., (Order No: 14645 ), $7.50
429. Mayor, A. Hyatt, A. HYATT MAYOR: SELECTED WRITINGS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1983), B&W and color illustrations, 194pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) lt fade to cloth, ISBN 0870993321 "The essays collected here echo the mercurial jet of Hyatt Mayor's mind, while, alas, giving only a faint reflection of the enchantment it cast when his ideas were still words in his mouth.", (Order No: 28104 ), $5.00
430. McBride, Henry, FLORINE STETTHEIMER, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1946), B&W and color illustrations, 56pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50487 ), $7.50
431. McClinton, Katharine Morrison, THE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS OF LOUIS PRANG, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1973) 1st ed, 247 B&W ill, 28 color plates, 246pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) LIGHT DAMPSTAIN ON FOREEDGE, ISBN 0517504111 NOTE - Dampstain along foreedge has caused wave to paper, but does not affect text or illustrations., (Order No: 37397 ), $25.00
432. McCracken, Harold, FREDERIC REMINGTON ARTIST OF THE OLD WEST, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, (1947) 1st ed, B&W ill., and color plates, 157pp, very good+, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), With a Bibliographical Check List of Remington Pictures and Books., (Order No: 1159 ), $15.00
433. McGregor, Shelia (with an introduction by Kitty Godley; commentaries by Oliver Buckley), A SHARED VISION: THE GARMAN RYAN COLLECTION AT THE NEW ART GALLERY WALSALL, Merrell Holberton Publishers, London, (1999), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, ISBN 1858940869 This is the first illustrated book on the Garman Ryan Collection which was formed by two remarkable women and generously given to Walsall, England, in 1974., (Order No: 47025 ), $10.00
434. McLean, Ruari, GEORGE CRUIKSHANK: HIS LIFE AND WORK AS A BOOK ILLUSTRATOR, Art and Technics, London, 1948, ill. by George Cruikshank, 100pp, good, light brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "English Masters of Black and White" series., (Order No: 39723 ), $9.50
435. McMullen, Roy, VICTORIAN OUTSIDER: A BIOGRAPHY OF J. A. M. WHISTLER, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., NY, 1973 1st ed, 34 B&W ill., 307pp, good w/good dustjacket, Using Whistler's own letters and other primary sources, the author brings to life Whistler's years as a Bohemian on the Paris Left Bank, his affairs with his Irish and English mistresses, his encounters with men like Carlyle, Ruskin, Beardsley and Wilde, his immediate and violent passions for oriental art, for travel to mysterious places, his marriage at the age of fifty-four, the growth of his international reputation and the sad last years as a sardonic, eccentric celebrity and lonely widower., (Order No: 14580 ), $14.50
436. McNerney, Kathryn M., PRIMITIVES: OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE, Collector Books, Paducah, KY, (1985), B&W illustrations, 190pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0891451021 First published in 1979. Values updated 1985., (Order No: 40335 ), $6.50
437. McShine, Kynaston, AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF RECENT PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 364pp, good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0870703919, (Order No: 49826 ), $7.50
438. Meilach, Dona Z., A MODERN APPROACH TO BASKETRY WITH FIBERS AND GRASSES: USING COILING, TWINING, WEAVING, MACRAME, CROCHETING, Crown Publishers, New York, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, 246pp, good++, light brown cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 52151 ), $8.00
439. Mellon, Paul (foreword by), SELECTED PAINTINGS DRAWINGS & BOOKS, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1977, B&W and color ill., 102pp, good, wraps (softcover), The collection of British art assembled by Paul Mellon over the last twenty years is one of the most comprehensive representations of the visual arts of a single culture ever brought together. Published on the inauguration of the Yale Center for British Art., (Order No: 35168 ), $15.00
440. Menase, Luc, GABRIJEL STUPICA, Drzavna Zalozba Slovenije, Ljubljana, 1959, frontis, 32 B&W, 8 color ill, 44pp text, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Text in French and Polish(?). Inscribed by the artist Gabrijel Stupica., (Order No: 30717 ), $60.00
441. Menconi, Susan E., UNCOMMON SPIRIT: SCULPTURE IN AMERICA 1800-1940 -EXHIBIT HELD APRIL 22 THROUGH JUNE 9, 1989, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1989, B&W and color illustrations, 108pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0915057298 This volume focuses on the development of the art of sculpture in the United States and includes a selection of American folk sculpture, chosen from the collections of Hirschl & Adler Folk., (Order No: 48560 ), $14.50
442. Metzger, Robert, TWO PENNSYLVANIA PAINTERS: J. WESLEY LITTLE - BLANCHARD GUMMO, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, (19880, B&W and color illustrations, 85pp, good, wraps (softcover) FAINT DAMPSTAIN BOTTOM EDGE cover rubs, Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Center Gallery, Bucknell University. AGAIN NOTE - FAINT DAMPSTAIN TO BOTTOM EDGE OF PAGES., (Order No: 47785 ), $17.50
443. Meyer, Karl E., THE PLUNDERED PAST: THE STORY OF THE ILLEGAL INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN WORKS OF ART, Atheneum, New York, 1973 1st ed, 49 B&W photographs, 353pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0689105223 A former correspondent for the Washington Post investigates the international illicit trade in antiquities and the worldwide destruction of what is left of our past. He describes the alarming increase in art thefts, the wholesale looting of archaeological sites and the baleful effects of pollution and industrial development on the remains of the past., (Order No: 14342 ), $4.00
444. Meyer, Susan E. and Kent, Norman, WATERCOLORISTS AT WORK, Watson- Guptill Publications, New York, (1972) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0823056902 Masters of watercolor demonstrated their techniques., (Order No: 43063 ), $12.50
445. Michaelson, Carol; and Portal, Jane, CHINESE ART IN DETAIL, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, (2006), color illustrations, 144pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674023897 Contents include: What is Chinese Art; Art for the Tomb; Art for the Temple; Art for the Court; Art for the Elite; and, Art for the Masses., (Order No: 51063 ), $15.00
446. Michel, Emile, GREAT MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1910, B&W illustrations, 432pp, very good+, teg w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "With One Hundred and Seventy Reproductions and Forty Photogravure Plates., (Order No: 41149 ), $75.00
447. Michel, Marianne Roland, WATTEAU: AN ARTIST OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, Chartwell Books, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, orig pub 1984, 340 B&W ill., 55 color ill., 320pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555211011 A portrait of an artist of consummate technical skill in drawing, with an independent and original sense of subject, drawn from the theatre and from everyday life., (Order No: 18414 ), $20.00
448. Middleton, Ruth L.; Dreishpoon, Douglas; and, Lawton, Rebecca E. (essays by) (foreword by Nicolai Cikovsky), LEWIS RUBENSTEIN: A HUDSON VALLEY PAINTER, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, (1993), B&W and color illustrations, 80pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0879515155 A fascinating tour through the life and work of one of the region's most distinguished and widely-respected artists., (Order No: 38111 ), $17.50
449. Miller, David and Effler, James M., DYNAMIC AIRBRUSH, North Light Books, Cincinnati, OH, (1987), B&W and color illustrations, 168pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891341900 This volume was designed and written by two successful airbrush illustrators who understand your needs. Learn how to develop ingenious ideas and master basic and specialized techniques to create outstanding airbrush illustrations., (Order No: 50872 ), $7.50
450. Miller, Joe (foreword by Noyes Capehart Long), JOE'S JOURNALS - THE ART & TALES OF A SOJOURNER: A DECADE OF WATERCOLOR JOURNALING, JCM Enterprises, Boone, NC, (2002), color illustrations, 156pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1890052078 People keep diaries and journals in many ways. Joe's journals is one man's method of recording in watercolor and writing., (Order No: 51863 ), $35.00
451. Mirow, Gregory, A TREASURY OF DESIGN FOR ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN - DOVER PICTORIAL ARCHIVES SERIES, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1969), B&W and color illustrations, 100 plates, very good+, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0486220028 725 paisleys, florals, geometrics, folk & primitive motifs., (Order No: 52219 ), $4.50
452. Misstear, Cecil (with Helen Scott-Harman), THE ADVANCED AIRBRUSH BOOK, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, (1984), B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0442284241 Following the success of THE AIRBRUSH BOOK published in 1980, this advanced volume provides in-depth information on techniques and procedures by which airbrush artists, both professionals and students, may extend their range and virtuosity., (Order No: 50871 ), $7.50
453. Mitchell, Mary; and, Goodrich, Albert (edited by Andrea Zimmermann), THE REMARKABLE HUNTINGTONS - ARCHER AND ANNA: CHRONICLE OF A MARRIAGE, Budd Drive Press, Newtown, CT, 2004 1st [tg, B&W illustrations, 168pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0974964409 The story and biography of Anna the sculptor, and her husband Archer the bibliphile, Hispanic scholar, poet, businessman, multimillionaire, philanthropist, and above all, a devoted and generous husband. In the late 1950s I remember a class trip to Anna's studio at their Redding, Connecticut estate., (Order No: 50896 ), $40.00
454. Mitten, David Gordon and Doeringer, Suzannah F. (edited by), MASTER BRONZES FROM THE CLASSICAL WORLD, New York Graphic Society Ltd, Greenwich, CT, (1967), 6 color plates, 330 B&W ill., 320pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A pioneer effort to bring together the finest Greek, Roman and Etruscan bronzes from museums and private collections all over North America and Europe. Seventy-nine lenders from thirteen countries participated in the exhibition., (Order No: 18910 ), $15.00
455. Mohr, Hugo Lous (prefaces by Arno Berg and Reidar Kjellberg), HUGO LOUS MOHR'S CEILING PAINTINGS IN OSLO CATHEDRAL, Oslo Sparebank, Oslo, 1952, B&W and color ill., unpaginated, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An illustrated work dealing with Hugo Lous Mohr's paintings in Oslo Cathedral., (Order No: 35899 ), $25.00
456. Mojzer, Miklos, THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL GALLERY: THE OLD COLLECTIONS, Corvina Kiado, Budapest, (1984), B&W and color illustrations, 224pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 9631316521 A guide to the exhibition., (Order No: 47869 ), $12.50
457. Molesworth, H. D., SCULPTURE IN ENGLAND: MEDIAEVAL, Longmans, Green and Co, London, (1951), B&W plates, 19pp, plates, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 34488 ), $8.50
458. Monet; Stuckey, Charles F. (edited by), MONET - WATER LILIES, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, New York, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 132pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 088363273X "Painted in his famous garden in Giverny, France, Monet's WATER LILIES are among the most popular of his creationsand among the greatest achievements in twentieth-century art.", (Order No: 47572 ), $40.00
459. Mongan, Elizabeth (foreword by Lessing J. Rosenwald), SELECTIONS FROM THE ROSENWALD COLLECTION - NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, (1943) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 142pp, good, wraps (softcover with some light cover soil), (Order No: 17033 ), $10.00
460. Moore, Henry (comments by); Finn, David (introduction by), HENRY MOORE: MODEL TO MONUMENT, Kent Fine Art, Inc., New York, 1986, color illustrations, 47pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of an exhibition held May 28 - August 6, 1986., (Order No: 41721 ), $10.00
461. Moore, Janet Gaylord, THE EASTERN GATE: AN INVITATION TO THE ARTS OF CHINA AND JAPAN, William Collins Publishers, Cleveland, OH, (1979), 34 color ill., B&W ill., 296pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0529054345 This book presents a span of nearly 10, 000 years, from the Jomon pottery of neolithic Japan and China's early Shang bronzes, through the ceramic sculptures and delicate porcelains of the T'ang and Ming periods and up to the present time. In words and pictures the author acquaints the reader with the works of the great calligraphers, of painters such as Ma Yuan, Sesshu, Korin and others, and with the 19th century wood engravings of Hokusai and Hiroshige, placing them all in historical perspective as well., (Order No: 13690 ), $12.00
462. Morawinska, Agnieszka (coordinator) (introduction by Marian Soltysiak; preface by John H. Dobkin), NINETEENTH CENTURY POLISH PAINTING, National Academy of Design, New York, 1988, B&W and color illustrations, 180pp, fine, wraps (softcover), The exhibition introduces the variety and depth of this most interesting period of Polish painting to a wide audience. Through this catalogue the exhibition becomes the reference for all of those interested in Polish art of the period., (Order No: 48291 ), $12.50
463. Mrs. Jameson, SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1885 3rd ed, very good, olive green cloth, teg (hardcover), "Containing Legends of the Angels and Archangels, the Evangelists, the Apostles, the Doctors of the Church, and St. Mary Magdalene, as Represented in the Fine Arts. Volume I, 417pp; and, Volume II, 426pp., (Order No: 51595 ), $20.00
464. Muller, G. Frank (introduction by), IMPORTANT PAINTINGS BY OLD & MODERN MASTERS COLLECTED BY THE LATE CHARLES H. SENFF, NEW YORK CITY AND SYOSSET, LONG ISLAND, The Anderson Galleeries, New York, 1928, B&W illustrations, good, maroon cloth (hardcover), "Sold by Order of the Administrators of His Estate...at Unreserved Public Sale Wednesday & Thursday Evenings March Twenty-Eighth & Twenty-Ninth" 1928. The 77 painting auctioned are illustrated and described. Penciled in are are the high and low estimates, the hammered price, and in many instances the name of the purchaser is penciled in., (Order No: 49933 ), $35.00
465. Mullins, Edwin (ed), THE ARTS OF BRITAIN, Phaidon, Oxford, (1983), 380 ill., 80 in color, 288pp, f w/vg dj, Articles by experts no only on the major arts (painting, architecture, glass, etc), but the minor arts as well; such as: book illustration, musical instruments, armour, clocks, garden design, etc., (Order No: 5942 ), $30.00
466. Mullins, Edwin, A LOVE AFFAIR WITH NATURE: A PERSONAL VIEW OF BRITISH ART, Phaidon, Oxford, UK, (1985), 120 illustrations 63 in col., 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0714824046 Looks at the great tradition of English landscape painting and demonstrates how the inspiration of nature is reflected in the way the English use the land, in the creation of the small garden, and, on a larger scale, in the landscaped slopes of parkland surrounding the English country house., (Order No: 37847 ), $14.50
467. Munsterberg, Hugo, THE ARTS OF JAPAN: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, VT, (1962) 4th ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 201pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) in good slipcase, (Order No: 1469 ), $10.00
468. Murray, Joan; Price, Ralph; Price, Patricia; and, Harper, J. Russell, 'TWAS EVER THUS: A SELECTION OF EASTERN CANADIAN FOLK ART, M. F. Feheley Publishers, Toronto, (1979), B&W and color illustrations, 88pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0919880150 An exhibition of the Price Collection., (Order No: 44549 ), $10.00
469. Murray, Peter and Murray, Linda, THE ART OF THE RENAISSANCE - THE WORLD OF ART, Oxford University Press, New York, (1979), B&W and color illustrations, 286pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0195199286, (Order No: 46421 ), $3.00
470. Myers, Bernard S., MEXICAN PAINTING IN OUR TIME, Oxford University Press, New York, 1956, color frontis, B&W ill., 283pp, good w/lightly chipped and soiled dustjacket (hardcover), This comprehensive survey relates modern Mexican painting to the sweeping events of its social and historical background. Reflecting the fervor and idealism that animated the Revolution of 1910, Mexican artists such as Orozco, Rivera, Siquieros, and others created a new national expression., (Order No: 34350 ), $60.00
471. Myers, Bernard S., PROBLEMS OF THE YOUNGER AMERICAN ARTIST: EXHIBITING AND MARKETING IN NEW YORK CITY - A PILT SURVEY, The City College Press, New York, (1957), 83pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover), The City College, New York Area Research Council - Studies in the New York Area No. 2., (Order No: 40573 ), $35.00
472. Myron, Robert & Sundell, Abner, ART IN AMERICA: FROM COLONIAL DAYS THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Crowell-Collier Press, London, (1969) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 186pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Illustrated with more than fifty photographs, this entertaining narrative discusses all the major American artists and architects of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is a lively account of the changing pattern of American taste over a 250-year period which shows how the development of visual arts reflected the political and socioeconomic attitudes of the American people, from the Puritans to the Victorians., (Order No: 12722 ), $4.50
473. Naeve, Milo M. and Roberts, Lynn Springer, A DECADE OF DECORATIVE ARTS: THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (1986), B&W and color illustrations, 112pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0865590699 On the occasion of the forthcoming tenth anniversary of its centennial, The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased and proud to present this catalogue and accompanying exhibition., (Order No: 46342 ), $15.00
474. Nasse, Hermann, JACQUES CALLOT - MEISTER DER GRAPHIK BAND 1, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, orig pub 1919, B&W ill. follow text, 78pp of text, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Text in German., (Order No: 49475 ), $30.00
475. Nevill, Ralph, OLD SPORTING PRINTS, Spring Books, London, (1970), B&W and color illustrations, 92pp of text, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0600028933 First published in 1908. Gives a detailed, illustrated history of sporting pictures, from the works of John Seymour and Thomas Rowlandson to later paintings by such artists as Henry Aiken and the Wolstenholmes., (Order No: 47510 ), $12.50
476. Newell, Adnah Clifton; Holtrop, William F. (revised by), COLORING FINISHING AND PAINTING WOOD, Chas. A. Bennett Co., Inc., Peoria, IL, (1972) rev ed, B&W illustrations, 478pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0870021249 First published in 1930., (Order No: 46151 ), $7.00
477. Newland, Joseph N. (editor), THE SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE - 60 YEARS, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, (2006), B&W and color illustrations, 84pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0972848479 This catalogue was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, July 22 - October 29, 2006. Contents include: Skowhegan, A Lasting Impression; Beginnings, Skowhegan Lecture, 1963; Some Questions, Skowhegan Lecture, 1956; and, Artists + Lectures + Works., (Order No: 50897 ), $20.00
478. Newton, Douglas (introduction by), THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, AFRICA, AND THE AMERICAS, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1987), color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994611, (Order No: 50545 ), $14.50
479. Nicolaides, Kimon, THE NATURAL WAY TO DRAW: A WORKING PLAN FOR ART STUDY, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, (1969) 33rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 221pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0395205484 First published in 1941., (Order No: 29517 ), $4.00
480. Nimocks, Patricia, DECOUPAGE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1968), B&W illustrations, 176pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Decoupage is the art of decorating surfaces with applied paper cut-outs., (Order No: 44320 ), $4.00
481. Noakes, Aubrey, SPORTSMEN IN A LANDSCAPE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1954), B&W and color ill., 224pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "A salute to the English Sporting Artists.", (Order No: 35313 ), $7.50
482. Norton, Bettina A., EDWIN WHITEFIELD: NINETEENTH-CENTURY NORTH AMERICAN SCENERY, Barre Publishing, Barre, MA, 1977, B&W and color illustrations, 158pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517517310 Mrs. Norton has delved through prodigious quantities of correspondence, diaries, and press notices to reconstruct the life, the times, and the oeuvre of this authentically American artist., (Order No: 43859 ), $10.00
483. Nouwen, Henri J. M., NIMM SEIN BILD IN DEIN HERZ - GEISTLICHE DEUTUNG EINES GEMALDES VON REMBRANDT, Herder Verlag, Freiburg, (1991), color illustrations, 171pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 3451224046 Title translates to: TAKE HIS PICTURE INTO YOUR HEART - RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF A PAINTING BY REMBRANDT. Text in German., (Order No: 50672 ), $25.00
484. Nudelman, Edward D., JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH: AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 1990, B&W and color illustrations, 144pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner inscription, ISBN 0882897861 One of America's best-loved illustrators, Jessie Willcox Smith left a legacy of delightful illustations that continue to capture the hearts of adults and children alike. A prolific book and magazine illustrator of the early twentieth century, Smith illustrated every cover of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING for over 15 years between World War I and II., (Order No: 51185 ), $27.50
485. Nygaard, Kaare (Sculpture and Vignettes by), KNIFE, LIFE AND BRONZES: SCULPTURE AND VIGNETTES, Nygaarart Ltd., Scarsdale, NY, 1986, color frontis, B&W ill., 192pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Nygaard says that this present book might have turned out to be a personal confession, an analysis, at points a psychoanalysis of his work with its apparent dualism, but clearly without dichotomy., (Order No: 43990 ), $12.50
486. O'Hara, Eliot, WATERCOLOR WITH O'HARA: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO MASTERING THE ART OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1966), B&W illustrations, 163pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A comprehensive guide to technical aspects of watercolor painting., (Order No: 31582 ), $14.50
487. O'Neill, John P. (editor in chief), EUGENE DELACROIX (1798-1863): PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND PRINTS FROM NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, B&W and color ill., 213pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810964031 This publication, illustrated with 16 color and 168 black-and-white plates, accompanies an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 10, 1991, to June 16, 1991., (Order No: 35389 ), $40.00
488. Oberhuber, Konrad & Walker, Dean, SIXTEENTH CENTURY ITALIAN DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JANOS SCHOLZ, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, (1973), B&W illustrations, 143pp, finw, brown cloth (hardcover) w/original glassine cover, An exhibition held: National Gallery of Art September 23 - November 25, 1973; and The Pierpont Morgan Library December 12, 1973 - February 3, 1974., (Order No: 4978 ), $25.00
489. Ogg, Oscar, AN ALPHABET SOURCE BOOK (SOURCEBOOK), Dover Publications, New York, (1947), B&W illustrations, 199pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Drawings of alphabets which can be reproduced or used as guides for lettering problems., (Order No: 28427 ), $17.50
490. Ohrn, Steven, REMAINING FAITHFUL: AMANA FOLK ART IN TRANSITION, Iowa Dept. Cultural Affairs, Des Moines, IA, 1988, B&W and color ill., 56pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0890330107 "This book, and the exhibition it accompanies, explores this other Amana as it is mirrored by traditional arts; it is a personal impression, in words and photographs, of my welcome into the lives of the people who create and seek to perpetuate old Amana culture.", (Order No: 35051 ), $25.00
491. Okamoto, Yoshitomo (translated by Ronald K. Jones), THE NAMBAN ART OF JAPAN - THE HEIBONSHA SURVEY OF JAPANESE ART, Weatherhill/Heibonsha, New York, (1972) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 158pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0834810085 This book introduces the namban art of Japan through a wealth of illustrations and an authoritative text that explores its historical background and appraises its aesthetic values., (Order No: 37732 ), $35.00
492. Oliver, Andrew and Tolles, Bryant F., WINDOWS ON THE PAST: PORTRAITS AT THE ESSEX INSTITUTE, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, (1981), B&W illustrations, 64pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0883890798, (Order No: 40741 ), $25.00
493. Olney, Susan Faxon; Buff, Barbara Ball; Dryfhout, John H.; Grimes, Frances; Quick, Lisa; and, Van Buren, Deborah, A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: ART COLONIES OF CORNISH AND DUBLIN [NEW HAMPSHIRE], Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 138pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The catalogue for the exhibition focusing on these art colonies in New Hampshire., (Order No: 48349 ), $17.50
494. Olsen, Justine; Parker, John; and, Whiting, Cliff (based on the exhibition selected by), MAU MAHARA: OUR STORIES IN CRAFT, Random Century, New Zealand, (1990), B&W and color ill., 130pp, fine, wraps (softcover), This lavishly illustrated book was published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name. It celebrates 150 years of Maori and Pakeha craft in New Zealand., (Order No: 29214 ), $20.00
495. Orozco, Jose Clemente; Pellicer, Carlos, EXPOSICION NACIONAL - JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1947, B&W illustrations, good, wraps (softcover), Catalogo Que El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes Publica Con Motivo de la Exposicion Nacional Retrospectiva Jose Clemente Orozco., (Order No: 51316 ), $50.00
496. Orozco, Jose Clemente, AUTOBIOGRAFIA DE JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO, Ediciones Occidente, Mexico, 1945, B&W illustrations, 198pp, good, wraps (softcover), Orozco was a Mexican social realist painter who specialized in bold murals., (Order No: 51317 ), $25.00
497. Ostrow, Stephen E., and Scher, Stephen K. (foreword by), DRAWINGS AND PRINTS OF THE FIRST MANIERA 1515-1535, Brown University and RISD, Providence, RI, 1973, B&W illustrations, 116pp, very good, wraps (softcover) errata sheet laid in, Catalogue of an Exhibition held by the Department of Art, Brown University at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, February 22 through March 25, 1973., (Order No: 47872 ), $27.50
498. Palencia, C., PICASSO, Editorial Leyenda, S. A., (1945), B&W and color illustrations, 263pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author 1947, Text in Spanish., (Order No: 43147 ), $45.00
499. Palmer, Arnold, MORE THAN SHADOWS: A BIOGRAPHY OF W. RUSSELL FLINT (WITH 136 ILLUSTRATIONS OF HIS WORK), The Studio, London & New York, (1943), B&W illustrations, 146pp, good++, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Contents include: Preface; Index; List of Plates; More Than Shadows; Notes on Some of the Plates; Biographical Summary; Plates; List of Public Galleries Exhibiting Some of the Artist's Works; List of Books Illustrated by the Artist; Bibliography., (Order No: 52144 ), $7.00
500. Park, Lawrence, JOSEPH BLACKBURN - A COLONIAL PORTRAIT PAINTER WITH A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF HIS WORKS, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, 1923, B&W illustrations, 62pp, good, wraps (softcover) cover wear, chips and slight separation, Front cover has slight separations from spine, archivally repaired., (Order No: 41786 ), $75.00
501. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., THE MRS HENRY WALTERS ART COLLECTION - VOLUME ONE AND VOLUME TWO TWO VOLUME SET - ART COLLECTION OF MRS HENRY WALTERS, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1941, B&W and color illustrations, 2 vols, 550pp, good+, tan cloth spines (hardcover), Catalogue of the auction held April 23 to 26, 1941, including French Furniture; Sevres Porcelains; Tapestry; early Oriental Rugs; Gold Watches and boxes; portrait miniatures; paintins; sculptures; Gothic and Renaisasance Art; and so much more., (Order No: 50619 ), $20.00
502. Parke-Taylor, Michael, IN SECLUSION WITH NATURE: THE LATER WORK OF L. LEMOINE FITZGERALD, 1942 TO 1956, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 238pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0889151490 Catalogue to an exhibition held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Oct. 2, 1988-Jan. 2, 1989. With this exhibition, the Winnipeg Art Gallery perpetuates allegiance to L. LeMoine FitzGerald, his work, and his influence upon art making and collecting in Winnipeg., (Order No: 38657 ), $20.00
503. Patnaik, Naveen (text by); illustrations by Bannu (introduction by Stuart Cary Welch), A SECOND PARADISE: INDIAN COURTLY LIFE, 1590-1947, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1985, B&W & color ill., color map, 192pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 20571 ), $15.00
504. Paulson, Ronald, THE ART OF HOGARTH, Phaidon Press Limited, London, (1975), 172 ill. with 16 in color, 206pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 071481640X Though it covers all aspects of his career, this book concentrates on Hogarth's work as a painter., (Order No: 36980 ), $25.00
505. Pearson, Gena M. (edited by), CHERUBS - A JOYOUS CELEBRATION, Courage Books-Running Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1998) 1st ptg, color illustrations, 128pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0762403446 Winged infants of univeral appeal, full of mystery and delight, cherubs serve as intercessors between heaven and earth - reminding us of hope and beauty. Here is a collection of some of the finest depictions of cherubs as they have been envisioned by poets, writers, and artists around the world and throughout the ages., (Order No: 51131 ), $12.50
506. Peluso, A. J., J. & J. BARD: PICTURE PAINTERS, Hudson River Press, New York, (1977) 1st ed, over 140 B&W ill, 34 col plt, 136pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0930930029 "The first comprehensive and fully-illustrated book on these most important 19th-century American marine painters." Twins James and John worked together unti 1849. James worked alone until his retirement in 1890, and he claimed to have painted 4000 portraits of steamboats, schooners and sloops for his clientele - the captains of New York's then thriving maritime industry., (Order No: 31181 ), $75.00
507. Pennell, E. R. and Pennell, J., THE LIFE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1908 1st ed, B&W illustrations, good, golden cloth spine (hardcover) w/some edgewear, Two volumes: Vol. I, 316pp; Vol. II, 327pp., (Order No: 9244 ), $35.00
508. Pennell, Joseph, THE ADVENTURES OF AN ILLUSTRATOR - MOSTLY IN FOLLOWING HIS AUTHORS IN AMERICA & EUROPE, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1925 1st trade, B&W illustrations, 372pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 42943 ), $20.00
509. Pennell, Joseph, THE GRAPHIC ARTS: MODERN MEN AND MODERN METHODS, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1921), B&W illustrations, 315pp, good++, brown cloth (hardcover), This volume is a report of the Scammon Lectures as the author gave them at the Chicago Art Institute, April, 1920., (Order No: 43178 ), $17.50
510. Penrose, Roland (chronology by Alicia Legg), THE SCULPTURE OF PICASSO, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1967), color frontis, B&W ill., 232pp, good+, wraps (softcover), This exhibition is based essentially on the sculpture section of the Paris retrospective assembled by Jean Leymarie in 1966., (Order No: 27402 ), $10.00
511. Percier, Charles and Fontaine, Pierre, EMPIRE STYLEBOOK OF INTERIOR DESIGN - ALL 72 PLATES FROM THE RECUEIL DE DECORATIONS INTERIEURES WITH NEW ENGLISH TEXT, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1991), B&W illustrations, 78pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486267547 This pictorial treasury reveals in clear, precise detail the highly individual characterof French taste in interior decoration at the height of the first French Empire., (Order No: 49683 ), $12.50
512. Perlman, Bennard B. (introduction by Mrs. John Sloan), THE IMMORTAL EIGHT: AMERICAN PAINTING FROM EAKINS TO THE ARMORY SHOW, 1870-1913, North Light Publishers, Westport, CT, (1979) 1st ptg, B&W and color ill., 224pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891340173 This is the true story of the men in the forefront of the struggle to establish the first truly American tendency in art., (Order No: 34093 ), $20.00
513. Perls, Klaus, RUFINO TAMAYO OIL PAINTINGS 1970-1971 -- NOV. 9 - DEC. 11, 1971, Perls Galleries, New York, 1971, 27 B&W illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), Includes a chronology and bibliography in brief., (Order No: 50113 ), $14.50
514. Phillips, Sandra S. and Weintraub, Linda (compiled and edited by), CHARMED PLACES: HUDSON RIVER ARTISTS AND THEIR HOUSES, STUDIOS, AND VISTAS, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), 184 ill., inc. 99 color plts, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810910411 Published by The Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College and The Vassar Colle ge Art Library for an exhibition held 1988 to 1989 at: Bard College, Vassar College Art Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, The Queens Museum, and finally at The Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York. This book presents the artists of the Hudson River School in an intriguing new light. Long regarded as devotees of untamed nature, these famed painters - Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic E. Church, and Asher B. Durand among them - are shown to have been equally interested in their own enviroment. The five experts' essays provide new insights into how the same aesthetic considerations that shaped the artist's paintings held true for their planned enviroment. These essays include: The Hudson Sits for Its Portrait: 1821-1902; Landscape Architecture and the Hudson River Valley: The Juncture of Nature and Technology; The Painted Environment; Documents of the Personal Landscape; The Artist's House and Studio in the Nineteenth-Century Hudson Valley. These are followed by a catalogue of plates; notes; brief chronology; and selected bibliography., (Order No: 15436 ), $50.00
515. Picon, Gaeton, A HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING FROM 1800 TO THE PRESENT, Newsweek Books, New York, (1974), approx. 160 B&W & color ill., 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0882251139 The author traces the trends and schools, painters and masterpieces illustrating the course of painting right up to Pop Art and contemporary Hyper-realism. He unravels the increasingly complex strands that comprise modern art and shows how they intersect, intertwine, and influence one another., (Order No: 17232 ), $20.00
516. Picton Castle Trust and the National Museum of Wales, SUTHERLAND IN WALES - A CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION AT THE GRAHAM SUTHERLAND GALLERY, PICTON CASTLE, HAVERFORDWEST, DYFED, Alistair McAlpine, London, (1976), B&W and color illustrations, 45pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0950500402, (Order No: 46082 ), $20.00
517. Picturebook, PICTUREBOOK 2K - DIRECTORY OF CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATION, WaterMark, Inc., Birmingham, AL, (2000), color illustrations, 300pp, index, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 188207792X PICTUREBOOK is an illustrator sourcebook targeted to the specific field of artwork executed for children. On page after page, some of the best illustrators in the business can be found., (Order No: 50214 ), $20.00
518. Pignatti, Terisio, THE GOLDEN CENTURY OF VENETIAN PAINTING, George Braziller, Inc., New York, (1979) 1st ptg, B&W and color ill., 173pp, good w/good dustjacket, In this volume, the evolution of the Venetian Renaissance in painting is traced from Bellini's subtle tonal gradations and Giorgione's chromatic poetry, through Titian's sensuous opulence and intense realism, to Tintoretto's dynamic light and visionary fantasy, and to the final glory of Veronese's joyous iridescence., (Order No: 25254 ), $15.00
519. Pinckney, Pauline A., AMERICAN FIGUREHEADS AND THEIR CARVERS, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1940) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 223pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This book deals with American ship carving and carvers, among whom were such famous names as Rush, McIntyre, and Skillin, whose work aroused the admiration of foreign artists whenever American ships came to port., (Order No: 30893 ), $65.00
520. Pissarro, Camille; Rewald, John (edited with the assistance of Lucien Pissarro), CAMILLE PISSARRO: LETTERS TO HIS SON LUCIEN, Peregrine Smith, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, 1981, B&W illustrations, 480pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0879050888 First published in 1944. From 1883 until his death in 1903, Camille Pissarro wrote almost weekly letters to his son Lucien in England. These letters, together with Lucien's replies to his father, provide a vivid picture of the career of one of the leading Impressionist painters., (Order No: 23298 ), $10.00
521. Pitz, Henry C., THE BRANDYWINE TRADITION, Weathervane Books, New York, orig pub 1958, B&W and color ill., 252pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517164310 The author has charted the magical attractions of the Brandywine Valley and the accomplishments of the many artists who have responded to its still unspoiled rural charm., (Order No: 31519 ), $12.00
522. Pleasants, Henry, FOUR GREAT ARTISTS OF CHESTER COUNTY [PENNSYLVANIA], published by the author, n.p., 1936, B&W illustrations, 61pp, good+, tan paper covered boards (hardcover) signed by the author, Limited Edition. Includes sketches of: Bayard Taylor, Thomas Buchanan Read, William Marshall Swayne, and George Cope., (Order No: 32271 ), $40.00
523. Plowman, George T., ETCHING AND OTHER GRAPHIC ARTS - AN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1929, B&W illustrations, 158pp, good, black cloth spine (hardcover), Revised and Enlarged Edition with an Original Etching Frontispiece and 49 Illustrations. First published in 1914., (Order No: 49858 ), $9.00
524. Polk, Patrick Arthur, HAITIAN VODOU FLAGS, Univ. Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, (1997) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 72pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 1578060249 In showcasing Vodou flags and the artists who create them, this book also offers a striking revelation of the gods (Iwa) that inhabit the Vodou spirit world., (Order No: 39029 ), $20.00
525. Pool, Phoebe, IMPRESSIONISM - THE WORLD OF ART, Oxford University Press, New York, (1979), B&W and color illustrations, 287pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0195199308, (Order No: 46423 ), $2.50
526. Pope-Hennessy, John, THE STUDY AND CRITICISM OF ITALIAN SCULPTURE, MMA/Princeton University Pr., New York, (1980), B&W illustrations, 271pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0691039674 Ten essays on aspects of fifteenth-century sculpture., (Order No: 49335 ), $7.50
527. Porcella, Yvonne, SIX COLOR WORLD: COLOR - CLOTH - QUILTS & WEARABLES, C & T Publishing, Inc., Lafayette, CA, (1997) 1st ptg, color illustrations, 144pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1571200355 The techniques of hand-painted fabrics., (Order No: 50081 ), $7.50
528. Powers, H. H., VENICE AND ITS ART, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1930, B&W ill., 382pp, good w/lightly chipped & soiled dustjacket (hardcover), Venice and the treasures of her great art., (Order No: 31892 ), $15.00
529. Prachensky, Markus, MARKUS PRACHENSKY, Sudtiroler Kulturinstitut, n.p., (1999), B&W frontis, color ill., unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), Text in German., (Order No: 33674 ), $40.00
530. Preuss, Anne (managing editor), METROLPOLITAN MUSEUM JOURNAL - VOLUME 1 / 1968, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1968), B&W illustrations, 176pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with minimal marks, (Order No: 49063 ), $6.00
531. Preuss, Anne (managing editor), METROPOLITAN MUSEUM JOURNAL - VOLUME 1 / 1968, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1968, B&W illustrations, 176pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover), Contents includes: Winged Bull Cauldron Attachments from Iran; Portrait Bust of a Young Lady of the Time of Justinian; Group of Fourteenth-Century Mosan Sculptures; Ceremonial Arrowheads from Bohemia; A Spinettina for the Duchess of Urbino; Patrons of Robert Adam at the Metropolitan Museum; and, The Pictures within Degas's Pictures., (Order No: 50772 ), $10.00
532. Pronin, Alexander and Pronin, Barbara, RUSSIAN FOLK ARTS, A. S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick, NJ, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 049801276X Presents a historical survey of twelve major folk art handicrafts of European Russia, fron archaeological findings of the ninth and tenth centuries, through the icons of postmedieval times and eighteenth and nineteenth-century lubki, to the painted matryoshki, and bonecarvings of the present-day USSR., (Order No: 5229 ), $12.50
533. Prown, Jules David (essay by), JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, 1738-1815, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, (1965), 103 B&W and color ill., 142pp, very good, wraps (softcover), This catalogue affords a unique opportunity to study the work of John Singleton Copley, one of the most important painters in the history of American art., (Order No: 23371 ), $14.50
534. Quinn, R. M. (version Espanola de Renato Rosaldo), FERNANDO GALLEGO AND THE RETABLO OF CIUDAD RODRIGO, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 1961, color frontis, 38 B&W ill., 117pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), The twenty-six paintings reproduced and studied in this volume represent a distinguished period in the history of art. This retablo as it now appears is incomplete--no longer a total narrative of Man's Fall and Salvation from Creation to the Last Judgement, but rather a series of highlights from the life of Jesus, with only one portentous reference to the Old Testament--the Creation of Eve. Text in both English and Spanish., (Order No: 16134 ), $10.00
535. Racz, Istvan (photographs by) (introduction by C. F. Meinander; notes by Pirkko-Liisa Lehtosalo; translated by Diana Tullberg), EARLY FINNISH ART: FROM PREHISTORY TO THE MIDDLE AGES, Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., New York, (1967), B&W and color illustrations, 177pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The beauty of ancient Finnish artifacts., (Order No: 47914 ), $35.00
536. Racz, Istvan (photographs by) (introduction and notes by Riitta Pylkkanen; translated by Diana Tullberg and Judy Beesley), ART TREASURES OF MEDIEVAL FINLAND, Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., New York, (1961), B&W and color illustrations, 253pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, A survey of the art of the Finnish Middle Ages., (Order No: 47915 ), $25.00
537. Ramsden, E. H., 'COME, TAKE THIS LUTE': A QUEST FOR IDENTITIES IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PORTRAITURE, A Nadder Book, Salisbury, (1983), 84 B&W ill., color frontis, 219pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0906540364 "It centres in the consideration of five pictures, which happen, for one reason or another, to be interrelated and is concerned with the identification of the personalities involved, painters, sitters or both, personalities, for the most part of peculiar fascinations, the study of whose lives has afforded an unexpected insight into some of the less familiar aspects of Renaissance life.", (Order No: 21757 ), $6.50
538. Rand, Harry, MANET'S CONTEMPLATION AT THE GARE SAINT-LAZARE, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1987) 1st ptg, B&W and color ill., 158pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0520059670 The author relates Manet's painting to Mallarme's poetry., (Order No: 32707 ), $12.50
539. Rasines, Adelia C. (curator of the exhibit), SCENES FROM A CENTURY PAST REFLECTIONS OF THE SPIRIT - VIBRANT FORCES FOR REBIRTH AS WE ENTER THE NEW MILLENNIUM, Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 2000, color illustrations, 40pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the exhibition held May 15, 2000 to June 30, 2000., (Order No: 50230 ), $25.00
540. Raynes, John, PAINTING SEASCAPES: A CREATIVE APPROACH, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, (1972) 1st ptg, B&W and Color illustrations, 120pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0823038556 An innovative guide that encourages the reader's creativity in painting the sea, sky, and shore., (Order No: 40536 ), $10.00
541. Reade, Brian (introduction by John Rothenstein), BEARDSLEY, Studio Vista, London, (1967), B&W ill., 372pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A collection of Beardsley's better-known works along with less familiar ones., (Order No: 33195 ), $50.00
542. Reaves, Wendy Wick (edited by), AMERICAN PORTRAIT PRINTS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH ANNUAL AMERICAN PRINT CONFERENCE, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, (1984), B&W illustrations, 285pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813909813 The eight essays in this volume address the subject of portrait prints produced in America from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century, with a glimpse into the twentieth., (Order No: 38416 ), $10.00
543. Redoute, Pierre-Joseph, REDOUTE'S BOUQUETS, Konecky & Konecky, New York, (1991), color illustrations, unpaginated, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1568520336 Often called the "Raphael of Flowers," Pierre-Joseph Redoute was court painter and teachere to five French monarchs. His watercolors and engravings have been collected, exhibited and reproduced all over the world, and the originals are rare and coveted collector's items. REDOUTE'S BOUQUEST consists of eighty-four recently rediscovered prints that show the full range of this artist's genius., (Order No: 51103 ), $50.00
544. Redslob, Edwin (introduction and commentary by), THE BERLIN-DAHLEM GALLERY: GREAT PAINTINGS FROM THE FORMER KAISER FRIEDRICH MUSEUM, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1967), 168 B&W and color plates, 242pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book provides a view of one of the world's greatest art collections., (Order No: 14632 ), $20.00
545. Reed, Henry M. (with a foreword by Eugene V. Connett), THE A. B. FROST BOOK, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT, (1967) 1st ptg, B&W and color ill., 149pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Reproductions in this book constitute the largest single compilation of the works of Frost showing his tremendous versatility--from his earlier sketches of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit through which he gained initial fame, to his now better-known sporting scenes which established him as one of the most versatile and talented of artists., (Order No: 27475 ), $45.00
546. Reed, Walt (foreword by Harold McCracken), JOHN CLYMER: AN ARTIST'S RENDEZVOUS WITH THE FRONTIER WEST, Stan Klassen, n.p., (1988) 2nd ed, B&W and color illustrations, 149pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) inscr. by publisher, This volume on Clymer and his art includes more than sixty full color plates of his finest paintings, numerous black and white reproductions of his superlative pen and ink drawings, and a well-researched text incorporating much personal commentary by Clymer on his life and work., (Order No: 48046 ), $60.00
547. Reeve, John, JAPANESE ART IN DETAIL, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, (2005), color illustrations, 144pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674023919 Contents include: What is Japanese Art?; Serenity; Nature; Pleasure; Mountains and sea; Beauty; and, Turmoil., (Order No: 51064 ), $15.00
548. Reynolds, Graham, CONSTABLE: THE NATURAL PAINTER, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1965), 106 B&W ill, 20 color plates, 238pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) chip rear of dustjacket, Constable was the most genuine and natural painter of the English countryside., (Order No: 12467 ), $14.50
549. Ricci, Corrado, NORTH ITALIAN PAINTING OF THE CINQUECENTO: PIEDMONT - LIGURIA - LOMBARDY - EMILIA, Hacker Art Books, New York, 1976, 84 B&W plates, 69pp of text, very good+, decorated yellow cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0878171711 First published in 1928., (Order No: 52233 ), $40.00
550. Rice, D. Talbot, ENGLISH ART, 871-1100, Oxford at the Clarendon Pr., London, 1952, B&W ill., B&W map, 280pp, ill., very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This volume is Volume II and the second to appear in the series The Oxford History of English Art., (Order No: 34446 ), $25.00
551. Rice, David Talbot (preface by Michael Maclagan), BYZANTINE ART AND ITS INFLUENCES - COLLECTED STUDIES, Variorum Reprints, London, 1973, B&W illustrations, 360pp, very good, blue buckram cloth (hardcover) owners name, ISBN 0902089420 A collection of 23 reprinted articles on: Art History; Byzantine Art; and, Byzantine Influences., (Order No: 47122 ), $125.00
552. Richardson, John (editor), PICASSO AN AMERICAN TRIBUTE, Chanticleer Press, New York, (1962), B&W and color illustrations, good, wraps (softcover), Public Education Association exhibit at nine New York City galleries from April 25 - May 12, 1962., (Order No: 4229 ), $7.00
553. Richardson, E. P., PAINTING IN AMERICA: THE STORY OF 450 YEARS, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1956), 17 color ill., 172 B&W ill., 447pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the history of American painting from Columbus' discovery to the present. It deals with every painter who has had lasting significance, and all important works are covered. There are numerous biographical sketches of artists' lives. Trends, schools, and influences are expertly traced., (Order No: 22633 ), $10.00
554. Richardson, Edgar P. (edited by Robert Freund), AMERICAN ROMANTIC PAINTING, W. Weyhe, New York, (1944), 236 B&W ill. follow text, 50pp of text, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here is a bird's-eye view of the romatic period of American painting and its achievement., (Order No: 24110 ), $20.00
555. Richardson, E. P. (narrative and critical catalogue by), AMERICAN ART: AN EXHIBITION FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 3RD, The Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA, (1976), B&W and color ill., 253pp, very good, wraps (softcover), This exhibition is selected from a collection spanning three centuries of painting and sculpture in our country., (Order No: 34785 ), $10.00
556. Ripley, Elizabeth (with drawings, paintings and sculpture by Michelangelo), MICHELANGELO: A BIOGRAPHY, Oxford University Press, New York, (1956) 3rd ptg, 31 B&W photographs, 71pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), In the skillful biographical text, this genius of the Renaissance becomes a living personality, and Michelangelo's life story as he himself told it is revealed through his own works of art which are reproduced in striking photographs., (Order No: 21744 ), $10.00
557. Ritchie, Andrew Carnduff, MASTERS OF BRITISH PAINTING 1800-1950, Museum of Modern Art, NY, (1956), 104 plates, 160pp, g w/g dj, (Order No: 5057 ), $20.00
558. Rivers, Larry (with Arnold Weinstein), WHAT DID I DO?: THE UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LARRY RIVERS, WITH ARNOLD WEINSTEIN, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, (1992) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 498pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060190078, (Order No: 39656 ), $7.00
559. Robacker, Earl F., OLD STUFF IN UP-COUNTRY PENNSYLVANIA, A.S. Barnes and Co., South Brunswick, NJ, (1973), over 180 photographs, 283pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0498012115 Fascinating look at the antiques and people known as the Pennsylvania Dutch in the up-country counties of Wayne, Pike and Monroe., (Order No: 6012 ), $12.50
560. Roberts, Keith, COROT, Spring Books, London, (1966) 2nd ptg, 51 color plates, 44pp text, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Camille Corot, the great French landscape painter, lived from 1796 to 1875., (Order No: 11996 ), $5.00
561. Robins, Corinne, THE PLURALIST ERA: AMERICAN ART, 1968-1981, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1984) 1st ed, B&W and Color illustrations, 246pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0064301370 This book examines all the major developments in American art of the 1970s and covers artists and their works from both a chronological and socio-critical point of view., (Order No: 42172 ), $6.00
562. Robinson, Edward (Chairman, Board of Editors), METROPOLITAN MUSEUM STUDIES: VOLUME I 1928-1929, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1929, B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, index, good, green cloth (hardcover), Consists of two parts: Part I, pages 1-114, November, 1928; and Part II, pages 115-256, May, 1929. Contents partially include: Four Seventeent-Century Pintodoes; Were the Nude Parts in Greek Marble Sculpture Painted?; On American Polearms; A Commode and a Secretary by Riesener; John Townsend, an Eighteenth-Century Cabinetmaker; Notes on Some Mosan Enamels; Corbel from the Strozzi Palace; A Monumental German Wood Statue of the Thirteenth Century; The Town House in Ancient Egypt; and, much more., (Order No: 50769 ), $45.00
563. Robinson, Edward (Chairman, Board of Editors), METROPOLITAN MUSEUM STUDIES: VOLUME II 1929-1930, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1930, B&W and color illustrations, 252pp, index, good, green cloth (hardcover), Consists of: Part I, pages 1/132, November, 1929; and, Part II, pages 133-252, May, 1930. Contents partially include: Some Sculptures of the School of Troyes; The Creators of the Chippendale Style; Signed French Chairs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Notes on Armor of the Greenwich School; Notes on Three Durer Woodblocks; Notes on Persian Costumes of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; Coptic Tunics in The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and, much more., (Order No: 50770 ), $25.00
564. Robinson, Edward (Chairman, Board of Editors), METROPOLITAN MUSEUM STUDIES: VOLUME III 1930-1931, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1931, B&W and color illustrations, 255pp, index, good, green cloth (hardcover) small "chew" mark rear corner, Consists of: Part I, pages 1-134, December, 1930; and, Part II, pages 135-255, June, 1931. Contents partially include: The Origin of the Tapestry Technique in Pre-Spanish Peru; A Monumental Catalan Wood Statue of the Fourteenth Century; Notes on Chinese Ink; Dated Egypto-Arabic Textiles in The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Unpublished Metalwork of the Rasulid Sultans of Yemen; and, much more., (Order No: 50771 ), $45.00
565. Rockwell, Norman (as told to Tom Rockwell) (with a foreword and afterword by Tom Rockwell), NORMAN ROCKWELL: MY ADVENTURES AS AN ILLUSTRATOR, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Pub., New York, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 432pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0810915634 Norman Rockwell's autobiography conveys the flavor of his art: it is at once nostalgic, sharply focused, and humorous., (Order No: 39247 ), $15.00
566. Roder-Holzhausen, DAS INDIANISCHE LACKKABINETT DES KURFURSTEN CLEMENS AUGUST IN SCHLOSS BRUHL, Ernst Wasmuth Tubingen, Stuttgart - Berlin, (1950), B&W and color illustrations, 61pp of text, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Title roughly translates to: THE INDIANI LACQUER CABINET OF THE KURFURSTEN CLEMENS AUGUST IN LOCK BRUHL. Text in German. With a discussion of European lacquer art of the XVIII century., (Order No: 51167 ), $35.00
567. Rodin, Auguste, A LA VENUS DE MILO, La Jeune Parque, Paris, France, 1945, color illustrations, 21pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Text in French., (Order No: 50950 ), $45.00
568. Roethlisberger, Marcel, CLAUDE LORRAIN ALBUM IN THE NORTON SIMON, INC. MUSEUM OF ART, Los Angeles Cty Mus. of Art, Los Angeles, CA, (1971), drawings, 33pp, ill., very good+, tan cloth (hardcover), The sixty drawings of this book were first published in 1962 under the title "The Wildenstein Album." Six years later the book was acquired by the well-known California collector Norton Simon. Far from merely being a re-edition of the first work the text of this publication has been entirely rewritten in the light of our present knowledge of the artist., (Order No: 31356 ), $12.50
569. Rogers, Dominique; and Marley, Graham (editors), POSTPRINTS OF THE DAVID HARRIS CONFERENCE, 2000, UKIC Furniture Section, London, 2001, B&W and color illustrations, 34pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1871656397 Papers from the conference held on 28 June 2000 at Sir John Cass Department of Design and Technology Restoration and Conservation Section, London Guildhall University. Contents include: A Marquetry Technique Away From Tradition; Journeys Round A Chinese Lacquer Tea Caddy From the Victoria and Albert Museum; From the Golden to the Gilded (Conservation Projects at the Preservation Society of Newport County); The Conservation of Two Picture Frames; and, The Restoration of the Banqueting Room Ceiling at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, 1999., (Order No: 46025 ), $25.00
570. Romano, James F.; Parlasca, Klaus; Bellod, Alain; Bianchi, Robert S.; Clere, J. J.; Coleman, Marie; Coleman, Reginald et al, THE LUXOR MUSEUM OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART CATALOGUE, Amer. Research Center Egypt, Cairo, 1979, B&W and color illustrations, 219pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0913696307 This catalogue lists, describes, and illustrates over one hundred sculptures, reliefs and paintings, and objects of minor arts from the Theban area, ranging in date from the Predynastic to the Islamic Period, a span of over four thousand years., (Order No: 47709 ), $75.00
571. Rood, John, SCULPTURE IN WOOD, University of Minnesota Pr., Minneapolis, MN, (1973) 7th ptg, B&W illustrations, 179pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816600627 First published in 1950. "How to Make - How to Understand - How to Use.", (Order No: 50892 ), $7.50
572. Roque, Oswaldo Rodriguez, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1987), color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994166, (Order No: 51166 ), $10.00
573. Rosenthal, George S.; and, Zachary, Frank, PORTFOLIO #2 - A MAGAZINE FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS VOL. 1, NO. 2 SUMMER 1950, Zebra Press, Cincinnati, OH, 1950, B&W and color illustrations, good++, wraps (softcover), Nice clean and tight copy of this elusive publication with many articles including a spread on the Philadelphia Mummer's Parade (with fold-out photots); important article on the designer Charles Eames (who designed the cover of this issue); an article on wallpaper with a full-color sample; and much, much more., (Order No: 49033 ), $375.00
574. Rossi, Paul A. and Hunt, David C., THE ART OF THE OLD WEST - FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE GILCREASE INSTITUTE, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, [1971] 1st ed, almost 300 plates, 134 col., 336pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394466691, (Order No: 8682 ), $15.00
575. Rouart, Denis, THE UNKNOWN DEGAS AND RENOIR - A NEWLY DISCOVERED COLLECTION IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF BELGRADE, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1964, color illustrations, 111pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 50514 ), $12.50
576. Rowan, Eric (edited by), ART IN WALES, 2000BC - AD1850: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 127pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0708306748 This book celebrates some of the peaks of achievement during a period of four thousand years., (Order No: 47705 ), $12.50
577. Rowley, George, PRINCIPLES OF CHINESE PAINTING - REVISED EDITION, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1974) 3rd ptg, 47 B&W ill., 85pp, ill., good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0691003009 A brilliant exposition of the principles of Chinese painting. "Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology XXIV", (Order No: 11694 ), $7.50
578. Roylance, Dale and Finlay, Nancy, PRIDE OF PLACE: EARLY AMERICAN VIEWS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD L. MILBERG '53, Princeton Univ. Library, Princeton, NJ, 1983, color frontis, B&W ill., 66pp, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 32016 ), $10.00
579. Rubin, William S., FRANK STELLA, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1970), 83 ill. with 18 in color, 176pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This presentation of Stella's work spans the entire decade during which Stella has been an established artist., (Order No: 12981 ), $7.00
580. Rubin, William (edited by) (chronology by Jane Fluegel), PABLO PICASSO: A RETROSPECTIVE, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 464pp, very good, wraps (softcover) - see note, ISBN 0870705199 Seven years after the artist's death, this retrospective volume encompasses all of the manifestations of Picasso's prolific genius, the full organic evolution of his art. NOTE - PICASSO written on bottom edge of book block., (Order No: 34101 ), $7.50
581. Rubin, William and Armstrong, Matthew, THE WILLIAM S. PALEY COLLECTION, Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1992), B&W and color ill., 180pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870701703 This volume illustrates and catalogues a highly personal collection of eighty-four paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, and includes works by Cezanne, Derain, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, Rouault, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Vuillard., (Order No: 36244 ), $20.00
582. Ruffy, Arthur W. (introduction by), JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS - VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, His Majesty's Stationery Off, London, 1952, B&W ill., 24pp, plates, good, wraps (softcover), The prints reproduced in this picture book, were selected to show the development of the art from the black-and-white work of Moronobu to the multi-coloured print of the mid-nineteenth century., (Order No: 34903 ), $20.00
583. Ruggles, Marian G. (edited by), OLD MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. LESTER FRANCIS AVNET, American Federation of Arts, New York, (1968), 100 B&W illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), Spanning over three centuries, from the Bellini PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN to the three portraits by Ingres, the Avnet Collection includes unusual and masterful drawings by French, Italian, German, Swiss, Flemish, Dutch, Danish, British and American artists., (Order No: 50073 ), $10.00
584. Rusconi, Art. Jahn, SIENA - ARTISTIC ITALY SERIES, Istituto Italiano D'Arti, Bergamo, n.d., B&W illustrations, 154pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) fading to cloth, (Order No: 49097 ), $15.00
585. Rutherford, Meg, THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, pictorial boards (hardcover) w/acetate dustcover, (Order No: 39870 ), $7.50
586. Rybakov, B. A., RUSSIAN APPLIED ART OF TENTH - THIRTEENTH CENTURIES, Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, (1971), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 49839 ), $20.00
587. Salaman, Malcolm C., WHITMAN'S PRINT-COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK - REVISED AND ENLARGED, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London, 1921 6th ed, B&W illustrations, 376pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), Third printing of the revised 6th edition., (Order No: 4168 ), $15.00
588. Salet, Francis, DAVID ET BETHSABEE, Chateau d'Ecouen, Paris, (1980), B&W and Color illustrations, 117pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 271180089X, (Order No: 41873 ), $30.00
589. Salinger, Margaretta (with a foreword by John K. Howat), MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN PAINTING IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, Metropolitan/Random House, New York, (1986), color ill., 200pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994722 The Metropolitan Museum of Art has the finest collection of American paintings in the world, and this selection of one hundred masterpieces represents the highlights of the collection., (Order No: 31191 ), $10.00
590. Sartoris, Elisabeth, LE MONDE PLAT DE MONSIEUR GRAPH, Les Editions de Minuit, Paris, (1965), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 43695 ), $75.00
591. Sayer, Chloe, CRAFTS OF MEXICO - CRAFTS OF THE WORLD SERIES, Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York, 1977, color illustrations, 144pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear rear of jacket, ISBN 0385131186 A tour through back streets of remote Mexican villages to meet the native craftsmen working today, and their work. A few how-to projects are included., (Order No: 52156 ), $5.00
592. Schaffner, Cynthia V. A. and Klein, Susan, FOLK HEARTS: A CELEBRATION OF THE HEART MOTIF IN AMERICAN FOLK ART, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984 1st ed, 120 color ill., 30 B&W ill., 108pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394534964 For lovers of Americana, for lovers of hearts and things antique and endearing, and for lovers--a celebration in 150 photographs, 120 in full color, of the heart motif in American folk art from 1660 to 1880., (Order No: 23710 ), $125.00
593. Schapiro, Meyer (texts by); Russell, John (preface by); Schapiro, Lillian (introduction by), MEYER SCHAPIRO - HIS PAINTING, DRAWING, AND SCULPTURE, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (2000), B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810943921 Meyer Schapiro, legendary art historian, multidisciplinary critic, and inspiring teacher, was a leading figure in the intellectual and artistic life of New York from the early days of his association with Columbia University in the 1930s as a lecturer and then a professor, until his death in 1996 at the age of 91., (Order No: 49374 ), $10.00
594. Schmutzler, Robert, ART NOUVEAU - ABRIDGED EDITION, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1978), 281 ill., inc. 32 color plts, 224pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0810921774 In his already classic text, Schmutzler traces the development of one of the few complete movements in the history of art. ABRIDGED EDITION., (Order No: 11624 ), $10.00
595. Schneider, Pierre (translated from the French by Patricia Southgate), LOUVRE DIALOGUES, Atheneum, New York, 1971 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 244pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Bridging the great art of the past and present, insights into the worlds of: Miro, Pierre Soulages, Bram van Velde; Steinberg, Riopelle, Zao Wou-Ki, Chagall, Vieira da Silva, Sam Francis, Giocometti, and Barnett Newman.", (Order No: 50467 ), $7.50
596. Schonberger, Arno and Soehner, Halldor (with the collaboration of Theodor Muller), THE ROCOCO AGE: ART AND CIVILIZATION OF THE 18TH CENTURY, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1960), B&W and color ill., 394pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book grew out of an exhibition, "European Rococo, Art and Culture of the 18th Century," organized by the Council of Europe in 1958 and presented in the Munich Residenz Palace. This volume faithfully analyzes the contributions of each of the European countries involved in the movement: France, England, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Spain., (Order No: 31819 ), $50.00
597. Schubring, Paul, DONATELLO - DES MEISTERS WERKE IN 277 ABBILDUNGEN, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart und Leipzig, 1907, B&W illustrations, 219pp, very good+, decorated red cloth (hardcover), Text in German., (Order No: 49808 ), $20.00
598. Schuchhardt, Walter-Herwig, GREEK ART, Universe Books, New York, (orig pub 1972), B&W and color ill., 190pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket, ISBN 0876631693 A Universe History of Art publication which deals with the social, political, religious, and intellectual climate in which the visual arts developed in a particular period, and traces the genesis and attainments of the painting, sculpture, architecture, and luxury arts of that period., (Order No: 13693 ), $12.50
599. Schwartz, Gary, BETS AND SCAMS: A NOVEL OF THE ART WORLD, Marion Boyars, New York, (1996), 208pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0714530085 Bets and Scams is a gripping tale of suspense combining art history with the inner workings of a lucrative art world, authentication, restoration, auctioneering, the dealer's rings and the occasional deception., (Order No: 12397 ), $11.50
600. Schwarz, Michael, THE AGE OF THE ROCOCO, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1971), 40 color plates, 80 B&W ill., 194pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Translated by Gerald Onn. This book gives the reader a vivid, well-rounded picture of the art of this era. The author discusses the various types of painting practiced in the eighteenth century: genre, portraiture, townscapes and landscapes, still lifes, and religious paintings., (Order No: 13646 ), $10.00
601. Schweitzer, G. (inscribed by); (introduction by Rene Barotte), G. SCHWEITZER: PEINTURES ET DESSINS, Editions du Chene, Paris, (1965), 52 B&W and color ill., good, cream cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket inscribed by artist, (Order No: 52229 ), $17.50
602. Scott, David W. and Bullard, E. John, JOHN SLOAN, 1871-1951: HIS LIFE AND PAINTINGS, HIS GRAPHICS, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1971, B&W and color ill., 215pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0843520264, (Order No: 33422 ), $15.00
603. Scully, Vincent, NEW WORLD VISIONS OF HOUSEHOLD GODS & SACRED PLACES: AMERICAN ART AND THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1650-1914, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1988) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 183pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0821216473 An exhilarating overview of the American tradition in the visual arts, based on the author's public television series. The book, like the television series, is based on the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum, and it emphasizes, but is far from limited to, works from that collection (half of those illustrated and discussed are from other sources)., (Order No: 21072 ), $5.00
604. Segal, Sam, FLOWERS AND NATURE - NETHERLANDISH FLOWER PAINTING OF FOUR CENTURIES, Netherlands Office Fine Arts, Amstelveen, 1990, B&W and color illustrations, 302pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 9012066328 Catalogue of the exhibition. Text in English., (Order No: 50192 ), $15.00
605. Segy, Ladislas, AFRICAN ART STUDIES: VOL. 1, A COLLECTION OF PUBLISHED ORIGINAL REPRINTS OF ESSAYS ON AFRICAN SCULPTURE, Wittenborn & Co., New York, [1956], B&W illustrations, good, clay colored cloth (hardcover), The author has grouped his published papers as follows: 1.The Aesthetic Approach; 2.The African Background, which is divided into four sections: a)African Concepts b)African Symbolism c)Monographies of specific tribal art products d)Historical considerations., (Order No: 48026 ), $75.00
606. Seitz, William C. (with selected writings by Hans Hofmann), HANS HOFMANN, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1963), B&W and color ill., 64pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 35245 ), $4.50
607. Seldin, Donna (introduction by), MARY CASSATT: AN AMERICAN OBSERVER, Coe Kerr Kallery, New York, (1984), color ill., unpaginated, fine, wraps (softcover), A loan exhibition for the benefit of the American Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 3rd to 27th, 1984., (Order No: 26144 ), $15.00
608. Selected by Yuzo Sugimura (English adaptation by Burton Watson), CHINESE SCULPTURE, BRONZES, AND JADES IN JAPANESE COLLECTIONS, East-West Center Press, Honolulu, (1966), B&W and color illustrations, 45pp text, good, cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Part I Tomb Sculpture, Part II Buddist Figures in Bronze and Stone, Part III Bronzes and Jades., (Order No: 187 ), $30.00
609. Seligman, Patricia, PAINTING MURALS - IMAGES, IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES, North Light Books, Cincinnati, OH, (2000), color illustrations, 168pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891342656, (Order No: 51132 ), $7.00
610. Seltman, Charles, APPROACH TO GREEK ART, Studio Publications, London, (1948), 111 B&W plates follow text, 132pp of text, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 41499 ), $7.00
611. Selz, Peter (contributions by Harold Joachim and Perry T. Rathbone), MAX BECKMANN, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1964), B&W and color ill., 160pp, good, wraps (softcover), This book on Max Beckmann, the result of some fifteen years of study, is published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of his birth in 1884., (Order No: 35898 ), $12.00
612. Sereni, Vittorio (introduction by), PUBBLICITA IN ITALIA 59/1960 - ADVERTISING IN ITALY 59/60 - 1959/1960, Editrice L'Ufficio Moderno, Milano, Italy, (1959), B&W and color illustrations, 244pp, ads, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Introduction in Italian, French, German and English. From the introduction: "The reader who will examine this annual selectino of advertising with a bit of interest will draw perhaps a conclusion: that this work has less and less the character of an amusement - of a major pastime roughly speaking - and is assuming the role of a desk operation very thoroughly studied and very elaborate.", (Order No: 49032 ), $175.00
613. Serullaz, Maurice (introduction by), PICASSO'S PRIVATE DRAWINGS: THE ARTIST'S PERSONAL COLLECTION OF HIS FINEST DRAWINGS - INCLUDING 117 REPRODUCTIONS, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1969) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 141pp, good (no dustjacket), (Order No: 17040 ), $15.00
614. Sessions, Ralph (Guest Curator); Hollander, Stacy C. (Associate Curator, Museum of American Folk Art), THE ART OF EMBELLISHMENT: PAINTED AND STENCILED MASTERWORKS FROM THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART, Philadelphia Antiques Show, Philadelphia, PA, 1992, color illustrations, 32pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the loan exhibition organized for the 1992 Philadelphia Antiques Show. Essays include THE ORNAMENTAL PAINTER AND HIS TECHNIQUES with graining, freehand painting, stenciling; and, THE PAST RECORDED: DECORATIVE DETAILS IN AMERICAN FOLK PAINTING., (Order No: 51397 ), $20.00
615. Shaw, J. Byam, THE DRAWINGS OF DOMENICO TIEPOLO, Faber and Faber, London, (1962), 96 B&W plates follow text, 101pp of text, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is the first book devoted entirely to Domenico's work. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo was the eldest son and principal assistant to the great Giovanni Battista., (Order No: 40493 ), $25.00
616. Shepard, Lewis A. and Paley, David, AMERICAN ART AT AMHERST: A SUMMARY CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION AT THE MEAD ART GALLERY, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 252pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), "The catalogue is both a product of and a guide to studies in American art here at this institution. It has been our hope to produce a volume that would be useful not only to students enrolled at the Five Colleges, but also to create a book that would serve both general and specialist audiences outside of this community, so that this collection, one of the finest aggregates of American art, would be better known.", (Order No: 44741 ), $15.00
617. Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAITURE, Privately Printed, New York, 1930, B&W illustrations, 65pp of text, good, cloth spine, paper covered boards w/lt edgewear (hardcover, Essays on the early American portraitists in miniature, pastel, water color, and oils., (Order No: 24109 ), $85.00
618. Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, EARLY AMERICAN PAINTING, The Century Co., New York, (1932) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 289pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Portrait-Painters of the Seventeenth Century; Portrait-Painters of the Eighteenth Century; Portrait-Painters of the Early Nineteenth Century; Miniature-Painters of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries; Landscape-Painters; Religious Painters; and Genre Painters., (Order No: 32046 ), $12.50
619. Shimbun, Asahi, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: THE FORMATIVE YEARS - TEXT IN JAPANESE, The Seibu Museum of Art, Japan, (1978), B&W and color ill., unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), Exhibition catalogue based on an exhibit held on March 30-May 14, 1978, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; June 17-July 12, 1978, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan; and, October 5--December 3, 1978, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York., (Order No: 35201 ), $20.00
620. Shin'ichi Tani; Tadashi Sugase, NAMBAN ART - A LOAN EXHIBITION FROM JAPANESE COLLECTIONS, International Exhibitions, New York, 1973, B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0913304018 Essays in this exhibition catalogue include: East Asia and Europe and Namban Art., (Order No: 50254 ), $10.00
621. Shoten, Kadokawa (edited by), A PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ORIENTAL ARTS - CHINA - VOLUME 1 AND VOLUME 2 (TWO VOLUME SET), Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1969), B&W and color illustrations, fine, brown cloth w/original plastic covers in publisher's box, Two volume set. Volume 1: THE YIN, CHOU, AND WARRING STATES PERIODS - THE SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (c13th BC - 588 AD), 32pp text followed by 98 color and 193 B&W ill.; Volume 2: THE SUI AND T'ANG PERIODS - THE MING AND CH'ING PERIODS (589-1912), 31pp text followed by 95 color and 177 B&W ill., (Order No: 17661 ), $35.00
622. Shoten, Kadokawa (edited by), A PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ORIENTAL ARTS - KOREA, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1969), B&W and color illustrations, 29pp of text, fine, brown cloth (hardcover) original acetate cover & slipcase, (Order No: 49824 ), $7.50
623. Sibbett, Ed, ART NOUVEAU - STAINED GLASS PATTERN BOOK - 104 DESIGNS FOR WORKABLE PROJECTS, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1978), B&W illustrations, 60pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486235777, (Order No: 50005 ), $5.00
624. Silcock, Arnold, INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE ART AND HISTORY, Oxford University Press, New York, 1948 1st Amer, 49 B&W ill., 4 color plates, 256pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A revised and enlarged edition of this standard work on every phase of Chinese art and culture., (Order No: 12866 ), $5.00
625. Siqueiros, David Alfaro, EL MURALISMO DE MEXICO - ENCICLOPEDIA MEXICANADE ARTE 8, Ediciones Mexicanas, Mexico, 1950, B&W ill. follow text, 34pp of text, good++, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 51318 ), $25.00
626. Slayton, Tom, SABRA FIELD, THE ART OF PLACE, Vermont Life/Chapters, Montpelier,VT/Shelburne,VT, (1993), color ill., 127pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1881527220 A dazzling selection of Sabra Field's most captivating work--along with a highly readable slice of the artist's life and personal thoughts., (Order No: 31733 ), $25.00
627. Sloan, Annie and Gwynn, Kate, CLASSIC PAINTS AND FAUX FINISHES - HOW TO USE NATURAL MATERIALS AND AUTHENTIC TECNHIQUES IN TODAY'S DECORATING, Reader's Digest Assn., Inc., Pleasantville, NY, (1993), color illustrations, 160pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0895775239, (Order No: 51101 ), $7.50
628. Smibert, John (essays by Sir David Evans, John Kerslake, and Andrew Oliver), THE NOTEBOOK OF JOHN SMIBERT, Massachusetts Historical Soc, Boston, MA, 1969, facsimile of the volume, 131pp, very good+, salmon cloth (no dustjacket as published), The major discovery of the Notebook of John Smibert, the artist, listing portraits painted by him in England and America in the early eighteenth century, demanded publication so that the information contained in it could be widely disseminated. The essays cover; The Provenance of the Notebook, The Significance of the Notebook, and the Relevance of the Notebook., (Order No: 16637 ), $9.50
629. Smith, Jeffrey Chipps, NUREMBERG: A RENAISSANCE CITY, 1500-1618, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, (1983) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 322pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0292755279 Catalog of an exhibition held at the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery at the University of Texas at Austin. This comprehensive volume is the first English-language examination of Nuremberg at its creative peak. Following a mapping of the city's principal landmarks, Guy Fitch Lytle provides a compact historical background for Jeffrey Chipps Smith's detailed discussions of the city's social and artistic history., (Order No: 35393 ), $200.00
630. Smith, Kent H., GOLD LEAF TECHNIQUES - FOURTH EDITION, ST Publications, Cincinnati, OH, (1998), B&W illustrations, 168pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0944094252 From the original by Raymond LeBlanc. Details the art of gilding with step-by-step instructions and more than 170 illustrations., (Order No: 48095 ), $50.00
631. Snyder, James (introduction by), THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: THE RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTH, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1987), color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994344, (Order No: 50542 ), $12.50
632. Soames, Mary (foreword by Derek Hill), WINSTON CHURCHILL: HIS LIFE AS A PAINTER - A MEMOIR BY HIS DAUGHTER MARY SOAMES, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1990 1st ptg, color illustrations, 224pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395563194 Winston Churchill did not begin to paint until he was forty - but from that moment painting became a passion that would live for the rest of his long life., (Order No: 37101 ), $20.00
633. Soby, James Thrall, BEN SHAHN: HIS GRAPHIC ART, George Braziller, Inc., New York, 1963 2nd ptg, 142pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, owner's name, First published in 1957., (Order No: 52127 ), $6.00
634. Solo, Dan X. (selected and arranged by), SCRIPT AND CURSIVE ALPHABETS - 100 COMPLETE FONTS FROM THE SOLOTYPE TYPOGRAPHERS CATALOG, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1987), B&W illustrations, 100pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486233066, (Order No: 51118 ), $5.00
635. Sorell, Walter, THE DUALITY OF VISION: GENIUS AND VERSATILITY IN THE ARTS, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, 149 plates w/23 in color, 360pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Mr. Sorell investigates the artist's creative powers in the various media which he uses, their interrelationship, their similarities and dissimilarities of expression., (Order No: 13585 ), $7.50
636. Sorensen, Jens Erik (foreword by); Jakobsen, Kristian (introduction by), EMPIRE OF THE DRAGONS - CHINESE ART TREASURES THROUGH 4000 YEARS FROM HONG KONG, SWEDEN AND DENMARK -- DRAGERNES RIGE, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, (1995), color illustrations, 184pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 8788575500 Catalogue of an exhibition designed to provide Denmark with an illustration of the universal tradition which has been a guiding principle in art throughout the entire history of China. Text in Danish and English., (Order No: 47184 ), $35.00
637. Sotheby & Co., CATALOGUE OF THE MR. AND MRS. JACK R. DICK COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SPORTING AND CONVERSATION PAINTINGS - PART ONE, Sotheby & Co., London, 1973, B&W and color illustrations, 110pp, fine, green boards (hardcover), Catalogue of the sale held October 31, 1973 of 42 paintings., (Order No: 47627 ), $10.00
638. Sotheby Parke Bernet, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE - SALE NUMBER 157, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, CA, 1975, B&W illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover) - sheet w/prices realized tipped in, Auction catalogue for the property of Estate of William Haines; Mrs. Mary Nounnan; The Oakland Museum; Richard L. Schoenberger; Heirs of the Estate of Mrs. Irving T. Snyder; and others. Auction held March 10, 1975., (Order No: 50674 ), $12.50
639. Sotheby's, ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH COLLECTION OF MODERN CHINESE PAINTINGS, Sotheby's North America, New York, (1993), B&W and color illustrations, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Auction held on June 16, 1993., (Order No: 5844 ), $20.00
640. Sotheby's, IMPORTANT JAPANESE PRINTS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS & PAINTINGS FROM THE ADOLPHE STOCLET COLLECTION - LONDON, TUESDAY 8 JUNE 2004, Sotheby's, London, 2004, color illustrations, 292pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), (Order No: 44374 ), $85.00
641. Spahr, P. Andrew (organized by) (foreword by William Nathaniel Banks; essays by Robert Storr and Tom Wolf), COMMUNITY OF CREATIVITY: A CENTURY OF MACDOWELL COLONY ARTISTS, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, (1996), B&W and color illustrations, 103pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0929710193 This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibition COMMUNITY OF CREATIVITY: A CENTURY OF MACDOWELL COLONY ARTISTS. The catalogue and exhibition celebrate one of the great resources of New Hampshire, the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough., (Order No: 51961 ), $8.00
642. Spalding, Julian, THE ECLIPSE OF ART: TACKLING THE CRISIS IN ART TODAY, Prestel, Munich, (2003), 126pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 3791328816 Julian Spalding, one of the art world's most outspoken critics, explores the modern public's alienation from contemporary art, and makes a powerful plea for the revival of communication, accessibility, and traditional skills in this field., (Order No: 45343 ), $13.50
643. Spanierman, Gavin (acknowledgements by), FINE AMERICAN ART FROM 1845 TO 1960, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York, 2005, 74 color plates, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0945936680 Catalogue of the exhibition held May 5 - July 7, 2005. Biographies of the Artists follows the plates., (Order No: 48857 ), $17.50
644. Sparrow, Walter Shaw, A BOOK OF SPORTING PAINTERS, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, (1931), 136 B&W and color ill., 240pp, very good, dark green buckram cloth (hardcover), "A Companion Volume of New Research to BRITISH SPORTING ARTISTS and ANGLING IN BRITISH ART.", (Order No: 10197 ), $100.00
645. Spero, James (edited by), OLD MASTER LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS: 44 WORKS, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1992), B&W illustrations, 44pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486269477 Spanning the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries, and rendered in a variety of media, the drawings in this volume represent a brilliant legacy of artistic inspiration and mastery., (Order No: 44464 ), $7.50
646. Spies, Werner, FOCUS ON ART, Rizzoli, New York, (1979), B&W illustrations, 280pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0847804046 A collection of Spies articles written between 1967 and 1981., (Order No: 51838 ), $5.00
647. Spike, John T. (introduction by), THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - EUROPE IN THE AGE OF MONARCHY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1987), color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994492, (Order No: 51165 ), $15.00
648. Spiteris, Tony (translated by Janet Sondheimer), GREEK AND ETRUSCAN PAINTING, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1965), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The author enlarges our understanding of the development of Greek art by relating it to the important historical events that influenced it., (Order No: 43442 ), $8.00
649. Spring, Justin, FAIRFIELD PORTER: A LIFE IN ART, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (2000) 2nd ptg, 35 B&W ill., 27 color ill., 384pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket, (hardcover) corner bumps, ISBN 0300076371 This intimate literary and intellectual biography of Porter tells his life story--integrating it with his art, art criticism, and poetry--and in so doing explains Ashbery's claim., (Order No: 24612 ), $20.00
650. Stalker, John and Parker, George (with an introduction by H. D. Molesworth), A TREATISE OF JAPANNING AND VARNISHING 1688 -- (JAPANING AND VARNISHING), Alec Tiranti, London, 1971, B&W ill. follow text, 84pp of text, good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0854585982 "TREATISE is illuminating not only as a guide to the popular 17th century crafts of lacquering, gilding and varnishing, but also as a literary work on its own, full of insight into the mind of the craftsman himself.", (Order No: 49812 ), $125.00
651. Staring, A., JACOB DE WIT 1695-1754, P.N. Van Kampen & Zoon, N.V., Amsterdam, 1958, 126 B&W plates, 197pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), English Summary pages 133 to 142., (Order No: 38355 ), $100.00
652. Stein, Roger B., SEASCAPE AND THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1975) 1st ed, 160 B&W ill., 8 color plates, 144pp, very good w/good dustjacket, Artists include; Fitz Hugh Lane, Robert Salmon, William Bradford, William Williams, Winslow Homer, and Albert Pinkham Ryder. In this hardcover edition of the Whitney Museum exhibition catalogue, the work of these artists is placed against the background of their culture., (Order No: 26604 ), $20.00
653. Steiner, Henry and Haas, Ken, CROSS-CULTURAL DESIGN - COMMUNICATING IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE, Thames and Hudson, New York, (1995), color illustrations, 229pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0500974233 This is the first book to examine the challenges and rewards experienced by the world's leading graphic designers when handling assignments outside their own cultures., (Order No: 52305 ), $10.00
654. Steingraber, Erich (edited by) (translated by Stefan de Haan; photographs by Claus and Liselotte Hansmann), ROYAL TREASURES, Macmillan, New York, (1968) 1st Amer, B&W and color ill., 101pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), Europe's ten finest collections are described in the text and illustrations: the Medici collection in Florence; the treasure of the French kings in the Apollo Gallery; the Madrid collection of the Grand Dauphin, whose acquisitions aroused the jealously of his father--the Sun King, Louis XIV; the precious relics from the Treasury of the Holy Roman Empire in Vienna; the fabulous Green Vault at Dresden, containing a jewelled tableau of the Court of the Grand Mogul, a triumph of the goldsmith's art; treasures of the royal families of Bavaria, of Denmark, and of Sweden; jewelled fur crowns of the Tsars of Moscow and lavish objects made for Catherine the Great and the other Romanovs; the English royal collection of plate, sumptuous services of gold and silver still preserved in Hampton Court and Buckingham Palace and seldom seen by the public., (Order No: 32562 ), $25.00
655. Stoll, Robert Th. (introduction by), DRAWINGS BY FRANCISCO GOYA, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1954), 49 illustrations follow text, 52pp of text, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In these forty-nine reproductions of the best drawings of his later years, when sickness had changed him from a gay genre painter into a keen-eyed critic of society, an apocalyptic world of evil and war is depicted., (Order No: 43852 ), $25.00
656. Stuckey, Charles F. (edited by), MONET: A RETROSPECTIVE, Park Lane, New York, (1986), 132 color & 119 B&W ill., 387pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Beginning with a brief notice about the young artist's entries in the Salon of 1865, the text traces Monet's career as seen through contemporary eyes in reviews, articles, and interviews with the master himself. This unique combination of chronological texts and superb reproductions offers a visual and verbal documentation of a great artist and his influence upon the world., (Order No: 18556 ), $35.00
657. Sullivan, Michael, AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE ART, Faber and Faber, London, (1961), 151 B&W plates follow text, 223pp of text, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Also 4 color plates, maps, diagrams. This book, written for the general reader, covers the arts of China, major and minor, from the Stone Age to th establishment of the People's Republic., (Order No: 14629 ), $12.50
658. Sullivan, Michael, THE MEETING OF EASTERN AND WESTERN ART - REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1989) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 306pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520059026 "Four centuries of exciting interaction between the artists of China and Japan and the artists of Western Europe.", (Order No: 47209 ), $20.00
659. Sunlight, Port, THE LADY LEVER ART GALLERY, The Bluecoat Press, Liverpool, UK, (1996), B&W and color illustrations, 111pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0906367840 A souvenir guidebook to the Lady Lever Art Gallery., (Order No: 44088 ), $17.50
660. Svardstrom, Svante, DALMALNINGAR - SAMLADE OCH KOMMENTERADE, Albert Bonniers Forlag, Stockholm, (1944), B&W and color illustrations, 232pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Essentially a presentation of Swedish folk art murals. Text in Swedish. A potential source of ideas, many of these murals remind me of the work of American muralist Rufus Porter., (Order No: 49838 ), $50.00
661. Swann, Peter C., CHINESE PAINTING, Universe/Editions Pierre, New York/Paris, 1958, B&W and color ill., 155pp, good, blue cloth, First published in 1958. This book outlines ideas on which this art history is based, give some essentials of its technique, discuss some of the fundamental ideas on which it is based and reproduce in color a few of the finest paintings which have survived in Chinese and European collections., (Order No: 24630 ), $17.50
662. Sweeney, James Johnson, HENRY MOORE, Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1946), 95pp, good, light brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 35792 ), $14.50
663. Sweeney, James Johnson, MARC CHAGALL, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1946), B&W and color illustrations, 102pp, good, wraps (softcover), Published in collaboration with The Art Institute of Chicago., (Order No: 50488 ), $5.00
664. Sweet, Frederick A., MISS MARY CASSATT: IMPRESSIONIST FROM PENNSYLVANIA, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1967) 2nd ptg, 24 B&W ill., 8 color plates, 242pp, good w/good dustjacket, This biography follows Mary's life and career--the two inevitably intertwined., (Order No: 17558 ), $25.00
665. Syracuse Ornamental Company, ORNAMENTAL BORDERS, SCROLLS AND CARTOUCHES IN HISTORIC DECORATIVE STYLES, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1987), B&W illustrations, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486254895 A selection of 124 black and white plates from "Catalogue 'K" (Period Carvings) of the Syracuse Ornamental Company, Syracuse, New York., (Order No: 45922 ), $10.00
666. Taillandier, Yvon, RODIN, Crown Trade Paperbacks, New York, (1977) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0517883783, (Order No: 47169 ), $5.00
667. Tannenbaum, Libby, JAMES ENSOR, Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1951), B&W and color illustrations, 126pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 38512 ), $10.00
668. Tanning, Dorothea, BETWEEN LIVES: AN ARTIST AND HER WORLD, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 378pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393050408 "The life and times of one of our most enchanting artists; a twentieth-century fairy tale, lovingly remembered and luminously told.", (Order No: 36350 ), $7.50
669. Tarkington, Booth, SOME OLD PORTRAITS: A BOOK ABOUT ART AND HUMAN BEINGS, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., New York, 1939, color illustrations, 249pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 39511 ), $20.00
670. Taubes, Frederic, MODERN ART: SWEET OR SOUR, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, (1958), 64 B&W ill., 143pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Mr. Taubes gives us an artist's-eye view of modern movements and their immediate forerunners: Impressionism, Cezanneism, L'Ecole de Paris, Expressionism, Surrealism, and Avant-gardeism., (Order No: 14658 ), $5.00
671. Taubes, Frederic, ABRACADABRA AND MODERN ART: NINETEENTH-TWENTIETH-CENTURY CRITIQUE AND HISTORY, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1963), B&W illustrations, 182pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The periods discussed encompass 100 years, beginning with the contemporary scene and ending with the mid-19th century and the art of Delacroix., (Order No: 27412 ), $5.00
672. Taubes, Frederic, THE PAINTER'S DICTIONARY OF MATERIALS AND METHODS, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, (1979) 4th ptg, 253pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0823013367 First published in 1971., (Order No: 49532 ), $4.00
673. Taubes, Frederick, NEW ESSAYS ON ART, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, (1955), B&W illustrations, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, "A penetrating insight into everyhing which rightly has to do with the art and craft of painting.", (Order No: 52507 ), $10.00
674. Taylor, Basil (introduction by), PAINTING IN ENGLAND 1700-1850: COLLECTION OF MR & MRS PAUL MELLON - VOLUME I AND VOLUME II: TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, B&W and color illustrations, very good w/lightly chipped dustjackets, Volume I: TEXT, 231pp; Volume II: PLATES, 231pp., (Order No: 27210 ), $20.00
675. Taylor, Basil (introduction by) - The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, SPORT AND THE HORSE, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1960, B&W & color ill. follow text, 40pp of text, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings Assembled at the Museum in Richmond from April 1 through May 15, 1960., (Order No: 50468 ), $10.00
676. Taylor, Carol; Schleicher, Patty; Schleicher, Mimi; and, Sims, Laura, MARBLING PAPER & FABRIC, Sterling Publishing Co, Inc., New York, (1992), color illustrations, 128pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 080698323X, (Order No: 52452 ), $5.00
677. Taylor, John Russell, IMPRESSIONIST DREAMS: THE ARTISTS AND THE WORLD THEY PAINTED, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1990) 1st US, 190 ill. incl. 160 in color, 192pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket, The author believes that the art of the Impressionists has much to tell us about the world they inhabited, as well as how they transformed the world in their work., (Order No: 18661 ), $25.00
678. Taylor, Joshua C. (foreword by); Alloway, Lawrence (text by), ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1976, B&W and color illustrations, 216pp, very good, wraps (softcover) - slight cant to book block, Catalogue of the exhibition organized by the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution., (Order No: 50116 ), $10.00
679. Terukazu Akiyama; Kosei Ando; Saburo Matsubara; Takashi Okazaki; Takeshi Sekino; Coordinated by Mary Tregear, ARTS OF CHINA - NEOLITHIC CULTURES TO THE T'ANG DYNASTY - RECENT DISCOVERIES, Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, (1968) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 251pp, good w/lightly edge worn dustjacket (hardcover), In the last 20 years, archaeological excavation in China has been vigorous and widespread., (Order No: 47788 ), $30.00
680. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and The Philadelphia Water Color Club, THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTIETH ANNUAL EXHIBITION - WATER COLORS, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS - JANUARY 22 THROUGH MARCH 7, 1965, Philadelphia, PA, 1965, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good++, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50626 ), $15.00
681. Tillou, Peter H. (catalogue by), WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS: 19TH-CENTURY ART BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WORKS OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. PETER TILLOU, Peter H. Tillou, n.p., (1976), B&W and color ill., 114pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "The presentation of this second catalogue and exhibition is an extension of our previous Bicentennial Celebration exhibition, 'Nineteenth-Century Folk Painting: Our Spirited National Heritage." Essays include: Introduction by Robert Buck; The Collector and the Collection by Peter H. Tillou; An Introduction to the Aesthetics of American Folk Art by Thomas N. Armstrong III; and, Preservation - A Bicentennial Program by Eric C. Hulmer., (Order No: 23713 ), $17.50
682. Tinterow, Gary (introduction by), THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: MODERN EUROPE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1987), color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994573, (Order No: 50543 ), $10.00
683. Tkac, Stefan, IKONY SLOWACKIE - OD XVI DO XIX WIEKU - POLISH EDITION, Arkady, Warsaw, (1984), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 8321332382 A study of religious artwork and icons - sorry I was not able to accurately translate to provide full details., (Order No: 50447 ), $65.00
684. Tomkins, Calvin, POST-TO-NEO: THE ART WORLD OF THE 1980S, Penguin Books, New York, (1989) 1st ptg, 242pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0140120912, (Order No: 52460 ), $3.00
685. Tomko, George P. (texts and notes by), CATALOGUE OF THE ROLAND P. MURDOCK COLLECTION, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS, (1972), B&W illustrations, 237pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover), This hardcover edition limited to 1,000 copies., (Order No: 34961 ), $8.50
686. Topolski, Feliks (pictured and written by) (with music by David Fanshawe), SHEM, HAM & JAPHETH INC.: THE AMERICAN CRUCIBLE, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1971, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395125103 Starting with a child's first glimpse of a real, live American in the streets of Warsaw after World War One, this book follows Americans all over the globe in the second conflagration, takes in the United States occupation of Japan and the tragedy in Vietnam, looks at America in the fifties and sixties, and culminates in the watershed year of 1968 with the Democratic Convention in Chicago and the rise of the Black Panthers., (Order No: 24966 ), $17.50
687. Trench, Lucy (edited by), MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS - AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 572pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226812006 With more than 1,000 entries., (Order No: 51062 ), $35.00
688. Troyen, Carol, THE BOSTON TRADITION: AMERICAN PAINTINGS FROM THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, The Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 204pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0917418662 Catalogue to an exhibition held at Des Moines Art Center, November 25, 1980-January 7,1981; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 6-March 29, 1981; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 21-June 14, 1981; and, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, June 26-August 16, 1981., (Order No: 44776 ), $14.50
689. Tufts, Eleanor, OUR HIDDEN HERITAGE: FIVE CENTURIES OF WOMEN ARTISTS, Paddington Press Ltd, New York, (1974), B&W ill., 256pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0846700263 Through individual biographies, the lives and work of twenty-two women artists are authoritatively described by Eleanor Tufts., (Order No: 33568 ), $14.50
690. Turk, F. A. (revised and adapted by Judith Cohen), JAPANESE OBJETS D'ART, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, New York, (1963), B&W ill., tables, 156pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The purposes of this small book are simple: to sketch the background of the art of Japan so that the collector and general student may come to understand its values from the viewpoints of the Japanese themselves; to provide a very short account of the historical development of styles; to give a general account of the arts so that both the processes and the necessary technical terms can be understood and to guide the reader to sources from which he may obtain further and more detailed information on the subject of each section.", (Order No: 26268 ), $7.50
691. Turner, Elizabeth Hutton (Associate Curator), MEN OF THE REBELLION - THE EIGHT AND THEIR ASSOCIATES AT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, (1990), B&W and color illustrations, 32pp, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 52234 ), $15.00
692. Turner, Nicholas, ITALIAN BAROQUE DRAWINGS, British Museum Publications, London, (1980), B&W ill., 151pp, very good w/very good dustjacket, This collection of over sixty examples of Italian Baroque drawings in the British Museum contains fine drawings by such principal artists of the period as Annibale and Ludovico Carracci, Guercino, Bernini, Pietro da Cortona and Salvator Rosa., (Order No: 18452 ), $27.50
693. Ufficio Vendita Pubblicazioni, MICHELANGELO AND RAPHAEL WITH BOTTICELLI - PERUGINO - SIGNORELLI -GHIRLANDAIO AND ROSSELLI IN THE VATICAN, Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Vatican City, (1995), color illustrations, 216pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Art in The Sistine Chapel, The Pauline Chapel, The Stanzas and the Loggias., (Order No: 50080 ), $6.00
694. Ungerer, Tomi, TOMI UNGERER'S COMPROMISES, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, (1970) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 39852 ), $12.50
695. Van Eerde, Katherine S., WENCESLAUS HOLLAR: DELINEATOR OF HIS TIME, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, (1970), B&W illustrations, 122pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813902975 This study of the vast work of Wenceslaus Hollar, a famous seventeenth-century artist, presents a fresh interpretation of the man himself and the social, physical, and political aspects of his adopted country, England., (Order No: 52421 ), $20.00
696. van Raay, Stefan (edited by), IMITATION AND INSPIRATION - JAPANESE INFLUENCE ON DUTCH ART, Art Unlimited Books, Amsterdam, (1989), B&W and color illustrations, 180pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 51104 ), $40.00
697. Varnedoe, Kirk; Antonelli, Paola; and Siegel, Joshua (edited by), MODERN CONTEMPORARY: ART AT MOMA SINCE 1980, Museum of Modern Art/Abrams, New York, (2000), B&W and color illustrations, 560pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover) w/orig. acetate cover, ISBN 0870700219 Published in conjunction with the exhibition OPENS ENDS at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 28, 2000 - January 30, 2001., (Order No: 38686 ), $45.00
698. Vaughan, William, ROMANTIC ART - WORLD OF ART SERIES, Thames and Hudson, London, (1988), 215 ill. with 21 in color, 288pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0500201579, (Order No: 41162 ), $6.00
699. Venturi, Lionello (critical studies by); Skira-Venturi, Rosabianca (historical surveys by); Gilbert, Stuart (translator), ITALIAN PAINTING: THE CREATORS OF THE RENAISSANCE, Albert Skira, Geneva-Paris, (1950), B&W and color illustrations, 205pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Fourth Volume of the Collection: Painting - Colour - History., (Order No: 31299 ), $35.00
700. Vertes (introduction by George Axelrod), BUT WHAT DO YOU NEED ME FOR?, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1959), ill. by Vertes, unpaginated, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), An unjaundiced view of modern (with special reference to abstract) art with all the risque wit, sophistication and the consummate technique which have made Vertes famous., (Order No: 48770 ), $10.00
701. Vignelli, Massimo (design by), THE INTERRUPTED LIFE, New Mus. of Contemporary Art, New York, (1991), B&W and color illustrations, 242pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0915557746 The artists in this exhibition have chosen to make work that confronts death, not necessarily to in order to transcend it but in order to investigate life itself., (Order No: 39810 ), $15.00
702. von der Heide, Annie; and, Nollen, Bernard, UND EINE KLEINE BLUME MUB MAN HABEN - BLUMENZAUBER AUS DER ZEIT HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENS, DuMont Buchverlag, Koln, Germany, (1984), color illustrations, 104pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 3770116313 Text in German., (Order No: 45988 ), $25.00
703. von Holst, Niels, CREATORS COLLECTORS AND CONNOISSEURS: THE ANATOMY OF ARTISTIC TASTE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1967), 405 plates w/32 in color, 400pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), In this superbly illustrated history of collecting, the author recounts the fate of priceless statues, paintings and other works of art from the prehistoric age to our own times. Wars, politics, religion, social change and vagaries of fashion have all had their influence on the art market and account for the 'wanderings' of individual art objects., (Order No: 12887 ), $17.50
704. Vriesen, Gustav and Imdahl, Max, ROBERT DELAUNAY: LIGHT AND COLOR, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1967), B&W and color ill., 116pp, good+ w/good dustjacket, This is the first full-scale study to be published in English devoted to the works and theories of the pioneer French abstractionist Robert Delaunay (1885-1941)., (Order No: 26105 ), $75.00
705. Vydra, Josef & Kunz, Ludvik, PAINTING ON FOLK CERAMICS, Spring Books, London, n.d. c1960, 156 plates, 40 are in color, 78pp of text, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) good slipcase, (Order No: 5052 ), $30.00
706. Wagner, Frits A., INDONESIA: THE ART OF AN ISLAND GROUP - ART OF THE WORLD SERIES, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1959), B&W ill, 61 color plates, 257pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 40710 ), $7.50
707. Wagstaff, Liz; Patterson, Debbie (photography by), GILDING FOR THE HOME - DECORATING WITH GOLD, SILVER AND METAL LEAF, Lorenz Books, London, (2001), color illustrations, 160pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0754808351 "A practical course on gilding with gold, silver and metal - a fresh, contemporary approach to decorating walls, objects and soft furnishings.", (Order No: 47193 ), $15.00
708. Wallis, Nevile (chosen by) (with a note on the period by Holbrook Jackson), FIN DE SIECLE: A SELECTION OF LATE 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE AND ART, Allan Wingate, London, (1947), B&W illustrations, 95pp, good, yellow cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), An anthology of the period., (Order No: 30473 ), $5.00
709. Walters, H. B., THE ART OF THE GREEKS, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1906, B&W illustrations, 278pp, good+, dark green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Characteristics of Greek Art; The Beginnings of Greek Art; Greek Architecture; Greek Sculpture: Introductory; The Rise of Greek Sculpture (600-480 B.C.); Pheidias and His Contemporaries; Greek Sculpture After Pheidias; Greek Painting; Greek Vases; Greek Terra-Cottas; Greek Gem Engraving; Greek Coins; Greek Metal-Work., (Order No: 39680 ), $25.00
710. Wardropper, Ian and Roberts, Lynn Springer, EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ARTS IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (1991), color ill., 140pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0865590907 This book celebrates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Department of Decorative Arts. This survey of European decorative arts in the Art Institute illustrates the collections and their extraordinary work, importance, beauty, or rarity., (Order No: 22484 ), $4.50
711. Waring, Janet, EARLY AMERICAN STENCILS ON WALLS AND FURNITURE, William R. Scott, Publisher, New York, (1937) 1st ed, 165 B&W figures, 149pp, good, cloth cover light soiling/wear (hardcover), First limited edition of 800 copies. Influential, scholarly book which re-established the stencil as a tool of decoration. Part One: Stencilled Walls, Part Two: Stencilled Furniture., (Order No: 5453 ), $60.00
712. Warren, Elizabeth V. & Hollander, Stacy C. (Curator & Assistant Curator), EXPRESSIONS OF A NEW SPIRIT, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, (1989), 125 color plates, 168pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0912161019 Highlights from the permanent collection of the Museum of American Folk Art., (Order No: 10426 ), $14.50
713. Washburn, Gordon (foreword by), THE CATALOGUE OF OLD AND NEW ENGLAND: AN EXHIBITION OF COLONIAL AND EARLY REPUBLICAN DAYS..., RI School of Design, Providence, RI, 1945, B&W illustrations, 84pp, good+, wraps (softcover), "...TOGETHER WITH ENGLISH PAINTING OF THE SAME TIME." Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Museum of Art of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI, from January 19th through February 18th, 1945., (Order No: 38980 ), $10.00
714. Washburn, Gordon Bailey (introduction by), THE 1961 PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1961, B&W illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the 524 items exhibited October 27, 1961 - January 7, 1962 at the Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute., (Order No: 50625 ), $10.00
715. Wass, Janice Tauer and Parr, Philip, WALL STENCILING IN WESTERN NEW YORK, 1800-1840, Rochester Mus.& Science Cent, Rochester, NY, 1985, B&W illustrations, 63pp, fine, wraps (softcover), This catalog is presented in conjunction with the exhibit, "Wall Stenciling in Western New York, 1800-1840," held at the Rochester Museum & Science Center April 20, 1985-February 23,1986., (Order No: 44774 ), $45.00
716. Wasserman, Emily, THE AMERICAN SCENE - EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, Jupiter Art Library, New York, c1970, 60 color plates, B&W ill., 91pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 12684 ), $4.50
717. Watson, Ernest W., LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTING: PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENT AND ARTIST IN THE TECHNIQUE OF BLOCK PRINTING WITH LINOLEUM, Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, MA, (1929), B&W illustrations, 75pp, good, brown cloth spine (hardcover) wear to corners, The aim of this book is to give practical instruction in the art of linoleum block printing., (Order No: 45426 ), $20.00
718. Watson, Ernest W., ERNEST W. WATSON'S SKETCH DIARY WITH INSTRUCTIVE TEXT ON BRUSH AND PENCIL TECHNIQUES, Bell Publishing Company, Inc, New York, (1965), B&W and color illustrations, 64pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 51921 ), $5.00
719. Watt, James Cromar (measured and drawn by), EXAMPLES OF GREEK AND POMPEIAN DECORATIVE WORK, B. T. Batsford, London, 1897, 60 plates, unpaginated, good, disbound (hardcover) complete nice clean plates SEE NOTE, A massive tome, which due to sheer size and weight (and poor stitching at the bindery) is prone to becoming disbound. Folio plates clean and extremely useful. "The collection of drawings here published is the result of a study, made during the spring of 1893, of Greek and Pompeian decorative work at Athens and its neighbourhood, Palermo, and Naples.", (Order No: 46611 ), $125.00
720. Weekes, C. P., CAMILLE: A STUDY OF CLAUDE MONET, Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd., London, 1962, B&W ill., 204pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 35025 ), $12.00
721. Weir, John F., JOHN TRUMBULL: A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE TO WHICH IS ADDED A CATALOGUE OF HIS WORKS, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1901, 20 B&W illustrations, 81pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Prepared for the Committee on the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Yale College., (Order No: 38390 ), $65.00
722. Weithas, Art (editor), THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS TWENTY FIFTH ANNUAL OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION - ILLUSTRATORS 25, Robert Silver Associates, New York, (1984), 526 B&W and color ill., very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0942604024, (Order No: 49408 ), $25.00
723. Welch, Stuart Cary (introduction by), THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: THE ISLAMIC WORLD, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1987), color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870994611, (Order No: 50547 ), $20.00
724. White, James (foreword by), DRAWINGS FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND - NOVEMBER 16TH - DECEMBER 30TH, 1967, Wildenstein, New York, 1967, 108 B&W ill. follow text, 44pp of text, very good+, wraps (softcover), A Loan Exhibition in aid of The American Benefactors of the National Gallery of Ireland Fund. Invitation to the exhibition is laid in., (Order No: 50132 ), $7.50
725. White, Jon Manchip, DIEGO VELAZQUEZ: PAINTER AND COURTIER, Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, (1969), 32 B&W & 1 color ill., 180pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) (few closed tears on dj), The author discusses Velazquez's pictures individually, in terms of 'pure' painting and the artistic developments of his age, he places them within their historical framework, and provides an intense insight into the heart and mind of this supreme painter., (Order No: 12522 ), $14.50
726. Whitford, Frank, EXPRESSIONISM: MOVEMENTS OF MODERN ART, Hamlyn, London, (1970), 211 ill. incl. 50 in color, 189pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0600026396 The author examines the developments of the movement in Dresden, Berlin, Munich, and Vienna, and shows how Expressionism was born in a restless, changing political and social environment. He also describes the several fertile sources of inspiration from which the Expressionist artists drew their ideas--among these Gothic art, primitive art, Symbolism and the work of Van Gogh and Gauguin., (Order No: 14559 ), $8.50
727. Whitney, Edgar A., WATERCOLOR: THE HOWS AND WHYS, Watson-Guptill Publication, New York, (1958), B&W and color illustrations, 142pp, good+ w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), "Includes all of the techniques and drills for beginners and imparts information and basic truths, vital to fine watercolors seldom found in any other textbook.", (Order No: 40905 ), $95.00
728. Wilenski, R. H., FRENCH PAINTING, Hale, Cushman & Flint, Inc., Boston, MA, (1936) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 350pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An authoritative history of French painting written by an acknowledged expert of French paintings everywhere. He has marshalled the examination of an enormous number of works into one harmonious and clear sequence, which begins with the Primitives and ends with today's sensational Surrealists., (Order No: 28435 ), $6.00
729. Wilkinson, J. V. S. (with an introduction and notes by), MUGHAL PAINTING - THE PITMAN GALLERY OF ORIENTAL ART, Pitman Publishing Corp., New York, 1949, 10 color plates, 24pp, good, wraps (softcover), An account of the Mughal School of Painting and its historical background., (Order No: 29239 ), $12.50
730. Williams, William Carlos; Phillips, Duncan; and Norman, Dorothy (tributes by) (conclusion to a biography by MacKinley Helm), JOHN MARIN: MEMORIAL EXHIBITION, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1956), B&W and color ill., unpaginated, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 32148 ), $20.00
731. Williamson, G. C. (with an introduction and notes by), ENGLISH CONVERSATION PICTURES OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES, Hacker Art Books, New York, 1975, B&W illustrations, 32pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0878171576 First published in 1931. The term "conversation piece" has been coined to classify a particular type of picture popular in England during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Sir Philip Sassoon has defined the essential quality of one of these pictures as a representation of two or more persons in a state of dramatic or psychological relation to each other., (Order No: 52412 ), $15.00
732. Willson, Marcius, THE DRAWING GUIDE; A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN INDUSTRIAL DRAWING, DESIGNED TO ACCOMPANY THE INDUSTRIAL DRAWING SERIES, Harper & Brothers, Pub., New York, 1873, B&W plates, 205pp, plates, very good, clay colored cloth (hardcover), WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF ORNAMENTAL ART., (Order No: 34768 ), $60.00
733. Wilmerding, John, AMERICAN VIEWS: ESSAYS ON AMERICAN ART, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W and color ill., 357pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket, This richly illustrated anthology of Wilmerding's work emphasizes the connection between painting and national aspiration that is a keynote of his thinking. From a piece about Maine's Mount Desert Island to an analysis of George Bellows's boxing pictures, nineteen essays deal with a broad range of topics relating to American art, artists, and culture., (Order No: 25281 ), $45.00
734. Wilmerding, John (foreword by J. Carter Brown), AMERICAN MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Hudson Hills Press, New York, (1980) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 180pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0933920105, (Order No: 40498 ), $10.00
735. Wilson, Andrew, J. M. W. TURNER: HIS ART AND LIFE, Poplar Books, Secaucus, NJ, (1979), B&W and color illustrations, 527pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0890099057 Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) is by general consent the greatest of British artists, and perhaps the greatest of all landscape painters., (Order No: 37915 ), $30.00
736. Wilson, Arnold, A DICTIONARY OF BRITISH MARINE PAINTERS, F. Lewis, Publishers, Ltd., Leigh-on-Sea, England, (1970), B&W plates follow text, 90pp of text, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) chip top jacket spine, ISBN 0853170517 First published in 1967., (Order No: 51029 ), $45.00
737. Wimsatt, William Kurtz, THE PORTRAITS OF ALEXANDER POPE, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1965, B&W and color illustrations, 391pp, good+ w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), "The two aims of this vast work are to present for the first time a catalogue raisonne of the Pope portraits and to tell the story of his life as a valued friend, constant associate, and willing subject of the artists of his day.", (Order No: 397 ), $65.00
738. Wittlich, Petr, ART NOUVEAU DRAWINGS, Octopus Books, London, (1974), 63 B&W and color ill., 198pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0706402979 "The works of Mucha, Beardsley, Redon, Rodin, Klimt and other important Art Nouveau artists.", (Order No: 6729 ), $11.50
739. Wolf-Dieter, Dube, EXPRESSIONISM - THE WORLD OF ART, Oxford University Press, New York, (1972), B&W and color illustrations, 215pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0195199332, (Order No: 46420 ), $4.00
740. Wordsworth, Jonathan; Jaye, Michael C.; Woof, Robert; Funnell, Peter (assistance of); Abrams, M. H. (foreword by), WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AND THE AGE OF ENGLISH ROMANTICISM, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, (1988) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 261pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0813512743 Illuminates an era of revolutionary and imaginative achievements in literature and art that has profoundly shaped our sense of ourselves and of our world. This volume was prepared for the exhibition of the same name., (Order No: 41449 ), $10.00
741. Yablonskaya, M. N. (edited by Anthony Parton), WOMEN ARTISTS OF RUSSIA'S NEW AGE: 1900-1935, Rizzoli, New York, (1990), 284 ill. with 83 in color, 248pp, fine w/fine dustjacket, Miuda Yablonskaya considers the lives and work of fourteen women artists who are especially representative of their turbulent times. Attention is concentrated on the experiments of the avant-garde, but the achievements of the little-known figurative artists of the period are not neglected., (Order No: 18492 ), $20.00
742. Yamazaki, Kakutaro, DECORATIVE ARTS OF MODERN JAPAN - MODERN DECORATIVE ARTS OF JAPAN (ON FRONT COVER), Japan Modern Dec. Arts Assn., Tokyo, Japan, n.d. c1970s, B&W and color illustrations, 72pp, good, wraps (softcover) couple small chips on spine, (Order No: 49919 ), $17.50
743. Yoder, Don (translated and edited by), THE PICTURE-BIBLE OF LUDWIG DENIG: A PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN EMBLEM BOOK, Hudson Hills Press, New York, (1990) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, fine, brown cloth (hardcover) in fine slipcase, ISBN 1555950345 Two volumes: Volume I; The Artist and His World, The Book and Its Sources, The Picture-Bible of Ludwig Denig: The texts in translation, 180pp; Volume II, Facsimile of The Picture-Bible of Ludwig Denig., (Order No: 28815 ), $30.00
744. York, Richard T., BUILDINGS: ARCHITECTURE IN AMERICAN MODERNISM, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1980, B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, good, wraps (softcover), An exhibition organized for the benefit of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, October 29 - November29, 1980. "Buildings appear repeatedly as the primary subject in works by the early American modernists.", (Order No: 47619 ), $10.00
745. Zellman, Michael David (compiled by), AMERICAN ART ANALOG: VOLUME I 1688-1842; VOLUME II 1842-1874; AND VOLUME III 1874-1930 -- THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Chelsea House Publishers, New York, 1986, B&W and color illustrations, 3 vols, 1065pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover) in very good+ slipcase, ISBN 1555460003 A handsome new and unread set. Volume I., (Order No: 48042 ), $250.00
746. [Daumier, Honore] Roberts-Jones, Philippe (Introduction, catalogue and notes by), DAUMIER: HUMOURS OF MARRIED LIFE, Boston Book & Art Shop, Boston, (1968), 60 plates, 161pp, very good w/good dj, with acetate cover, (Order No: 4719 ), $35.00
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