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Amsterdan: Rijksmuseum, 1963. Soft cover. Catalogue in Dutch with 72 pages of text. 100 pages of b/w prints. Light handling wear. Bindings firm. 8.75 inches tall.
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Amsterdan: Rijksmuseum, 1963. Soft cover. Catalogue in Dutch with 72 pages of text. 100 pages of b/w prints. Light handling wear. Bindings firm. 8.75 inches tall.
New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Trade Edition of the Enlarged Edition. Historical Significance: A dual-masterpiece, A Way of Seeing is unique in the canon of photobooks. James Agee wrote the accompanying essay around 1946, specifically to champion Levitt's work, though the book remained unpublished until after his death in.....
Durham: Duke University Press, 1989. By 1989, Helen Levitt was no longer a 'rediscovered' artist but an acknowledged master. This Duke University Press edition marks the moment her work transitioned from the world of fine-press rarities (like the 1981 Horizon edition) into the academic canon.Published in association with the Center.....
New York: Horizon Press, 1981. Helen Levitt — Photographer. Limited Edition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: THE CITY AS POEM. Originally published in 1965, A Way of Seeing helped redefine the modern photography monograph by treating photographs and prose as equal partners rather than illustration and commentary. Helen Levitt's intimate observations of New York.....
New York: George Braziller, 1970. Hardcover in an Illustrated Slipcover. The Book of Hours of Engelbert of Nassau, housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford as MSS. Douce 219–220, is a splendid example of a book of hours following the Dominican Rite. Crafted in Ghent during the late 1470s or.....
Mass: Yale University Press. 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A versatile artist influenced by the French Rococo style, he achieved some note during the 1740s through decorative paintings executed for the supper boxes at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London. Hayman was also a successful portraitist and history painter.Francis Hayman RA.....
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Historical Significance:This volume remains one of the most important visual records of Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957). Robert Hupka's photographs are technically masterful, taken under difficult low-light conditions without flash, yet they reveal the 'terrifying intensity' of Toscanini's.....
Birmingham: Oxmoor House, 1987. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
Highlands North Carolina: Nantahala Foundation/Jonathan Williams, 1964. Limited Edition. Spiral-bound (Wire-O) pictorial stiff wrappers. Historical Significant --This volume is a high point of 1960s independent publishing and a landmark in American landscape photography. Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983) re-imagined the 'Banquet Camera'—historically used for photographing large groups of people at dinners—to capture.....
Spain: Dosde, 2018. The Spanish painter Salvador Dali remains one of the most controversial and paradoxical artists of the twentieth century. Over the last few decades, Salvador Dali has gradually come to be seen, alongside the likes of Picasso and Matisse, as a prodigious figure whose life and work occupies.....
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Leonard Barkan offers a profound examination of how the rediscovery of ancient artworks during the Renaissance influenced the era's artistic and aesthetic developments. Barkan delves into the cultural significance of the excavation of classical.....
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ Press, First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. In the years between 1936 and 1943, some 300 murals (also sculptures and stone reliefs) were installed in federal buildings throughout the South.This examination, done with humor, perseption and a storyteller's sensibility.....
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The offers a delightful time capsule of wit and humor, showcasing the best of that era's satire and storytelling. A charming read, nostalgic and entertaining.
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1942. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE — Jacob Epstein was a lightning rod for the modernist movement. By the time this book was inscribed to Ben Raeburn in 1947, Raeburn was already beginning to cement his reputation as a publisher who valued artistic integrity over commercial safety. This copy.....
London: Thames & Hudson, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A comprehensive and richly illustrated exploration of ancient Greek pottery, offering insights into its artistic, cultural, and historical significance. Boardman, a renowned expert in Greek art, delves into the evolution of vase painting from the Geometric period.....
New York: Holmes & Meier Pub, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Matthew Cullerne Bown's fascinating and often provocative analysis focuses on the art of the Stalin era, from 1932 to 1953, and includes discussion of the pre- and post-Stalin years.The author illuminates the.....
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991. This volume offers a detailed exploration of the Brooklyn Museum’s extensive collection of Native American art, providing both a comprehensive catalog and scholarly analysis. Published in 1991, it delves into the historical and cultural significance of the museum's holdings, while offering insights into the.....
New York / London: Scribner's, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Henry Collins Brown was a Scottish-born historian who became the leading voice on New York's architectural and social history. As the founder of the Museum of the City of New York, his work was dedicated to preserving the 'visual.....
Seattle: Museum of Art, Washington State University, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. traces the evolution of her work from the obsessively beaded and extravagantly patterned taxidermy heads to the more subdued and haunting figurative paintings and doll sculptures. The work is intensely alive.....
California: Barricade Books Inc, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A captivating exploration into the world of art forgery and deception. Delving deep into the notorious case of Salvador Dali's forged artworks, Catterall meticulously unravels the intricate web of deceit that plagued the art world. The book.....
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1971. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCEThis archive represents a rare intersection of 20th-century American art and independent publishing. Mario Cooper, as a long-standing President of the American Watercolor Society, was the 'Dean' of the medium. His correspondence with Pat Percy—who managed the complex legacies of Horizon Press.....
New Rork and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1995. First Edition, Second Printing. A Fine Softcover. Born in 1915, Hiroshima Kazuo is a professional basketmaker in the Hinokage region on the Japanese island of Kyushu. This book celebrates the life of this master bamboo craftsman and integrates the story of his career with.....
London: Bain & Williams Ltd., 1993. First Edition, First Printing. BIBLIOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE — DOCUMENTING A MASTER WOOD ENGRAVER BEYOND THE CONTROVERSY.Eric Gill remains one of the defining figures of twentieth-century British book arts. As sculptor, typographer, letter designer, and wood engraver, his influence extends from fine press printing to everyday typography.....
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. CONTEXT —Published by Hudson Hills Press, known for high-quality art books, this volume exemplifies the late 20th-century revival of the artist’s book as a collaborative form. Duesberry’s monotypes—often characterized by layered color fields and shifting perspectives—suggest landscape as memory and.....
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE — THE PRIVATE STORY BEHIND A PUBLIC RETROSPECTIVE By the early 1990s, Joellyn Duesberry had emerged as one of America's leading contemporary representational painters. This archive captures the intersection of her private working life and growing institutional recognition, preserving both the candid correspondence of a working artist and the.....