The Sense of Sight
Pantheon, January 1986. Trade Paperback. More
Art
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Elements of Drawing
Dover, December 1971. Trade Paperback. Can drawing -- sound, honest representation of the world as the eye sees it, not tricks with the pencil or a few effects -- be learned from a book? One of the most gifted draftsmen, who is also one of the greatest art critics and..... More
The most of John Held, Jr
Stephen Greene Press, January 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. {9 & 1/4' x 12 & 1/4'} Without jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine and black stamped illustration centered on front panel. Olympic blue end papers with previous owner's name inked upper right corner of ffep. Signed & inscribed..... More
Cezanne, the Steins and Their Circle
Thames & Hudson, January 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in clean, bright jacket. Flap not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine and on front panel border in gold line. Black end papers front and back. First/first. [64 pages]. More
Remaining in Light: Ant Meditations on a Painting by Edward Hopper (Suny Series, the Margins of Literature)
State University of New York Press, August 1993. Paper Back. This is the first sustained, critical examination of the work of Edward Hopper, a major twentieth-century American painter. It is a sequence of meditations on his painting A Woman in the Sun. Each meditation, informed by Derrida's conception of the..... More
Henry Moore: Monumental Vision
TASCHEN, June 2005. Oversize Softcover. Beautiful softcover with French folds. More
The History of Bones: A Memoir
Random House, August 2021. Hardcover. The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie "A picaresque roller coaster of a story, with staggering amounts of sex and drugs and the perpetual quest to retain some kind of artistic integrity."--The..... More
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Matisse Picasso
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 2002. Oversized Hardcover. Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso have long been seen as the twin giants of modern art, as polar opposites but also as complementary figures. Between them they are the originators of many of the most significant innovations of 20th-century..... More
Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
Indiana Historical Society, August 1995. Paper Back. Oblong octavo. {11 & 1/2' x 8 & 3/4'}. French folds. [93 pages]. More
Mary Cassatt, Oils and Pastels
National Gallery of Art / Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976. First Thus. Paper Back. This volume - illustrated with thirty-two full color plates and published in cooperation with the National Gallery of Art - displays the power and mastery of an artist who is only now beginning to receive the full recognition..... More
Edouard Vuillard, 1868-1940
Art Gallery of Ontario, January 1971. Paper Back. {6 & 3/4 x 9 & 3/4'} Small quarto. Paperback with dust stains/darkening of margins. Some curl to cover fore-edges. Damp stained. [238 pages]. More
The most of John Held, Jr
Stephen Greene Press, January 1972. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, mildly worn w/ sun-fading present; pages free of markings; An excellent copy, w/o jacket. More
John Sloan: Painter and Rebel
Henry Holt & Company, December 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Documenting New York City's cultural coming-of-age, a historical biography of an American painter and propagandist reveals the social and political scene of the early 1900s, including Sloan's activist wife, Dolly. Documenting New York City's cultural coming-of-age, a historical biography of an..... More
London
ABRAMS, September 1994. Oversized Clothbound. Following Paris, John Russell sets out to examine key aspects of London in this book. He looks at the Thames, the city's architecture and monuments, its green spaces, its theatre and its notable citizens, among them Samuel Pepys, Dr Johnson, John Donne and George Eliot..... More
American Watercolors from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Harry N Abrams Inc, January 1991. Paper Back. {10 & 1/4' x 9 & 3/4'} Oblong paperback. Lightened spine. [204 pages]. More
The Venetian Hours of Henry James, Whistler, and Sargent
Little Brown and Company, September 1991. Hardcover. More
Heartfield Versus Hitler (Pocket Archives)
Hazan Editeur, April 1997. Paper Back. Previous owner's name/date on verso of front cover. More
Matisse in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, October 1978. Hardcover. A bit of foxing and toning, not affecting plates. More
Henry Moore
Putnam, January 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto {7' x 11'} Foxed & edgeworn dustjacket. Flap is not clipped. White paper covered boards with foxing/darkening. Black lettering upon spine & front board. Color photograph of Moore on bicycle with sculpture end pages front and back. (233 pages.). More
Meanings of Modern Art (REV and Updated)
HarperCollins Publishers, October 1981. Oversize Softcover. More
Edward Henry Potthast: American Impressionist (May 20-June 20, 1998)
Gerald Peters, January 1998. Paper Back. Oblong 12mo. More
Discursive Dress
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, June 1994. Paper Back. Bumped at bottom corner. Small cut at top of spine. Wear. More
The Birds of America: The Bien Choromolithographic Edition
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2012. Hardcover. Bound in cloth with a full cloth slipcase, this beautifully produced book is the first complete reproduction of Bien chromolithographs and will become the centerpiece of any bird lover's library. More
Woodcuts By Albrecht Durer: an Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship
Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, January 1986. Paper Back. Foxing. Else clean & solid. Square octavo. Exhibit catalog. 60 pages. More
John Scott : Engines of anxiety
Galerie du Centre des Arts Saidye Bronfman Montréal, 1997. Paper Back. Quarto. More
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