Art Criticism
Guy Pene du Bois Painter Of Modern Life
New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 176 pages. 32 x 25 cm. One of America's most stylish painters in the second quarter of the 20th century captured with sophistication. He spent part of his career in France. Host of color plates. Chronology. Selected Bibliography. Index. More
Mantegna La Cappella Ovetari Nella Chiesa Degli Eremitani
Milan: Edizioni D'Arte Amilcare Pizzi, 1944. Mantegna. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 39 pages in text, twenty-three full-page color plates. Limited edition, copy 366 of unknown limitation. Text in Italian. More
Chodowiecki Et Lichtenberg; les Tailles-Souces Des Mois De Daniel Chodowiecki Dan L "Almanac De Goettingue," Avec Les Explications De Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Leipzig: Theodor Weicher, 1901. Chodowiecki, Daniel. Hardcover. 30 pages in text. 27 x 20 cm. Twenty-eight pages of plates, usually four images per plate. Text in French. As illustrator Chodowiecki could not keep us with the demand for his work from booksellers and engravers. "He represents the feelings and affections..... More
Oeuvre 1961-1965
New York: Touchstone, 1965. Friedlaender, Johnny. First edition. Hardcover. 80 pages. 32 x 24 cm. Ninety plates -- black and white and tipped-in color plates with an original color lithograph by Friedlaender laid-in. Introduction by Max-Pol Fouchet. Text in French, English and German. Lovely, fresh copy. More
Portrait Painting Its Nature And Function
London: John Lane, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 155 pages. 166 reproductionsof portraits. A scholarly, critical study of the art of portrait painting: with an historical perspective, and clear examples of the variety of techniques used. Index. Lovely, fresh copy. More
Jackson Pollock: questions
Montreal: Musee d'art contemporain, 1979. Pollock, Jackson. First edition. Original Wraps. 115 pages. Six illustrations. Preface by Louisa Letocha. Four essays which represent perspectives on Jackson Pollock. Text in French and English. More
Georges Braque Essay And Bibliography
New York: Wittenborn And Company, 1943. Braque, Georges. First edition. 6 leaves. 26 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 400 stamped "Review Copy" on limitation page. Frontispiece is a color lithograph. 12 full page black and white plates. Bibliography. More
Noa Noa Voyage To Tahiti
New York: Reynal, ca. 1960's. Hardcover. 36 pages in text. 30 x 23 cm. Illustrated with fascimiles of all the water-colors. Translated from the original manuscripts by Jonathan Griffin. Postscript by Jean Loize. More
Three Essays: On Picturesque Beauty; On Picturesque Travel; And On Sketching Landscape: To Which Is Added A Poem, On Landscape Painting
London: R. Blamire, 1794. Second edition. leather_bound. 143 [5]. 22.5 x 15. Six color aquatint plates, plus one line drawing -- a lesson in perspective. Errata slip, page of publisher adverts. ABBEY LIFE 129. Book label, plates clean, title page, first nine leaves and last nine leaves dampstained; backstrip lettered..... More
Vincent Van Gogh Letters to Emile Bernard
New York: MOMA, 1938. Gogh, Vincent van. First edition. Hardcover. 124 papges. 28.5 x 22 cm. Edited, translated and with a foreword by Douglas Lord. Thirty-two black and white plates. Chronology. Select Bibiography. Index. More
Arrest and Movement An Essay on Space and Time in the Representational Art of the Ancient Near East
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 222 pp. Illustrated with ninety-six pages of photographic reproductions and numerous line drawings in the text. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I53. "An extended essay on the fundamental problem of monumentality in the art of the ancient Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete)." Small owner blind..... More
Frank Stella An Illustrated Biography; Foreword by William Rubin & Afterword by Richard Meier
New York: Rizzoli, 1995. Stella, Frank. First edition. Hardcover. 247 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. The author investigates the technical complexity of his work. There are nearly 100 of Stella's paintings and prints illustrated, most are colored. Notes. Bibliography and Index, More
Shiraz Painting In The Sixteenth Century
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 70 pages in text. 36 x 26 1/2 cm. Fifty plates plus illustrations in the text. Comprehensive Index. Fresh, clean copy, small scratches front and back cover. More
The Noble Savage A Life of Paul Gauguin
London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. Gauguin, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. 304 pages. Sixteen illustrations. Bibliography. Index. FREITAG 3332. More
The Gothic World 1000-1600: A Survey of Architecture and Art
London: B.T. Batsford, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 160 pp. 295 black and white photographs and 240 text illustrations. Short Bibliography. Notes to the Text. Index. A good general survey by a leading scholar in the field. LUCAS p31. More
German Design 1870-1918
New York: Taplinger, 1986. First edition. 160 pp. Lavishly illustrated with black and white and color plates. Notes. Index. The author discusses the changing approach in Germany from historically oriented styles to innovative concepts as a result of German unification. Heskett challenges previous views of German design history. More
Architects on Architecture New Directions in America
New York: Walker, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 415 pages. More than 650 photographs, plans, drawings and elevations. Building Index by geographical location and architect. This book presents the ideas and convictions of America's leading architects on the theory and practice of their art. Bibliography. KARPEL B670. "A useful work, especially..... More
Turn-of-the-Century America Painting Graphics Photographs 1890-1910
NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1977. First edition. Paperback. 194 pages. 25 x 23 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography. Owner inscription free endpaper. More
Experiment Weltuntergang Wien Um 1900
Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1981. First edition. Boards. 263 pages. 10 x 8". Nearly 300 illustrations, some in color. Bibliography. Text in German. More
Essays New And Old
London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 257 pages. 22 x 17.5 cm. First edition. Limited edition, copy 366 of 560 signed by Huxley. Spine sunned, edges of boards slightly faded. printed at the Florence Press with wide text margins. Interior clean. More
Juan Gris Sa Vie. Son Oeuvre. Ses Ecrits
Paris: Gallimard, 1946. Gris, Juan. First edition. Original Wraps. 334 pages. 23.5 x 185 cm. Limited edition, one of 550.copies. Forty eight numbered plates, some with more than one illustration, plus unnumbered text illustrations. Bibliography. Chronological Table. General Index. Text in French. Bibliographical record for the English translation: FREITAG 3956. LUCAS..... More
Egon Schiele Oeuvre Catalogue of The Paintings; With Essays By Otto Benesch and Thomas M. Messer
New York: Crown, 1966. Schiele, Egon. 1st English edition. Hardcover. 561 pages. 29 x 23 cm. First edition published 1930, Vienna. 245 plates in color and black and white with the former tipped-in, plus a host of black and white illustrations in the text. Text in English and German. Backstrip..... More
Deags beyond Impressionism
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1996. First edition. Paperback. 324 pages. 28 x 24" cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography. Index. More