Magdalena Abakanowicz
Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 1990. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 32 pages. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Forward by Barbara Rose. Essay by Mary Jane Jacob. Illustrated in sepia and black and white. More
Monographs
Changing New York; Text by Elizabeth McCausland
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 206 pages. 29 x 22.5 cm. A production of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. 97 full-page photographs with accompanying text. Abbott began her education at Ohio State University before moving to New York to study sculpture..... More
Toulouse-Lautrec His Complete Lithographs and Drypoints
NY: Abrams, 1965. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de. First edition. Hardcover. 370 pages. 38 pages in text. 368 illustrations, including fifty-four in full-color. Bibliography. Plates. The author, Curator of Prints at the Bibliotheque Nationale provides the first complete assemblage of Lautrec's work in lithography and drypoint. It includes fine prints, posters, illustrations..... More
Patrick Henry Bruce (1881-1936) Paintings
NY: Salander-O'Reilly, 2003. Bruce, Patrick Henry. First edition. Paperback. 63 pages. 11 x 8 1/2". Twenty-four color plates. More
Benjamin West A Biography
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. West, Benjamin. First edition. Hardcover. 525 pages. Illustrated. Extensive Bibliography. Index. More
The Engraved Work of F.L. Griggs, A.R.A., R.E. Etchings & Dry-Points 1912-1928
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1928. Griggs, F.L. First edition. Hardcover. 93 pages. 30 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 315 of 325. Index of Titles. Bibliography. Bright, very fresh copy. More
L'Art Decoratif De Leon Bakst
Paris: Maurice De Brunoff, 1913. Bakst, Leon. First edition. Hardcover. 49 pages in text. Folio, 41 x 28 cm. Fifty tipped-in color lithographs, and twenty-seven tipped-in black and white plates, mounted on gray paper. Notes on the Ballet by Jean Cocteau. Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg (Bakst), painter and stage designer realized..... More
N.C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations, and Murals
NY: Crown, 1972. Wyeth, N.C. First edition. Hardcover. 336 pp. Voluminously illustrated in color and black and white. Foreword by Paul Horgan. Introduction by Edward Layton. This Catalogue Raisonne contains an invaluable 1200-entry, illustrated, complete bibliography, with detailed data on all N.C. Wyeth's pictures and published writings, etc. Index. An..... More
Outlines & Sketches
Boston: NP, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio, 40 x 54 cm. Twenty engravings printed recto only with tissue guards, on eighteen sheets. Engraved by the brothers, John and Seth Wells Cheney who studied in Europe. Seth opened a studio in Boston in 1841, earned well-deserved acclaim and credit for..... More
The Lithography of Richard Day
New York: E. Weyhe, 1932. First edition. Boards. Small folio, 30 x 22 cm, 10 pages in text, Foreword by Carl Zigrosser. Limited edition, copy 496 of 500. Twelve full-page plates, plus an original lithograph signed by Richard Day in pencil, and hand printed from the stone by Paul Roeher..... More
Jacques Lipschitz: Sketches in Bronze
NY: Praeger, 1969. Lipschitz, Jacques. First edition. Hardcover. 195 pp. 4to, 161full-page plates. Photographs of the Maquettes by James Moore. Bibliography. A peek into Lipshitz's creative process. FREITAG 5661. Owner inscription. More
Derriere Le Miroir. Nos. 20-21, May 1949
Paris: Pierre A Feu, 1949. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 16 pages. Folio, 38 x 28 cm. Front cover color lithographs by Fernand Leger and a double-paged one by him, plus three original color lithographs by Jean Arp. Commentary in French by Michel Seuphor, Jean Cassou and Henri Laugier. Tiny nick..... More
Zorn's Engraved Work A Descriptive Catalogue; Translated by Edward Adams-Ray
Stockholm: A.-B. H. Bukowski's Konsthandel, 1920. Zorn, Anders. First edition. Hardcover. (27) 452 (10) pages. 31 x 25 cm. Published 1920-1921. Limited edition, copy 152 of 325. 288 plates with descriptive text covering years 1882-1919. Updates Loys Delteil' work, and includes a number of states undescribed by Delteil. Ernest M...... More
Van Gogh a self-portrait Letters revealing his life as a painter
London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. Gogh, Vincent van. First edition. Hardcover. 398 pages. More
The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly A Catalogue Raisonne 1949-1985
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987. Kelly, Ellsworth. First edition. Hardcover. 200 pages. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Kelly did not return to printmaking fervently until 1970. Illustrated with 159 color plates and 182 duotones. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. Index... More
Thomas Cole
NY: Watson Guptill, 1981. Cole, Thomas. First edition. Cloth. 84 pages. 29 x 27 cm. 32 color plates and 12 black and white. Bibliography. Index. More
Thomas Hart Benton
NY: Abrams, 1973. Benton, Thomas Hart. First edition. leather_bound. 279 pages. 30 x 35 cm. Large, landscape 4to, Limited edition, copy 272 of 350 signed by Thomas Hart Benton. The artist celebrates the American experience; his father, a Tennessean served in the Confederate Army before removing to Missouri, where Benton..... More
Theo Van Doesburg
NY: Macmillan, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. 231 pages. 25 x 19.5 cm. Illustrated in black and white. He was a co-founder and editor of De Stijl, and a seminal force in modern art. Bibliography. Index. More
Picasso 75th Anniversary Exhibition
NY: MOMA, 1957. Picasso, Pablo. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 115 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Errata slip enclosed. More
The 19th century journals & paintings of William Pope
Toronto: M.F. Feheley, 1976. Pope, William. First edition. Hardcover. 175 pp. Thirty-six four-color plates with accompanying commentary by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. Index. Pope emigrated from Kent, England and settled in PortRyerse, Ontario. Canada's first artist-naturalist, his watercolors are artistically comparable to those of his contemporary, Audubon. Selections fromPope's very literate..... More
Jose Guiterrez Solana Paintings and Writings
Lewisburg: Bucknell Univ. Pres, 1978. Solana, Jose Guiterrez. First edition. Hardcover. 182 pages in text. 31 x 24 cm. 288 black and white illustrations and 15 color plates. More
Cecil C. Bell
Kansas City: McGrew Color Graphics, 1976. Bell, Cecil C. First edition. Hardcover. 159 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Limited edition, one of 2000. Bell, an exuberant second generation Ash Can painter, a slightly younger contemporary of Reginald Marsh whose work recalls the early work of John Sloan, was a skilled..... More
Europa oggi/Europe now
Milan: Centro Di Electa, 1988. First edition. Paperback. 253 pages. 27 x 23 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white. Biographical References. More
The Illustrations of W. Heath Robinson
London: Werner Shaw, 1983. Robinson, W. Heath. First edition. Hardcover. 156 pp. More