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ART OF LATIN AMERICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
New Haven CT: Yale, (1966). Revised edition. Square 8vo, pp. xiv, 246. Biographies, bibliography, index. Illustrated in black-and-white, with several color reproductions. Published to accompany an exhibition. Tan cloth. A nice copy. More
MIRO ON MALLORCA
Munich: Prestel, (1995). 8vo, pp. 120. Translated from the German by John Brownjohn. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions, most in color.Near fine in slightly scuffed dj. Themes and techniques of the artist's later works, most of which were created on the island. More
PICASSO'S WEEPING WOMAN; The life and art of Dora Maar
Boston: Little, Brown, (2000). First American edn. 4to, pp. 224. Notes and index. Illustrated profusely in color and monochrome. A nice copy in little chipped dj. Maar was a successful young photographer and Picasso's lover and muse for seven years. More
THE SURREALIST LOOK; An erotics of encounter
Cambridge MA: MIT, (1997). First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 344. Notes, index. Ilustrated in black and white. A nice copy in dj. A study linking surrealism and the baroque. More
TITIAN,; [a biography] translated from the Italian by Nora Wydenbruck.
NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy, (1958). First edn. 8vo, pp. 232. A vg copy in little worn dj. OP. A biography of the Renaissance artist. More
LA PAFOND DE L'OPERA DE PARIS (brochure); textes de Jacques Lassaigne, edited by Andre Sauret
Paris: Weber. 4to, 4pp (single folded sheet). This is the advertising sheet with letter press on page 1, pp 2-3 is a double-page colored lithograph (suitable for framing), page 4 is a monochrome. Couple of minor bends and folds. More
THE PRINTS OF SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN N.A.; Drypoints - etchings - lithographs
Boston MA: Boston Public Library, 1984. One of 1000 copies. 4to, pp. 364. Appendices, indices. Chronology. Foreword by Philip J. McNiff, introduction by David McCord. Frontis portrait. Rust cloth, stamped in gilt. Fine in slightly scuffed dj. Heavy. More
FRANCE WILL LIVE AGAIN; The portrait of a peaceful interlude 1919-1939. Drawn with etchings, lithographs, sketches and photographs by ... with an introduction by Donald Moffat
NY: Hastings House, (1940). Samuel Chamberlain. Second printing. Large 8vo, pp. 173.. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt .Edges slightly soiled, cover little scuffed at edges, slightly wrinkled at lower front, o/w VG in little worn and soiled dj. More
SKETCHES OF NORTHERN SPANISH ARCHITECTURE; In pen, pencil and wash
NY: Architectural Books Publishing, (1926). First Edition. Large 4to, a portfolio with sheets of heavy stock laid in, paper over boards with cloth spine and braid tie. pp. vi, 51 plates. Includes a foreword by Chamberlain and an index. Portfolio little spotted, slightly worn at edges and ends of spine..... More
THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW; Spring 1966, Vol. VII, No. 2
Amherst, MA: Massachusetts Review, (1966). Periodical. 8vo, pp. 203-419. Paper wraps. Illustrated. Cover slightly browned, edges little spotted, o/w a VG tight copy. Included are articles by Robert Coles, Mike Thelwell; poems by Philip Booth, Harold Witt; reviews by Frank Trapp, William Prtichard; articles on Vietnam, by H. S. Commanger..... More
THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW; Spring 1967 Vol. VIII No. 2
Amherst, MA: Massachusetts Review, (1967). Periodical. 8vo, pp. 239-404. Paper wraps. Illustrated. Cover and edges little browned and spotted, o/w a VG tight copy. Included are articles by Everett Carll Ladd, Jr. and Alan Trachtenberg; poems by M. J. Bosse, Lincoln Kirstein, Leonard Nathan, C. B. Oppenheimer; stories by Myron..... More
THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW; Vol. V, No. 1 Autumn 1963
Amherst, MA: Massachusetts Review, (1963). Periodical. 8vo, pp. 196. With a special section of portraits of artists by Leonard Baskin (18 reproductions and a wood engraving). Paper wraps. Cover little browned and slightly chipped, o/w a VG tight copy. Also included are articles by Chadwick Hansen, Kenry S. Kariel, James..... More
THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW; Vol. VI, No. 1 Autumn-Winter 1964-5
Amherst, MA: Massachusetts Review, (1964). Periodical. 8vo, pp. 222. Paper wraps. With several illustrations.Cover little browned, o/w a VG tight copy. Included are articles by Saunders Redding, Thomas Robischon, Charles Thomas Samuels; poems by Richard Hugo, R. G. Vliet, Robert Wallace, Ann Stanford; stories by James Ballard, Mary Doyle Curan;..... More
SIXTY-THREE DRAWINGS BY...; With a comment by Isabel Bishop and a checklist by Eleanor Steiner-Prag
NY: (Typophiles), 1955. Chappell, Warren. One of 550 copies. Small 8vo, pp. not numbered. Color drawing, "The Telescope" glued in on front pastedown. Illustrated paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover little soiled, edges of cover very slightly scuffed, missing three tipped-in color pages, o/w a good tight copy. Colophon..... More
SIXTY-THREE DRAWINGS BY...; With a comment by Isabel Bishop and a checklist by Eleanor Steiner-Prag
NY: (Typophiles), 1955. Chappell, Warren. One of 550 copies. Small 8vo, pp. not numbered. Color drawing, "The Telescope" glued in on front pastedown. Illustrated paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover little soiled, edges of cover very slightly scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy. Colophon reads: "Five hundred and fifty..... More
TREASURES OF THE LOUVRE; From the fourth millennium B.C to the dawn of the Renaissance
NY: Putnam's, (1966). First English edn. 4to, pp. 351. Photographs of the art works, a few in color, with descriptive text. Cover slightly stained, o/w a nice copy. Includes a preface by Jean Charbonneaux, Chief Curator of the Louvre at the time of publication, and a chronological table of events..... More
SIX DECADES AT YADDO; John Cheever, Malcolm Cowley, Eleanor Clark, Alfred Kazin, Hortense Calisher, Gail Godwin
[Yaddo}, 1986. 8vo, pp. 51. Illustrated with photos of Yaddo. Paper wraps. Very slightly bumped at lower outer corners, o/w a nice copy with a white ribbon around it. Reminiscences of their times at the arts colony by the above authors. More
A PRIMER OF MODERN ART
NY: Tudor, (1939). Tenth edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo, pp. ix, 384. Bibliograhy, index. With 175 illustrations in black and white. Yellow cloth, stamped in black and brown. A VG tight copy. More
MODERN PAINTING, DRAWING & SCULPTURE; Collected by Louise and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.
Cambridge MA: Harvard, (1957). First Edition. 4to, pp. 101, plus more than plates in black and white. Published to accompany a 1957 exhibition in NYC and Cambridge. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More
COMMON MAN, MYTHIC VISION; The paintings of Ben Shahn
NY: Jewish Museum, (1998). First Edition. 4to, pp. 194. Chronology, bibliography, index. Published in conjunction with an exhibition in 1998-99. With contributionsw by Diana Linden and others. Copiously illustrated with reproductions in black and white and color.Top outer corner slightly bumped, o/w a nice copy. More
BEYOND THE FLOWER; The autobiography of a feminist artist
NY: Viking, (1996). Second printing. 8vo, pp. xx, 282. Index. Illustrated with photographs and with color plates.Paper over boards, cloth spine. Remainder mark on bottom edge, o/w a nice copy in lightly scuffed dj. The second volume of Chicago's autobiography. More
HOLOCAUST PROJECT; From darkness into light
NY: Penguin, (1993). Donald Woodman. Second printing. Horizontal 8vo, pp. 205. Bibliography, notes, filmography. Illustrated in color and black and white. Paper wraps. A diary of the making of the project. A VG tight copy. More
CHIHULY SEAFORMS
Seattle WA: Portland Press, (1997). Reprint of1995 edition (?). Square 8vo, pp. 109. With essays by Sylvia Earle and Joan Seeman Robinson. Photographs of the artist's glass sculptures and reproductions of some of his sketches, all in full color. Remainder mark on bottom, o/w a nice copy in somewhat scuffed..... More