Chicago and World's Columbian Exposition Photo Book

1893. Hardcover. Octavo. Illustrated red boards. Accordian fold photo book with views of the sorrounding city and the fairgrounds. G+. Light wear around the edges of the boards.

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Book number: 206704

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Photography ; Chicago and World's Columbian Exposition ; ; Photography

Carr, Carolyn Kinder et al.

Revisiting the White City: American Art at the 1893 World's Fair

Washington, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1993. Softcover. Illus. wraps. 408 pp. 100 color, 620+ bw plates. When the doors to the Fine Arts Palace at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago opened in the spring of 1893, the American art inside was heralded as a triumph. Writing in Century Magazine, art critic Marianna G. Van Rensselaer proclaimed, "The Columbian Exhibition will prove to the most doubting and critical spirit that American art exists, that it is capable of great things, and that it can do great things in a way distinctly its own." Fairgoers were treated to achievements such as Thomas Eakins's Gross Clinic, Winslow Homer's Eight Bells, Eastman Johnson's Cranberry Harvest, and countless other now well-known works, in addition to pieces by many lesser-known artists. Not only did the exposition show the apogee of American art, it also occurred at a moment of immense cultural change - two significant indications being Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis on the closing of the frontier and the recently completed national census which announced the population's shift from rural to urban areas. As Evan Turner, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, has said, "The Fair shaped national culture as has no other event in the history of the country." The National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian institution spent five years researching the paintings and sculpture shown at the exposition and have jointly produced this - comprehensive commemorative volume and a centennial exhibition. A color plate section highlights 100 works of art featured in the exhibition. Historian Robert Rydell discusses the historical and cultural context of the fair, and Carolyn Kinder Carr adds to an understanding of the regional and gender prejudices that pervaded the American art arena at the time. An extensive catalogue section updates the complete 1893 checklist, providing much new information on the 521 artists and locations of the objects, and offering descriptions and illustrations of well over three-fourths of the 1,184 works originally displayed. With over 900 illustrations of the art and the fair itself, this book is an invaluable resource for those interested in late nineteenth-century art and culture. This catalogue includes reproductions of over 490 paintings and 116 sculptures in bw photographs. Many more works in each category are listed, and the location of all works is given (where known). A mammoth research undertaking, this catalogue easily serves as the standard reference for American art at this Columbian Expo. As New .

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Book number: 6811

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Art; American Art; Excart; Expositions; Columbian Expositio ; Expositions - 1892 Columbian ; American Art ; Excart

Geo. A. Smith

The Laurelled Chefs-D'Oeuvre D'Art from the Paris Exhibition and Salon, Also from the Royal Academy of London and Other Public Galleries of Europe and America (Volume I and II)

Philadelphia, Gebbie & Co. Publishers, n.d. Hardcover. Bound in 2 volumes. Burgundy library buckram. Unpaginated. 100 photogravures and 200 bw typogravures. Oversize. Rare volume of interests to students and connoisseurs of 19th century art and international fairs and expositions. good+ (ex-library with expected markings. additionally, perforation stamp on title pages. all plates have been marked with ink in upper corner of image. vol 1: purple pigment on pg 8. one plate has small spot from soiling on reverse. 2 letterpress pages have tears closed with archival tape. vol 2: letterpress page for "The Angelus is creased and torn and margin of plate "1814" has a tear--both are closed with archival tape. bindings are tight and pages are bright) .

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Book number: 133741

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Expositions and World's Fairs ; Art of Exhibitions ; ;

Hendershott, Robert L.

1904 St. Louis World's Fair: Mementos and Memorabilia

Iola, WI, Krueger Pub, 1994. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Glossy printed covers. 365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. VG+. Light bumping at bottom fore edge corner. Otherwise close to new.

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Book number: 203917

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Expositions and World's Fairs ; St. Louis 1904 ; ;

Ingram, J.S.

The Centennial Exposition, Described and Illustrated: Being a Concise and Graphic Description of This Grand Enterprise, Commemorative of the First Centennary [Sic] of American Independence, Including History of the Centennial from Inception to Final Closing Ceremonies, Description of the Principal Buildings, Foreign Pavilions, Booths and State Buildings, with Their Interesting Displays, Exhibits of Resources and Products of the Nations of the World; the Most Ingenious Devices in Machinery Hall, Woman's Work in Woman's Pavilion, Mineralogical, Archaeological and Geological Collections from All States of the Union, the Wonders of the Swiss Watch Department, the Centennial Live Stock Exhibition, Memorial Parades and Anniversaries of Various Orders, Great State Days, Awards to Exhibitors Foreign and American, and Numerous Other Subjects Showing the Magnitude and Character of the New World's Fair, and Illustrating the Best Achievements of Human Genius, Industry and Skills from All Lands and All Peoples. The Whole Profusely Illustrated

Philadelphia, PA / Springfield, MA / Cincinatti, OH / Chicago, IL, Hubbard Bros, 1876. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Marbled text block edges. Rebound quarter cloth spine with leather boards. 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ports. ; 23 cm. G. Rebound in untitled boards. Heavy wear to leather boards and around edges. Heavy wearto front joint and endpapers, but binding is still secure. Other than some light general toning, primary text block is clean and unmarked.

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Book number: 206418

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Expositions and World's Fairs ; the Centennial Exhibition ; ;

Ives, Halsey C.

The Dream City: A Portfolio of Photographic Views of the World's Columbian Exposition

St Louis, MO, N.D. Thompson Publishing Co, 1893. Large Oblong Quarto. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles on spine. approximately 200 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 28 x 35 cm. "Comprising its (World's Columbian Exposition) marvelous architectural, sculptural, artistic, mechanical, agricutural, industrial, archaeological, ethnological, historical and scenic attractions. Also presenting and describing the magnificent vistas, water-ways, natural scenery and landscape effects all conveying authentic realistic impressions as received by the actual visitor." -- title page. .

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Book number: 206848

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Photography ; World's Columbian Exposition ; ; Photography

Kurtz, Charles M.

Catalogue of Works of Art in the Art Building of the Southern Exposition, Louisville, Ky, Aug. 16 to Oct. 25, 1884

Louisville, KY, John P. Morton and Company, 1883. Softbound. Printed wraps. 77 + 44 pp. about 38 line engravings. Almost all of the appx. 400 artworks exhibited are priced. Exceedingly rare. Many of the pictures are described in detail and extensive biographical information is provided for the majority of the artists represented. Includes a special exhibition by the American Art Union, which included several well-known Bierstadt pictures, as well as paintings by mostly well-known Americans. The first part of the catalogue includes many foreign works, and lists the present owners. Good+ Sections of text block are seperating from stapled binding. Chipping to extremities of covers, soiling to covers.

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Book number: 137415

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: American Art; Art; Southern Exposition; Exposition ; Expositions - 1883 Southern Exposition ; Art ; Southern Exposition

Lettenhove de Kervyn H, et al.

Les Chefs D'Oeuvre D'Art Ancien a L'Exposition de la Toison D'or a Bruges En 1907

Brussels, Belgium, G. Van Oest & Cie, 1908. Softcover. cream wraps w/ brown, red & gilt jacket. 272 pgs, 103 bw plates; many tissue guard. burgundy cloth clamshell, fold-out case w/ gilt printing; set of two buckle locks. Clamshell case has rubbing to edges and corners; also smudges, dampstaining spots and darkened areas of soiling/staining. Fold lines of panels worn and cracked, one panel has an approx. 4inch crack. Clamshell case would be graded to a Good-; remains sturdy. Many tissue-guards remain intact throughout text. All plates intact. Title translation, "The Masterpieces Of Ancient Art At The Golden Fleece Exhibition In Bruges In 1907. Good+ (rubbing to jacket edges & corners; few light scuffs. multiple slight splits to textblock w/ a few loose pgs, otherwise textblock firm. pgs remain bright with an occasional smudge or spot, speck of foxing) .

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Book number: 188310

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: L'Exposition de la Toison D'or a Bruges ; L'Exposition de la Toison D'or a Bruges ; ;

Lettenhove de Kervyn H, et al.

Les Chefs D'Oeuvre D'Art Ancien a L'Exposition de la Toison D'or a Bruges En 1907 (MIL Neuf Cent Sept)

Bruxelles, Van Oest, 1908. One of 500 numbered copies. Hardcover. Half-bound black leather boards (leather backstrip is missing); burgundy cloth covers with gilt illustration and black lettering; gilt at top of text block; XVI, 272 untrimmed pp; 103 bw plates; tissue guards are present. Text in French. Title translation, "The Masterpieces Of Ancient Art At The Golden Fleece Exhibition In Bruges In 1907. Fair (Leather backstrip is missing, but binding is still tight and textblock is sturdy and holding; covers show moderate shelfwear and soiling; corners are worn; PDEPs and FFEPs are mildly soiled and foxed; Some pages are dog-eared, but are clean; pages show mild foxing and light age-toning, as expected with age) .

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Book number: 191632

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: L'Exposition de la Toison D'or a Bruges ; L'Exposition de la Toison D'or a Bruges ; ;

M Paul Leon

Encyclopedie Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Modernes Au Xxeme Siecle, Volume 3 Only Architectural Ornamentation and Sculpture

Paris, De L'Office D'Editions D'Art, 1927. Hardcover. Original 3/4 Vellum covered boards with art deco design spine (spine is designed to spell the title of the series when all 12 volumes are in proper order). Vol. III ONLY. Beautiful Art deco black and gold endpapers. Appx. 106 pp. + illustrations throughout in bw and color. Text is in French. 45 pp, LVIII plates, 54-85 pp, plates LIX-XCVI, 93-16. Bibliographie et Tables, Table Des Planches, Table des Matiees. Printed on Arches paper, a very nice publication. VG interior with plates and text clear, soiling and darkening to vellum on covers and spine, cracking of vellum along lower front hinge and more extensive on outside rear hinge, entire spine design present.

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Book number: 181720

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Expositions and World's Fairs ; Paris Exposition of 1925 ; ;

M Paul Leon

Encyclopedie Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Modernes Au Xxeme Siecle, Volume VI Only Textiles and Paper Products

Paris, De L'Office D'Editions D'Art, 1927. Hardcover. Original 3/4 Vellum covered boards with art deco design spine (spine is designed to spell the title of the series when all 12 volumes are in proper order). Vol. VI ONLY. Beautiful Art deco black and gold endpapers. 104 pp. + illustrations in bw and color throughout. Text is in French. Bibliographie et Tables, Table Des Planches, Table des Matiees. Printed on Arches paper, a very nice publication. VG interior with pages clean and clear, soiling and darkening to vellum on covers and spine, entire spine design present.

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Book number: 181731

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Expositions and World's Fairs ; Paris Exposition of 1925 ; ;

M Paul Leon

Encyclopedie Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Modernes Au Xxeme Siecle, Volume IV Only Furniture

Paris, De L'Office D'Editions D'Art, 1927. Hardcover. Original 3/4 Vellum covered boards with art deco design spine (spine is designed to spell the title of the series when all 12 volumes are in proper order). Vol. IV ONLY. Beautiful Art deco black and gold endpapers. 102 pp. + illustrations in bw and color throughout. Text is in French. Bibliographie et Tables, Table Des Planches, Table des Matiees. Printed on Arches paper, a very nice publication. VG interior with pages clean and clear, soiling and darkening to vellum on covers and spine, entire spine design present with chipping and tear to front hinge .

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Book number: 181733

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Expositions and World's Fairs ; Paris Exposition of 1925 ; ;

NY: New York World's Fair and the Golden Gate Exposition, 1939

The American Academy in Rome

1939. Softcover. White wraps. [30] pp. 27 bw plates. Illustrated catalogue listing of 27 works of sculpture, architecture, and murals from the New York World's Fair and the Golden Gate Exposition, created by Fellows of the American Academy in Rome. Includes a list of those who were commissioned by the two World's Fairs of 1939. Excellent illustrations. Good-, Exlib with stickers, pencil and other markings on wraps, 1cm tear in front wrap, stamps inside wraps and embossed on title page - pages and illustrations are in excellent condition .

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Book number: 14983

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: American Art; 20th Century; Architecture; Sculpture; Murals; American Academy in Rome ; Expositions - 1939 Golden Gate ; 20th Century ; Architecture

San Diego, CA: Palace of Fine Arts, Feb. 12 to Sept. 9, 1936

Official Art Exhibition of the California Pacific International Exposition

1936. Softcover. Rust wraps, black lettering on cover, 57 pp. 34 bw plates. Catalogue lists 507 works and includes an alphabetical index to the artists. The emphasis is on significant American painting and includes the work of such artists as Winslow Homer, George Inness, James A. McNeill Whistler, Frank Duvenek and Albert P. Ryder, as well as John H. Twachtman, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt, George Bellows, John Sloan, Robert Henri, Goerge Luks, Charles Demuth, Maurice Sterne, Eurgene Higgins, Charles Burchfield, and Grant Wood, as well as many others. Also includes sections on Far Eastern Art, Spanish Art, Mexican Art, Modern French Art, and Old Master Paintings. VG-, museum tag on upper left front cover, museum stamp inside front cover, slight wear on spine .

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Book number: 21128

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: American Art; Southwest Art; World Art; Sculpture; 19th Century; 20th Century ; 1936 California Pacific International Exposition ; Southwest Art ; World Art

Sartain, Chevalier John

World's Masterpieces of Modern Painting Selected from the Great Art Exhibitions of All Nations; Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 and Volume 5

Boston, Art Library Publishing Co, 1893. Special Japan edition limited. Hardcover. Four oversized volumes bound in 3/4 black and red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Volume 1 has 6 pp text; 20 mounted plates, each with descriptive page of text and bw illustrations. Volume 2 has 20 mounted plates each with descriptive page of text and bw illustrations. Volume 3 has 20 mounted plates each with descriptive page of text and bw illustrations. Volume 5 has 20 mounted plates each with descriptive page of text and bw illustrations. Volume 1 includes a list of the photogravures, mezzotints and etchings and a list of half-tone copper plate illustrations from volume 1 and volume 2. Good (shelfwear and soiling to boards; age toning, light foxing spots; volume 1 the 16th plate is torn; internal hinges are torn and loose, pages are loose but all pages appear to be present, light chipping along page edges) .

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Book number: 188894

Catalogue: Expositions and World's Fairs

Keywords: Expositions and World's Fairs ; World Exhibitions ; ;