Author: Shahn, Ben ; Soby, James Thrall (text)
Title: Ben Shahn : Paintings & Graphic Art
Description: New York : George Brazille, Inc. 1963. 4to. Hardcover with dust jacket in slip case. This is a two-volume set of the life and work of Ben Shahn. [Volume One] : Paintings (144pp.). [Volume Two] : Graphic Art (142pp.). Volumes together include 125 B&W and color plates. Volumes are encased in slip case with illustrative plates on both sides. Very Good, very minor markings, creasing, and sunning on cover. Inserts: [Volume One]: Book review request from George Braziller, Inc. (New York). [Volume Two]: New York Times death announcement of Ben Shahn (Sunday, March 16, 1969); glossy B&W prints including three works from Ben Shahn and plates of Sumerian libration vessels photocopied from an unknown source. Provenance: from the Estate of Judy Stone (1924 –2017), The San Francisco Chronicle’s movie critic who for two decades was a passionate and articulate advocate for the world of cinema outside Hollywood. Judy Stone started at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1961, putting in 10 years as editor of the Datebook section. She began reviewing films for the paper in 1971, favoring arthouse films. She was the youngest of four politically minded children whose eldest brother was the great reporter and gadfly I. F. Stone. She won the Novikoff Award given for "enhancing the public's appreciation of world cinema.” Among her publications are “The Mystery of B. Traven” and "Eye on the World,” a collection of her interviews with filmmakers from the 1960s to the 1990s. .
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Title: Ben Shahn : Paintings & Graphic Art
Description: New York : George Brazille, Inc. 1963. 4to. Hardcover with dust jacket in slip case. This is a two-volume set of the life and work of Ben Shahn. [Volume One] : Paintings (144pp.). [Volume Two] : Graphic Art (142pp.). Volumes together include 125 B&W and color plates. Volumes are encased in slip case with illustrative plates on both sides. Very Good, very minor markings, creasing, and sunning on cover. Inserts: [Volume One]: Book review request from George Braziller, Inc. (New York). [Volume Two]: New York Times death announcement of Ben Shahn (Sunday, March 16, 1969); glossy B&W prints including three works from Ben Shahn and plates of Sumerian libration vessels photocopied from an unknown source. Provenance: from the Estate of Judy Stone (1924 –2017), The San Francisco Chronicle’s movie critic who for two decades was a passionate and articulate advocate for the world of cinema outside Hollywood. Judy Stone started at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1961, putting in 10 years as editor of the Datebook section. She began reviewing films for the paper in 1971, favoring arthouse films. She was the youngest of four politically minded children whose eldest brother was the great reporter and gadfly I. F. Stone. She won the Novikoff Award given for "enhancing the public's appreciation of world cinema.” Among her publications are “The Mystery of B. Traven” and "Eye on the World,” a collection of her interviews with filmmakers from the 1960s to the 1990s. .
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Price: US$ 150.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 14-0044
- Book number: 14-0044