Bloom, Barbara

Esprit de L'Escalier

Buffalo, N.Y. Hallwalls, 1988. Softcover. Cream wraps. 36 pages : illustrations. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Hallwalls, April 9-May 23, 1988. Includes bibliographical references. VG, some slight wear at edges .

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Book number: 180954

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists, Bloom Barbara ; Bloom Barbara ; ;

Blume, Eugen

Bruce Nauman: Live or Die

Cologne, DuMont, 2010. Hardcover. White and blue cloth boards with red and stamped lettering. 239 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from May 28 to October 10, 2010. New in shrinkwrap.

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Book number: 171576

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists, Bruce Nauman ; Nauman, Bruce ; ;

Blume, Peter F.

Gustav Grunewald, 1805-1878

Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum, 1992. Softcover. Forest green wraps with gilt lettering. viii, 48 pp. 13 color, numerous bw repros. Essay by Peter F. Blume. Illustrated catalogue raisonne at end. Bibliography, chronology. A great catalog from a sensational exhibit spotlighting this little known landscape artist whose work was primarily centered in the eastern part of Pennsylvania. VG .

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Book number: 281

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Painting; Excat; Landscape; Lehigh Valley; Pennsylvania ; Grunewald, Gustav ; Excat ; Landscape

Bochner, Mel and Bruce Boice

(Toward) Axiom of Indifference: 1971-1973

New York/ Paris, Sonnabend Gallery, 1974. Paperback. Off-white wraps with brown lettering;66 pp.; richly illustrated in bw. Includes an essay by Bruce Boice. VG(wraps are age-toned and show shelfwear; front cover has a minor closed tear on the top-left corner; back cover shows some light soiling;spine is scuffed; pages are clean and binding is tight.) .

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Book number: 191508

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists ; Bochner, Mel ; ;

Bock, Henning

James Mcneill Whistler (1834-1903)

Berlin, Nationalgalerie, 1969. Softcover. Iluustrated wrap cover. 108 pages illustrations, plates. Text in German. Includes bibliographical references. Exhibition Catalog: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) American painter, Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin. Oct, 1-Nov. 24. VG, slight wear on edges of cover.

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Book number: 181256

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists, Whistler, James Mcneill ; Whistler, James Mcneill ; ;

Bohn-Spector, Claudia, Sam Mellon, Tosh Berman, et al.

Wallace Berman: American Aleph

Los Angeles, Kohn Gallery, 2016. Hardcover. Brown and black illustrated boards with white lettering. 119 pp. BW and color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Kohn Gallery from May 6 to June 25, 2016. Include bibliographical references. New, still in shrinkwrap.

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Book number: 175529

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists, Wallace Berman ; Berman, Wallace ; ;

Bois, Yve-Alain and Emanuele Arciuli

Richard Artschwager

Rome, Gagosian Gallery, 2012. Hardcover. Tan & color illus. paper boards, die-cut into piano shape, 53 stiff pages, many color illus. Catalog of an exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery, Rome, Sept. 27-Oct. 31, 2012. Essays by Yve-Alain Bois and Emanuele Arciuli. Text is in Italian and English. Issued in conjunction with a 2012 exhibition featuring piano art of American artist Richard Artschwager (1923-2013). A unique volume, inside and out. VG (Slight and occasional soil marks on cover; interior clean.) .

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Book number: 141585

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists ; Artschwager, Richard ; ;

Bonino Gallery

Helaine Blumenfeld

New York, Bonino Gallery, 1976. Pamphlet. five panel, illustrated fold-out w/ printing. bw & color plates. A uniquely designed fold-out exhibition catalogue from The Bonino Gallery. The exterior, back panels are full color illustrations. Interior panels are three fully illustrated black and white panels, with a third partially illustrated with text; center panel has artist portrait with short biographical listings. A wonderful, uncommon exhibition catalogue/art collectible. Good+ (coffee-like staining to back panel & coffee-like staining or smudge to back panel; adhesive-like soiling to lower edge. small area of coffee staining to front cover & interior panel. creased wear to edges; edge-wear; rubbing to corners.) .

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Book number: 183025

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: Helaine Blumenfeld, American Sculptors ; Helaine Blumenfeld ; ;

Bourdelle, Pierre

War

New York, American Studio Books, 1945. Hardcover. Blue folding cloth portfolio. Cover sheet, listing of illustrations, 2 pp foreword, commentary, followed by the 52 prints. The cover sheet is also a print. In portfolio; title from cover./ "The scenes depicted in this volume are authentic. They are scenes that Bourdelle, as a volunteer ambulance driver of the American Field Service, saw at the North African and Italian fronts."--Foreword. WAR embossed in gold on front board, hence the title. VG- (shelfwear and tears to portfolio; stain to cover sheet, remaining pages and plates are very clean. All plates are present.) .

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Book number: 165440

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists ; Bourdelle, Pierre ; ;

Bourdon, David

Christo

NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1972. Hardcover. White cloth with printed acetate jacket. 321 pp. 84 color, 236 bw plates. An excellent copy of this scarce title. Includes a biographical outline and selected bibliography. A nice copy. VG-, some soiling to covers and lacking the acetate jacket, offsetting inside front covers where acetate jacket formerly was. Contents solid .

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Book number: 174197

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: Art; 20th Century; Christo; Abrams Monograph ; Christo ; 20th Century ; Christo

Bowers, Fredson and Nancy Hale (Editors)

Leon Kroll: A Spoken Memoir

Charlottesville, VA, University Press of Virginia, 1983. Hardcover. Red cloth with color-illus. white dj. 140 + plates pp. 164 bw plates. Text and essays include: An Appreciation, by Nancy Hale; Leon Kroll: A Spoken Memoir; Leon Kroll on Art and Related Topics (edited by David B. Lawall). These essays are followed by the plates, and these are followed by Awards given to Kroll and a selected bibliography prepared by Willa Kay Lawall. Index to plates, General Index. Based on interviews recorded by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office./ Includes indexes./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-133). VG+/VG, clean, tight, and bright. A lovely copy.

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Book number: 6491

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: Art; American Art; Leon Kroll ; Kroll, Leon ; American Art ; Leon Kroll

Boyle, Richard J.

John Henry Twachtman: 1853-1902: An Exhibition of Paintings & Pastels

New York, Ira Spanierman, 1968. Softcover. Greenish Wraps. appx. 24 pp. 16 bw repros. Catalogue lists 37 works. Chronology, two page foreword by T. Douglas Hale, two page introduction by Richard J. Boyle. Exhibition from Feb. 3-28, 1968. Fine .

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Book number: 796

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: 20th Century; American Painting; Biography; Excat; Retrospective ; Twachtman, John Henry ; American Painting ; Biography

Boyle, Richard J.

Lewis Henry Meakin, 1850-1917: An American Landscape Painter Rediscovered

Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Art Galleries, 1987. Softbound. Wraps. 68 pp. 65 color repros. Lengthy essay by Richard J. Boyle discussing this Cincinnati artist. Chronology, short bibliography. Published to accompany the gallery exhibition held in Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati Art Galleries, June, 1987. VG .

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Book number: 625

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Painting; Cincinnati; Galcat; Landscape ; Meakin, Lewis Henry ; Cincinnati ; Galcat

Bradshaw, Thelma Finster

Howard Finster: The Early Years: A Private Portrait of America's Premier Folk Artist

Birmingham, AL, Crane Hill, 2001. Paperback. Color and BW-illustrated wraps with black lettering. 151 pp. BW illustrations. "Since bursting onto the folk art scene in the late 1970s with his distinct other-worldly paintings, Howard Finster has become the genre's superstar. Profiled in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Life, and even Penthouse magazine, Finster is collected by galleries and museums worldwide, including the Smithsonian Institution." -Front Flap. VG .

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Book number: 174423

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists, Howard Finster ; Finster, Howard ; ;

Bradshaw, William

Leta English Hess, Charles Hess: Joint Retrospective

Riverside, University Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, 1985. Softcover. White and illus. wraps. 47 pp. 22 bw plates, 20 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1985 exhibition of artwork by California abstract artists Leta English Hess (1921-1986) and Charles Hess (1921-1998). With artist statements and brief introduction by William Bradshaw. The exhibition checklist cites 59 total pieces, and 42 are pictured here. Includes artist chronologies and exhibition histories. Uncommon. G- (Ex-art library, with plastic label near spine, i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, incl. rear pocket; some soil marks on covers; pages are clean.) .

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Book number: 30293

Catalogue: American Artists

Keywords: American Artists ; Hess, Leta and Charles ; ;