Chryssa

Cityscapes

(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1990). (1990). (New York): Thames and Hudson, (1990). (1990). Very good. - Quarto [12-1/4 inches square], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The rear cover is lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed with some small score marks to the front panel. 162 & [5] pages. Profuse black-and-white & color illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

The text includes a foreword by Douglas Schultz, an introduction consisting of a conversation between Leo Castelli and Dianne Kelder, and conversations between Chryssa and I. M. Pei, and between Chryssa and Grafin Metternich. Very good .

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Book number: 23632

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ARTIST; GREEK; CHRYSSA; PAINTINGS; SCULPTURES; NEON SCULPTURES; RELIEFS; INSTALLATIONS; DRAWINGS; CITYSCAPES; DOUGLAS SCHULTZ; LEO CASTELLI; DIANNE KELDER; I. M. PEI; GRAFIN METTERNICH; NEW YORK CITY; TIMES SQUARE; CHINATOWN.

(Chvala, Alois). Stocky, Dr. Josef.

Novorocenky 1934.

V Praze: Vydala Graficka Edice A. Chvala, 1934. 1934. - Small quarto [approximately 9 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover. The contents are laid into decorative red & black wrappers designed by Frantisek Ketzka. The spine & the top edge of the front wrap are faded. There is some light creasing to the edges of the wraps. 65 & [9] pages, including 2 double-page frontispieces, 1 of them in color, and artwork by various artists. The contents are near fine. Very good. Number 90 of a limited edition of 150 copies. This 1934 New Year's Year Book includes original artwork by Czech artists. There are original linoleum cuts by Karel Stika [1898-1975], double-page frontispiece; Antonin Moravek [1896-1959], double-page color frontispiece; Bedrich Mudroch; V. Polivka [b. 1896]; Ota Bubenicek [1871-1962]. There are original woodcuts by Jaroslav Votruba [1889-1971]; Petr Pistelka [1887-1963]; Arnost Hrabal [1886-1969]; two woodcuts by Pavla Rousova-Vicenova [1884-1939];1 color woodcut & 1 woodcut in black, white & greenish gray by Jozka Baruch [1892-1966]; Antonin Dolezal [b. 1900-]; Ferdis Dusa [1888-1958]; Jaroslav Zoha [b.1909-]; Vladimir Sindler [b. 1891-]; a one-third-page woodcut by Josef Vachal [1884-1969]. Artwork by Professor F. T. Simona and Professor Jana Konupka referred to in the colophon are not here present. The text is in Czech. Very good .

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Book number: 24923

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; CZECH ART; CZECH ARTISTS; NOVOROCENKY 1934; JOSEF STOCKY; ALOIS CHVALA; Karel Stika; Antonin Moravek; Bedrich Mudroch; V. Polivka; Ota Bubenicek; Jaroslav Votruba; Petr Pistelka; Arnost Hrabal; Pavla Rousova-ViceNOVA; Jozka Baruch; Antonin Dolezal;

Claerhout, Adr. G

Afrikaanse Kunst

Vlaanderen [Netherlands]: Nederlandse Stichting Openbaar kunstbezit/Openbaar Kunstbezit, 1971. 1971. Vlaanderen [Netherlands]: Nederlandse Stichting Openbaar kunstbezit/Openbaar Kunstbezit, 1971. 1971. Very good. - Quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], brown cloth titled in gilt. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed. 87 pages plus colophon. 13 full-page color illustrations & profuse illustrations in black & white. Very good.

The text is in Dutch. Very good .

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Book number: 23784

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AFRICAN ART; AFRIKAANSE KUNST; ADR. G. CLAERHOUT; CAMEROON; CONGO; IVORY COAST; NIGERIA; ANGOLA; GABON; GUINEA; MALI; GHANA; CARVINGS; STATUETTES; MASKS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Clark, Kenneth)

More Details from Pictures in the National Gallery. With an Introduction by Kenneth Clark

London: Trustees of the National Gallery, 1941. 1941. London: Trustees of the National Gallery, 1941. 1941. Very good. - Folio, blue cloth (bumped & slightly soiled) titled in red. xi pages & 100 full-page B&W illustrations. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 3910

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON; KENNETH CLARK; DETAILS.

Clark, Phyllis Blair

North Carolina Clay 1992

(Raleigh, NC: Visual Arts Programs, North Carolina State University, 1992). 1992). (Raleigh, NC: Visual Arts Programs, North Carolina State University, 1992). 1992). Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 10-7/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with a chip to the top corner of the front wrap. The rear wrap is lightly soiled. 48 pages. Color illustrations. Very good.

Catalog for an exhibition guest curated by Phyllis Blair Clark and organized by the Visual Arts Programs of North Carolina State University, Raleigh. The exhibition was held from September 3 to November 15, 1992. Very good .

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Book number: 25636

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; CERAMICS; NORTH CAROLINA CLAY 1992; EXHIBITION; VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY; CATALOG; PHYLLIS BLAIR CLARK; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Clark, Garth

The Potter's Art: A Complete History of Pottery in Britain

(London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995). 1995). (London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995). 1995). Fine. - Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 10 inches wide], black cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper. 239 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Fine.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 19392

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; POTTERY; BRITISH; THE POTTER'S ART; A COMPLETE HISTORY OF POTTERY IN BRITAIN; GARTH CLARK; PEASANT POTTERS; INDUSTRIAL POTTERS; ARTIST POTTERS; STUDIO POTTERS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Claudel, Paul

L'Oeil Ecoute

Paris: Gallimard, 1946. 1946. Paris: Gallimard, 1946. 1946. Very good. - Small quarto, light tan wraps with B&W illustration mounted on front wrap. The wraps are darkened with the corners creased & tears to the top corner of the front wrap & the head of the spine. 240 pp. & [2] ls. plus colophon. B&W illustrations. Very good.

Third edition.

Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "Miss Edith Blum / hommage respectueux / P. Claudel.

Among the contents of this collection on painting and the other arts, are essays on Dutch and Spanish painting, Strasbourg Cathedral, 12th and 13th century stained glass windows in French cathedrals, and pieces on Jan Steen, Nicolas Maes, Jordaens and Arthur Honegger. Very good .

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Book number: 1476

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: LITERATURE; ESSAYS; ART CRITICISM; AUTHOR; FRENCH; PAUL CLAUDEL; MUSIC; STAINED GLASS WINDOWS; CATHEDRALS; STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL; COMPOSER; ARTHUR HONEGGER; PAINTING; DUTCH; SPANISH; JAN STEEN; NICOLAS MAES; JORDAENS; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH.

(Close, Chuck). Finch, Christopher

Chuck Close: Dot Drawings 1973 to 1975

[Austin, TX: Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 1975]. 1975]. [Austin, TX: Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 1975]. 1975]. Fine. - Small quarto [9-1/8 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. [32] pages, including 24 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition which toured in 1975 and 1976. Fine .

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Book number: 23869

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AMERICAN ART; GRAPHIC ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; 20TH CENTURY ART; ARTIST; PAINTER; CHUCK CLOSE: DOT DRAWINGS 1973 TO 1975; PORTRAITS; CHRISTOPHER FINCH; ILLUSTRATIONS; CATALOG; EXHIBITION.

(Close, Chuck). Kertess, Klaus

Chuck Close: New Paintings

New York: The Pace Gallery, 1988. 1988. New York: The Pace Gallery, 1988. 1988. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers.[26] pages plus a large folding color plate. Also with 8 full-page color illustrations with captions on the facing pages. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition shown at the Pace Gallery, New York from September 23 to October 22, 1988. The catalog essay is by Klaus Kertess. Very good .

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Book number: 29928

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; 20TH CENTURY ART; AMERICAN ARTIST; PAINTER; CHUCK CLOSE; PORTRAITS; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; KLAUS KERTESS; PACE GALLERY; FOLDING PLATE.

(Clovio, Giorgio Giulio). Giononi-Visani, Maria; Gamulin, Grgo

Clovio: Miniaturist of the Renaissance

London: Alpine Fine Arts Collection (UK), Ltd. (1993). (1993). London: Alpine Fine Arts Collection (UK), Ltd. (1993). (1993). Fine. - Quarto [12-1/4 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide], dark blue cloth titled in silver on the spine. The binding is very lightly rubbed. 111 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 12327

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; RENAISSANCE ART; ITALIAN; MANNERISM; CLOVIO: MINIATURIST OF THE RENAISSANCE; MARIA GIONONI-VISANI; GRGO GAMULIN; GIORGIO GIULIO CLOVIO.

Clymer, John. (1907-1989). American artist who created 80 covers for the Saturday Evening Post

Typed Letter Signed to the Saturday Evening Post

Bridgewater, CT: February 2, 1962. 1962. Bridgewater, CT: February 2, 1962. 1962. Very good. - 56 words typed on a sheet of his personal letterhead [10-1/2 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide] with his address printed at the top. Signed "John Clymer". Clymer's printed name is marked in red pencil in the address & there is a pencil notation with a red check mark in the top left corner of the letterhead. Folded twice for mailing. Very good.

Clymer replies to a secretary at the Saturday Evening Post who has asked for the location of Clymer's recent cover: "The location is Fish Lake, which is just above Salmon Le Sac on the Cle Elum River in the Cascade Mountains of Central Washington.." The May 5, 1962 Post cover by Clymer was titled "Spring Warms the Mountains".

Born in Ellensburg, Washington, John Ford Clymer was an American painter and illustrator known for his depictions of scenes from nature and the American West. He is best remembered as an illustrator for American magazines, including Argosy, Field and Stream and the Saturday Evening Post, for which he created eighty covers. Very good .

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Book number: 31520

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AMERICAN ARTIST; AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR; JOHN CLYMER; MAGAZINE COVERS; SATURDAY EVENING POST COVERS; TYPED LETTER SIGNED TO SATURDAY EVENING POST; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE.

(Gerold Wunderlich & Co.)

Lithography in America, 1825-1885. March 28-April 29, 1989. (Catalogue)

NY: Gerold Wunderlich & Co. 1989. 1989. NY: Gerold Wunderlich & Co. 1989. 1989. Very good. - Oblong octavo, pictorial wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed with light scoremarks & a light crease to the rear wrap. [43] pages. Profuse black & white illustrations. Very good.

A price list is laid in. Very good .

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Book number: 23172

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; REFERENCE; LITHOGRAPHY; LITHOGRAPHS; PRINTING; PRINTS; AMERICAN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; EXHIBITION; CATALOGUE. (Art). (Lithography). LITHOGRAPHY IN AMERICA, 1825-1885. March 28-April 29, 1989. Gerold Wunderlich & Co. (Catalogue).

Cocteau, Jean; Schmidt, Georg; Steck, Hans; Bader, Alfred

Petits Maitres de la Folie

Lausanne [Switzerland]: Editions Clairefontaine, (1961). (1961). Lausanne [Switzerland]: Editions Clairefontaine, (1961). (1961). Very good. - Small oblong quarto [8 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards backed with white cloth. The binding is lightly rubbed with tiny tears to the paper at the corners of the boards. There is some light staining to the spine. 113 pages plus colophon. Illustrated in color and in black, white & cream. Very good.

A book about art by schizophrenics and other mentally ill individuals. Originally published under the title "Insania Pingens". The text is in French. Very good .

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Book number: 24341

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PSYCHIATRY; MADNESS; MENTAL ILLNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; PETITS MAITRES DE LA FOLIE; JEAN COCTEAU; GEORG SCHMIDT; HANS STECK; ALFRED BADER; ILLUSTRATIONS; INSANIA PINGENS.

(Breitenbach Edgar; Cogswell, Margaret; Backlund, Caroline H.)

The American Poster: An Exhibition Prepared by the American Federation of Arts Under a Grant Received from the Old Dominion Foundation. Selected by Margaret Cogswell, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Circulated July, 1967-1969. (Catalogue)

(New York): American Federation of Arts/October House Inc, (1967). (1967). (New York): American Federation of Arts/October House Inc, (1967). (1967). Good. - sc Oblong octavo, printed white wraps. Soiled & darkened with 2 small areas of front wrap surface rubbed away. 72 pp. Profuse B&W & color illustrations. Occasional light foxing, else the contents are very good.

From the library of Fridolf Johnson with his book label on the half- title & his pencil initials on the front wrap. Good .

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Book number: 26385

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; GRAPHIC ART; POSTERS; AMERICAN; EXHIBITION; CATALOGUE; SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION; MARGARET COGSWELL; EDGAR BREITENBACH; CAROLINE H. BACKLUND; ILLUSTRATIONS; FRIDOLF JOHNSON. (Art). (Posters). THE AMERICAN POSTER: An exhibition prepared by The American

(Calmels Cohen)

Arts Primitifs / Archeologie. (Cover Title)

Paris: Calmels Cohen, 2004. 2004. Paris: Calmels Cohen, 2004. 2004. Very good. - Quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. There is a tiny stain & some minor soiling to the rear wrap. 188 & [6] pages. Numerous color illustrations. Very good

Catalog for an auction which took place at Drouot-Montaigne in Paris on June 10 and 11, 2004. 246 items are catalogued with estimated prices in euros.

A card advertising a New York exhibition of tribal and textile arts is laid in. Very good .

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Book number: 31021

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; DECORATIVE ARTS; ILLUSTRATED AUCTION CATALOG; CALMELS COHEN, PARIS; MASKS; FURNITURE; POTTERY; STATUETTES; DRUMS; ESTIMATED PRICES.