RICHARD BRETTELL; FRANCOISE CACHIN; CLAIRE FRECHES-THORY; CHARLES F. STUCKEY

The Art of Paul Gauguin

Washington, National Gallery of Art. 1988. (ISBN: 0894681125). Soft Cover, Folio. Trade softcover. Published Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1988, second printing. Folio wrappers, 9 1/4" x 12 1/8", 519pp. 280 works illustrated in color and black and white. "Catalogue of the exhibition which opened at the National Gallery of Art in May 1988 before travelling to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais in Paris. The exhibition contained more than 200 of Gauguin's works of art, including paintings, ceramics, sculpture, drawings and prints. The text, by curators of the participating museums, all experts on Gauguin, illuminates and reappraises early works and also suggests new approaches to the study of Gauguin and his art." Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010015

Catalogue: Art

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EDWARD J. SULLIVAN AND NELLY PERAZZO

Emilio Pettoruti 1892-1971

Argentina, Fundacion Pettoruti. 2004, 1st. (ISBN: 9508890908). Hard, Folio. First English language edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Argentina: Fundacion Pettoruti, 2004, first printing. Folio, 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", 255pp. illustrated with numerous full color reproductions. "This extensive monograph examines Pettoruti's significant visual output through many color plates, a chronology and several texts that present the reader with the formal aspects of his oeuvre--paintings, drawings, collages and mosaics--while they place these works in a broader international context." Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009131

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 9508890908

SUNDERLAND, JOHN

Constable (Phaidon Colour Library)

London, Phaidon. 1981. (ISBN: 0714821322). Soft Cover, 4to. Softcover. Published London: Phaidon, 1981, third impression (1988). 4to. wrappers, 8 3/4" x 12", 31pp. text plus 97pp. color and b/w plates. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009589

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0714821322

KERN, STEVEN; FERNANDEZ, RAFAEL; WEES, BETH CARVER; LOVETT, JENNIFER GORDON; IVINSKI, PATRICIA R.; BROOKS, JOHN H.; BROOKE, DAVID S.; WEES, J. DUSTIN; ROEPER, SUSAN AND GIBSON, SARAH S.

The Clark: Selections from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

NY, Hudson Hills Press. 1996, 1st. (ISBN: 1555951325). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1996, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 3/8", 183pp. illustrated with color plates. Fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009543

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 1555951325

SUTTON, DENYA

Treasures From Rochester - Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery. 1977. Soft Cover, 8vo. Softcover. Published Rochester: Memorial Art Gallery, 1977. 8vo. wrappers, 94pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009673

Catalogue: Art

SWARZ, SAHL

Sahl Swarz

NY, Sculpture Center. 1966, 1st. Soft Cover, 12mo. First edition. Softcover exhibition catalog. Published NY: Sculpture Center, 1966. 12mo. wrappers, 5 1/4" x 7 1/4", 16pp. illustrated with b/w reproductions. Very good plus. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009877

Catalogue: Art

SWEETMAN, JOHN

The Oriental Obsession: Islamic Inspiration in British and American Art and Architecture 1500-1920 (Cambridge Studies in the History of Art)

NY, Cambridge Univ Pr. 1988, 1st. (ISBN: 0521329825). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Cambridge Univ Pr. 1988, first printing. 4to. 9" x 11 1/4", xviii+327pp. illustrated with b/e reproductions, some color plates. Red cloth with gilt spine titles in black block. "The Oriental Obsession begins in the early sixteenth century with Cardinal Wolsey waiting two years for the delivery of sixty rare Turkey carpets from Venice, and ends in the age of the great exhibitions and emporia on both sides of the Atlantic, before and after 1900, when Islamic objects were seen, appreciated, and bought by millions of the public. The book is concerned with a subject which has not been treated before - the history over four centuries of Islamic artistic traditions and European ideas of Islam as they affected the visual arts of the west and particularly the English-speaking peoples." Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009964

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0521329825

SWINTON, GEORGE

Sculpture of the Eskimo

Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society. 1972, 1st. Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1972. 4to. 10" x 13", 255pp. illustrated with 770 b/w photographs, 37 color plates. Olive cloth with gilt spine titles, green endpapers. Mild age tone to the paper, else very good, clean, unmarked in very good minus dust jacket worn along the edges with several closed tears. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009977

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Black & Native American

TANNER, CLARA LEE

Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art (Second Edition)

Tucson, University of Arizona Press. 1973. Hard, 4to. Second Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1973, second printing (1980). 4to. 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", xvii+477pp. illustrated with hundreds of reproductions, some in color. Green cloth with silver cover and spine titles, gold endpapers. Very good, clean, bright, unmarked copy in very good dust jacket worn along the edges. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009976

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Black & Native American

TAPPERT, TARA LEIGH

Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture

Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1995, 1st. (ISBN: 1560986581). Soft Cover, 4to. First edition. softcover. Published Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. 4to. wrappers, 148pp. illustrated with full page color and b/w plates. Fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009515

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 1560986581

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR AND WILLY POGANY (ILLUS.)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [SIGNED, Limited Edition of 525]

NY, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 1910, 1st. Hard, Folio. Ill.: Pogany, Will. Numbered, Limited Edition, Signed first edition, limited to 525 numbered copies in England and America, #137, signed by Pogany on limitation page. Full brown morocco with gilt cover design, gilt spine titles, top edge gilting, pictorial end papers, sewn in silk bookmark. Published NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 1910. Folio, 9 1/2" x 13", printed on Japan vellum, unpaginated, Illustrated by Pogany with 20 tipped-in color plates, calligraphic text, decorative borders plus illustrations in color and line throughout the text. A stunning work. Some scuffing, wear along the edges of boards, small, previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, internally near fine, pages clean, no foxing or markings, page block crisp, all plates present, binding tight. Rare. Very Good. Signed by Illustrator.

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Book number: 008531

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Signed Literary & Modern First Editions Pogany, Will

LAWRENCE, THOMAS & KENNETH GARLICK (ED)

Sir Thomas Lawrence, Regency Painter; A Loan Exhibition of His Portraits

Worcester, Worcester Art Museum. 1960, 1st. Soft Cover, 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Published Worcester, MA: Worcester Art Museum, 1960. 8vo. wrappers, 63pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Stamp of art dealer Max Safron on half and title page. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009700

Catalogue: Art

TIBBETTS, JEAN

Erte

London, Grange Books. 1996. (ISBN: 1856279170). Hard, Folio. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Grange Books, 1996. Folio, 9 3/4" x 13", 128pp. illustrated throughout with over 100 full color plates. Patterned black cloth with silver spine titles, black endpapers. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009934

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 1856279170

TOMAN, ROLF, EDITOR; ACHIM BEDNORZ, PHOTOGRAPHY

The Art of Gothic: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting

Cologne, Konemann. 1998. (ISBN: 3829017413). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cologne: Konemann, 1998, first printing. Text in English. Heavy folio, 11 1/4" x 12 3/4", 521pp. 780 color illustrations. Beige linen cloth with red titles, beige endpapers. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010244

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Architecture & Design 3829017413

TOMAN, ROLF, EDITOR; ACHIM BEDNORZ, PHOTOGRAPHY

Romanesque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting

Cologne, Konemann. 1997, 1st. (ISBN: 3895084476). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cologne: Konemann, 1997. Text in English. Heavy folio, 11 1/4" x 12 3/4", 481pp. lavishly illustrated in color. Blue linen cloth with white titles, orange endpapers. Mild, light foxing on edges of pages block. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010245

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Architecture & Design 3895084476