BAIGELL, MATHEW

Dictionary of American Art

New York, Harper & Row. 1982. (ISBN: 0064332543). Printed Wrapper (softcover), thick 8vo. 390 pages. Numerous essays on dozens of art genres. Artists' biographies. Alot between two covers. Clean and tight throughout except for previous owner's name on front fly. Very Good.

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Book number: 005258

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: American Art Dictionary Artists' Biographies Art Genres 0064332543

BAIGELL, MATHEW

Thomas Cole

New York, Watson-Guptill. 1981, First Printing. (ISBN: 0823006476). Cloth, Square 4to. 84 pages; 32 color plates; b&w text illustrations; bibliography. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002454

Catalogue: Art - Artists' Monographs

Keywords: Thomas Cole American Artist Baigell Art-America -U.S. & Canada 0823006476

BAIRD, JOSEPH ARMONSTRONG, JR. (EDITOR)

Pre-Impressionism 1860-1869 (Selected Essays on French Art and Culture)

University of California at Davis. 1969, Limited First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 118 pages with black and white text illustrations. Contents clean and tight; only very light wear to the wraps; foxing to the fore-edge. Includes eighteen "Selected Essays on French Art and Culture". Essays were written by UC Davis art depatment faculty. The exhibition marked the centennial of UC Davis as well as meeting of the forthcoming impressionists at Café Guerbois. Limited to 500 copies. Very Good.

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Book number: 000536

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Painting French Pre Impressionism Photography Caricature the Salon Café Guerbois French Theatre Decorative Arts Costume Art-France, Belgium

BALAJKA, PETR

Art Nouveau in Prague

ASCO d.i. PRAHA. (ISBN: 8085377098). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. c.1990. Unpaginated but 32 pages. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. A concise survey of Art Nouveau in Europe and in Prague specifically. Attention is directed to the architecture, architectural decoration and sculpture. An easy-to-carry and informative guide for the tourist. Clean throughout. English text. Very Good.

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Book number: 003671

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Prague Praha Art Nouveau Architecture Travel Art Nouveau, Secession, Arts & Crafts, Bauhaus 8085377098

BARILLEAUX, RENÉ PAUL AND SARAH WHITAKER PETERS

Georgia O'Keeffe: Color and Conservation

Jackson, Mississippi Museum of Art. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 1887422110). quarter-cloth w/ paper boards, 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 167 pages. This is a catalogue built around dozens of letters between the artist and her conservator and about 40 paintings, which are beautifully reproduced on coated paper. If you've ever wondered about color and its changing qualities, or about the wear-and-tear on paintings going on exhibition, or if you'd like an inside look at an artist's own reflection on her methods of applying paint, this is a good choice. A lavish work. Fine/No Jacket as Issued.

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Book number: 003418

Catalogue: Art-America -U.S. & Canada

Keywords: O'Keeffe American Art Stieglitz Conservation 1887422110

BARKLEY, HAROLD

Likenesses in Line: An Anthology of Tudor and Stuart Engraved Portraits

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0112903525). Decorated Wrapper (softcover), Oblong 8vo. 87 pages; 42 portraits illustrated, each with an expansive essay. Clean throughout; tight binding; wrappers faded unevenly. Otherwise, fine condition. Very Good.

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Book number: 004569

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: England English Royalty Aristocracy Portraits Likenesses 0112903525

BARNARD, GEORGE GREY

The Cloisters / the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1979. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Art periodical, 52 pages, generously illustrated in color and in b&w. MMA Bulletin Summer 1979. Clean but a 2-inch clean cut as with a razor to the front cover and the first two leaves; repaired with tape. Good.

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Book number: 001808

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Metropolitan Museum Cloisters Medieval Art Metropolitan Museum Bulletin Architecture

BARNET, SYLVAN; WILLIAM BURTO

A Reader's Guide to the Arts of Japan

New York, The Asia Society. 1986. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 11"x 8.5". 8 pages. General Works; Specialized Works on Forms of Art (e.g. painting, prints, calligraphy, etc.); Studies of Periods of Japanese Art. Periods include: pre-Buddhist, Asuka, Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Nambokucho, Muromachi, Momoyama, Edo, Meiji. A slim pamphlet-style publication. Fine.

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Book number: 004919

Catalogue: Art-Asia

Keywords: Japan Art Translation Periods Pre-Buddhist Asuka Nara Heiankamakura Nambokucho Muromachi Momoyama Edo Meiji

BARNETT, ALAN W.

Community Murals: The People's Art

Philadelphia, The Art Alliance Press. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-87982-030-6). Cloth, Folio. 516 pages; numerous illustrations in color and in b&w. A history and a study of the urban wall art that emerged in the 1960s. The study includes the artists' social expressions as well as its place in the broad history of art. The jacket is rubbed on its face and torn at the head of the spine with a small loss of material on the back panel. Fine/Good.

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Book number: 001610

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Outdoor Community Murals Urban Wall Art Sociology & Culture 0879820306

BARONI, DANIELE; ANTONIO D' AURIA

Kolo Moser, Graphic Artist and Designer

New York, Rizzoli. 1986, First United States Edition. (ISBN: 0847806677). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 9 1/2" x 8 1/2". 142 pages; numerous illustrations, color and b&w. Baroni on Graphic and Figural Work; D' Auria on Design. Thoroughly illustrated. Bibliography. Clean and bright throughout; tight binding. Wrappers are toned. Very Good.

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Book number: 004421

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Kolo Moser Graphic Art Prints Furniture Decorative Arts Design Art Nouveau, Secession, Arts & Crafts, Bauhaus 0847806677

BARR, ALFRED H., JR.

What Is Modern Painting? - Revised Edition

New York, The Museum of Modern Art. 1988. (ISBN: 0-87070-631-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Slim 4to. 50 pages; 63 b&w illustrations, color frontispiece. Who doesn't need some help somewhere along the line to understand modern painting , its schools and movements?. Fine.

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Book number: 002358

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Modern Art Alfred Barr 0870706314

BARRATT, CARRIE REBORA; LANCE MAYER; GAY MYERS; ELI WILNER; SUZANNE SMEATON

Washington Crossing the Delaware: Restoring an American Masterpiece

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2011. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Museum Bulletin, 48 pages; color illustrated, including one 3-panel foldout. The restoration and the hanging of the masterpiece. Met Bulletin Fall 2011. Clean throughout. Fine.

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Book number: 004660

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Washington Crossing Delaware Painting

BASSHAM, BEN L.

Conrad Wise Chapman: Artist & Soldier of the Confederacy

Kent, Ohio, The Kent State University Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0873385934). Cloth, 4to. 328 pages; 20 color plates, 134 b&w. Chapman sketched the Civil War scene while on duty with the Confederacy. Some notable sites and persons were drawn by him. He dies in 1910: his carrer went beyond the war. Extensive bibliography. Fine condition except for a discreet rubber stamp of the previous owner on the front pastedown endpaper. Very Good/Fine.

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Book number: 003716

Catalogue: Art-America -U.S. & Canada

Keywords: Chapman Confederate Artist CIVIL War 0873385934

BASSHAM, BEN L. (ESSAY)

John Taylor Arms, American Etcher

Madison, Wisconsin, Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1975, First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue, 76 pages. Exhibition of 50 etchings described, 27 illustrated; "Descriptive Catalogue of the Complete Etchings of John Taylor Arms" (440). Loosely laid-in is a small catalogue of the 1976 exhibition of Arms' etchings and aquatints at Associated American Artists with a price list. Very Good.

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Book number: 002347

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: John Taylor Arms Catalogue Raisonne

BATTISTI, EUGENIO; ROBERT AND CATHERINE ENGGASS (TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY)

Cimabue

University Park, The Pennsylvania State University Press. 1967. Cloth, 4to. 136 pages; 68 plates, color and b&w; many of the color plates are tipped-in. The author considers Cimabue and his work within a different context than what was the traditional approach. A beautiful book using new, in the 60's, research tools. Ex-library with small spine markings on the jacket and the book; small rubber stamps in a corner of the ffep and the following blank; glue stains to all the endpapers; text and illustrations in fine condition. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002020

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Cimabue Eugenio Battisti