BELL, NICHOLAS R.; ULYSSES GRANT DIETZ; ANDREW WAGNER; ELIZABETH BROUN (FOREWORD)

Renwick Craft Invitational 2011. History in the Making

Washington, D.C. Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum w/ Scala Publishers Ltd. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781857597035). Pictorial Wrappers (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 104 pages; numerous color images. Craft or art? This is craft because the artisans' imagination needed their practiced hands to execute these uniquely beautiful objects. The Renwick, always top-drawer. Clean and bright throughout. Fine.

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Book number: 005174

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Renwick Gallery Craft Ceramics Glass Woodwork Textile Silver 9781857597035

BELLA, CARLO

Views of Venice 1492-1880

New York, Pace Master Prints. 1989. Printed Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 60 catalogued prints, 29 illustrated in black and white. Clean and tight. Very Good.

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Book number: 000469

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Art Venice Prints Engraving Etching

BENSON, E.M.

John Marin, the Man and His Work

Washiington, The American Federation of Arts. 1935, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo. 112 pages; 51 illustrations, most b&w. A consideration of Marin and his work in "his sixty-fifth year". Nice copy, spine lightly sunned. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002963

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

Keywords: John Marin

BENZEL, KIM; RAYYANE TABET; CLARE DAVIES

Rayyane Tabet / Alien Propertyt

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2019. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover), 11" x 8.5". 48 pages; well illustrated. The Met Art Bulletin, Fall 2019. The story of the archaeological site Tell Halaf beginning in the Sixth Millennium B.C. through to early Twentieth Century when the excavations involved Rayyane Tabet great grandfather of contemporary artist Rayyane Tabet an author of the Bulletin. Clean and bright throughout. Fine.

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Book number: 005303

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Rayyane Tabet Rayane Tabet Ancient Near Eastern Art Tell Halaf Excavation Max Von Oppenheim Art - Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, Pre-Columbian

BERG, STEPHAN

Rüdiger Stanko

Hannover, Niedersächsische Lottostiftung. 2006. (ISBN: 9783000199905). Decorated paper boards, 4to. 80 pages; 51 color reproductions, most are full-page plates. Monograph of this contemporary artist from the German state of Lower Saxony. A volume of the publisher's series, Kunst der Gegenwart aus Niedersachsen. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003422

Catalogue: Art-Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Keywords: 9783000199905

BERNAL, IGNACIO (INTRODUCTION BY)

Mexican Wall Paintings of the Maya and Aztec Periods

New York, The New American Library. 1963, First Printing. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 6.5 " x 4.375". 24 pages text followed by 28 color plates, some double-page. Bibliography. A Mentor-Unesco Art Book published by arrangement with UNESCO. The author "discusses the historical significance of the Indian murals, analyzes the conventions that governed their composition, technique, and symbolic use of color - with particular emphasis on the paintings of Bonampak." Clean throughout; binding tight and square. Fine.

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Book number: 004875

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Mexic Mexican Art Wall Paintings Mayan Art Maya Art Aztec Art Paintings Art-Mexico, South America, Central America

BERNAL, IGNACIO

One Hundred Great Masterpieces of the Mexican National Museum of Anthropology

New York, Abrams Comicarts. 1969. (ISBN: 0-8109-0349-0). Cloth, 13" x 10". Ill.: Photographs by Constantino Reyes. Not paginated but 100 color photographic reproductions of those chosen as masterpieces. Only pre-Hispanic objects were among the choices Also, only objects that originated in "Nuclear Mesoamerica". The preface by Ignacio Bernal is entirely instructive. The plates are often full-page, so most objects are enjoyed easily in this larghe book. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000229

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Mexico Maya Central Veracuz Olmec Oaxaca Aztec Xochicalco Toltec Teotihuacan 0810903490 Photographs by Constantino Reyes

BERNIER, GEORGES AND ROSAMOND

The Selective Eye - 1956/1957 - an Anthology of the Best from L'Oeil, the European Art Magazine

Paris / New York, G&R Bernier / Reynal & Compnay. 1956. Glossy Pictorial Boards, 12 1/4" x 9 1/2". 192 pages; 190 b&w illustrations, 51 "pages in full color". 25 articles, all enticing, all well-illustrated; each artist or object well-covered often by a contemporary. A wonderful read. Age-toned, but clean throughout; tight binding; head and tail of spine are worn. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004635

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Bernier L'Oeil Selective Eye

BERRY, ERICK

The Four Londons of William Hogarth

New York, David McKay Company. 1964. Cloth, 8vo. 232 pages. Somewhat fictionalized biography of Hogarth. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000098

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Hogarth Biography English Painting Art-Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Australia

BIBLE; (OSKAR KOKOSCHKA)

Saul and David with 41 Lithographs by Oskar Kokoschka

New York, G.P Putnam's Sons. 1973. (ISBN: 399-11174-3). Cloth, 4to. 214 pages; 41 b&w reproductions. First Book of Samuel, Chapters 8-31; Second Book of Samuel, Chapters 1-22, Chapter 23, verses 1-7. First Book of Kings, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Verses 1-12. Slight darkening to pages' upper margins, otherwise about fine. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002988

Catalogue: Art - Prints

Keywords: Saul and David Oskar Kokoschka 399111743

BISHOP, ROBERT & PATRICIA COBLENTZ; KETCHUM, WILLIAM C., JR.

Furniture 1, Prehistoric Through Rococo with Furniture 2, Neoclassic to the Present

The Smithsonian Institution, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. 1979. quarter-cloth / paper boards, 11" x 8 1/2". Furniture 1: 128 pages; 26 color plates, 99 b&w photographs. Furniture 2: 128 pages; 31 color plates, 98 b&w photographs. Both volumes part of the Smithsonian's Illustrated Library of Antiques. Clean throughout except for a small price notation on front half-titles. Tight bindings. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004951

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Cooper-Hewitt Museum Design Cooper Hewitt Furniture Decorative Art Decorative Arts Antiques & Collectibles

BLACK, MARY AND JEAN LIPMAN

American Folk Painting

New York, Clarkson N. Potter. 1966, First Edition. Cloth, 4to. 244 pages; 215 illustrations color and b&w. Comprehensive bibliography. Pages and plates in nearly fine condition; binding tight; boards clean; spine lightly rubbed. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003799

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

Keywords: American Art Folk Art Painting Folk Art

BLAND, BARTHOLOMEW F.; PAT HARDY; TARA DAWSON; GEOFF SNELL; LAURA VOOKLES (CONTRIBUTORS)

The Panoramic River: The Hudson and the Thames

Yonkers, NY, Hudson River Museum. 2013, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780943651439). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Oblong 9" x 12". Exhibition Catalogue, 200 pages; numerous color illustrations. "The story of the panorama spans two centuries, two rivers, and two cultures." What's more beautiful than a river snaking through the landscape and siding-up to cities? What's more practical than the assisatnce rivers gave to economic growth? The facts weren't lost on artists. Clean throughout, tight binding. Wrinkle to the bottom corner of the front cover.. Very Good.

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Book number: 004869

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: River Panorama Panoramas Hudson River Thames River New York London Rivers 9780943651439

BLEIBERG, EDWARD

Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire

Brooklyn, Brooklyn Muaeum of Art. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0872731553). Cloth, 9" x 6". 66 pages; 37 color illustrations plus map. Mosaic panels,mmost from the sanctuary floor of the first Roman-period synagogue to be uncovered in modern times: Naro synagogue, Hammam Lif, Tunisia. Notes and Chronology. Clean throughout; tight binding. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 004702

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Jewish Mosaics Naro Synagogue Judaica 0872731553

BLINDHEIM, MARTIN (INTRODUCTION BY)

The Stave Church Paintings: Medieval Art from Norway

New York, The New American Library. 1965, First Printing. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 6.5 " x 4.375". 24 pages text followed by 28 plates, some double-page. Bibliography. A Mentor-UNESCO Art Book published by arrangement with UNESCO. Religious paintings from thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Norway. The author "describes the altar frontal, ceiling and wall paintings of Norway's wooden stave churches." Clean throughout; binding square and tight. Fine.

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Book number: 004881

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Stave Church Paintings Medieval Norway Norweigian Art Art-Scandinavia