Davenport, William H., Bengt Danielsson and Richard S. Field

Gauguin and Exotic Art

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine exploration of the popular imagination about Tahiti and the remainder of the insular Pacific with a special focus on the social history of Paul Gauguin's art. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, staple-bound, minor wear of covers beyond penned bibliographic note to front cover and light rubbing thereto, even less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Essays by Davenport, Danielsson and Field, with plentiful black-and-white and some duotone illustrations and photographs. Unpaginated, but roughly 40 pp. Exhibition check-list in the middle.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 351315

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Paul Gauguin Bengt Danielsson William Davenport RIchard S. Field Tahiti

Cristina Danti, ed.

La Trinita Di Masaccio, IL Restauro Dell'Anno Duemila

Firenze, Italy, Edifir Edizioni, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps. Italian language throughout. A fine exhibition catalogue and with contributions by the editor, Cristina Danti, and by Cristina Acidini Luchinar, Simone Silani, Antonio Paolucci, Mario Lolli-Ghetti, Domenico Antonio Valentino, Aureliano Benedetti, Giorgio Bonsanti, Cecilia Frosinini, Robert Lunardi Alessandro Cortesi and many others. The subject of this fine exhibit in 2002, Masaccio (December 21, 1401 – Summer 1428), was born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, in Florence and who was regarded as "the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance," according to his Wikipedia entry. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 102 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 357592

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Italian Cristina Danti Medieval Italy Italian art history Masaccio Italian artists

Danto, Arthur C.

Arthur C. Danto: Remarks on Art and Philosophy.

New York, Acadia Summer Arts Program, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear,dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-143 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 346949

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Keywords: philosophy|art history|Arthur C. Danto

Bannard, Walter Darby and Henry Geldzahler

Chihuly: Form from Fire

Dayton Beach, Floria / Seattle, Washington, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida, in association with University of Washington Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. 142 pp., being a very fine exhibition catalog for a show that ranged from the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, January 28 to March 28, 1993, then traveling to other museums. Gorgeous illustrated dust jacket ("Chihuly at the Oscars"). From the publisher's blurb, "Of particular interest to students of glass history and collectors are photgraphs of Chihuly's large-scale architectural installations, many of them published here for the first time." Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Full-length essays by Bannard and Geldzahler, and sumptuously illustrated in full-color. Apparently unread, spine still crackles.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 352435

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Dale Chihuly glassware artist monograph artist exhibition catalog

Dars, Celestine

Images of Deception: The Art of Trompe-L'Oeil

London, Phaidon Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. If ever you've wondered about the deceptive qualities of art, Trompe-L'Oeil may be right for you. Its proponents have mastered the laws of geometry, color, cognition and perspective, and were highly skilled technically. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound in red cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. 72 illustrations, 30 in full-color mode, and with double-column texts. [5], 6-80 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 352262

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Celestine Dars Trompe-L'Oeil art history deception geometry perspective

Caftori, David and Nir Caftori

David Caftori: 50 Years of Creation 1949-1999

Israel, Muki Productions, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Bilingual, Hebrew-English edition in stellar condition, bound in bright blue pictorial cloth over boards in a like condition dust jacket. An homage put together by the Israeli artist and his daughter Nir. Several score gorgeous reproductions of his works and printed on high-gloss paper. 85 + viii pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 346033

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: David Caftori|Nir Caftori

Elliott, David and Helen Rees, eds.

Devetsil: Czech Avant-Garde Art, Architecture, and Design of the 1920s and 30s

London, Museum of Modern Art / Design Museum, 1990. First English Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Published in 1990 in English translation, at 115 pp., replete with black-and-white illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography, and including a list of contributors, an exhibition catalogue, and a list of contributors to the exhibition. Foreword by David Elliott and Helen Rees, and then contributions by Fratisek Smejkal (who passed away in 1988), Rostislav Svacha, Milena Lamrova, Zdenek Pesat, Jan Rous, Antonin dufek, Michal Bregant, Jaromir Pacit, Karel Srp, and others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 345642

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Devetsil|surrealism|Czechoslovakia|art history|design|architecture

Brafman, David and Stephanie Schrader

Insects and Flowers: The Art of Maria Sibylla Merian

Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. An extraordinary little museum exhibit catalog and presenting details from an original text in Dutch, published in 1719, that came into the museum through extraordinary means in 1989. Short 32mo softcover copy, with illustrated flexible wraps, in gate-fold. 22 full-color plates, in detail, drawn from her Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname. The publisher's wrapper-blurb notes that the artist, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), was one of the first observers to comprehend and record the metamorphoses of insects, most notably the emergence of the butterfly from its caterpillar and chrysalis phases. She began to draw insects at the age of 13 and eventually sold all her belongings to fund a trip to South America where she began first to draw and then eventually have engraved a host of new flora and fauna.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 349636

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Maria Sibylla Merian|insects|flowers|flora|fauna

Adrian, Dennis; The David and Alfred Smart Gallery

Master Prints from Landfall Press: A Major Gift from Alumnus

Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery at the University of Chicago, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Foreword by Edward A. Maser, a fine Introduction by Dennis Adrian, and then a catalogue of the exhibition held in 1980. Simple textured printed wraps, with plentiful black-and-white images reproduced on high-gloss paper. 23 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 349782

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Landfall Press|printing|typography|master prints

Mamet, David and Donald Sultan

Warm and Cold

New York, Grove Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An engaging children's book penned by the award-winning David Mamet and illustrated colorfully by Donald Sultan. SIGNED in pen by David Mamet. First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated with nine black-and-white wash drawings with two colored photos by Sultan. Unpaginated, but 14 pages. Measures 9 1/4" x 12 1/4" in width and height. Bound in dark blue cloth over hard boards.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 352434

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: signed David Mamet Donald Sultan

King, David and Melani McKim-King, eds.

H.C. Westermann: West

Richmond, California, Richmond Art Center, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine and loving homage to the life and work of H.C. Westermann, and with contributions by David King and Melani McKim-King, the editors, and also by each of them singly, and by John Fitz Gibbon, Allan Frumkin, Phil Linhares, David McCarthy, Phil Pasquini, Martha Westermann Renner and Peter Selz. 96 pp. Several score full color and black-and-white illustrations. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. 128 pp. and featuring a fine likeness of H.C. Westermann at frontis on stiff glassine paper, and with reflections on Westermann by William T. Wiley, Jim Newman, William Allan, Terry Allen, Tony Berlant, Peter VandenBerge, David Nash, Clayton and Betty Bailey, Michael Stevens, Gerald Walburg, Richard Shaw, Michael Stevens, Gerald Walburg, Richard Shaw, Suzanne Adan, Billy Al Bengston, and Robert HudsonMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347710

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: H.C. Westermann|David King|Melanie McKim-King|John Fitz Gibbon|Allan Frumkin|Phil Linhares|David McCarthy|Phil Pasquini|Martha Westermann Renner|Peter Selz

Davidson, Abraham A.

Early American Modernist Painting 1910-1935

New York, Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A particularly well-preserved copy of the stated First Edition, First Printing. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with sharp and distinct silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Particular focus on the work and importance of Duchamp, Picasso, Picabia, Kandinsky, Cezanne, Delaunay and others from Europe and then American artists such as Dove, Hartley, Marin, O'Keeffe, Covert, Davis, Stella, Weber, Sheeler, and many others. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. One hundred seventy illustrations in black and white in-text and another eight in full color, all being printed on high-gloss paper. vii [2], 2-324 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 346996

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Abraham A. Davidson|Early American Modernist painting|art history|American artists

Davies, Karen

At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Art Gallery, 1983. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with slightly crimped upper tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy pictorial wraps, and a pristine interior. First Edition copy of the original catalog bound in quarto format, and illustrated gloriously in full color, augmenting the 1983 exhibition at Yale showing the work of major American designers active in New York City during the 1920s. [4], 5-123 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347262

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Karen Davies|Modern Decorative Arts|Interior Design

Davies, Karen

At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Preface by Patricia A. Kane Curator of American Decorative Arts. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Stuffed with sumptuous photography of works of modernist interior design, both in black-and-white and full color. [4], 5-123 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347885

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Karen Davies|decorative arts|Modern design|art history

Davis, Marian

German Graphics of the Sixties

Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Fine-looking catalogue of an exhibition held between February 17 to March 24, 1974, at the Archer M. Huntington Galleries, University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin. Stellar condition, just a faint crease to front panel. Bound in a short, nearly square softcover format, roughly 80 pp.; numerous black-and-white illustrations galore. Devoted to design; print-making; German art history.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 350493

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: German art history|graphic arts