Elias, Willem

Aspects of Belgian Art After 1945, Complete in Two Volumes, Part I, Part II

Ghent, Belgium, Snoeck Publishers, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition set of two glossy pictorial hardcover copies, with unbruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Promotional paper band still around the covers of Volume I. Published by Snoeck Publishers, Ghent, Belgium, 2005. The author, Willem Elias, is well-read in the classics, philosophy, art history, social movements, and art criticism. Volumes contain scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Volume I is 280 pp., and features contributions about Armand Vanderlick, Henri-Victor Wolvens, Jos Verdegem, Octave Landuyt, Jef van Tuerenhout, Josef Peeters, Anne Bonnet, Victor Servrankx, Jo Delahaut, Gaston Bertrand, Joseph Lacasse, Luc Peir, Michel Seuphor, Guy Vandenbranden, and many others. Volume II is 280 pp. and discourses upon a lot of the heavy hitters in Expressionism (e.g., Brusselmans, Tytgot, Permeke, Malfait, Saverys, Mambour, Leclerc and Carte), Surrealism (Magritte, Mesens, Marien, Delvaux, Graverol, D'Have, and Van de Woestyne), the COBRA Movement, and others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 345102

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Willem Elias|Belgian art|art history|Chantal Akerman|Henri-Victor Wlvens|Michel Seuphor|Fred Bervoets|Marcel Broodthaers|Marie-Jo Lafontaine

Elliott, Huger

Fashions in Art

New York, D. Appleton-Century Co. Inc., 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Handsomely bound in brown cloth, with gilt lettering over blue labels at spine. Dust jacket present, protected by paper-backed Brodart, but considerably worn and with chips missing to spine head and foot. Fine black-and-white photograph of Horatio Greenough at frontis, and then 29 additional black-and-white illustrations in text. xi [1], 1-338 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Poor,

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Book number: 346894

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Huger Elliott|Fashion|art history|fashion history|costume|costumery

Elliott, David

New Worlds: Russian Art and Society 1900-1937

New York, Rizzoli, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" 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. Bound handsomely in bright red cloth, with sharp and distinct black lettering to spine and covers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Several hundred images, black-and-white and duotone mostly, some in full color. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [7], 8-159 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: 345645

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Russian art history|Soviet art history|David Elliott|avant-garde movement

Ellis, Charles Grant

Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988. . Softcover. Size: Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy bound in tall square quarto format, brilliantly illustrated card stock wraps, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Special focus on Oriental carpets from around the world, including Persian, Turkish, Egyptian, Syrian, Indian, Spanish and Chinese carpets. Foreword by Anne d'Harnoncourt. Focus is on 81 of the Collection's Oriental carpet items, and in full, glorious color, and double-column text. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.xxiv, 1-304 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 347460

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Oriental carpets|Oriental rugs|Charles Grant Ellis|Persian rugs|Persian carpets|Turkish carpets|Egyptian carpets|Syrian carpets|Indian carpets|Spanish carpets|Chinese carpets

Ellis, Charles Grant

Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988. . Softcover. Size: Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy bound in tall square quarto format, brilliantly illustrated card stock wraps, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only a bit of wear to joints, edges, else with a pristine interior. Special focus on Oriental carpets from around the world, including Persian, Turkish, Egyptian, Syrian, Indian, Spanish and Chinese carpets. Foreword by Anne d'Harnoncourt. Focus is on 81 of the Collection's Oriental carpet items, and in full, glorious color, and double-column text. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.xxiv, 1-304 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 347461

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Oriental carpets|Oriental rugs|Charles Grant Ellis|Persian rugs|Persian carpets|Turkish carpets|Egyptian carpets|Syrian carpets|Indian carpets|Spanish carpets|Chinese carpets

Ellis, Charles Grant

Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy bound in tall square quarto format, brilliantly illustrated card stock wraps, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Special focus on Oriental carpets from around the world, including Persian, Turkish, Egyptian, Syrian, Indian, Spanish and Chinese carpets. Foreword by Anne d'Harnoncourt. Focus is on 81 of the Collection's Oriental carpet items, and in full, glorious color, and double-column text. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.xxiv, 1-304 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 348886

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Oriental carpets|Oriental rugs|Charles Grant Ellis|Persian rugs|Persian carpets|Turkish carpets|Egyptian carpets|Syrian carpets|Indian carpets|Spanish carpets|Chinese carpets

Bannon, Lois Elmer and Taylor Clark

The Handbook of Audubon Prints

Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 1985. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Printed, illustrated dust jacket present, moderately worn and chipped, not price-clipped. Presents years' worth of research by the two art historians on the Audubon prints, complete with a then current price list of Audubon prints. Plentiful black-and-white photographs. [8], 9-124 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,

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Book number: 353369

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Taylor Clark Lois Elmer Bannon John James Audubon prints birds ornithology

Eluard, Paul

A Toute Epreuve

New York, George Braziller, 1984. First Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out that is bound in large quarto format and with a facsimile signature of Joan Miro at the page of limitation of the 75th copy of the original. The texts are signature-sewn and bound into an As New condition set of wraps in gate-fold, illustrated beautifully in Miro's signature black, red, blue and white. As New condition slip-case, with 94 pp., illustrated with color woodcuts by Joan Miro. Enclosed together with the 22-page Publisher's Preface bound in softcover, also in gate-fold, enclosed in chemise covered in tan linen paper, and slipcase comprised of stiff paper boards. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Gravures sur bois de Joan Miro. Introduction by Anne Hyde Greet. Published in facsimile reprint edition in New York by George Braziller, 1984. An ambitious creation of the renowned Surrealist Joan Miro (1893-1983) in cahoots with Paul Eluard and the Swiss publisher Gerald Cramer, who proposed the project in 1947. The Introduction notes a planned completion date of 1958, fully six years after Eluard's death. The slipcase is simple, covered in tan linen paper.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: 345419

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Paul Eluard|Joan Miro|Gerald Cramer|artists|painter|French artists

Andre Emmerich

Hans Hofmann: The Pre-War Years in America

New York, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Andre Emmerich provides an engaging Introduction to this fine looking artist exhibit catalog for the influential mid-20th century painter, Hans Hofmann. Glossy, bright yellow covers, staple-bound, in gate-fold, First Edition, with 16 pp. and eight full-page, full-color reproductions of his works, displayed at an exhibition held January 9 to February 7, 1987. Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966) was a German-born American painter, influential, according to his Wikipedia entry, as both an artist and teacher, spanning multiple decades, generations and continents, active in the Avant-Garde circles early on, interested in syntheses of Symbolism, Neo-impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism when he emigrated to the United States in 1932. When he retired as a working artist he influence "post-war American avant-garde artists—including Helen Frankenthaler, Nell Blaine, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Louise Nevelson, and Larry Rivers," among many others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 352836

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Andre Emmerich Hans Hofmann Abstract Impressionism Lee Krasner Helen Frankenthaler Larry Rivers

Haque, Enamul et al.

Woven Air: Muslin & Kantha Tradition in Bangladesh

London, Whitechapel, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine and sumptuously illustrated exhibit catalog with a Preface by Beth Stockley, an Introduction by Enamul Haque, and then contributions by Mohammad Sayeedur Rahman, Rosemary Crill, Hameeda Hossain, Andrew Robinson, Gowher Rizvi, Sayyada R. Ghuznavi, Hameeda Hossain, Swasti Mitter, and Nicholas Serota. Illustrated card stock wraps in French-fold. Double-column texts and with plentiful black-and-white reproductions, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 352090

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Beth Stockley Enamul Haque Mohammad Sayeedur Rahman Rosemary Crill Hameeda Hossain Andrew Robinson Gowher Rizvi Sayyada R. Ghuznavi Hameeda Hossain Swasti Mitter Nicholas Serota

Engel, Frederic Andre

Ancient World Preserved: Relics and Records of Prehistory in the Andes

New York, Crown Publishing Group, 1976. Revised and Update Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in two-tone black cloth over boards, orange cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Frederic Andre Engel's text, having been revised and updated, was translated by Rachel Kendall Gordon, a readable, accessible account of Andean art history, archaeology and culture. Sixty-Eight photographs by the author augment the exciting text. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Illustrated endpapers front and rear, being a map of South America and that is dotted with archaeological sites. 1-314 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: 351892

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Frederic Andre Engel Rachel Kendall Gordon Andean art history Andean archaeology Ancient Americas

Iparaguirre, Enrique and Carlos Davila Editors, eds.

Real Fabrica de Tapices 1721-1971

, Graficas Reunidas, 1971. First 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 but some mild soiling along edges. Near pristine interior, 120 pp. and 54 black-and-white and full-color reproductions of fine tapestries, texts being in Spanish by Enrique Iparaguirre and Carolos Davila. Stiff card wraps, heavy card stock endpapers. A lovely copy.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 349978

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Spanish language|tapestries|Spanish art history|ENrique Iparaguirre|Carlos Davila

Enwezor, Okwui, ed.

James Casebere: Works 1975-2010

, Damiani, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new artist monography, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder, a brilliant, sumptuously illustrated catalogue raisonne. From the publisher's blurb, "This is a major mid-career survey of the work of James Casebere, the New York contemporary photographer and artist. Authored and edited by Okwui Enwezor, the renowned American art historian, it includes many lesser-known early works, never before reproduced sculpture, as well as photography from 1975 to 2011." Edited by and contributed to by Okwui Enwezor, it includes contributions also by Hal Foster, Tony Morrison and and Ford Morrison. James Casebere (born 1953) emerged in the Pictures Generation as an artist-photographer complicating the status of the photographic image alongside Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New/New,

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Book number: 353659

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: James Casebere catalogue raisonne works painting artist monograph

Erhard, Hermann (Einführung):

La Tour, Der Pastellmaler Ludwigs XV. 89 Nachbildungen Von Kunstwerken in St. Quentin. Zweite Auflage.

Munchen, Germany, Korpsverlagsbuchhandlung Bapaume, 1918. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with scuffed tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in an illustrated, printed light tan paper over boards, floral flourishes to border, and light tan cloth-backed, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, sewn in silk linen ribbon bookmark. xxiv + 113 pp. Comprised of an Introduction and biographical notes by Hermann Erhard. With 89 illustrations, some in full-color, full-page. One hundred thirteen single-sided sheets. Covera are only slightly worn and soiled. There are 89 replicas of works of art held in St. Quentin. Introduction, biographical notes galore. Rather unusual in that this is a book devoted to a well known French artist but that was edited by a German reserve corpsman. Stated Second edition. The La Tour collection was brought to safety by the German army from the bombed St. Quentin. The editor dedicated the book to Wilhelm II, King of Württemberg.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 346916

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Gregory La Tour|art history|German language|Hermann Erhard

Delieb, Eric and Roberts, Michael

Matthew Boulton: Master Silversmith 1760-1790

New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Eric Delieb, with Michael Roberts' research assistance, has penned a superlative artist biography of Matthew Boulton Master silversmith and of the social history of silversmithing and the Soho manufacturing companies that produced his work. Bound in black cloth over boards, faint red remainder dot along bottom edge, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Front pastedown has pulled away from underlying stitches, else complete, clean and unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 144 pp., and with 16 pages of full color photographic plates, numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout, complete with appendices, bibliography, index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 352113

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Eric Delieb Michael Roberts Matthew Boulton Master silversmith silversmithing collectibles colonial art history