Franklin, Colin

Exploring Japanese Books and Scrolls

New York, Published by Oak Knoll Press, 2005. First Edition Thus. 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. Handsomely produced in blue cloth covers, with gilt lettering to spine. 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. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xi [2], 3-156 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: 347444

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Colin Franklin|Japanese history|Japanese culture|Japanese art history|scrolls|Japanese books|book illustration

Franklin, David

Painting in Renaissance Florence 1500-1550

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. 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. Very light waffling to text but not from moisture or wear. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 199 illustrations overall. Special focus on 12 painters: Perugino, Leonardo da Vinci, Piero di Cosimo, Michlangelo, Fra Bartolomeo, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Andrea del Sarto, Franciabigio, Rosso Fiorentino, Jacopo da Pontormo, Francesco Salviati and Giorgio Vasari. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [4], 5-273 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 348383

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Perugino|Leonardo da Vinci|Piero di Cosimo|Michlangelo|Fra Bartolomeo|Ridolfo Ghirlandaio|Andrea del Sarto|Franciabigio|Rosso Fiorentino|Jacopo da Pontormo|Francesco Salviati|Giorgio Vasari

Frater, Judy, Assistant Curator

In the Language of Stitches: Folk Embroideries of India Pakistan

Washington, D.C., The Textile Museum, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Undated publication but probably 1992, following upon a show that ran at the museum from February 1 - July 27, 1992. 4 pp., several duotone illustrations, plus a suggested readings list. The author was Assistant Curator at the Museum of the Eastern Hemisphere Collection.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347449

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Keywords: Judy Frater|Folk embroideries|India|Pakistan|tapestries|art history

Kunstverein zu Frechen

Malerei Graphik Plastik

Frechen, Germany, Kunstverein zu Frechen, 1969. First Edition. . Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. A fine-looking, square format gallery exhibit catalog, featuring 20 works by German artists, shown first in Kunstverein zu Frechen, February 21 - March 16, 1969, then again in Wesseling from April 1 - April 11, 1969. Bright red glossy covers, fine, sharp and distinct black-and-white reproductions interior, featuring the work of Eckard Alker, Josef Backer, Wolfgang Blobel, Kurt0Wolf von Borries, Joachim Braatz, Willi Brunkow, Chung-Cheng Chow, Franz Dank, Brigitte Dannehl, Agnes Decker, and many, many more.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 353401

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Eckard Alker Josef Backer Wolfgang Blobel Kurt0Wolf von Borries Joachim Braatz Willi Brunkow Chung-Cheng Chow Franz Dank Brigitte Dannehl Agnes Decker

Freeman, Judi

Picasso and the Weeping Women: The Years of Marie-Therese Walter & Dora Maar

New York / Los Angeles, Rizzoli / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. The Spanish painter Pablo Picasso painted several images of a weeping woman in the period post-1937 that he considered symbolic of his devastation over the Spanish Civil War. His muse was his 1936-44 mistress Dora Maar. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound in a bright-red cloth cover, 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, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond sunning to jacket spine and fore-edges, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-215 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 346052

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Keywords: Judi Freeman|Pablo Picasso|Marie-Therese Walter|Dora Maar|muse |art history

Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney

American Porcelain: 1770-1920

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Easily the to then definitive work devoted exclusively to porcelain made in America, colonial to the Roaring '20s. More than 130 examples of near-perfect porcelain manufacture are represented here, being a fine social history of porcelain manufacture and the industries and cultures built around them. Published to augment the show of the same name held at the Met in 1989. 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. Handsomely produced in medium blue cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat and with some rubbing thereto, not price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. xv [1], 2-320 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: 351464

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: porcelain ceramics fine arts the decorative arts Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen

Frenaud, Andre

A. Beaudin: Peintures 1927-1957

Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Not many art gallery exhibit catalogs are augmented by an original lithograph! Good looking, structurally sound artist exhibit catalog, featuring a bright, clean, unmarked interior, minor wear and tear to the colorful exteriors, a bit of soiling to rear panel, light rubbing, nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 3 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 30 Mai 1957," nothing that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete executee specialement part A. Beaudin et imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Andre Frenaud, then 54 illustrations, mostly black-and-white but a few in color, and then exhibit check-list at rear. Andre Beaudin (1895-1979) developed his individual style during the 1930s and became regarded as one of the leading painters of the Ecole de Paris. He was a painter, sculptor, graphic artist and designer, influenced in his own words by the Cubism of Juan Gris, and the Surrealism and decorativism of Matisse. His painting technique originated in the early 1920s (Wikipedia).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 355425

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: A. Beaudin Henri Matisse Galerie Louise Leiris French art history French artists lithograph original lithograph Mourlot Freres

Freudenheim, Tom L.

Pascin Schedule of the Exhibition 1966/1967

Berkeley, California, University Art Museum, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Illustrated, glossy pictorial covers, acetate slightly sunned, front cover slightly furled, former price sticker at first free endpaper. Unpaginated, but roughly 40 pp. of learned, accessible text and with several score fine reproductions in black-and-white and duotone. Chronology, check-list, select bibliography, and a list of lenders to the exhibit.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 347185

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Tom L. Freudenheim|Pascin|painters|French artists|art history

Freundlich, August L.

William Gropper: A Retrospective

Coral Gables, Florida, Ward Ritchie Press in conjunction with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of a museum exhibit catalog, a retrospective of the work of William Gropper, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. The artist William Gropper was born on December 3, 1897 and passed away on January 3, 1977. He was an American cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist, politically, way left-of-center, and contributed his satiric art works to The Revolutionary Age, The Liberator, The New Masses, The Worker, and The Morning Freiheit, among many others. 104 black-and-white and duotone illustrations on 128 pp. Complete with an Introduction by August L. Freundlich and with artist statements, too. Remainder mark, unobtrusive.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 352820

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: William Gropper retrospective artist exhibit catalog August L. Freundlich exhibition catalog Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery

Friebe, Wolfgang

Buildings of the World

Leipzig, Germany, Edition Leipzig, 1985. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A particularly handsome copy of the first English language edition, translated from the original German by Jenny Vowles and Paul Roper, bound handsomely in black cloth and with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine, the former being embossed with the dates of each of the World Exhibitions from London in 1951 to Chicago in 1933 Paris in 1889 to Brussels in 1910 and thereafter. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Housed also in a simple cardboard slipcase. Stuffed with many score black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Complete with a Chronological Table and a full Index. [4], 5-222 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 345831

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Keywords: Wolfgang Friebe|architecture|Buildings of the World|world exhibitions

Fried, Frederick

Artists in Wood: American Carvers of Cigar-Store Indians, Show Figures and Circus Wagons

New York, Clarkson Potter, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. This accessible social history provides 37 biographies of folk artists responsible for cigar-store Indians, tavern signs, cigar store Indians and rodeo and circus wagons. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Smudging to bottom fore-tips, bumping to spine head and foot. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and chipping, sunning to spine, short closed tears, but protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. 235 illustrations in all, 39 being in full color. xiv [2], 3-297 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 351468

Catalogue: Art and Artists

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Fried, Frederick

Artists in Wood: American Carvers of Cigar-Store Indians, Show Figures and Circus Wagons

New York, Clarkson Potter, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. This accessible social history provides 37 biographies of folk artists responsible for cigar-store Indians, tavern signs, cigar store Indians and rodeo and circus wagons. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing little wear and chipping, sunning to spine, etc., protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. 235 illustrations in all, 39 being in full color. xiv [2], 3-297 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 352112

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Frederick Fried American art history wood carvers cigar store Indians

Friedenberg, Daniel M., ed.

Great Jewish Portraits in Metal: Selected Plaques and Medals from the Samuel Friedenberg Collection of the Jewish Museum

New York, Schocken Books / Jewish Museum, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. 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. Quite handsomely bound in brown cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt 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. Edited by Daniel M. Friedenberg, and an Introduction Cecil Roth. 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. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 346349

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Cecil Roth|Jewish artists|Jewish art|Jewish portraits|metal sculpture

Friedlander, Max J.; Rudolf M. Heilbrunn, ed.

Reminiscences and Reflections

Greenwich, Connecticut, New York Graphic Society, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good looking, structurally sound copy in hardcover format, bound in rust-colored cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, mostly to rear panel, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Black-and-white photographs and plentiful analysis of German art history and artists and dealers from the letters and memories of the great German art historian himself. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-109 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 352272

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Max J. Friedlander RUdolf M. Heilbrunn Kaiser Friedrich Museum Wilhelm von Bode German art history

Manor-Friedman, Tamar

Dreaming with Open Eyes: The Vera and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Dada and Surrealist Art in the Israel Museum

Jerusalem, Israel, The Israel Museum , 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy in tall quarto format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated, glossy paper covers, 246 pp., with black-and-white and color illustrations and photos galore, including a Catalogue of documents, periodicals, books, manuscripts and letters. Foreword by James Snyder. Acknowledgments by the editor, Tamar Manor-Friedman, then contributions including "Portrait of a Donation," by Stephanie Rachum, Meira Perry-Lehmann, Ruth Apter-Gabriel and Nissan N. Perez, then "Dada and Surrealism: Love and Revolution, Even," by Arturo Schwarz. Augmented by a list of Selected WOrks and Collector's Reflections, a Catalogue of the Art Collection, and finally Copyright Credits. [6], 7-247 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: 347294

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Vera Schwarz|Silvia Schwarz|Arturo Schwarz|Dada|Surrealism|Dadaism|Dadaist art|Surrealist Art|Tamar Manor-Friedman