Museo Italo Americano

Italo Scanga: Recent Works

San Francisco, Museo Italo Americano, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed, square printed wraps. Augmented the show held at the Museo Italo Americano in San Francisco from October 23, 1985, to January 5, 1986. Complete with biographical notes, artist individual exhibitions, group exhibitions, select bibliography. 16 pp. and several full-color and duotone illustrations and photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347188

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Italo Scanga|Museo Italo Americano|sculpture|sculptor|art history

Ames, Kenneth L., ed.

American Christmas Cards 1900-1960

, Bard Graduate Center, distributed by Yale University Press, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine looking exhibition catalog that accompanied the 2011 exhibition of the same name, held at the Bard Graduate Center. "The power of Christmas derives from the appeal of its repeated rituals, and the presumed antiquity of its traditions. Christmas cards seemed inevitable, but in years the genre has been visibly in decline. This book explores the imagery, graphic forms, subject matter, and significance of Christmas cards in their chronological timeframe." 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, in gate-fold. Edited by Kenneth Ames, and with contributions by Caitlin Dover, Debra Zarlin Edelman, Jeanne Gardner, Kate Goldkamp, Alyss Greenberg, Mei-Ling Israel, Emma Chandler Jenrette, W. Warren Klein, Cassidy C. Luitjen, Gena Maldonado and others. [6], 7-260 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 351341

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Kenneth Ames American Greeting Cards American Christmas Cards

Amirsadeghi, Hossein, ed.; Project Manager Berna Tuglular.

Unleashed: Contemporary Art from Turkey

London, Thames & Hudson, 2010. 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. 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. Decorated endpapers front and rear. Published in First Edition state by Thames & Hudson, 2010, bound handsomely in black cloth over boards, with red lettering over cover and spine, at 328 pp. Nearly 1,000 full-color illustrations. Essays by Ali Akay, Ahu Antmen, Emre Baykal and Irit Rogoff. 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. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 345104

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Turkey|Turkish art history|Hossein Amirsadeghi|Maryam Homayoun Eisler|Ali Akay|Ahu Antmen|Emre Baykal|Irit Rogoff|Turkish painters|Turkish sculptors

Ammann, Jean-Christophe Francesco Clemente

Francesco Clemente: Works 1971-1979

New York, Charta/Deitch Projects, 2007. 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. Bound quite handsomely in illustrated buckram cloth, oatmeal in color. Glorious evocative full-color, black-and-white and duotone illustrations throughout. 254 pp. Published to augment of the exhibition held at Deitch Projects, New York, in 2007, with texts in English and Italian, befitting the life and work of the Italian-born painter Francesco Clemente. This work features "skewed self-portraiture, witty wordplay and gestural figuration" in view of nearly a decade's worth of artistic production.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 348394

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Francesco Clemente|Jean-Christophe Ammann|painters|catalogue raisonne

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Vieira Da Silva. Germaine Richier

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Penned notes in margins to the artist biographies included in this Catalogue #127 of the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam, printed in brown printed wraps, staple-bound, lightly sunned along edges, a few spots of discoloration to front cover, else clean and bright of interior, with many black-and-white illustrations and photographs of the work of both da Silva and Richier. Photographs printed on high-gloss paper. Dutch language texts, unpaginated.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 349683

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Vieira da Silva|Germaine Richier|artist exhibit catalog

Amyx, D. A.

Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period, Volume II: Commentary: The Study of Corinthian Vases

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1988. 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. Bound most handsomely in tan cloth, with sharp and distinct blue lettering. Stated First Edition, with "1" in the number line present. Preface by the author. Full bibliography. xviii + 355-700 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 346506

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: D.A. Amyx|COrinth|Corinthian vase-painting|archaic painting

Anand, Mulk Raj

Kama Kala: Some Notes on the Philosophical Basis of Hindu Erotic Sculpture

Geneve, Switzerland, Nagel Publishing, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Big, tall hardcover format, black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to front cover and spine, slight rearward cock thereto, clean, bright, tightly bound interior but for slight half-toning to front endpapers owing to dust wrapper flap. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Housed in the original publisher's cardboard slipcase, soiled a bit and split along two edges, but it having done its job. Several score lovely, evocative black-and-white plates, with index and list of plates at book's end. The author was born in 1905, educated well and became India's preeminent art historian and cultural critic, also editing Marg magazine for a number of years.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Near Fine,

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Book number: 358024

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Mulk Raj Anand Kama Kamala Indian art history erotic sculpture erotica

Andel, Jaroslav

The New Vision for the New Architecture: Czechoslovakia 1918-1938

Zurich, Switzerland, Scalo Verlag, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with a single bruised tip, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Handsomely bound in gray cloth and with black 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. "This lavishly illustrated volume is the first presentation of the significant group of architectural photographs made as a collaboration between avant-garde architects and photographers in the 1920s and 1930s," and features the work of Czech architects and artists such as Sandalo, Janak, Plicka, Fragner, Funke, Gocar, Sudek, Fuchs, Wiskovsky, and Krejcar. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [4], 5-278 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: 347076

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Jaroslav andel|architecture|Czechoslovakian art history|Sandalo|Janak|Plicka|Fragner|Funke|Gocar|Sudek|Fuchs|Wiskovsky|Krejcar

Anderson, Wayne

American Sculpture in Process, 1930-1970

Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" 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. Bound in reddish cloth over boards, some rubbing to gilt lettering over spine, else clean and unmarked of interior. Published in First Edition state in Boston by the New York Graphic Society, 1975, bound in tall format and measuring 8" x 11". 278 pp. and with several hundred black-and-white illustrations and another eight in full color.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345857

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: sculpture|sculptors|Wayne Anderson|art history|American sculpture|American art history

Marks, Andreas and Sonia Rhie Quintanilla, eds.

Dreams & Diversions: Essays on Japanese Woodblock Prints from the San Diego Museum of Art

San Diego, California, San Diego Museum of Art, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A sumptuous art history exhibit monograph published in conjunction with an exhibition held from November 2010 to June of 2011 in San Diego, California. Quadruply signed, inscribed warmly at second title page, "To Leonard Pronko (?), with gratitude & best wishes, Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, San Diego, May, 2011." SIGNED also at first title page by Howard LInk and Andreas Marks, the two editors, and who contribute several individual essays here, too, and by another possible contributor, though the signature is illegible. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Plentiful essays augmented with lovely full-color, full-page reproductions of some of the best of the 1,000+ Japanese woodblock prints held by the San Diego Museum of Art. 215 pp.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: 356244

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: signed Japanese art Japanese artists Hiroshige Hokusai Andreas Marks Sonia Rhie Quintanilla

Stones, Andrew and Shirley MacWilliam

Voice over: Installation with Video & Sound

Manchester, England, Metropolitan Galleries, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of a gallery exhibition of a video installation, complete with sound, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy printed wraps. Essays and interviews by Andrew Stones and Shirley MacWilliam, and replete with black-and-white photographs. including full-page and a centerfold. Unpaginated, but roughly 20 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 355159

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Frances Hegarty Andrew Stones Shirley MacWilliam video installation

Ozanne, Marie-Angelique and Frederique De Jode

Theo: The Other Van Gogh

New York, Magowan / Vendome Press, 2004. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First U.S. Edition, with English translation copyright from the true First Edition, published in 1999, and augmented with new material from the Van Gogh Museum. 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 in bright red cloth, with gilt-stamped title to cover and 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. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-240 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: 347849

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Vincent Van Gogh|Theo Van Gogh|Marie-Angelique Ozanne|Frederique de Jode|art history

Tartuferi, Angelo and Mario Scalini

L'Arte a Firenze Nell'Eta Di Dante (1250-1300)

Firenze, Giunti , . . 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, in gate-fold. Italian language throughout. A fine exhibition catalogue devoted to the life and works of the 13th century artist and writer, and with contributions by the editors, Angelo Tartuferi and Mario Scalini, and by Antonio Paolucci, Ente Cassa di Risparmio, Franca Falletti, Franco Cardini, Riccardo Francovich and Emiliano Scampoli and many others. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 216 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 357593

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Italian art history Italian artists Angelo Tartuferi Mario Scalini Dante Alleghieri

Anonyme

Salles de Garde: Chants Traditionnels Du Quartier Latin Et de L'Internat.

Paris, Aux Trois Ecus, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. One of a Limited Edition of 867 copies, this being numbered 381, one of 251-875 examples done that feature heliogravures. Soft cover, being stiff wraps in gate-fold, being very lightly soiled, but protected in publisher's original glassine wraps. Unpaginated, but in sheets, moderate wear of and light soiling to illustrated, folded covers. Comprised of 20 songs with free illustration in color, in animation, many being bawdy of nature, and each named, e.g., Les Trois Orfevres, De Profundis Morpionibus, La Digue du Cul, Les Filles de Camaret, and so on. Quite scarce in the trade, and complete with music, amorous nuns, policemen et le mousquetaire.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 347061

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Latin Quarter|songs|chants|erotic music|erotica|Salles de Garde

Antal, Frederick

Hogarth and His Place in European Art

London, England, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. From the publisher's blurb, "Dr. Antal here applies his method of establishing the close relationship between the political and social history and the arts and letters of the period. Thus the book goes far beyond the limits of art historical appreciation. It gives a panoramic picture of the first half of the eighteenth century in England with all its social, literary and artistic connotations." Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Big, tall, Octavo format hardcover, bound in oatmeal cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn at extremities, else quite nice, protected by a plastic coat. Sewn-in silk linen ribbon bookmark. xxi, 1-270 pp. and then an extensive section of roughly 150 fine black-and-white plates, usually two per page, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 352246

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Frederick Antal John Hogarth English painters English art history artist biography