Audsley, George Ashdown; Cutler, Thomas W

The Grammar of Japanese Ornament

New York: Arch Cape Press, (1989). (1989). New York: Arch Cape Press, (1989). (1989). Very good. - Quarto [13-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], red cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The top edge of the dust jacket is lightly creased with a chip out of the head of its spine & a short tear to the front panel. 248 pages plus 37 pages of color illustrations of designs on silk. Also with profuse color & black-and-white illustrations throughout. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Introduction by Charles Newton. Very good .

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Book number: 24369

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; DECORATIVE ARTS; ORNAMENT; TEXTILES; LACQUER; ARCHITECTURE; SCULPTURE; PRINTING; CERAMICS; FABRICS; METALWQRK; ENAMEL; JAPANESE; DESIGN; THE GRAMMAR OF JAPANESE ORNAMENT; GEORGE AUDSLEY; THOMAS CUTLER; CHARLES NEWTON; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Avniel, M.; Hoenich; P. K.; Pomrock, M. B.; Editors

Fifty Artists. Painter & Sculptors Association - Public Committee / Chagall's House - Haifa

Tel Aviv: Massadah Publishing House Limited, n.d. [c. 1958]. n.d. [c. 1958]. Tel Aviv: Massadah Publishing House Limited, n.d. [c. 1958]. n.d. [c. 1958]. Very good. - 4to, tan cloth titled in brown on spine, in dw. The covers are lightly bumped and the dw lightly rubbed & soiled with the top edge chipped. 37 & [3] pp. & 38 & [2] pp. 50 full-page B&W illustrations. Very good.

A bilingual book with the text printed in English at one end and in Hebrew at the other.

The fifty artists whose work is represented in the book are all associated with Marc Chagall Haifa Pavilion for Artists and the book is a project of the Public Committee of the Haifa Artists' House. Very good .

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Book number: 1089

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; JEWISH ART; ISRAEL; ISRAELI ART; HAIFA; HAIFA ARTISTS; HAIFA ARTISTS' HOUSE; MARC CHAGALL; MARC CHAGALL HOUSE; MARC CHAGALL HAIFA PAVILION FOR ARTISTS; M. AVNIEL; P. K. HOENICH; M. B. POMROCK.

Bacou, Roseline; Serullaz, Maurice.

Great Drawings of the Louvre Museum. The French Drawings / the Italian Drawings / the German, Flemish and Dutch Drawings. (3 Volumes).

New York: George Braziller, (1968). (1968). New York: George Braziller, (1968). (1968). Very good. - Quarto, 11-5/16 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide. Hardcovers, bound in tan cloth titled in white on the front covers and on the spines, in pictorial white dust wrappers. The 3 volumes are housed in their original pictorial slipcase. The spines of the price-clipped dust jackets are slightly darkened with some minor stains. The edges of the slipcase are soiled and the case's pictorial label is foxed. Each volume consists of 223 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good. First American edition. "The French Drawings" was curated by Maurice Serullaz with the collaboration of Lise Duclaux and Genevieve Monnier. It was translated from the French by Victoria Benedict. "The Italian Drawings" was curated by Roseline Bacou with the collaboration of Francoise Viatte. It was translated from the French by Victoria Benedict. "The German, Flemish and Dutch Drawings" was curated by Roseline Bacou with the collaboration of Arlette Calvet. It was translated from the French by Marguerite Hugo. Very good .

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Book number: 98161

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; GREAT DRAWINGS OF THE LOUVRE MUSEUM; FRENCH DRAWINGS; ITALIAN DRAWINGS; GERMAN DRAWINGS; FLEMISH DRAWINGS; DUTCH DRAWINGS; ART; ART MUSEUM; MAURICE SERULLAZ; LISE DUCLAUX; GENEVIEVE MONNIER; VICTORIA BENEDICT; ROSELINE BACOU; FRANCOISE VIATTE; ARLETT

Baldin, Luca; editor.

Luigi Merlo: Opera Incisa 1986-1999.

Edizioni Canova (1999). (1999). - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in folding pictorial black, white & gray wrappers. The rear cover is lightly rubbed with 2 price-stickers at bottom right. The film surface is chipped at the head of the spine. 116 pages plus colophon. Profuse full-page illustrations in black & white and color with captions on the facing pages. There is the remnant of a price-sticker on the front endpaper. Very good. Published to mark 25 years of work by Italian artist Luigi Merlo. Very good .

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Book number: 36741

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ITALIAN ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; ITALIAN ARTIST; LUIGI MERLO: OPERA INCISA 1986-1999; LUCA BALDIN.

Bali, Alberto (born 1944, Argentina)

Paris - Tour Eiffel. Original Lithographic Poster by Alberto Bali

France: Ed. M Lapassade - Imp. Graticaza, (1985). (1985). France: Ed. M Lapassade - Imp. Graticaza, (1985). (1985). Fine. - sc - A 24 inch high by 31-3/4 inch wide color lithographic poster of the arch of Paris' landmark Eiffel Tower by the Argentine artist Alberto Bali. The superb illustration depicts the arch and girders of the Eiffel Tower in cream and black on a rich gray background. "Paris Tour Eiffel" is boldly printed in red at the bottom right and with credits printed vertically in a small font along the left edge. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 33099

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; POSTER; LITHOGRAPH; ORIGINAL PRINT; ALBERTO BALI; PARIS; TOUR EIFFEL; EIFFEL TOWER; FRANCE; ARGENTINIAN ARTIST; ILLUSTRATION; ILLUSTRATED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

(Balkenhol, Stephan). Benezra, Neal

Stephan Balkenhol: Sculptures and Drawings

Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution / Stuttgart: Cantz Publishers, (1995). (1995). Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution / Stuttgart: Cantz Publishers, (1995). (1995). Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with some very light foxing to the top edge of the front wrap & the remnant of a price- sticker on the rear wrap. 83 & [16] pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution and shown there from October 19, 1995 to January 15, 1996. Very good .

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Book number: 21033

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SCULPTURE; STEPHAN BALKENHOL; GERMAN SCULPTOR; SCULPTURES; DRAWINGS; NEAL BENEZRA; EXHIBITION; HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, WASHINGTON, DC.

(Ballero, Antonio). Naitza, Salvatore; Scano, Maria Grazia.

Antonio Ballero.

Nuoro, Sardinia: Ilisso, (1986). (1986). - 4to, olive green cloth titled in white, in color pictorial dw, in olive green cloth covered cardboard slipcase (lightly rubbed) titled in white. 279 pp. Profuse full-page & textual illustrations in B&W, sepia & color. Fine in near fine slipcase.

This handsome monograph on Sardinian painter Antonio Ballero [b. Nuoro 1864, d. Sassari 1932] includes a bibliography. Fine .

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Book number: 725

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PAINTING; PAINTER; ITALIAN; SARDINIAN; MONOGRAPH; ANTONIO BALLERO; SALVATORE NAITZA; MARIA GRAZIA SCANO.

Ballo, Guido

Da Gimabellino a Picasso: Le Grandi Mostre Del Dopoguerra

Varese: Edizioni la Lucciola, (1956). (1956). Varese: Edizioni la Lucciola, (1956). (1956). Good. - Quarto [11-3/8 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], cream boards backed with green cloth with the titling stamped in gilt on the front cover & spine. The boards are darkened & lightly bumped and the spine is faded. 149 & [2] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with numerous tipped-in plates in color and black & white. There is an ink address & date on the front pastedown & the page edges are darkened. Good.

Number 798 of a limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies. The text is in Italian. Good .

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Book number: 26826

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; DA GIMABELLINO A PICASSO: LE grandi mostre del dopoguerra; guido ballo; tipped-in plates; limited edition.

Bardi, P. M

Profile of the New Brazilian Art / P.M. Bardi, Director of the Museum of Art, Sao Paolo

[Rio de Janeiro]: Livraria Kosmos Editura, (1970). (1970). [Rio de Janeiro]: Livraria Kosmos Editura, (1970). (1970). Good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. There is dampstaining to the tail of the spine & the adjacent corners of the covers. The front cover is lightly spotted with a small area of white staining to its bottom edge. The dust jacket is lightly soiled. There is a crease to the front panel with a tear to its bottom edge & a small area of the surface rubbed away. The bottom edge of the dust jacket is stained internally. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. The publisher's labels are on the title page & on its verso. There is occasional spotting & staining & small areas of the bottom inner corners of pages 158 & 159 have been rubbed away. Good. Good .

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Book number: 11881

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; BRAZILIAN; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; 20TH CENTURY ART; PROFILE OF THE NEW BRAZILIAN ART; P. M. BARDI; INDIAN ART; POPULAR ART; CRAFTS; PAINTING; GRAPHIC ART; DESIGN; ARCHITECTURE.

(Baril, Celine). McAlear, Donna; Falk, Lorne

Barcelone: A Project by / Un Projet de / Celine Baril. Curator/Conservatrice Donna Mcalear. Contributing Writer/Critique Invite Lorne Falk

(Calgary, Alberta: The Nickle Art Museum, The University of Calgary, 1989). 1989). (Calgary, Alberta: The Nickle Art Museum, The University of Calgary, 1989). 1989). Fine. - Octavo, soft covers bound in stiff paper brown wraps wirh a vignette stamped in gilt on the front wrap. 95 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.

Published on the occasion of a touring Canadian exhibition of a multimedia project. The text is printed in French and English. Fine .

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Book number: 10223

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; CONCEPTUAL ART; MULTIMEDIA; CANADIAN; FRENCH CANADIAN; CELINE BARIL; DONNA MCALEAR; LORNE FALK; EXHIBITION; ILLUSTRATIONS; BARCELONE; BARCELONA; NICKLE ART MUSEUM.

Barley, Nigel; editor

The Golden Sword: Stamford Raffles and the East

(London): British Museum Press, (1999). (1999). (London): British Museum Press, (1999). (1999). Fine. - Small quarto [9-5/8 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The wraps are very slightly bumped. 96 pages. Illustrated in black & white and color. Near fine.

Published to accompany an exhibition shown at the British Museum from December 1998 to April 1999. A British Museum color picture postcard of a shadow puppet is laid in.

Sir Stamford Raffles [1781-1826] was the founder of Singapore. He is less well known nowadays as a remarkable scholar and collector and as a researcher into all aspects of Malaysian and Javan civilization, languages and natural and cultural history. The essays in this book explore his achievements in those fields. Fine .

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Book number: 21812

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; INDONESIAN; JAVAN; CULTURE; COLLECTOR; SCHOLAR; RESEARCHER; THE GOLDEN SWORD: STAMFORD RAFFLES AND THE EAST; NIGEL BARLEY; ESSAYS; EXHIBITION; BRITISH MUSEUM; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Marc, Franz; and Macke, August). Barnett, Vivian Endicott; editor.

Franz Marc and August Macke 1909-1914.

Munich, London & New York: Prestel, (2019). (2019). Munich, London & New York: Prestel, (2019). (2019). Fine. - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in golden orange cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. 207 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout, including several full-page illustrations. Near fine. First edition. Published in conjunction with the exhibitios at Ronald S. Lauder's Neue Galerie in New York. Includes a preface by Ronald S. Lauder, a foreword by Renee Price and essays by Vivian Endicott Barnett, Erich Franz, Ursula Heiderich, Annegret Hoberg, Isabelle Jansen, and Olaf Peters. Fine .

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Book number: 98109

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; FRANZ MARC AND AUGUST MACKE 1909-1914; VIVIAN ENDICOTT BARNETT; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; PRESTEL; RONALD S. LAUDER; NEUE GALERIE; ERICH FRANZ; URSULA HEIDERICH; ANNEGRET HOBERG; ISABELLE JANSEN; OLAF PETERS; ILLUST

Barron, Stephanie.

Degenerate Art": The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany.

Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1991). (1991). Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1991). (1991). Very good. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial wraps. The covers are slightly rubbed & bumped. 423 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout, including folding charts of the exhibition rooms. Very good. Third printing. Published in conjunction with the exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, with the 12 page exhibition catalog laid in at the front. Includes contributions by Peter Guenther, Andreas Huneke, Annegret Janda, Mario-Andreas von Luttichau, Michael Meyer, William Moritz, George L. Mosse, and Christoph Zuschlag. Very good .

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Book number: 98151

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; DEGENERATE ART; THE FATE OF THE AVANT-GARDE IN NAZI GERMANY; STEPHANIE BARRON; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; EXHIBITION CATALOG; PETER GUENTHER; ANDREAS HUNEKE; ANNEGRET JANDA; MARIO-AN

Barron, Stephanie; and Eckmann, Sabine.

Exiles+Emigres: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler.

Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1997). (1997). Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1997). (1997). Fine. - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 8-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial wraps titled in red & yellow and illustrated in black & white. 432 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. First edition, wraps issue. Includes contributions by Matthew Affron, Vivian Endicott Barnett, Elizabeth Kessin Berman, Sheri Bernstein, Barbara Copeland Buenger, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Romy Golan, Peter Hahn, Keith Holz, Deborah Irmas, Kathleen James, Martin Jay, Stephan Lackner, Karen Michels, Kevin Parker, Franz Schulze, and Lawrece Weschler. Fine .

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Book number: 98421

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; EXILES+EMIGRES: THE FLIGHT OF EUROPEAN ARTISTS FROM HITLER; STEPHANIE BARRON; SABINE ECKMANN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Barry, Charles A.

City Sketches: Boston Street Characters". An Original Wood Engraving from Ballou's Pictorial.

Ballou's Pictorial, (March,1855). (March,1855). - A 13-3/8 inch high by 9-1/4 inch wide wood engraving by John Andrew after a drawing by Charles A. Barry illustrating several of Boston's street characters. Titled at the top below an oval illustration of a bustling Boston street scene of the period. Vignettes of opera and theatrical billboards and advertisements are depicted at right and left of the street scene. Seven illustrations are pictured below the title representing several facets of Boston's street life. Included are "The Dock Loafer", "The Children of the Poor", "The Charcoal Peddler", "Emigrants", "Skaters", "The Dustman" and "The Watchman". Mounted with glue from the verso onto 14-1/4 inch high by 10-3/4 inch wide heavy cream stock, retaining the original horizontal center fold. The wood engraving is lightly soiled with a few light stains. A break in the fold on its right side has been reinforced on the verso with archival linen tape. Good. The print appeared in Ballou's Pictorial, v.8, no.13, March 31, 1855, p.208. Good .

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Book number: 96025

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: CITY SKETCHES; C.A. BARRY; ART; AMERICANA; JOHN ANDREW; BOSTON STREET CHARACTERS; CARICATURE; ILLUSTRATION; ILLUSTRATED; BALLOU PICTORIAL; CRIES OF BOSTON; ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING; PRINT; WORKERS; DOCK LOAFER; CHILDREN OF THE POOR; DUSTMAN; EMIGRANTS; IMM