(Bernhardt, Sarah). Bernier, Georges

Sarah Bernhardt and Her Times

New York: Wildenstein, 1984. 1984. New York: Wildenstein, 1984. 1984. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in plain white wrappers with an oval keyhole in the front wrap revealing part of a photographic portrait of Bernhardt by Nadar, in a printed acetate dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with some minor soiling and the head & tail of its spine are chipped. 158 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a good dust wrapper.

Catalog for an exhibition conceived, organized and catalogued by Georges Bernier. The exhibition, which included painted, sculpted and photographic portraits of Sarah Bernhardt as well as artworks and decorative objects related to her life and career, was shown at the Wildenstein gallery in New York from November 13 to December 28, 1984. Very good .

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Book number: 29919

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; THEATRE; THEATER; ACTOR; ACTRESS; FRENCH ACTOR; SARAH BERNHARDT AND HER TIMES; PORTRAITS; PAINTINGS; PHOTOGRAPHS; SCULPTURE; DECORATIVE ARTS; PAINTERS; PHOTOGRAPHERS; ARTISTS; GEORGES BERNIER ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; EXHIBITION; WILD

(Berning, Roland). (Jansen, Bert)

Roland Berning: Een Overzicht

(Amstelveen, Holland: Philip Morris Finest Selection Foundation, 1996). 1996). (Amstelveen, Holland: Philip Morris Finest Selection Foundation, 1996). 1996). Fine. - Quarto, dark green cloth titled in white, in dw. The dw is rubbed. 90 pp. Profusely illustrated in color & B&W. Near fine.

The text is in Dutch.

A printed card with Berning's contact information is mounted on the rear endpaper. Fine .

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Book number: 20075

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PAINTING; SCULPTURE; ARTIST; PAINTER; DUTCH; ROLAND BERNING; BERT JANSEN; PHILIP MORRIS FINEST SELECTION FOUNDATION; ILLUSTRATIONS; MONOGRAPH.

Bernt, Walther

Die Niederlandischen Maler Des 17. Jahrhunderts. Einleitung Von Hans Sauermann. Volume I: Achtschellinck - Heda. Volumr II: Heem - Rombouts. (Volumes I and II Only)

(Munchen): Munchner Verlag Bisher F. Bruckmann, (1948). (1948). (Munchen): Munchner Verlag Bisher F. Bruckmann, (1948). (1948). Good. - Quarto, brown cloth titled in yellow. The covers are warped & lightly rubbed & bumped with stains to the lower edges of the covers. 16 pp. [prelims & introduction] & profuse B&W illustrations with captions and biographical information on the facing pages.Vol. 2 is cracked at the last illustration; the endpapers are darkened. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 7188

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PAINTING; PAINTERS; ARTISTS; DUTCH; BIOGRAPHIES; ILLUSTRATIONS; HANS SAUERMANN; WALTHER BERNT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION (Art). (Dutch Art). DIE NIEDERLANDISCHEN MALER DES 17.JAHRHUNDERTS. Einleitung von Hans Sauermann. Volume I: Achtschellinck - He

Bessler, Gabriele.

Wunderkammern: Weltmodelle Von Der Renaissance Bis Zur Kunst Der Gegenwart.

(Berlin): Reimer, (2012). (2012). - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards. 252 pages. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. Near fine. "Zweite, erweiterte Auflage". The text is in German. Fine .

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Book number: 28854

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; WUNDERKAMMERN: Weltmodelle von der Renaissance bis zur Kunst der Gegenwart; GABRIELE BESSLER; CABINET ART; JOSEPH CORNELL; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Bindman, David.

William Blake: His Art and Times.

New York: Thames and Hudson, (1982). (1982). - Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green boards titled in gilt on the spine with the publisher's device in gilt on the front cover, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The jacket's spine and edges of the dust jacket's rear panel are slightly darkened. 192 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven and at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. Very good .

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Book number: 97969

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; WILLIAM BLAKE: HIS ART AND TIMES; DAVID BINDMAN; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; BRITISH ART; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.

(Bingham, George Caleb). McDermott, John Francis

George Caleb Bingham: River Portraitist

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1959). (1959). Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1959). (1959). Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The corners of the covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped & soiled with a small piece out of the top edge of its rear panel. xxviii & 454 pages. Illustrated with reproductions of 112 drawings in crayon by George Caleb Bingham. There is a small area of soiling to the bottom edge. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 26272

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AMERICAN ART; DRAWINGS; GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM: RIVER PORTRAITIST; RIVER LIFE; ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; JOHN FRANCIS MCDERMOTT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Binyon, Laurence

Dutch Etchers of the Seventeenth Century

London: Seeley and Co. Limited / New York: Macmillan and Co. 1895. 1895. London: Seeley and Co. Limited / New York: Macmillan and Co. 1895. 1895. Fair. - Large octavo, 10-5/8 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed light blue wraps titled with a vignette in blue on the front cover and pictorial advertisements on the rear cover. The edges of the covers are chipped and the spine is heavily chipped and torn with small pieces out from the head and tail of the spine. 80 pages, with textual illustrations and 4 full-page engraved plates illustrating etchings by Paul Potter, A. Van Ostade, L. Backhuysen and A. Van de Velde. The volume is additionally illustrated with pictorial ads printed inside the covers. One of the engravings is loose and there is a tiny chip to the front edge of another. The book is shaken. Good.

This is the September, 1895 issue (number 21) of the monthly publication "The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects.." . Fair .

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Book number: 32053

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ETCHINGS; ETCHERS; ENGRAVED PLATES; DUTCH ETCHERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; LAURENCE BINYON; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE PORTFOLIO' MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTIC SUBJECT; MONTHLY.

Birnbaum, Martin

Angkor and the Mandarin Road

New York: Vantage Press, Inc. (1952). (1952). New York: Vantage Press, Inc. (1952). (1952). Good. SIGNED BY MARTIN BIRNBAUM - Large octavo [10-1/4 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide], orange cloth. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. The spine is a bit darkened with the head & tail lightly chipped & the titling faded. 167 pages. Black-and-white frontispiece & illustrations. The contents are very good. Good.

Signed in full by the author on the front endpaper.

With an introductory note by Edward M. Weyer, Jr. Good .

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Book number: 26102

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ANTIQUITIES; SCULPTURE; CAMBODIA; ANGKOR AND THE MANDARIN ROAD; MARTIN BIRNBAUM; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; EDWARD M. WEYER, JR.

(Blackburn, Robert).

Robert Blackburn, a Life's Work. Alternative Museum, May 21 Through June 25, 1988. [Exhibition Catalog].

[New York]: Alternative Museum, 1988. 1988. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in stapled blue wraps titled in black on the front cover. The covers are slightly rubbed. 24 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. Near fine. "Acknowledgements" by the exhibition's guest curator Harriett Green are printed on the verso of the front cover. Laid in at the front is a 16-page softcover pamphlet titled "Celebration of Life: Robert Hamilton Blackburn December 10, 1920-April 21, 2003" for a memorial exhibition held in New York at Cooper Union's Great Hall on September 18, 2003. Also laid in is a 3-page biography of the artist by capefearpress. Born in Summit, New Jersey, the son of Jamaican immigrants, Robert Blackburn grew up in Harlem. During his youth, Blackburn was mentored by Harlem Renaissance artists including Charles "Spinky" Alston and Augusta Savage and also studied under Riva Helfond at the WPA Harlem Community Art Center. He also studied lithography with Will Barnet at the Art Students League. Quoting capefearpress's biography "In 1948 in his studio in Chelsea, he started and informal cooperative for experimenting with innovative lithographic techniques; that cooperative would later become the Printmaking Workshop." During his career Blackburn printed lithographs for Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, and Robert Rauschenberg, among others and taught at numerous institutions including Cooper Union, the Pratt Institute, Columbia University and NYU. Rare in commerce. Very good .

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Book number: 97601

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ROBERT BLACKBURN, A LIFE'S WORK; ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM; EXHIBITION CAGALOGUE; HARRIETT GREEN; CATALOG; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; HARLEM RENAISSANCE; CELEBRATION OF LIFE: ROBERT BLACKBURN DECEMBER 19, 1920-APRIL 21, 2003; MEMORIAL; COOPER UNION GRE

(Blake, William). Paley, Morton D.; Butlin, Martin; editor.

William Blake's Watercolour Inventions in Illustration of the Grave by Robert Blair.

(Lavenham, Suffolk, England): The William Blake Trust, 2009. 2009. RARE LIMITED EDITION OF BLAKE'S INVENTIONS FOR THE GRAVE - Folio, 15 inches high by 11 inches wide. Handsomely bound in black moire silk cloth with morocco leather labels titled in gilt mounted on the front cover and on the spine, in a black cloth covered slipcase. 96 pages, illustrated throughout with color reproductions of the watercolor drawings and with black & white reproductions of the engravings, many full-page. Fine. RARE. First edition, limited to 186 copies, of which numbers 1-150 were for sale. This copy is marked "out of series". The illustrations come from high-quality digital photographs of the "inventions" when the series was still intact, as well as from reproductions of Schiavonetti's engravings of the Blake "inventions" which were featured in Robert Cromek's 1808 edition. The rejected engraving submitted by Blake, "Death's Door", is reproduced from the only extant proof. "In 1805 the engraver-turned-publisher Robert Cromek paid Blake one guinea each for twenty watercolour designs for his proposed edition of The Grave with the understanding that Blake would receive a further ten guineas each for engraving them. Instead, Blakes trial engraving was rejected and, to add insult to injury, his inventions were assigned for engraving to Louis Schiavonetti, the fashionable engraver of the day. His highly skilled but conventional renderings of twelve of the designs were, for almost 200 years, the only substantial record of Blakes contribution to the project. In 1836 the original watercolour designs passed through an Edinburgh sale room where they fetched far less even than Cromek had paid for them. Thereafter, they completely disappeared and were thought lost. In fact, 19 of the original 20 drawings were preserved intact in a handsome leather portfolio, custom-made to contain them and lettered simply designs for Blairs grave. In 2001 the portfolio and its contents came to light in a Glasgow bookshop from where they were bought by another bookseller for a sum ludicrously below their true value. Once the find was made public it was evident that the drawings were the lost watercolour designs and thus an unprecedented and major addition to the Blake canon. After an unedifying dispute over ownership the portfolio and its contents were again sold, privately, for a more realistic price. They were then offered as an entity to institutions and collectors at a price which, as it turned out, none could afford, or at least, was prepared to pay. Eventually, in the face of much protest, the portfolio and the 19 designs were offered for sale in 20 separate lots at Sothebys, New York, in 2006. The drawings are now widely dispersed and it is most unlikely that they will ever again be seen together." (From the publisher's prospectus). Fine .

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Book number: 97723

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; WILLIAM BLAKE'S WATERCOLOUR INVENTIONS IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE GRAVE BY ROBERT BLAIR; WILLIAM BLAKE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; LIMITED EDITION; NUMBERED; OUT OF SERIES; ROBERT BLAIR; WATERCOLORS; WATERCOLOURS; ART; ILLUSTRATI

Blanch, Arnold.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi 1893-1953: Memorial Exhibition.

(Woodstock, NY): Woodstock Artists Association, (1956). (1956). - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light gray wraps. The binding is lightly rubbed & partially darkened around the edges. The rear wrap is slightly foxed with creasing to its top corner. [8] pages. Illustrated in black & white with 5 illustrations, 3 of them full-page including a portrait of the artist. There is foxing to several of the pages. Good. Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Catalogue for an exhibition sponsored by Woodstock Artists Association, Artists Equity Fund Incorporated and Art Students League of New York and held at Woodstock Art Gallery from July 14 to July 26, 1956. There is a one-page introduction by Arnold Blanch. Good .

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Book number: 95431

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; WOODSTOCK ARTIST; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; YASUO KUNIYOSHI 1893-1953: MEMORIAL EXHIBITION; WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION; WOODSTOCK ART GALLERY, WOODSTOCK, NY; ARNOLD BLANCH; LIMITED EDITION.

Blower, David. (1901-1976) American watercolorist.

Typed Letter to American Artist Magazine Signed by California Watercolorist David Blower.

Los Angeles, CA: April 13th, 1965. 1965. - One hundred and one words typed on a 10-3/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead with his name printed in silver at the top. Signed "David". There is some light creasing to the letterhead with 2 pinholes & a tiny chip to the top left corner where a staple has been removed. Folded twice for mailing. Very good.

Blower writes to Judith Levy at American Artist about the upcoming May issue of the magazine enclosing a check and asking her to send him forty copies: "I possibly will want more at a later date as I have found that material of this kind has a way of going out of one's possession at a very rapid rate. I will write to Norman [Kent, the editor] separately to thank him personally for the masterful manner in which he edited my manuscript."

American artist David Blower [1901-1976] studied at the Wicker School of Fine Arts, Detroit, and in Paris. He began exhibiting his watercolors professionally in the early thirties. While living in California his transparent watercolor paintings included farm scenes, cityscapes of Los Angeles and beach scenes along the Pacific coast. From 1930 to 1960 he also worked as a commercial illustrator. Very good .

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Book number: 95776

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PAINTING; AMERICAN PAINTER; AMERICAN WATERCOLORIST; DAVID BLOWER. AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE; TLS; T.L.S.; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; TYPED LETTER TO AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE SIGNED BY CALIFORNIA WATERCOLORIST DAVID BLOWER.

Blum, Andre

The Origins of Printing and Engraving. Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 1940. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 1940. Very good. - Octavo, red & gray cloth. Soiled & somewhat stained. 226 pp. Illustrated in B&W. The contents are very good.

First edition in English. Very good .

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Book number: 6320

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Art). (Prints). THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING. Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. Blum, Andre.

(Munch, Edvard). Bock, Henning; and Busch, Gunter; editors.

Edvard Munch: Probleme - Forschungen - Thesen.

Munchen: Prestel Verlag, (1973). (1973). - Small quarto [9-5/8 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper. The binding is slightly bumped. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are darkened. 256 pages. 9 tipped-in color plates and numerous illustrations in black & white. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

Studien zur Kunst des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts Band 21. The text is in German. Very good .

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Book number: 28979

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SCANDINAVIAN ARTIST; NORWEGIAN ARTIST; EDVARD MUNCH: Probleme - Forschungen - Thesen; HENNING BOCK; GUNTER BUSCH; PRZYBYSZEWSKI; EROTICISM; RODIN; VUILLARD; GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM; PAULA mODERSOHN-BECKER; PHOTOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATIONS; TIPPE

(Durer Albert). Bodmer, Henri

Durer

Paris: Editions Rombaldi, (1947). (1947). Paris: Editions Rombaldi, (1947). (1947). Good. - Quarto [13-5/8 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], white paper covered boards. The boards are bumped & lightly soiled with light foxing to the top edge of the front board. The head of the spine & the adjacent corner of the front board are creased & the top inch of the front joint is split. 27 pages plus 10 color plates & 128 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The page edges are slightly darkened & the top inner corners of the pages are lightly creased. Good.

First edition. The text is in French. Good .

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Book number: 14297

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ARTIST; GERMAN; ALBERT DURER; HENRI BODMER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.