Bourgeois, Louise

Louise Bourgeois: The Locus of Memory / Works 1982-1993. Charlotta Kotik / Terrie Sultan / Christian Leigh

New York: The Brooklyn Museum in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, (1994). (1994). New York: The Brooklyn Museum in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, (1994). (1994). Fine. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped. 144 pages. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. About fine.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same title organized by the Brooklyn Museum in association with the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Fine .

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Book number: 19416

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SCULPTURE; SCULPTOR; FRENCH AMERICAN; LOUISE BOURGEOIS: THE LOCUS OF MEMORY; CHARLOTTA KOTIK; TERRIE SULTAN; CHRISTIAN LEIGH; EXHIBITION; THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART.

(Hokusai). Bowie, Theodore

The Drawings of Hokusai

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1964). (1964). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1964). (1964). Good. - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], cream cloth. The binding is bumped & soiled with the spine & extremities darkened. The covers are slightly bowed. 190 pages. 130 illustrations in black & white. The contents are near fine. Good. Good .

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Book number: 20094

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; GRAPHIC ART; JAPANESE ART; HOKUSAI: THE DRAWINGS; THEODORE BOWIE; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Bowles, Jerry G.; editor.

Art Work, No Commercial Value.

New York, NY: Grossman Publishers, (1972). (1972). - Quarto, approximately 12 inch square 3-ring binder. 141 leaves on which are reproduced the work of 41 contributors. The contents are as follows: Title, Invitation, List of contributors, Color "Space Chart", Fran Lacy (4 leaves), Richard Meltzer (4 leaves on blue paper), Henry J. Korn (2 leaves), David Franks (10 pages on 5 leaves, including a portrait), Scott Hyde (2 color leaves), A. Doyle Moore (4 leaves on variously colored paper), Armand Schwerner (6 pages on 3 leaves), Michael Schacht (1 folding leaf), Dick Higgins (2 leaves), Russell Edson (4 leaves), Alan Sondheim (4 pages on 2 leaves), Madeline Gins (3 leaves), Lloyd M. Davis (4 leaves), Terry Lacy (1 large folding leaf), Sandra Kaplan Dragul (3 color leaves), Suzanne Szlemko (5 leaves), Arakawa (5 leaves), Richard Kostelanetz (5 leaves on variously colored paper), Doloris Holmes (6 pages on 4 leaves of variously colored paper), Pat Hughes (7 pages on 4 leaves), Michael Metz (11 pages on 6 leaves), Ben F. Freedman (5 leaves on variously colored paper), John Dowd (7 pages on 4 leaves), David Thompson (4 leaves, including 2 on color paper), Dana Atchley [ace space co] (1 leaf on color paper), Nelson Howe (4 leaves), Richard Kathmann (3 leaves, including 1 folding), Jim Harrison (2 pages on 1 leaf), John Murray (6 pages on 3 leaves), Jacque Thompson (3 pages on 2 leaves), David Heintz (4 leaves), Tom Ockerse (6 leaves), Ely Raman (9 pages on 5 leaves), Dana Atchley [ace space co] (1 leaf on color paper), Geoff Hendricks (3 leaves), Jerome Rothenberg (3 pages on 2 leaves), Lilly Sovary (8 pages on 4 leaves), Image Bank (4 pages on 2 leaves), Monica Hamm (4 pages on 2 leaves of heavy stock), Glenn Hamm (4 pages on 2 leaves of heavy stock, one on color paper), John Fiorillo (3 leaves including 1 folding), Dana Atchley [ace space co] (1 leaf on color paper), John Perreault (a hand-written and signed one line poem on 1 leaf). The three ring binder is a replacement, not the original. It therefore lacks the printed cover label. There is minor darkening to the inner edge of the title leaf else the contents are fine. No. 586 of an edition of 1000 copies. "The intent of this book is to call attention to activities in the area of notebooks, community art and correspondence art and to encourage other people to launch projects of their own." - From the Invitation. Laid in is a printed Dick Higgins Christmas Card from 1976. Very good .

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Book number: 96407

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: FLUXUS; MAIL ART; ARAKAWA; DANA ATCHLEY; LLOYD M. DAVIS; JOHN DOWD; RUSSELL EDSON; DAVID FRANKS; JOHN FIORILLO; BEN F. FREEDMAN; DAVID HEINTZ; JIM HARRISON; NELSON HOWE; SCOTT HYDE; GLENN HAMM; MONICA HAMM; PAT HUGHES; GEOFF HENDRICKS; DICK HIGGINS; RICHA

Braby, Dorothea

The Way of Wood Engraving

London & New York: The Studio Publications, (1953). (1953). London & New York: The Studio Publications, (1953). (1953). Good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The head of the spine is creased. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with light soiling to its rear panel. The front panel is nearly detached and a long tear to the spine & 2 tears to the inner edge of the rear panel have been partially repaired internally with scotch tape. 95 & [1] pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in black & white after wood engravings by various artists. The top edges of the pastedowns are slightly bubbled & there is very light rippling to the top edges of the pages. A small label is affixed to the top corner of the front pastedown. Very good in a fair dust wrapper.

First edition. "How to Do It Series" Number 46. Good .

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Book number: 31799

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; GRAPHIC ART; THE WAY OF WOOD ENGRAVING; HOW TO DO IT SERIES; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; WOOD ENGRAVERS; PRINTS; PRINTMAKERS; ARTISTS; CRAFTSMEN; ILLUSTRATORS; DOROTHEA BRABY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Bradford, Martha Jane (1946-2018).

Lost Pond: An Original Signed Limited Color Serigraph by the Maine Artist Martha Jane Bradford.

Circa [1988]. [1988]. SIGNED LIMITED COLOR SERIGRAPH BY THE MAINE ARTIST MARTHA JANE BRADFORD - A 30-1/2 inch high by 44 inch wide color serigraph illustrating a beautiful Maine landscape. The image depicts a pond surrounded by colorful shrubs and trees with a mountain range in the background. "AM Editions" is stamped in blind at lower left. "Selling Sample" is faintly penned in purple grease pencil. The serigraph is signed in full by Martha Jane Bradford in pencil at right below the image with "Edition 250" and "26 colors" penciled under the image at left. Two faintly drawn "X"s are penciled at the bottom of the image. There are several very short tears in the margins that could be matted out. The verso is slightly soiled. A beautiful signed color serigraph by the Maine artist Martha Jane Bradford. The Maine artist Martha Jane Bradford (1946-2018) studied at Holyoke College and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Her work was featured in several solo and group exhibitions and can be found in the permanent collections of the Boston Public Library, the DeDordova Museum and the Fogg Art Museum. Very good .

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Book number: 95937

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; MAINE ARTIST; MARTHA JANE BRADFORD; LOST POND; ORIGINAL COLOR SERIGRAPH; LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED; LANDSCAPE; AUTOGRAPH; SAMPLE; AM EDITIONS; PRINT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Bradley, Will.

Victor Victoria Bicycles: Overman Wheel Co. " a Vintage Art Nouveau Advertising Page Designed and Illustrated by Will Bradley for the February 20, 1896 Issue of the Youth's Companion.

The Youth's Companion 1896. 1896. - A 16-1/4 inch high by 11-1/4 inch wide pictorial advertisement for Victoria Bicycles illustrated and designed by Will Bradley. A dreamy 14 inch high by 9 inch wide Art Nouveau illustration printed in blue on a gray background depicts a woman, draped in a flowing gown, standing with a bicycle next to tall flowers and trees within a floral frame. "Victor" and "Victoria" are printed within the floral borders at right and left of the image with "Bicycles / Overman Wheel Co. / Boston, New York, Detroit, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland Ore." framing the top and bottom. This rare advertisement by Will Bradley was published on page "iv" of Volume VII, No. 8 of "The Youth's Companion", dated February 20, 1896. Several black & white pictorial ads decorate the verso (page "iii" of the periodical). A couple of short tears near the corners of the top edge are repaired with clear archival document tape from the verso. The edges of the print are slightly darkened from having once been framed. An attractive art nouveau print. [Ref: "Will H. Bradley: His Work. A Bibliographical Guide" by Anthony Bambace, pages 152-153]. Very good .

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Book number: 94701

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ADVERTISEMENT; ILLUSTRATED; ART; BICYCLES; WILL BRADLEY; VICTOR VICTORIA BICYCLES; WOMAN'S BIKE; TYPE DESIGN; PUBLICITY; AD; ILLUSTRATION; THE YOUTH'S COMPANION; ART DECO PRINT; OVERMAN WHEEL CO.; ILLUSTRATION; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY.

(Braque, Georges). Leymarie, Jean.

Georges Braque.

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (1988). (1988). New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (1988). (1988). Fine. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps. 278 & [2] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Fine .

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Book number: 98232

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; GEORGES BRAQUE; JEAN LEYMARIE; SOLOMON G. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Brauer, Erich; Fleissner, Herbert; editor

Brauer: Malerei Des Phantastischen Realismus

Munchen/Wien: Langen-Muller Verlag, (1968). (1968). Munchen/Wien: Langen-Muller Verlag, (1968). (1968). Good. - Small oblong quarto [8-5/8 inches by 9-1/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is very slightly bumped & somewhat bowed and the extremities of the dust jacket are slightly rubbed. 59 & [5] pages plus a section of 32 full-page color illustrations reproducing drawings, oil paintings and water colors by Erich Brauer. Also with a black-and-white portrait plate and with black-and-white plates & illustrations in the text. 1 word on the title page is partially rubbed away, probably in the printing process. Good.

With an essay by Erich Brauer and contributions by Pierre Restany and Alfred Schmeller. The text is in German. Good .

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Book number: 28987

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; FANTASTIC REALISM; ERICH BRAUER; BRAUER: MALEREI DES PHANTASTISCHEN REALISMUS; HERBERT FLEISSNER; PIERRE RESTANY; ALFRED SCMELLER; ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH.

(Velazquez). Breal, Auguste

Velazquez

London: Duckworth & Co. / New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. circa [1905]. [1905]. London: Duckworth & Co. / New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. circa [1905]. [1905]. Very good. - Small octavo, blue cloth titled & decorated in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped. xxiv & 236 pages. Illustrated with profuse black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. A few page corners are lightly bumped. The front edges of 2 overlapping leaves are creased with a tiny chip to one of them. Very good.

A title in the series "Popular Library of Art". Very good .

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Book number: 24698

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SPANISH ART; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; ARTIST; PAINTER; VELAZQUEZ; CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY; AUGUSTE BREAL; PLATES; THE POPULAR LIBRARY OF ART.

Breuer, Karin.

An American Focus: The Anderson Graphic Arts Collection.

Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / University of California Press, (2000). (2000). Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / University of California Press, (2000). (2000). Fine. - Quarto, 13-5/8 inches high by 12 inches wide. Hardcover bound in orange cloth titled in black on the spine, in the original black & white dust wrapper. The head and tail of the book's spine are lightly bumped. 192 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 98064

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AN AMERICAN FOCUS; THE ANDERSON GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION; KARIN BREUER; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS.

Haughton, Brian and Anna; et al

The International Asian Art Fair

(London: The International Asian Art Fair Ltd.), 1996. 1996. (London: The International Asian Art Fair Ltd.), 1996. 1996. Fine. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped. 66 pages plus ads. Profuse illustrations & pictorial ads in color and black & white. Near fine.

Catalog for the first International Asian Art Fair, organized by Brian and Anna Haughton and held at the Seventh Regiment Armory, New York City from March 30th through April 2nd, 1996. The fair included a benefit for the Asia Society on March 29th, and there are illustrated essays on Chinese ceramics from the society's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. Fine .

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Book number: 30503

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ASIAN ART; THE INTERNATIONAL ASIAN ART FAIR 1996; BRIAN HAUGHTON; ANNA HAUGHTON; SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY, NEW YORK CITY; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; ASIA SOCIETY BENEFIT; CHINESE CERAMICS; MR. AND MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 3RD COLLECTION; SONG AND JIN PERIOD

Briganti, Giuliano

The View Painters of Europe

NY: Phaidon, (1970). (1970). NY: Phaidon, (1970). (1970). Fine. - 4to, gray cloth titled in black on spine with illustration in black on front cover; in color pictorial orange dw. [vi] & 318pp. Profuse color & B&W illustrations. Near fine in original publisher's box.

First American edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine .

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Book number: 24512

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART REFERENCE; EUROPE; VIEWS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; NEAR FINE; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS. (Art). THE VIEW PAINTERS OF EUROPE. Briganti, Giuliano.

(Brighton, Andrew).

Mai Dolgok: A Nyolcvanas Evek Brit Festeszete Es Szobraszata/Current Affairs: British Painting and Sculpture in the Eighties. Mucsarnok 1987 Aprilis 23-Majus 31 / Budapest, Hosok Tere. (Catalog).

(Budapest [Hungary]: Palace of Exhibitions, 1987). 1987). - Quarto, pictorial black wraps. The wraps are rubbed. 162 pp. plus colophon. 74 full-page illustrations in B&W & color. The contents are fine.

The Hungarian edition of the catalog for an exhibition shown in Budapest and at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England. The introductory essays are printed in Hungarian and English. The artists' bios are in Hungarian. Among the artists included are Francis Bacon, Anthony Caro, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Leon Kossoff, Gillian Ayres, R.B. Kitaj, Ken Kiff and Gilbert and George.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 2477

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; EIGHTIES; 1980S; BRITISH; PAINTING; SCULPTURE; CATALOG; HUNGARIAN; EXHIBITION; BUDAPEST; MUCSAMOK; OXFORD MUSEUM OF MODERN ART; FRANCIS BACON; ANTHONY CARO; IAN HAMILTON FINLAY; LEON KOSSOFF; GILLIAN AYRES; R. B. KITA

(Broda, Ron; Hilliard, Fred; Livingston, Francis; Manning, Michele; Rother, Sue; Gehm, Charles; Hoff, Terry; Lewis, H.B. [Buck]; Accornero, Franco; Thelen, Mary; Boies, Alex.)

Save the Artists: For Your Art File... . Jerry Leff Associates, Inc.

New York: Jerry Leff Associates Inc. (1994). (1994). - Quarto, 12 inches high by 9-7/8 inches wide. Spiral-bound softcover. Bound in stiff purple wraps decorated with the firm's name in gilt and blind and with a round white paper title label printed in black on the front cover. A purple tag embossed in gilt is attached with black cotton to the top copper spiral ring. The corners are lightly creased. 34 leaves, each printed on one side only, including a list of artists printed as a title page on creamy fine speckled paper and 33 full-page color illustrations and designs by graphic artists and illustrators printed on glossy stock. An additional 5 full-page color plates are housed in a pocket at the rear with Jeffrey Leff's business card housed in a smaller pocket. There is a minor crease to the top corners of the 5 plates housed in the pocket. Very good. RARE. The artists represented in this work are Joe Fleming, Fred Hilliard, Francis Livingston, Rob Roth, Michele Manning, Neil Brennan, Rik Olson, Sue Rother, Charles Gehm, Denise Crawford, Terry Hoff, Brian Callanan, Alan Mazzetti, Richard High, Leonard Morgan, Ron Broda, Kelly Maddox, Franco Accornero, Mary Thelen, Lingta Kung, Alex Boies, and John Sayles, all of whom are listed on the first page. Works by Gwen Connelly, HB Lewis, and Lewis Pippo are included within the pocket at the rear. These artists were not listed at the front. Another print, this one printed on heavy stock, is unidentified. The image beautifully depicts a black man in a tan jacket, standing in the light from a window in a bare loft, gently gesturing to a cat who lies at his feet. Very good .

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Book number: 97246

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ILLUSTRATED; ADVERTISING; GRAPHIC DESIGN; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; PRINTS; JERRY LEFF ASSOCIATES INC.; SAVE THE ARTISTS; FOR YOUR ART FILE; PRINTS; JOE FLEMING; FRED HILLIARD; FRANCIS LIVINGSTON; ROB ROTH; MICHELE MANNING; NEIL BRENNAN; RIK OLSON

Broi, Gianni.

P Come Perugia.

(Firenze): Edizioni IGITUR, (1979). (1979). - Small 4to, pictorial B&W wraps. The rear wrapper is lightly spotted along spine. 45 pp. & colophon. Illustrated in B&W by the author, Carlo Cantino & Luciano Ricci. Very good.

The book was published in connection with a show at the Palazzo dei Priori on 21 April 1979. The text includes a conversation titled "La Cautela nel Gioco" between the author and his friends Fabio De Sanctis and Letizia Sostegni. Very good .

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Book number: 94

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: CONCEPTUAL ART; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH-CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; CARLO CANTINO; LUCIANO RICCI; FABIO DE SANCTIS; LETIZIA SOSTEGNI; LITERATURE; ITALIAN; ITALY.