Gardner, Paul (1894-1972). Ballet master & dancer, architect and artist who was director of the Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts and served as Military Governor of Ischia, Italy during the Second World War.

Photogravure Christmas Greeting Card, Inscribed & Signed by the Artist and Ballet Master Paul Gardner.

San Patricio, New Mexico: Las Milpas, Christmas 1952. 1952. - A 5-1/2 inch high by 4-1/4 card illustrated with a 2 inch high by 3 inch wide photogravure of the ballet master, artist, and military governor Paul Gardner riding his horse with hills rising up behind the prairies of "Las Milpas", his ranch in San Patricio. The image is centered at the top with the platemarks extending to measure 5 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide. Inscribed in ink by Gardner within the platemarks below the image "All the Season's Greetings and best wishes for 1953 from Las Milpas", signed "Paul Gardner" and dated "Christmas 1952". An annotation in ink on the verso indicates that the envelope in which the card was mailed was "Postmarked: San Patricio, New Mexico". Fine. Born in Boston, Paul Gardner (1894-1972) majored in architecture at MIT before joining the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corp. in 1917. He attained the rank of captain and was awarded the Croix De Guerre with Palm for his service in France during the First World War. He studied architecture and art in Europe during the summers eventually returning to Washington, D.C. where he held the position of Ballet Master for the Washington Opera Company. Paul Gardner went on to co-own the Tchernikoff Gardnier School of Dancing with his dance partner Lisa Gardnier with whom he performed under the stage name Paul Tchernikoff. Focusing on art, he went on to study at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum and was appointed the first Director of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art as well as the Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts. He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Arts and Monuments Commission of the U.S. Army in Italy during the Second World War. During the war Gardner also served as the Military Governor of Ischia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean, from 1942 to 1945. He spent the last 2 decades of his life on his ranch in New Mexico, where he resided in the summer while spending his winters in Italy. Fine .

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Book number: 97444

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; DANCE; BALLET; ARCHITECTURE; PHOTOGRAVURE; GREETING CARD; CHRISTMAS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED; INSCRIBED; INSCRIPTION; SIGNATURE; PAUL GARDNER; SEASON'S GREETINGS; ORIGINAL PHOTO; MILITARY GOVERNOR OF ISCHIA; ITALY;

Lefebvre d'Argence, Rene-Yvon.

A Decade of Collecting (1966-1975): An Exhibition Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco / the Avery Brundage Collection. Winter, 1976 - Spring, 1977.

(Japan: Kodansha International Ltd), 1976. 1976. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], pictorial gray & orange boards. The rear cover is rubbed with some light scratches to the front cover. 191 pages. 18 full-page color illustrations & profuse illustrations in black & white. There is a small area of rubbing to the front pastedown. The contents are near fine. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 36900

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ASIAN ART; A DECADE OF COLLECTING (1966-1975): AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO, THE AVERY BRUNDAGE COLLECTION. WINTER 1976-SPRING 1977; RENE-YVON LEFEBVRE D'ARGENCE.

Aries, Philippe

Images of Man and Death

Cambridge, MA and London, U.K.: Harvard University Press, 1985. 1985. Cambridge, MA and London, U.K.: Harvard University Press, 1985. 1985. Very good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide], maroon cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed and the bottom corners of the covers are slightly frayed. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a tiny chip to the bottom of its front fold. 271 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Very good.

First edition in English. Translated by Janet Lloyd. Very good .

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Book number: 28654

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ILLUSTRATED; FRENCH AUTHOR; PHILIPPE ARIES; IMAGES OF MAN AND DEATH; BURIAL; GRAVES; CEMETERIES; TOMBS; LIFE AFTER DEATH; TRANSLATOR; JANET LLOYD; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; 1ST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

(Arnitz, Rick). Porges, Maria

Rick Arnitz. Essay by Maria Porges. (Catalog)

San Francisco, CA: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, (1998). (1998). San Francisco, CA: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, (1998). (1998). Fine. - Small quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], soft covers bound in decorative gray wraps. 20 pages. Illustrated in color. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition held at the Stephen Wirtz Gallery in the summer of 1998. Fine .

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Book number: 8115

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PAINTING; PAINTER; ARTIST; AMERICAN; RICK ARNITZ; ROLLERS; PAINT ROLLERS; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; MARIA PORGES.

Arnold, Grant

Creative Lithography and How to Do It

NY: Dover Publications, Inc. (1964). (1964). NY: Dover Publications, Inc. (1964). (1964). Good. - Octavo, pictorial wraps. The wraps are creased. 214 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Good.

Reprint of the original edition published in 1941. Good .

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Book number: 5894

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; LITHOGRAPHY; ARNOLD GRANT; ILLUSTRATIONS; REFERENCE. (Art). (Lithography). CREATIVE LITHOGRAPHY AND HOW TO DO IT. Arnold, Grant.

(Artschwager, Richard). Armstrong, Richard

Artschwager (French Edition)

(Paris): Editions du Centre Pompidou). (1989). (1989). (Paris): Editions du Centre Pompidou). (1989). (1989). Fine. - Quarto [approximately 9-1/2 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. 127 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated with plates and full-page illustrations in color and black & white. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition organized by Richard Armstrong for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris from July 7 to September 17th, 1989. The text, which is in French, includes an interview with Artschwager by Bernard Blistene. Fine .

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Book number: 32776

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AMERICAN ART; AMERICAN ARTIST; AMERIAN SCULPTOR; RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; RICHARD ARMSTRONG; INTERVIEW; BERNARD BLISTENE; EXHIBITION; CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU.

(Artschwager, Richard). Armstrong, Richard; Cathcart, Linda L.; Delehanty, Suzanne

Richard Artschwager's Theme(S)

Albright-Knox Art Gallery/Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania/La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, (1979). (1979). Albright-Knox Art Gallery/Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania/La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, (1979). (1979). Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is slightly rubbed at the extremities & the head of the spine is very lightly chipped. 103 pages. Profuse illustrations, mostly in black & white. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition cooperatively organized by and seen at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY, the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art and the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art in 1979 and early 1980. Very good .

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Book number: 25874

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AMERICAN ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; 20TH CENTURY ART; AMERICAN ARTIST; SCULPTOR; RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER'S THEME(S); SCULPTURES; DRAWINGS; INSTALLATIONS; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; RICHARD ARMSTRONG; LINDA L. CATHCART; SUZANNE DELEHANTY; ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART

Arvidsson, Karl Axel; Segerstedt, Bengt

Svenskt Maleri 1900-1950 / Swedish Painting / Schwedische Malerei / la Peinture Suedoise

Stockholm [Sweden]: Ehlins, [1956]. [1956]. Stockholm [Sweden]: Ehlins, [1956]. [1956]. Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide] dark blue cloth. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed & the spine is slightly faded. 84 & [1] pages. Numerous full-page color reproductions with black-and-white textual portraits of the artists. Very good.

Number 858 of an edition of 2,000 numbered copies.

The text is printed in Swedish, English, German and French. Very good .

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Book number: 30292

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SVENSKT MALERI 1900-1950; SWEDISH PAINTING; SCHWEDISCHE MALEREI; LA PEINTURE SUEDOISE; SWEDISH PAINTERS; PORTRAITS; KARL AXEL ARVIDSSON; BENGT SEGERSTEDT; ILLUSTRATIONS; LIMITED EDITION.

(Asada, Hiroshi). Ogura, Tadao.

Hiroshi Asada.

New York: Galerie Tamenaga, 1991. 1991. - Oblong quarto [8-3/4 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in folding pictorial wrappers. The binding is slightly rubbed & bumped. 47 & [1] pages. Illlustrated in color with full-page illustrations & plates, including a folding plate. Near fine. Catalog for an exhibition which ran at Galerie Tamenaga in New York from October 11 to November 5, 1991. There is an inscription in Japanese on the front endpaper. An illustrated brochure advertising the exhibition is laid in. Hiroshi Asada was born in Kyoto in 1931. Though he came from a family of "'nihonga" [Japanese-style] painters, he enrolled in an economics course and when he took up painting in his spare time and began exhibiting in 1954, he was influenced by western art, including the European Art Informel movement. The dreamlike, surrealistic landscapes shown in New York were characteristic of his later style. Asada committed suicide in 1997. Rare. WorldCat locates only three copies. Very good .

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Book number: 24950

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; JAPANESE ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; 20TH CENTURY ART; HIROSHI ASADA; TADAO OGURA; CATALOG; EXHIBITION; GALERIE TAMENAGA, NEW YORK; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES.

(Motherwell, Robert; Pollock, Jackson; Guston, Philip; Gorky, Arshile;Rauschenberg, Robert; et al.) Ashton, Dore; and Diament de Sujo, Clara.

Dibujos Acuarelas Abstractos Usa: The Museum of Modern Art, New York / En El Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Bajo Los Auspicios Del International Council of the Museum of Modern Art New York.

Caracas & New York: Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas and the Museum of Modern Art, [1962]. [1962]. - Small quarto, 8 inches high by 8-7/8 inches wide. Softcover bound in black wraps, titled in black, white and red. The covers are slightly rubbed and creased with a small piece rubbed away from the top corner of the front cover. 24 pages on creamy white stock, with text in English and Spanish. Illustrated with reproductions of artwork by major modern artists. Additionally, there are 12 inserted half-pages printed on glossy stock (as issued) with text in Spanish and illustrated with portraits of the artists. Very good. Together with a 12-page catalog, bound in matching black self-wraps, listing 80 works on exhibit at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas. The exhibition, under the direction of Miguel Arroyo C. contained several works by James Brooks, Charles Cajori, Nicholas Carone, Edward Corbett, Burgoyne Diller, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Gechtoff, Fritz Glarner, Arshile Gorky, Stephen Greene, Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Jasper Johns, John Kacere, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Nicholas Marsicano, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, William Ronald, Ludwig Sander, Miriam Schapiro, Mark Tobey, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente, Jean Xceron, and Adja Yunkers. SCARCE. Very good .

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Book number: 28037

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; MODERN; DIBUJOS ACUARELAS ABSTRACTOS USA; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART; MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE CARACUAS; VENEZUELLA; ENGLISH; SPANISH; CATALOG; EXHIBITION; EXHIBIT; MODERN ARTISTS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; DORE ASHTON; CLARA DIAMENT DE SUJO; James

(Picasso, Pablo). Ashton, Dore; and Serraller, Francisco Calvo.

Picasso and the Age of Iron. Curated by Carmen Gimenez. Essays by Dore Ashton, Francisco Calvo Serraller.

New York: Guggenheim Museum, (1993). (1993). New York: Guggenheim Museum, (1993). (1993). Fine. - Quarto, 11-3/8 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial white wraps. 331 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 98403

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PICASSO AND THE AGE OF IRON; CARMEN GIMENEX; DORE ASHTON; FRANCISCO CALVO SERRALLER; PABLO PICASSO; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Elmore, Alfred (1815-1881). Irish-born British historical genre painter associated with "The Clique".

Autograph Letter Signed by the Irish-Born British Historical Genre Painter Alfred Elmore.

Kensington, April 22, 1879. 1879. - Over 65 words penned on 5-1/2 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide creamy white "1 St. Albans Road, Victoria Road, Kensington" embossed stationery. In his letter addressed to T.H. Hills, Elmore fears that he may not feel well enough to have dinner with his friend on Thursday: "I am not very well or strong and I fear I shall be too done up to join you at dinner on that day.." Signed in full "Alfred Elmore". Folded for mailing with a strip of paper glued along the top of the verso. Very good. The British historical genre painter Alfred Elmore (1815-1881) was born in Clonakilty, Ireland. Initially influenced by Richard Parkes Bonington's troubadour style, he soon moved on to paint religious canvases such as "The Martyrdom of Thomas a Becket", a work commissioned by Daniel O'Connell for Dublin's Westland Row Church. Associated with "The Clique", young artists who followed in the footsteps of Hogarth and David Wilkie, Elmore's paintings frequently explored historical settings, including episodes from Shakespeare and the French Revolution. He often incorporated scenes depicting technological innovations such as depicted in his paintings "The Invention of the Stocking Loom" and "The Invention of the Combing Machine", though his most famous work "On the Brink" is a moral genre painting of young woman who has lost her fortune gambling and is on the brink of responding to the seduction of a satan-like figure. Very good .

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Book number: 96448

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ALFRED ELMORE; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ALS; NINTEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; SIGNATURE; HISTORY; HISTORICAL GENRE PAINTING; THE CLIQUE; ARTIST; ON THE BRINK; THE MARTYRDOM OF THOMAS A BECKETT; THE INVENTION OF THE STOCKING LOOM.

Dayman, Dwight. Canadian artist associated with NYC's Castelli Gallery in 1970.

An Original Lithographic Collage of a Flower by Dwight Dayman Consisting of Patterns and Images Lithographed on Layers of Tissue and Paper Laid over Art Paper.

[Circa late 1970s]. [Circa late 1970s]. Fine. - The 29-7/8 inch high by 20 inch wide lithographic collage on a 31 inch high by 23 inch wide fine art paper consists of images and patterns lithographed on layers of tissue and paper. The abstract image, constructed of consecutive layers, consists of a beautiful yellow flower cut out and partially laid over an indigo rectangle. This rectangle is laid over purple tissue which is mounted over the lower half of the print. Above the flower, its shadow is lithographed on dark maroon tissue. Columns of dark red tissue over a deep red base form the backdrop of the upper half of the print. Fine. The Canadian artist Dwight Dayman was associated with the Castelli Galery in New York City in 1970. He was a frequent visiting artist at the Western Front Society in Vancouver. Dayman died of AIDS at a young age. An artist run center based in Vancouver, BC, the Western Front Society was founded by several Canadian artists in 1973. The 8 founding members Martin Bartlett, Mo van Nostrand, Kate Craig, Henry Greenhow, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov sought to create a space to explore and create new forms of art. Fine .

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Book number: 95933

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL PRINT; COLLAGE; LITHOGRAPH; TISSUE PAPER; YELLOW FLOWER; ABSTRACT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABSTRACT ART; CANADIAN ARTIST; DWIGHT DAYMAN; AIDS; WESTERN FRONT SOCIETY; VANCOUVER, B.C.; CANADA; CANADIAN ARTIST; PATTERNS; CASTELLI GALLE

Dayman, Dwight. Canadian artist associated with NYC's Castelli Gallery in 1970.

An Original Lithographic Collage of a Sun Rising over an Abstract Image, Consisting of Patterns Lithographed on Layers of Tissue Laid on Watermarked Art Paper Signed and Dated by the Artist Dwight Dayman on the Verso.

1978. 1978. - The 24 inch high by 19-1/2 inch wide lithographic collage on a 30 inch high by 22-1/4 inch wide watermarked art paper consists of images and patterns lithographed on layers of blue & red tissue paper. The abstract image, constructed of consecutive layers, consists of a layer of yellow tissue covered by red tissue with a notch at the top from which peeks out the bright yellow sun. A large section of bright blue tissue, filling the lower two thirds of the print overlaps the red tissue. Three darker blue rectangles of diminishing sizes are laid as blocks upon the blue background. Smokey grayish shapes float within these blocks. Fine. The collage is signed and dated in pencil by Dwight Dayman on the verso. The Canadian artist Dwight Dayman was associated with the Castelli Galery in New York City in 1970. He was a frequent visiting artist at the Western Front Society in Vancouver. Dayman died of AIDS at a young age. An artist run center based in Vancouver, BC, the Western Front Society was founded by several Canadian artists in 1973. The 8 founding members Martin Bartlett, Mo van Nostrand, Kate Craig, Henry Greenhow, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov sought to create a space to explore and create new forms of art. Fine .

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Book number: 95935

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL PRINT; COLLAGE; LITHOGRAPH; TISSUE PAPER; YELLOW SUN OVER RED & BLUE TISSUE; ABSTRACT; SIGNED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABSTRACT ART; CANADIAN ARTIST; DWIGHT DAYMAN; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; AIDS; WESTERN FRONT SOCIETY; VANCOUVER, B

Dayman, Dwight. Canadian artist associated with NYC's Castelli Gallery in 1970.

An Original Lithographic Collage of Abstract Boomerang-Shaped Lithographic Images over Layers of Colored Tissue Laid on Watermarked Art Paper Signed and Dated by the Artist Dwight Dayman on the Verso.

1978. 1978. - The 28 inch high by 20 inch wide lithographic collage on a 30 inch high by 22-1/4 inch wide watermarked art paper consists of images and patterns lithographed on layers of pink & brown paper. The abstract image, constructed of consecutive layers, consists of a light blue "v" or boomerang shaped image laid over a light pink patterned tissue filling the top half of the print. An identically shaped dark brown lithograph is laid over copper brown tissue filling the bottom half of the print. This latter copper tissue overlaps the pink resulting in a light brown band along the middle of the image. Both of these colored tissues are themselves laid over deep red tissue which peeks through along the top and left edge and from the bottom right corner. Fine. The collage is signed and dated in pencil by Dwight Dayman on the verso. The Canadian artist Dwight Dayman was associated with the Castelli Galery in New York City in 1970. He was a frequent visiting artist at the Western Front Society in Vancouver. Dayman died of AIDS at a young age. An artist run center based in Vancouver, BC, the Western Front Society was founded by several Canadian artists in 1973. The 8 founding members Martin Bartlett, Mo van Nostrand, Kate Craig, Henry Greenhow, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov sought to create a space to explore and create new forms of art. Fine .

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Book number: 95936

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL PRINT; COLLAGE; LITHOGRAPH; TISSUE PAPER; CORNER; BOOMERANG-SHAPED LITHOGRAPHS; V-SHAPED IMAGES; PINK & BROWN TISSUE OVER RED; ABSTRACT; SIGNED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABSTRACT ART; CANADIAN ARTIST; DWIGHT DAYMAN; SIGNATURE; AU