New Arrivals in Modern Art & Film (part 2)

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ARTEXT offers the following new arrivals in modern art & film.

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Monographs P-Z and General Books:
(PENNELL #A7353)
Pennell, Joseph and J. C. Squire. A London Reverie: Fifty Six
Drawings by JOSEPH PENNELL. Unpaginated. 56 beautifully printed
full-page illus. with commentary on each work. Intro. text by
Squire. 4to, tan cloth, gilt lettering. No d.j. London,
MacMillan & Co., 1928. V.G.+ (light shelf rubbing lower edge).
$40.00.

(PEREZ #A7802)
Kohler, Arnold. RAFAEL PEREZ. 37 pp., illus. in color and b&w,
biog., exhibs., colls. Nice little catalogue, designed by Marlen
Perez-Gruber. Post-war Venezuelan geometric abstract painter and
multimedia artist who lives and works in Zurich. Text in French,
German, Spanish and English. Sq. 8vo, self-wrps. Zurich, Nd.
(c.1971). Fine. $12.50.

(RAMOS #A7371)
Oakland. Oakland Museum. MEL RAMOS: Paintings 1959-1977. 31 pp.
exhib. cat. (61 works), 37 illus., 5 full-page color, photo of
artist by Mimi Jacobs, exhibs., bibliog. 4to, wrps. 1977. V.G.+
(Covers lightly scuffed, owner name upper corner title-page,
else clean bright copy.) $27.50.

(RENOIR #A6512)
RENOIR, JEAN. This Land is Mine. 113 pp., 16 stills, cast list.
Screenplay by Dudley Nichols for Renoir's 1943 film starring
Charles Laughton. 8vo, wrps. Reprint. New York, Ungar (Rko
Classic Screenplays), 1970. Fine. $8.00.

(RICHTER, H #A8153)
Providence. Rhode Island School of Design. The World Between the
Ox and the Swine. Dada Drawings by HANS RICHTER. 56 pp., 60 b&w
illus. The artist's recollections accompany his WWI drawings.
Important supplement to Cleve Gray's 1971 publication. 8vo,
wrps. 1971. Fine. $42.00.

(SANTOS #A7812)
New York. Grey Art Gallery. Suspension of the Law: RENE SANTOS,
a retrospective. 76 pp., 32 color plates, checklist of 64 works,
biog., exhibs., bibliog. Text by David Deitcher, and lengthy
roundtable discussion moderated by Thomas Sokolowski, including
Brad Baker, Peter Halley, D. Deitcher, David Saunders, Virginia
Stotz, Anne Schoenfeld. Text in Spanish and English. Belated
memorial exhibition for this important 80's gay camp painter,
photographer and critic who died in 1986 at the age of 32. 4to,
stiff wrps. Ed. of 1000. 1994. Near-fine. $27.50.

(STORRS #A7197)
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. JOHN STORRS. 143 pp.
exhib. cat of 145 works, all illus., chronol, exhibs., bibliog.,
checklist. Text by Noel Frackman. Fine reference work. Small
4to, wrps. 1986. Fine. $35.00.

(TAMAYO #A7379)
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. RUFINO TAMAYO: Myth and
Magic. 248 pp. retrospective exhib. cat., over 235 illus.,
approx. 12 color plates, chronol., exhibs., reviews, bibliog.
Includes:114 works by Tamayo, 62 Pre-Columbian pieces, 61 works
of Mexican popular art. Dual lang. text in Spanish / English by
Octavio Paz. An interesting contextual exhibition. Stout small
sq. 4to, wrps. Ed. of 4500. 1979. Near-fine. $45.00.

(TODT #A7806)
Boston. School of the Museum of Fine Arts. TODT. Unpag. (20 pp.)
exhib. cat., 13 photos, 4 color plates, checklist of 9 works.
Text by Ken Johnson. Contemporary German artists' group who
create multi-media work about oppression, sadism and psychosis.
8vo, stapled wrps. Ed. of 1000. 1990. About fine. $7.50.

(TRUFFAUT #A7961)
Bonnaffons, Elizabeth. FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT. 245 pp. plus 32
stills, filmog., bibliog. Fine critical study. 8vo, self-wrps.
Lausanne, L'Age d'Homme, 1981. V.G.+ (lower edge of spine worn,
interior crisp). $32.00.

(VILLON #A8042)
Lausanne. Galerie Paul Vallotton. JACQUES VILLON. Unpag. (13
pp.) exhib. cat., 13 illus., 7 in color (including color cover
plate), biog., exhibs., checklist of 56 works, mostly
watercolors and drawings. Oblong 8vo, stapled wrps. 1979. Near-
fine. $5.50.

(VON SCHWIND #A7804)
Busch, Harald. MORITZ VON SCHWIND. 32 pp., 32 illus. including
coverplate, 16 in color. Brief text in German. 8vo, stiff wrps.,
d.j. Konigstein im Taunus, Langewiesche-Bucherei, n.d.
(c.1950's). Fine crisp copy, in nice v.g. d.j. with a few specks
of abrasion to spine, short closed tear rear panel. $8.50.

(VON STERNBERG #A6513)
VON STERNBERG, JOSEF. Macao. 81 pp., 16 stills, cast list.
Screenplay by Bernard Schoeneld and Stanley Rubin for Von
Sternberg's 1952 film starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell.
8vo, wrps. Reprint. New York, Ungar (Rko Classic Screenplays),
1980. Fine. $8.00.

(WARHOL #A7214)
WARHOL, ANDY. America. 224 pp. Hundreds of Andy's snapshots of
Americans with Andy's commentary. 4to, wrps. First ed. New York,
Harper and Row, 1985. Near-fine. $47.50.

(Art in America #A6854)
Art in America. Vol. 51, No. 5 (1963) Fiftieth Anniversary
Issue. 144 pp. Contains articles on O'Keeffe, Joseph Stella,
Lachaise, Bay Area figuration and a portfolio of drawings and
watercolors of Cape Canaveral by Peter Hurd, Mitchell Jamieson,
and others. 4to, pictorial papered boards. No d.j. as issued.
V.G. Extrems. worn, light warp front board. $7.50.

(BERKELEY #A7938)
BERKELEY. University Art Gallery. Jugendstil & Expressionism in
German Posters. 48 pp. exhib. cat. listing 102 works by sixty
artists, 63 illus., 11 in color. Text by Herschel B. Chipp;
chronol. and catalogue by Brenda Richardson. Useful reference
which includes Dutch, Belgian, Austrian, Swiss, Norwegian and
Russian artists active in Germany. 8vo, wrps. 1965. V.G.+
(covers a bit scuffed; interior fine). $22.00.

(BERRY #A6264)
BERRY, CHRIS, ed. Perspectives on Chinese Cinema. 234 pp., film
stills, biogs. and filmogs., chronol., glossary, index of titles
and biogs. of directors. The best collection of writings on
contemporary film from the People's Republic. 8vo, wrps. First
ed. London, BFI, 1991. Near-fine. $22.00.

(CLAUDEL #A7997)
CLAUDEL, PAUL. The Eye Listens. Trans. Elsie Pell. 293 pp.,
illus., index of painters and paintings. Essays on Dutch,
Spanish, and French painting, stained glass, Arthur Honnegger,
et al., written during the 1930's-1940's. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New
York, Philosophical Library, 1950. Near-fine/V.G. $16.50.

(Dada / Surrealism #A7954)
Dada / Surrealism. Combined issue: Nos. 10 / 11. 201 pp.
Excellent scholarly articles on Dali, Bunuel, surrealist film
and imagery. 8vo, wrps. 1982. V.G. Spine and margins of covers
yellowing, faint corner crease. $14.00.

(DAVIS #A7737)
DAVIS, BRUCE, et al. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings:
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies.
Vol. 1: (Essays) 232 pp., 272 illus. (67 in col.). Vol. 2:
(Catalogue of the Collection) 856 pp., with 5151 illus. Lavish
scholarly catalogue of one of the largest collections of German
Expressionism in the world. Fine reference work. Large 4tos,
cloth, d.j., in slipcase. Los Angeles County Museum of Art in
assoc. with Munich, Prestel Verlag, 1989. Fine/Fine in near-fine
slipcase with small surface abrasion upper edge. $235.00.

(DU RY #A4567)
DU RY, CAREL J. Art of the Ancient Near and Middle East. 264
pp., 291 illus., 60 in color, maps, chronological tables,
bibliog., index. Excellent general survey. Small sq. 4to, cloth,
d.j. New York, Abrams, 1969. V.G.+/V.G.+ (Spine sunned with tiny
chip rear panel of d.j. near spine). $16.00.

(EBERLE #A8168)
EBERLE, MATHIAS. World War I and the Weimar Artists: DIX, GROSZ,
BECKMANN, SCHLEMMER. 134 pp., 23 color plates, 108 b&w illus.
Well-researched important work on the impact of WWI on the art
and lives of these artists. Sq. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New Haven, Yale
University Press, 1985. Fine/Fine. $50.00.

(Horizon #A7807)
Horizon. Vol. V, No. 5 (May 1963). Extensive article on Baron
Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris with 27 illus. in color and b&w;
Hadrian's Villa; and other topics. 4to, papered bds. V.G. $8.00.

(KLINSKY #A7809)
KLINSKY, E. J. Lachende Kamera. 74 pp., 71 b&w photos by Robert
Doisneau, Harry Mann, Rudi Herzog, Elizabeth Niggemeyer, George
Cserna, and from international news photo services. Intro. in
German. 8vo, cloth spine, pictorial papered bds. Munich, Hanns
Reich, 1964. Near-fine (faint owner name stamp flyleaf; light
spine sunning). $15.00.

(KRACAUER #A7963)
KRACAUER, SIEGFRIED. Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical
Reality. 364 pp., notes, bibliog., index. 8vo, wrps. First pb.
ed. 1965. New York, Oxford Univ. Press, (1960) 1965. V.G.+ crisp
copy. $20.00.

(MUNCHEN #A6231)
MUNCHEN. Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen. Toskanische
Impressionen: Der Beitrag der Macchiaioli zum europaischen
Realismus. 258 pp. exhib. cat listing 288 works, all illus., 20
in color, extensive scholarly bibliog., biogs. of artists,
index. Excellent study. Texts by Erich Steingraber, Sandra
Pinto, Klaus Lankheit, Dario Durbe and Laura Rago. In German.
Tall 4to, wrps. 1975. Fine $50.00.

(NORTH DARTMOUTH #A8075)
North Dartmouth. Southeastern Massachusetts University Art
Gallery. POST-UTOPIA: Paintings and Installations by the Soviet
Conceptualists Eric BULATOV, Ilya Kabakov and Komar & Melamid.
24 pp. exhib. cat., 6 b&w illus. Intro. by Lasse Antonsen, poems
by KOMAR & MELAMID, texts by Ilya KABAKOV. Oblong 4to, wrps.
1989. Fine. $16.00.

(RAULET #A7212)
RAULET, SYLVIE. Art Deco Jewelry. 344 pp., 792 illus., 261 in
excellent color, biogs. of jewellers, bibliog., glossary of
terms, index. Fine reference work and beautiful book. Large 4to,
cloth, d.j. New York, Rizzoli, 1985. Fine/Fine. $100.00.

(TOKYO #A7826)
TOKYO. Japan Foundation and Washington University in St. Louis.
Paris in Japan: The Japanese Encounter with European Painting.
288 pp., 167 illus., including 78 fine color plates, glossary,
artists' biogs., addenda of critical contemporaneous texts,
important bibliography. Excellent scholarly catalogue with four
major texts by Shuji Takashina, et al, containing much new
information and a fresh perspective on intercultural exchange.
4to, wrps. 1987. Fine. $31.50.

(VESPIGNANI #A7921)
VESPIGNANI, RENZO. Faschismus. 320 pp. compendium on fascism
prepared as an exhib. cat. Includes text, 80 b&w and color
illus. of Vespignani's visual investigation of German and
Italian fascism. Watercolors & drawings, mostly full-page,
accompany hundreds of photos, documents, speeches, writings
pertaining to the Third Reich; detailed international chronol.
timeline. Appendix includes the Konzentrationslager F 321
document prepared in 1949 for the military triubunal at
Nuremburg; texts by Hitler, Munzenberg, H. Mann, Dimitroff.
Folio, wrps. Second printing. Berlin, N.Gesellschaft fur
Bildende Kunst and Elephanten Press, (1976) 1977. About fine.
$47.50.

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