Abstract Expressionism Catalogue (part 3)
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ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
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(ASHTON #A5943)
ASHTON, DORE. The Unknown Shore: A View of Contemporary Art. 265
pp., 40 b&w illus., color frontis., notes, index. Many artists
and topics covered in this account of the development of
twentieth century art: Stieglitz, Rothko, De Kooning, Kline,
Klee, Dubuffet, Giacometti, Wols, Bachelard, and many more.
Squarish 8vo, cloth, d.j. Boston, Atlantic - Little, Brown,
1962. Near-fine, in v.g. d.j. with sunned spine, edgewear, price
clipped. $27.50.
(ASHTON #A7754)
ASHTON, DORE. The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning. 246
pp., 52 illus., references, index. Important early socio-
political analysis of the emergence of abstract expressionism
that keeps one ear to the studio door. 8vo, wrps. Second
printing of first ed. New York, Viking (1972) 1975. Near-fine.
$12.50.
(ASHTON #A3093)
ASHTON, DORE. American Art Since 1945. 224 pp., 140 illus., 20
in color, notes, index. A masterful overview by a critic who
remembers the marginal figures of history as well as the so-
called "masters". Small 4to, cloth, d.j. First U.S. ed. New
York, Oxford Univ. Press, 1982. Fine/Fine. $32.50.
(BAIGELL #A4479)
BAIGELL, MATTHEW and JULIA WILLIAMS, eds. Artists Against War
and Fascism: Papers of the First American Artists' Congress. 310
pp., list of exhibs., texts of Congress catalogues, biogs. of
artists, index. 8vo, cloth, d.j. INSCRIBED by Baigell. New
Brunswick, Rutgers Univ. Press, 1986. Fine, in near-fine d.j.
with just a bit of corner rubbing. $25.00.
(CALAS #A3323)
CALAS, NICHOLAS. Confound the Wise. 275 pp., a few illus. Essays
on everything from the problems of portrait painting, to time,
space, automatism and stains, etc. A book that significantly
influenced the Abstract Expressionists. 8vo, 1/4 cloth,
pictorial d.j. New York, Arrow Editions, 1942. V.g. in yellowed
d.j. with small chips along edges. Very scarce. $75.00.
(CANADAY #A6774)
CANADAY, JOHN. Culture Gulch: Notes on Art and Its Public in the
1960's. 112 pp., 34 illus. Pronouncements on everyone from
Leonardo da Vinci to Newman, Motherwell, Klein, Noland, and
Grandma Moses. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First printing. New York,
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. V.G.+ (a few words underlined
on one page), in V.G. d.j. ( large piece missing inside front
flap) $13.50.
(CHICAGO #A7495)
CHICAGO. Young Hoffman Gallery. Around 10th Street: Abstract
Expressionism in the 1950s. 8 panel foldout, 9 illus. Text by
Harold Rosenberg. Clement Greenberg's copy (mailing sticker
still present) -- nice association. 8-panel self-wrps. Scarce
ephemera. 1976. V.G. $40.00.
(FERBER #A1026)
GOOSEN, E.C., R. Goldwater and I. Sandler. FERBER, HARE, LASSAW,
Three American Sculptors. 75 pp., 30 b&w, 9 tipped-in color
plates. Three critical essays. 4to, wrps. First edition. New
York, Grove Press, 1959. Spine edge rubbed, else near-fine.
$45.00.
(GELDZAHLER #A6035)
GELDZAHLER, HENRY. New York Painting and Sculpture 1940-1970.
494 pp., numerous illus, 48 in color. Includes critical texts by
Rosenberg, Rosenblum, Greenberg, Rubin, Fried, biog. data on
artists, bibliog. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, E.P.
Dutton & Co., 1969. Fine, in about fine d.j. with two tiny
closed tears at flap folds. The scarce hardcover in a rarely
seen nice d.j. $75.00.
(GELDZAHLER #A2065)
GELDZAHLER, HENRY. American Painting in the 20th Century. 236
pp., richly illus. in b&w. Biogs., biliog., index. Broad survey
from The Eight thru the Fifties, including many lesser-known
figures. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 1965. Spine cocked, upper edge of d.j. slightly worn, price
clipped, else v.g.+. $35.00.
(GRUEN #A3355)
GRUEN, JOHN. The Party's Over Now: Reminiscences of the Fifties.
282 pp., 48 b&w photos of artists, writers, critics on the New
York scene during the fifties. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York,
Viking, 1972. Near-fine/Near-fine price clipped. $30.00.
(GUILBAUT #A7429)
GUILBAUT, SERGE. How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art:
Abstract Expressionism, Freedom, and the Cold War. 277 pp., 23
b&w illus., notes, bibliog. A controversial classic. 8vo, cloth,
d.j. First ed. Chicago and London, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1983.
Near-fine, in near-fine d.j. $35.00.
(KOOTZ #A6145)
KOOTZ, SAMUEL M. New Frontiers in American Painting. 65 pp. text
plus 82 illus. in b&w and 7 color, mostly full-page.
Groundbreaking book of historic import. Much of the work is from
1938-42. Small 4to, cloth. No d.j. New York, Hastings House,
1943. Owner sig. upper edge of f. free endpaper, else v.g.+.
$35.00.
(MESSINGER #A1011)
MESSINGER, LISA MINTZ. Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper,
Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 170 pp. text, 62
color plates. Artists include: Gorky, Gottlieb, Pollock, Newman,
Kline, Ryan, E. & W. De Kooning, Tobey, Smith, Motherwell,
Pousette-Dart. 4to, cloth, d.j. 1992. Fine/Fine. $45.00.
(MILWAUKEE #A3980)
MILWAUKEE. Art Museum. Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper
from the Permanent Collection. 22 pp., 14 illus., 4 color
plates, exhib. checklist, bibliog. Text by Dean Sobel. 4to,
stapled wrps. 1994. Near-fine. Slight corner scuffing. $5.00.
(NEW BRUNSWICK #A1935)
NEW BRUNSWICK. The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers
University. Abstract Expressionism other dimensions: An
introduction to small scale painterly abstraction in America,
1940-1965. 164 pp., 139 illus., 26 color plates. Essays by
Jeffrey Wechsler, Sam Hunter, Irving Sandler; excerpts from
writing by W. Seitz, M. L. Rohn. Square 4to, wrps (as issued).
First edition. 1989. A fine copy of this important catalogue.
$85.00.
(NEW YORK #A4015)
NEW YORK. Christie's. Contemporary Art from the Collection of
Harriet Mnuchin Weiner. Sales catalogue of 22 items, all illus.,
13 in color, including two fold-outs. Mostly abstract
expressionist paintings. Several major works by De Kooning,
Kline, Motherwell, Francis, Gottlieb. Sm. 4to, wrps. May 10,
1983. Fine. $10.00.
(NEW YORK #A1012)
NEW YORK. Janie C. Lee Master Drawings. Abstract Expressionist
Drawings 1941-1955. Unpag. exhib. cat., 24 color plates. Intro.
Robert McDaniel. Square 4to, wrps. 1988. Fine. $15.00.
(NEW YORK #A4016)
NEW YORK. M. Knoedler & Co. ADOLPH GOTTLIEB, ROBERT MOTHERWELL,
DAVID SMITH. Unpag. (approx. 30 pp.) exhib. cat., 10 full-page
illus., 8 in color, exhib. checklist. Small 4to, wrps. 1983.
Near-fine. $10.00.
(NEW YORK #A4968)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art.
199 pp., 175 illus., 20 in color. Biogs. and bibliog. Maps,
charts. Dual lang. text in English/Spanish. An extremely
influential show for the emerging Abstract Expressionists. Small
4to, stiff card wrps. Corrections sheet bound in opposite half
title page. MOMA in collaboration with the Mexican Government,
1940. V.G. Spine and edges rubbed. Partial crease front cover.
Interior bright and quite crisp. $19.50.
(NEW YORK #A2684)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. 15 Americans. 47 pp. exhib.
cat., 46 b&w illus. Ed. by Dorothy Miller. Statements by
artists. Includes Corbett, Katzman, Kiesler, Ferber, Baziotes,
Pollock, Rothko, Still, Tomlin, et al. Small 4to, wrps. 1952.
V.G. $22.50.
(NEW YORK #A5262)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. Indian Art of the United States.
219 pp. 131 b&w illus., 16 color plates, with additional line
drawings, charts, extensive bibliog. Text by Frederic H. Douglas
and Rene d'Harnoncourt. The first major exhibition of Native-
American art. Very influential on American Abstract
Expressionist artists of the 40's. Sm. 4to, brown cloth, dec.
endpapers, d.j. First ed. 1941. V.G.+ (edges rubbed), in v.g. or
better d.j. with wear along edges, corners, spine extremities.
Uncommon in nice dustjacket. $70.00.
(NEW YORK #A5971)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. 20 Centuries of Mexican Art. 199
pp., 175 illus., 20 in color. Biogs. and bibliog. Maps, charts.
Dual lang. text in English/Spanish. An extremely influential
show for the emerging Abstract Expressionists. Small 4to, cloth,
d.j. Errata slip laid in. MOMA in collaboration with the Mexican
Government, 1940. Near-fine, in d.j. with a few edge chips and
short closed tears, worn corners. $48.00.
(NEW YORK #A7570)
NEW YORK. Sotheby's. Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the
Julien Levy Collection. Sales cat. of 164 items, all illus.,
most in full-page color. Significant collection of the
spokesperson and foremost New York art dealer in European dada
and surrealism and early abstract expressionism during the
1930's to early 40's. 33 works by Arshile Gorky, 28 by Ernst, 12
each by Joseph Cornell and Dali, 7 each by Matta and Man Ray, 6
by Duchamp, as well as Giacometti, Kay Sage, Dorothea Tanning,
Leonor Fini, Mina Loy, Adolph Gottlieb, Victor Brauner, et al.
Small sq. 4to, cloth, gilt lettering. November 4 and 5, 1981.
Near-fine. $45.00.
(O'DOHERTY #A1802)
O'DOHERTY, BRIAN. American Masters: the voice and the myth. 301
pp., approx. 200 illus.of artists and paintings, 75 in color,
some double-page. Text by O'Doherty; photographs by HANS NAMUTH
of Hopper, Davis, Pollock, De Kooning, Rauschenberg, Rothko,
Cornell, Hopper, Wyeth. Afterword, bibliog., index. Folio,
cloth, d.j. New York, Universe Books, 1988. Fine in slightly
scuffed near-fine d.j. $65.00.
(PROVIDENCE #A5807)
PROVIDENCE. Bell Gallery, Brown Univ. Flying Tigers: Painting
and Sculpture in New York 1939-1946. 143 pp. exhib. cat. of 77
works, all illus., with annotated entries on each; lists and
charts of exhibitions, war chronol., bibliog. Includes both the
European artists and the American Abstract Expressionists in New
York during this period. Intro. Kermit S. Champa; texts by Nancy
Versaci, Judith Tolnick, Ellen Lawrence. Small 4to, stiff wrps.
1985. Light scuff mark rear cover, else new. $20.00.
(RODMAN #A1013)
RODMAN, SELDEN. Conversations with Artists. 234 pp.,45 small b&w
illus., interviews with 35 American painters, sculptors and
architects. Includes among others: Leonard Baskin, Calder, De
Kooning, Jacob Lawrence, Jack Levine, Kenzo Okada, Pollock,
Reinhardt, Rivers, Shahn, Sisters Corita and Magdalen Mary,
Frank Lloyd Wright. 8vo, wrps. Fourth impression. New York,
Capricorn Books, 1961. Fine crisp copy. $25.00.
(ROSE #A1327)
ROSE, BARBARA. American Painting, The Twentieth Century. 146
pp., 69 color plates. Excellent survey. Large 4to, wrps. New
York, Skira/Rizzoli, 1980. Near-fine. $30.00.
(SAINT-PAUL #A3277)
SAINT-PAUL. Fondation Maeght. L'art vivant aux Etats-Unis. 163
pp. exhib. catalogue., approx. 80 illus., around 30 in color.
Intro. Dore Ashton. Important record of one of the first major
exhibitions of post-1945 American art in Europe. Small square
4to, wrps. 1970. Edges a bit rubbed, else near-fine. $45.00.
(SAWIN #A2713)
SAWIN, MARTICA. Surrealism in Exile and the Beginnings of the
New York School. 466 pp., hundreds of b&w illus., notes,
bibliog., index. Important new scholarly work on the early years
of Abstract Expressionism. Stout 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed.
Cambridge, MIT Press, 1995. New. (Pub. at $45.) $40.50.
(SEITZ #A1015)
SEITZ, WILLIAM C. Abstract Expressionist Painting in America.
490 pp., incl. 181 pp. text, 295 illus., many in color. 4to,
cloth, d.j. Cambridge, Mass. and London, Harvard Univ. Press,
1983. Fine/Fine. $75.00.
(WASHINGTON #A1018)
WASHINGTON, D.C. National Gallery of Art. American Art at Mid-
Century: the Subjects of the Artist. 269 pp., numerous b&w
illus., 30 color plates. A major catalogue with important
critical texts by E. A. Carmean, Jr., Eliza E. Rathbone, Thomas
B. Hess (on Gorky, Motherwell, Pollock, De Kooning, Newman, D.
Smith and Rothko). Stout 4to, wrps. 1978. Spine sunned, else
fine. $60.00.
(WOLFE #A3173)
WOLFE, TOM. The Painted Word. 121 pp. The infamous scathing
journalistic approach to the history of modern art in New York
from Abstract Expressionism to Pop and Op. 8vo, cloth, d.j.
First edition. New York, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1975. Slight
fading to upper edge of boards, else fine in near-fine d.j. with
one tiny tear at lower edge. Very nice copy. $45.00.
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