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MODERN ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM
New Arrivals - Part 1
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ARTEXT offers the following new arrivals in modern art,
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Part 1 - Monographs:
(ATLAN #A9760)
Ragon, Michel. ATLAN. 90 pp., 8 tipped in color plates,
33 b&w illus., exhibs., bibliog. including illustrated books
by Atlan. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Paris, Georges Fall, 1962.
Fine/ About fine. $45.00.
(BRANDO #A7314)
Thomas, Bob. MARLON: Portrait of the Rebel as an Artist.
276 pp. biography of Marlon Brando. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First
U.S. ed. New York, Random House, 1973. Rem stamp lower edge,
else fine, in near-fine d.j. $12.00.
(CENDRARS #A9811)
Chefdor, Monique, ed. and intro. BLAISE CENDRARS: Modernities
& Other Writings. xxiv, 133 pp., bibliog. First English
lang translation of these important writings by a noted
Surrealist. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Lincoln and London, Univ.
of Nebraska Press, 1992. As new. $25.00.
(COROT #A9669)
Tinterow, Gary, et al. COROT. 496 pp., 344 illus., 179 in
color. The most lavish book on Corot thus far, with fine
scholarly texts, notes, bibliog. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. New
York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996. As new. (Pub. at
$60.) $35.00.
(COURBET #A9766)
Boston. Museum of Fine Arts and Philadelphia Museum of Art.
GUSTAVE COURBET 1819-1877. 147 pp. exhib. cat., 86
illus., 5 in color. Essays by Henry Clifford, Rene Huyghe.
Extensive cat. entries, chronol., exhibs., bibliog. Small sq.
4to, wrps. 1960. V.G.+. $25.00.
(DISNEY #A9748)
Stern, Michael. Stern's Guide to DISNEY Collectibles. 127
pp., hundreds of color photos, detailed descriptions of many
pieces, price guides by subject. Handy guide for serious
collectors and yard-sale fanatics alike. Values updated 1992.
4to, wrps. Collector Books, 1992. Fine. $14.50.
(DORE #A9699)
DORE, GUSTAVE, illus. Popular Fairy Tales. 20 pp. text
plus dozens of illus., 12 full-page. 4to, gilt and black stamped
pictorial image on burgundy cloth. New York, James Miller, nd.
V.G. (spine extrems. and corners worn, tiny puncture to front
gutter; inscription on prelim.) $27.00.
(DORE #A9698)
Roosevelt, Blanche. Life and Reminiscences of GUSTAVE
DORE. xxxii, 502 pp., nearly 100 illus. throughout, list of
illus. A very nice copy of this important biography. Stout 8vo,
orig. black orange and gilt stamped pictorial cloth covers.
First ed. New York, Cassell, 1885. V.G.+ (covers bright; light
wear head and foot of spine; interior fine.) $110.00.
(EICHENBERG #A7298)
EICHENBERG, FRITZ, Illus. Puss in Boots. (36) pp. text by
Charles Perrault. Pictures printed directly from original wood
engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Red and black printed spine,
covers and endpapers; text images in black. Type designed and
set by hand by Helen Gentry. Eichenberg's first work after his
arrival in America. 5 x 3 inches, printed cloth backed, pict.
printed bds., patterned endpapers, gatherings sewn. New York,
Holiday House, 1936. V.G.+. Text block fine and bright; a bit of
rubbing lower margin front cover and upper corner tips; a few
small faint spots rear cover. $90.00.
(EISENSTEIN #A9864)
Leyda, Jan, ed. and SERGEI EISENSTEIN. Film Essays and a
Lecture. 220 pp., 8 b&w photos, notes, full bibliography
of Eisenstein's writings, index. Foreword by Grigori Kosintsev.
Important text and a valuable reference. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New
York, Praeger, 1970. About fine, in near-fine d.j. $22.50.
(FLAHERTY #A6396)
Griffith, Richard. The World of ROBERT FLAHERTY. 165 pp.,
over 70 photographs. Major biography of this key documentary
filmmaker. 8vo, cloth, pictorial endpapers, tec. First ed. New
York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. Near-fine. No d.j.
$25.00.
(HASSAM #A9704)
THAXTER, CELIA and CHILDE HASSAM illus. An Island Garden.
126 pp., several garden plans, illus. Delightful text by this
New Hampshire author with illustrations by Childe Hassam and
enhanced by Sarah Wyman Whitman's poppy flower cover design for
the 1894 edition repeated here in blind. 12mo, green ribbed
cloth, pictorial blindstamp. 2nd ed., 1st printing. Boston and
New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Near-fine. (Corners and spine
extrems. lightly rubbed; clean crisp copy.) $55.00.
(HOPPER #A9254)
Levin, Gail. HOPPER's Places. 89 pp., 72 illus., 48 full-
page color plates of pictures painted in Maine, Gloucester, Cape
Cod, New York and environs, alongside photos of the sites he
worked from. Small oblong 4to, cloth, d.j. Hardcover reissue of
orig. 1985 paperback. New York, Knopf, (1985) 1989. Fine/Fine.
$36.00.
(INNESS #A9675)
Cikovsky, Nikolai and Michael Quick. GEORGE INNESS. 214
pp. exhib. cat., approx. 65 color plates, 21 b&w text
illus., notes, bibliog. A major monograph. 4to, cloth, d.j. Los
Angeles County Museum of Art and Harper and Row, 1985.
Fine/Near-fine. $35.00.
(JOHNS #A9588)
Basel. Kunstmuseum. JASPER JOHNS: Working Proofs. 343
pp., 177 b&w illus., 52 color plates, biog. note, bibliog.
Interview by Christian Geelhaar with Johns in German and
English; all other texts in German only. 8vo, color pictorial
wrps. Original exhibition catalogue. 1979. About fine crisp copy
(with very light scuffing along flap fold). $100.00.
(JOHNS #A9479)
Geelhaar. Christian. JASPER JOHNS: Working Proofs. 326
(1) pp., 178 b&w illus., 64 color plates including four-
panel foldout, bibliog., index of titles, checklist of Johns'
graphic work 1960-79. Often confused with the Basel exhib. cat.
of the same name, this publication reprints in English the texts
from the Basel catalogue, including Geelhaar's interview with
Johns, but contains additional plate in b&w and 12
additional color plates, thus constituting an enlarged ed. An
important reference work. Stout 8vo, (grey, black and white)
pictorial self-wrps., in matching pictorial papered slipcase.
First enlarged ed. Petersburg Press, 1980. Fine, in about fine
slipcase with light rubbing at cornertips. $180.00.
(KEATON #A9800)
KEATON, BUSTER and CHARLES SAMUELS. My Wonderful World of
Slapstick. 323 pp., 27 b&w illus. Unabridged
republication of the first ed. with a new introduction by Dwight
Macdonald and an expanded filmography. 8vo, wrps. Da Capo, 1982.
Fine. $11.50.
(KOBKE #A9828)
Schwartz, Sanford. CHRISTEN KOBKE. 153 pp., 76 illus.,
most in color, chronol., index. First major monograph in English
on this important 19th-century Danish painter. 4to, cloth, d.j.
New York, Timken, 1992. As new. $32.00.
(KOKOSCHKA #A9762)
Boston. Institute of Contemporary Art. OSKAR KOKOSCHKA: A
Retrospective Exhibition. 88 pp. exhib. cat. listing 126
works, 48 b&w photogravure plates, 8 color plates, chronol.,
exhibs., bibliog. Intro. by James Plaut with a letter from the
artist. Newspaper review clipping laid in. 8vo, wrps. New York,
Chanticleer, n.d. (1948). V.G. (covers scuffed; spine edges
rubbed). $14.00.
(LICHTENSTEIN #A9773)
Boston. Institute of Contemporary Art. ROY LICHTENSTEIN: The
Modern Work, 1965-1970. 16 pp. exhib. cat., checklist of 25
works, 14 illus., color coverplate. Text by Elizabeth Sussman.
Oblong 4to, stapled wrps. 1978. Near-fine. $20.00.
(LISZT #A9801)
Allsobrook, David Ian. LISZT: My Travelling Circus Life.
vi, 215 pp., b&w illus., bibliog., index. 8vo, cloth, d.j.
First U.S. ed. Carbondale, Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1991.
Fine/Fine. $28.50.
(MALLE #A6920)
MALLE, LOUIS and Jean-Claude Carriere. Milou in May (May
Fools). 79 pp. film script, 25 stills. Foreword by Carriere.
8vo, wrps. London, Faber and Faber, 1990. V.G.+ crisp clean
copy. Film adv. sticker front cover, rem. mark lower edge.
$9.00.
(MARCA-RELLI #A9711)
Amon, Santiago. MARCA-RELLI 1976-1978. 120 pp., 55
illus., list of illus. Covers Marca-Relli's collages of 1972-77.
Text in English / French / Catalan. Large sq. 8vo, cloth, d.j.
Barcelona, Poligrafa, 1978. About fine, in v.g.+ d.j. with
rubbing to spine extrems. and upper corners; tiny surface scrape
front panel. $30.00.
(MATISSE #A9708)
Schneider, Pierre. MATISSE. 752 pp., 930 illus., 220 in
color. Massive and important monograph on Matisse with fine
quality color plates, many uncommonly reproduced. Stout folio,
cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Rizzoli, 1984. About-fine, in
near-fine d.j. (a few small abrasions to d.j.) $180.00.
(MICHAUX #A9865)
La Charite, Virginia A. HENRI MICHAUX. 148 pp., chronol.,
notes, bibliog., index. 8vo, cloth. First ed. Boston, Twayne,
1977. As new. $30.00.
(MICKIEWICZ #A9767)
MICKIEWICZ, ADAM and TADEUSZA GRONOWSKIEGO. Pan Tadeusz.
405 pp., illus. throughout with a dozen double-page fold-outs.
Quite a lavish production of Mickiewicz's most famous work. In
Polish. 4to, orig. cloth, gilt decoration, intaglio stamped
cameo portrait framed in gilt on front cover, pictorial
endpapers, tec. Warsaw, Ksiazka i Wiedza, 1950. V.G. (Lower
corners lightlly bumped.) $36.00.
(MONDRIAN #A9732)
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. MONDRIAN: The
Diamond Compositions. 110 pp., 74 illus., some in color,
notes. Scholarly text by E.A. Carmean, Jr. The only exhibition
to gather together one of Mondrian's most important lifelong
compositional series which run from his first Dutch abstractions
to his last unfinished painting Victory Boogie-Woogie. 4to,
wrps. As issued. First ed. 1979. About fine. $55.00.
(MORRIS #A9814)
New York. Guggenheim Museum. ROBERT MORRIS Mind Body
Problem. 321 pp., 156 illus. in color and b&w, bibliog.
Scholarly critical texts by Rosalind Krauss, W.J.T. Mitchell,
Maurice Berger, Annette Michaelson, Thomas Krens, David Antin,
Jean-Pierre Criqui, Kimberly Paice. Stout 4to, die cut stiff
board wrps. 1994. As new. $30.00.
(MUNCH #A9757)
Tokyo. Idemitsu Museum of Arts. EDVARD MUNCH: The Frieze of
Life. 155 pp., 96 excellent quality color plates, numerous
b&w illus., chronol., checklist of exhibition, bibliog.
Texts by Arne Eggum, Nobuyuki Senzoku, Gerd Woll, Iris Muller-
Westermann. Includes a series of self-portraits and other works
not included in the London version of this exhibition and many
of which have never been exhibited before. In Japanese. 4to,
wrps. First ed. 1993. As new. $30.00.
(NOLAND #A9716)
New York. Jewish Museum. KENNETH NOLAND. 36 pp., 16
b&w illus., 4 color plates. Important text by Michael Fried.
Sq. 8vo, wrps. Ed. of 1500. 1965. V.G.+ (covers lightly
scuffed). $36.00.
(OPPENHEIM, D #A9736)
Heiss, Alanna and Thomas McEvilley. DENNIS OPPENHEIM:
Selected Works 1967-90, And the Mind Grew Fingers. 200 pp.,
194 illus., 43 in color, chronol., exhibs., colls., video and
filmography, extensive bibliog. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. New
York, The Institute for Contemporary Art, PS 1, and Abrams,
1992. As new. (Pub. at $49.50). $32.00.
(PICASSO #A9685)
Basel. Galerie Beyeler. PICASSO Painted Linos. Exhib.
cat. listing 58 works, 35 beautifully reproduced color illus. of
Picasso's linocut prints (1 tipped-in), 1 photo. Intro. by Aldo
and Piero Crommelynck. 4to, wrps. 1970. Fine. $47.50.
(PICASSO #A9683)
Paris. Le Point. PICASSO special issue. Le Point, revue
artistique et litteraire XLII (October 1952). 56 pp.,
approx. 45 b&w photos of Picasso and his work, 8 articles by
Raynal, Kahnweiler, Reverdy, Besson, Tristan Tzara, Paul Gay,
Pignon, Roy. In French. Small 4to, green wrps. 1952. V.G.+.
$60.00.
(REPIN #A9850)
Valkenier, Elizabeth Kridl. ILYA REPIN and the World of
Russian Art. xiv, 247 pp., 8 color plates, 65 b&w
illus., notes, bibliog., index. New scholarly biography of this
important 19th century Russian painter whose work inspired many
artists of the next generation from Valentin Serov to Mikhail
Vrubel. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Columbia Univ.
Press, 1990. As new. $35.00.
(ROTTERDAM #A9241)
Ratcliff, Carter. PAUL ROTTERDAM. 147 pp., 57 full-page
illus., most in color. Interview with artist. Text in English /
French / German. 4to, cloth, d.j. Zurich, Storrer, 1982. About
fine, in near-fine d.j. with touch of crinkling upper edge.
$40.00.
(RUSKIN #A9756)
RUSKIN, JOHN. Elements of Perspective. xii, 130 pp., 80
illus. 12mo, olive cloth, gilded decorative spine. London,
Routledge and Dutton (New Universal Library), n.d. V.g.+ (spine
extrems. and cornertips lightly rubbed). $15.00.
(THACKERAY #A9643)
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. The Irish Sketchbook of
1842. 477 pp. with Thackeray's pen and ink illus.
throughout. Orig. published in 1843. Stout 8vo, cloth, top edge
gilt. First Kensington ed. New York, Scribner's (Complete Works
Vol. XX), 1904. Near-fine. Crisp bright copy whose only flaw is
a sunned spine. $15.00.
(TOULOUSE-LAUTREC #A2754)
Novotny, Fritz. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. 200 pp., 163 illus., 32
in color, notes on illus., bibliog., index of locations. 4to,
cloth, d.j. First ed. London, Phaidon, 1969. Crisp near-fine
(bit of shelf scuffing lower edge), in fine d.j. $40.00.
(VAN GOGH #A9759)
Glasgow. Glasgow Museum and Art Galleries. The Age of VAN
GOGH: Dutch Painting 1880-1895. 261 pp. exhib. cat., 109
works, all illus. in color with commentary on each work, over 50
additional b&w illus., notes, bibliog. Scholarly texts by
Richard Bionda, Carel Blotkamp, Enno Endt, Rieta Bergsma. In
English. Comprehensive coverage of the major and minor figures
of The Hague School as well as artists such as Jongkind and
Alma-Tadema whose careers took place primarily outside of
Holland. An outstanding reference work. 4to, wrps. First ed.
Zwolle, Waanders, 1990. About fine. (Pub. at $40.00).
$36.00.
(VAN GOGH #A9671)
Welsh-Ovcharov, Bogomila. VINCENT VAN GOGH and the Birth of
Cloisonism. 384 pp., over 300 b&w illus., 12 color
plates, biographical data, index. Published to accompany a major
exhibition, the text includes a substantial essay and individual
commentaries on 143 works by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Bernard,
Anquetin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Laval, Meyer de Haan, Denis,
Serusier. 4to, cloth, d.j. Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario,
1981. V.G.+, in V.G. d.j. (Light corner bumping, else clean
bright copy; dustjacket scuffed, but no tears). $35.00.
(VILLON #A9249)
Rouen. Musee des Beaux Arts and Grand Palais, Paris. JACQUES
VILLON. 157 pp. retrospective exhib. cat. of 157 works with
short entries for each, b&w illus. throughout, 15 color
plates, notes, biog., exhibs., bibliog., photos of artist. Texts
by Paul Eluard and Dora Vallier. In French. Sq. 8vo, pictorial
wrps. 1975. V.G.+ bright copy (light spine creasing, one corner-
tip crease, faint spot of soil rear cover). $30.00.
(VUILLARD #A7713)
Preston, Stuart. EDOUARD VUILLARD. 128 pp., 114 illus.,
including 40 full-page color plates, bibliog. 4to, cloth, d.j.
New York, Abrams, 1985. As new. $21.00.
(WEEDEN #A9612)
WEEDEN, HOWARD. Shadows on the Wall. Unpag. (32 pp.
portraits and verse). 8vo, orig. white cloth, gilt lettering.
Huntsville AL, 1899. V.G.+. Light cover soil. $75.00.
(ZIEGFELD #A9802)
Farnsworth, Marjorie. The ZIEGFELD Follies: A History in Text
and Pictures. 194 pp., illus. throughout, checklist of
Ziegfeld Follies productions 1907-1931, index. Intro. by Billie
Burke Ziegfeld. 4to, papered bds., d.j. London, Peter Davies,
1956. Fine/Near-fine. $18.50.
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