New Arrivals in Modern Art & Film, part 3
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(ANIKST #A8747)
ANIKST, MIKHAIL and ELENA CHERNEVICH. Soviet Commercial Design
of the Twenties. 144 pp., 323 illus., 211 in color, index of
artists. Groundbreaking survey of constructivist design with
wonderful illus. including all kinds of posters, book jackets,
candy wrappers, cigarette boxes, tooth powder and other product
packaging, sections on typography, letter-forms, state emblems,
etc. 4to, wrps. English lang. ed. New York, Abbeville, 1987. As
new. $19.50.
(Aperture #A8738)
Aperture. Aperture 115 (Summer 1989). Special issue: New
Southern Photography, Between Myth and Reality. 80 pp. 4to,
wrps. 1989. V.G.+.( Spine sunned, light bumping.) $15.00.
(Aperture #A8737)
Aperture. Aperture 119 (Early Summer 1990). Special issue:
Cultures in Transition. 80 pp. including: photocollages by
Elaine Reichek, 7 photos from Marc Garanger's Algerian Women
1960; photos by Phyllis Galembo of Yoruba sacred altars;
interview with Omar Badsha; stills from Edin Velez's Meaning of
the Internal; and more. 4to, wrps. 1990. V.G.+ (bumped). $15.00.
(BOIME #A8583)
BOIME, ALBERT. The Art of the Macchia and the Risorgimento:
Representing Culture and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century
Italy. xxi, 338 pp., 185 b&w illus., 6 color plates, list of
illus., notes, index. The first extensive English language study
of this material. Large 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Chicago and
London, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1993. As new. $30.00.
(CAHN #A7933)
CAHN, WILLIAM and HAROLD LLOYD (intro). The Laugh Makers: A
Pictorial History of American Comedians. 192 pp., approx. 200
illus., index. Small sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Bramhall
House, 1957. Light endpaper abrasion, else near-fine bright copy
in v.g.+ d.j. $16.00.
(CAMBRIDGE #A7642)
CAMBRIDGE. Hayden Gallery, MIT. Octave of Prayer. Unpag. (86
pp.), 89 photos, several in color. Includes: Adams, Bravo, Ruth
Breil, Chiarenza, Gatewood, Barbara Morgan, Rogovin, Strand,
Sudek, Uelsmann, Weston, et al. Small sq. 4to, wrps. New York,
Aperture, 1972. Near-fine. $35.00.
(CANNON #A8625)
CANNON, BRIAN. Going Nowhere: The Art and Design of the Punk and
New Wave Movements. 72 pp., 31 illus., list of illus. Foreword
by Jamie Reid Large 8vo, wrps. London and New York, Omnibus,
1989. V.G.+. (Rear corners lightly creased.) $18.00.
(CHEVASSU #A7962)
CHEVASSU, FRANCOIS. L'Expression cinematographique: Les elements
du film et leurs fonctions. 251 pp., 90 b&w stills, bibliog.,
index of names, index of films. Covers all aspects of film -
framing, montage, depth of field, sound, music, etc. Examples
drawn mostly from American classics and post-war French film.
Sq. 8vo, wrps. Paris, Lherminier, 1977. Near-fine. $16.00.
(CHICAGO #A8774)
CHICAGO. Robert Henry Adams Fine Art. Modern Art in America. 84
pp., 40 full-page color plates. John Storrs, Andrew Dasburg,
Benjamin Motley, Jr., et al. Women artists include: Virginia
Beresford, Rowena Fry, Doris Lee, Edna Reindel, Virginia
Swantees, Eloise B. Taylor. Sq. 4to, wrps. Pricelist laid in.
Nd. Near-fine. $15.00.
(COLLEGE PARK #A8740)
COLLEGE PARK. University of Maryland Art Gallery. From Delacroix
to Cezanne: French Watercolor Landscapes of the Nineteenth
Century. 207 pp. exhib. cat. of 170 works, all illus., with
approx. 24 color plates.Text by Alain de Leiris; catalogue by
Carol Hynning Smith. Oblong 4to, stiff self-wrps. 1977. Near-
fine crisp copy. $20.00.
(COOPER #A7829)
COOPER, MARTHA and HENRY CHALFONT. Subway Art. 105 pp., profuse
color illus. of murals, graffiti. 4to, wrps. Reprint. New York,
Henry Holt, (1984) 1995. Fine. $16.00.
(ELDERFIELD #A8686)
ELDERFIELD, JOHN. The "Wild Beasts": Fauvism and its Affinities.
168 pp., 206 illus., 24 in color, notes, bibliog. Fine scholarly
study. Small sq. 4to, wrps. New York, Museum of Modern Art,
1976. Near-fine. $17.50.
(ETULAIN #A7110)
ETULAIN, RICHARD W. Re-Imagining the Modern American West: A
Century of Fiction, History and Art. 241 pp. Fine new multi-
disciplinary study. 8vo, wrps. Tucson, University of Arizona
Press, 1996. As new. $17.50.
(FERRIER #A7915)
FERRIER, R. W., ed. The Arts of Persia. 334 pp., profusely
illus. in color and b&w. Covers Islamic art, architecture, rugs,
textiles, metalwork, decorative arts in all media. Large 4to,
cloth, d.j. New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, 1989. Fine/Fine.
$85.00.
(FRIERSON #A8664)
FRIERSON, MICHAEL. Clay Animation: American Highlights, 1908 to
the Present. 278 pp., over 50 illus., notes, bibliog., filmogs.,
appendices, index. Describes process, history and aesthetics,
including cutting edge contemporary work. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First
ed. New York, Twayne, 1994. Fine, in about fine d.j. with
faintly sunned spine. $24.00.
(GYONGYI #A4385)
GYONGYI, ERI and ZSUZSA JOBBAGYI. A Golden Age: Art and Society
in Hungary 1896-1914. 198 pp., lavishly illus., many in
excellent color, index of artists. Texts by Ivan T. Berend,
Lajos Nemeth, Ilona Sarmany-Parsons. Fine reference work on the
art, decorative arts, and architecture of Hungary prior to WWI.
4to, wrps. London, Barbican Art Gallery and Center for the Fine
Arts, Miami, 1989. Fine. $22.50.
(HYDE #A8652)
HYDE, ANNE FARRAR. An American Vision: Far Western Landscape and
National Culture, 1820-1920. xiv, 346 pp., 73 illus.,
bibliographic notes, index. Detailed interesting analysis of the
language and aesthetics of response by tourists, writers, and
artists to the landscape of the American West. 8vo, wrps. First
ed. New York and London, NYU Press, 1990. As new. $22.50.
(ISAACSON #A8751)
ISAACSON, JOEL. Crisis of Impressionism 1878-1882. 220 pp.,
illus. in color and b&w. Classic groundbreaking text on
Impressionism's passage through the 1880's. Small oblong 4to,
wrps. Ann Arbor, Univ. of Michigan Museum of Art, 1980. V.G.
$17.00.
(JOHNSON #A5134)
JOHNSON, DOUGLAS and MADELEINE. The Age of Illusion: Art and
Politics in France, 1918-1940. 160 pp., 284 illus. (many
unusual), index of names, titles. A survey of dozens of topics
from art, architecture, popular music, Montparnasse, Surrealism,
dance-halls, fashion, department stores, literary figures, and
the Ballets Russes, to political issues such as Verdun, the
Popular Front, general strikes, the Phoney War, etc. 4to, cloth,
d.j. First U.S. ed. New York, Rizzoli, 1987. Fine/Fine. $35.00.
(KALLIR #A8772)
KALLIR, JANE. Arnold Schoenberg's Vienna. 120 pp., 81 illus., 29
in color, notes. Excellent scholarly text. Includes Klimt,
Gerstl, Kokokoschka, Schiele, et al. Sq. 4to, wrps. 1984. V.G.
covers; internally V.G.+. $27.50.
(KROKER #A8653)
KROKER, ARTHUR and DAVID COOK. The Postmodern Scene: Excremental
Culture and Hyper-Aesthetics. 320 pp., b&w illus. notes. Fischl,
Hopper, Colville, Magritte, performance art, etc. seen through
the theory of Baudrillard, Deleuze, Krauss, and Kristeva. 8vo,
wrps. New York, St. Martin's, 1986. Near-fine (slight spine
crease). $16.95.
(LIPSHULTZ #A8580)
LIPSHULTZ, SANDRA LAWALL. Selected Works: The Minneapolis
Institute of Arts. 269 pp., hundreds of illus. in color and b&w,
with brief but informative discussion of each work, index of
artists. A major American museum collection covering work from
ancient to modern with major holdings in 19th and 20th century
painting. 8vo, wrps. 2nd printing. Minneapolis, 1988. As new.
$14.25.
(LOS ANGELES #A8248)
LOS ANGELES. Fisher Gallery, Univ. of Southern California.
California Sculpture Show. 166 pp. international exhib.
catalogue, 12 full-page color plates, numerous b&w illus.,
biogs., bibliogs., photos of artists. Includes 12 sculptors:
Arneson, Arnoldi, Beasley, Benton, Dill, Fine, Holland, Hudson,
Neri, Richardson, Todd, Valentine. Texts by Jan Butterfield,
Melinda Wortz in English / Spanish / French / German. 4to, stiff
wrps. 1984. V.G. (a few marginal pen lines). $25.00.
(MANVELL #A7926)
MANVELL, ROGER. Films and the Second World War. 388 pp.,
hundreds of illus., notes, index. 8vo, wrps. First Delta
printing. New York, Dell, 1976. V.G. (Covers creased and
scuffed, interior tight and clean.) $10.00.
(MATTHEWS #A8651)
MATTHEWS, J. H. Eight Painters: The Surrealist Context. 142 pp.,
24 illus., notes, index. Includes Ernst, Miro, Masson, Magritte,
Tanguy, Dali, Matta and Wilhelm Freddie. 8vo, wrps. First ed.
Syracuse, Syracuse Univ. Press, 1982. Fine. $20.00.
(MELLY #A7292)
MELLY, GEORGE and J.R. GLAVES-SMITH. A Child of Six Could Do
It!: Cartoons about Modern Art. 102 pp., 125 illus. of cartoons
satirizing avant-garde art from the 1890s to the present (mostly
British and American with a small sampling of French and
German). Designed to accompany an exhibition. Cover illus. by
Patrick Hughes. Sq. 8vo, wrps. London, Tate Gallery, 1973. Near-
fine. $20.00.
(NEW HAVEN #A8763)
NEW HAVEN. Yale University Art Gallery. Art of Latin America
since Independence. 240 pp. exhib. cat. (378 works), hundreds of
b&w illus., approx. 5 tipped-in color plates, extensive biog.
section with over 350 entries, exhib. checklist. Text by Terence
Grieder, et al. Special preliminary ed. prepared for guests at
the exhibition opening. Excellent reference work. Small stout
sq. 4to, wrps. 1966. V.G. (covers curling slightly, with light
soiling, one corner creased). $22.00.
(NEW HAVEN #A5339)
NEW HAVEN. Yale University Art Gallery. Neo-Impressionists and
Nabis in the Collection of Arthur G. Altschul. 107 pp., 47
illus., 6 in color, extensive bibliogs., list of group exhibs.
Includes 8 Neos, 12 Nabis (many lesser-known artists). Text by
Robert L. Herbert. Important reference catalogue. Small 4to,
stiff wrps. 1965. Near-fine, except last page addenda of works
exhibited is bound in upside-down and slightly cut (info.
repeats titles already in body of catalogue.) $25.00.
(NEW YORK #A4842)
NEW YORK. Museum of American Folk Art. American Folk Art:
Expressions of a New Spirit. 146 pp., 132 mostly full-page color
plates, substantial bibliog. Large 4to, wrps. 1983. Fine.
$20.00.
(NEW YORK #A8125)
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. The New Decade: 35
American Painters and Sculptors. 96 pp., 91 b&w illus., biogs.
Baziotes, Brooks, De Kooning, Ferber, Gordin, Greene, Hare,
Heliker, Kline, Lassaw, Motherwell, Murch, Pollock, Pousette-
Dart, Reinhardt, Stamos, Tomlin, Tooker, et al. Includes Sue
Fuller, whose geometric string constructions were greatly
admired. Designed to complement the simultaneous MOMA exhibit:
The New Decade: Twenty-Two European Painters and Sculptors.
Large 8vo, wrps. 1955. V.G.+. (Clean tight copy with only slight
rubbing to extrems.; faintly musty.) $17.50.
(PARET #A8619)
PARET, PETER. Imagined Battles: Reflections of War in European
Art. 128 pp., 39 illus., 8 color plates, bibliog. notes, list of
illus., index. Scholarly discussion of individual works by
Uccello, Callot, Benjamin West, Horace Vernet, Hodler, Dix, et
al. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Chapel Hill, Univ. of North
Carolina Press, 1997. Fine/Fine. $30.50.
(PARIS #A8687)
PARIS. Musee des Arts decoratifs. Trois Sculpteurs: CESAR, ROEL
D'HAESE, TINGUELY. 104 pp., 52 illus., exhib. checklist of 70
works, biogs. and bibliogs. for each artist. Texts by Francois
Mathey, Chris Yperman, James Johnson Sweeney. 8vo, wrps., d.j.
1965. V.G. (2 inch abrasion rear d.j. cover). $17.50.
(PETRIC #A8669)
PETRIC, VLADA. Constructivism in Film. 325 pp., hundreds of
reference stills, Dziga Vertov bibliog. and filmog., notes,
index. A study of Dziga Vertov in the context of the Soviet
avant-garde film movement; close analysis of Man with a Movie
Camera. 8vo, wrps. First pb ed. Cambridge Univ. Press, (1987)
1993. Rem. dot lower edge, else as new. $18.00.
(REWALD #A8780)
REWALD, JOHN and JUDY SAND. Selections from the Reader's Digest
Collection. 84 pp. exhibition catalogue for travelling show of
selections from the collection of Lila Acheson Wallace. 37
excellent large full-page colorplates, one foldout, checklist,
frontis. photo of the Wallaces by Arnold Newman. Text on each
work. Mostly impressionist and post-impressionist masterworks (2
Morisot, 4 Monet, 3 Degas, 1 Pissarro, 1 Renoir, 2 Van Gogh,
etc.), with a sampling of major 20th century works by Picasso,
Matisse, Bonnard, Giacometti, Chagall, Dufy, Soutine, et al.
Folio, stiff embossed card wrps. 1985. Faint sun strip on
covers, else fine crisp copy. $28.50.
(SAN FRANCISCO #A5091)
SAN FRANCISCO. Mexican Museum. The Chicano Codices: Encountering
Art of the Americas. 22 pp. Text by Patricia Draher, Marcos
Sanchez-Tranquilino. 4to, wrps. La Tienda, 1996. Near-fine.
$13.50.
(SCHUTT-KEHM #A8250)
SCHUTT-KEHM, ELKE. Das Exlibris: Eine Kulturgeschichte in 1600
Abbildungen. 576 pp. includes 57 pp. text and 1600 illus. in
color and b&w, index of artists, bibliog. Wonderful collection
of illus. of international bookplates, arranged by topical motif
(landscape, nudes, military, heraldry, books, flora and fauna,
architecture, etc.) In German. Stout 12mo, pictorial pastedown
on paper wrps. Dortmund, Harenberg (Die bibliophilen
Taschenbucher), 1990. About fine. $35.00.
(SUTTON #A8598)
SUTTON, JAMES. Signs in Action. 96 pp., approx. 150 illus.
Design book with examples of letterforms and typography in
action as street signs. Sq. 8vo, wrps. London and New York,
Studio Vista / Reinhold, 1965. V.G.+. (Covers lightly rubbed,
else tight clean copy.) $14.00.
(WIEDMANN #A4729)
WIEDMANN, AUGUST K. Romantic Roots in Modern Art: Romanticism
and Expressionism, A Study in Comparative Aesthetics. xv, 328
pp., 15 b&w illus., notes, bibliog., index. Primary focus on
German expressionism -- Kandinsky, Klee, Marc, Nolde, Schmidt-
Rotluff. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Surrey, Gresham, 1979. Near-fine, in
near-fine d.j. $27.00.
(WINTERNITZ #A7323)
WINTERNITZ, EMANUEL. Musical Instruments and Their Symbolism in
Western Art: Studies in Musical Iconology. 253 pp., over 200 b&w
illus., list of illus., bibliog., index. Virtually the only
study devoted to this topic. 4to, wrps. 2nd printing. New Haven,
Yale Univ. Press, 1979. Nice clean V.G.+. $25.00.
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