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ARTEXT
BOOKS ON 19TH and 20th CENTURY ART, WOMEN ARTISTS & FILM STUDIES
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MODERN ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM
New Arrivals -- part 2
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ARTEXT offers the following new arrivals in modern art,
photography and film studies. All books are offered subject to
prior sale. We accept Mastercard and Visa. Full details on
ordering can be found at the end of this file.

Our entire 19th Century, 20th Century, Women Artists and Film
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Part 2 – L-Z:
(LAURENS #A9228)
Goldscheider, Cecile. LAURENS. 78 pp., 32 b&w illus., frontis.
photo of Laurens in his studio, biog., exhibs. 8vo, card covers,
d.j. New York, Universe Books (Universe Sculpture Series), 1959.
Fine, in v.g. + d.j. $15.00.

(LOSEY #A9315)
Leahy, James. The Cinema of JOSEF LOSEY. 175 pp., 34 stills,
filmog., index. Covers Losey's work from Boy with Green Hair
through Accident. Sq. 12mo, wrps. First ed. London, A. Zwemmer
and A.S. Barnes New York, 1967. Near-fine. $14.50.

(MASEREEL #A9097)
MASEREEL, FRANS. Passionate Journey: A Novel told in 165
Woodcuts. Trans. Joseph Bernstein. Intro. Thomas Mann (16 pp.)
printed on blue paper. 165 illus. by Masereel in black on white
paper. Orig. pub. in 1919. 16mo, wrps. First printing this ed.
Reprint of Redstone Press ed. New York, Penguin, 1988. Rem.
stripe lower edge, else near-fine. $18.00.

(MATISSE #A9325)
Paris. Berggruen & Cie. HENRI MATISSE: Dessins au pinceau. 29
illus. Litho. cover by Mourlot. Tall narrow 8vo, wrps. 1983.
Fine. $40.00.

(MILLES #A8860)
Boston. Museum of Fine Arts. CARL MILLES. 12 b&w illus., most
full-page, checklist of 29 works. Swedish-born artist who worked
in America. Pictorial card covers, plastic ring binding. 1941.
V.G. (last ring on binding broken, lower front corner creased).
$18.00.

(NEW YORK #A9208)
NEW YORK. American Federation of Arts. German Watercolors,
Drawings and Prints 1905-1955. Unpag. (101 pp.) travelling
exhib. cat., 36 full-page b&w illus., checklist of 111 works,
with brief biogs. of all artists. 20th century work from German
collections. Intro. Thomas Messer; text by Leonie Reygers. 8vo,
wrps. 1956. Near-fine. $12.00.

(NEW YORK #A9092)
NEW YORK. Christie's. 18th, 19th and 20th Century Latin American
Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. Sales catalogue of 108 items,
all illus., 36 in color. Numerous works by Carrington, Cuevas,
Matta, Merida (4), Rivera, Tamayo, Zuniga. Large 8vo, wrps.
Price list laid in. May 12, 1983. Fine. $24.00.

(NEW YORK #A9093)
NEW YORK. Christie's. 18th, 19th and 20th Century Latin American
Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. Sales catalogue of 129 items,
all illus., 33 in color. Numerous works by Clausell,
Covarrubias, Cuevas, Matta, Rivera, Zuniga. Large 8vo, wrps.
Price list laid in. June 9, 1982. Fine. $22.00.

(NEW YORK #A9090)
NEW YORK. Christie's. 19th and 20th Century Latin American
Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. Sales catalogue of 150 items,
all illus., 45 in color. Numerous works by Matta, Rivera,
Zuniga. Large 8vo, wrps. Price list laid in. December 1, 1981.
Fine. $22.00.

(NEW YORK #A9251)
NEW YORK. Serge Sabarsky Gallery. Expressionists: Paintings,
Watercolors and Drawings by 12 German Expressionists. 181 pp.,
87 excellent full-page color illus. Includes: Beckmann, Dix,
Feininger, Grosz, Heckel, Jawlensky, Klee, Kirchner, Macke,
Nolde, Schiele, Schlemmer. Sq. 4to, stiff wrps. 1984. Fine.
$25.00.

(NOGUCHI #A9035)
NOGUCHI, ISAMU and Buckminster Fuller. A Sculptor's World. 259
pp., 255 b&w illus., many full-page, 13 color plates, index.
Intro. by R. Buckminster Fuller (a longtime friend of the
artist); extensive text by Noguchi, including autobiography and
commentary on his work from all periods and in all media from
sculpture and theater sets to playground designs. A wonderful
and important book. Stout sq. 4to, brown cloth, d.j. First ed.
New York, Harper and Row, 1968. About fine, in near-fine d.j.
$275.00.

(Partisan Review #A8957)
Greenberg, Clement, Meyer Schapiro, et al. Partisan Review Vol.
XVI, No. 1 (Jan. 1949). Includes: Meyer Schapiro "Fromentin as a
Critic", Clement Greenberg "The Role of Nature in Modern Art",
Mary McCarthy "Olivier's Hamlet", Isaac Babel "The Sin of Jesus"
(a story). A particularly interesting issue. 8vo, wrps. V.G.+
clean tight copy. $12.00.

(PICHON #A9306)
PICHON, BRIGITTE and KARL RIHA. Dada Zurich: A Clown's Game from
Nothing. xii, 281 pp., 43 illus., extensive appendix of reviews
of Dada Cabaret events (in German), notes, bibliog., index. 13
critical texts covering all participants and media, focusing on
Zurich Dada as a historical situation within the context of
modernism. Much new research. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New
York, G.K. Hall, 1996. As new. (Pub. at $95.00) $45.00.

(PRAWER #A9319)
PRAWER, S. S. Caligari's Children: The Film as Tale of Terror.
307 pp., 27 stills, bibliog., index of names, index of titles.
8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Oxford Univ. Press, 1980. About fine
crisp copy, in near-fine d.j. with a two short closed tears rear
panel. $25.00.

(RAINER #A9246)
Koln. Galerie Holtmann. ARNULF RAINER Totengesichter. 48 pp., 41
plus cover illus., 10 in color. Texts by Jens Christian Jensen
and by artist. In German. 4to, wrps. Ed. of 1000. 1981. Near-
fine. $40.00.

(RAINER #A9194)
Munchen. Galerie Van de Loo. ARNULF RAINER Face-Farces 1965-
1969. 74 pp. exhib. cat., 88 illus. (4 in color). In German.
Small sq. 4to, wrps. 1970. V.G. (corner crease). $20.00.

(RAUSCHENBERG #A8884)
Tubingen. Kunsthalle. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: Zeichnungen,
Gouachen, Collagen. 190 pp. exhib. cat., approx. 150 illus.,
most full-page, 43 in color (several double-page), numerous
photos of artist, biog., bibliog., exhibs. Texts by Gotz Adriani
and Karin Thomas. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Munich, Piper,
1979. Near-fine/Near-fine. (Upper corner tips of d.j. have tiny
closed tears; head of spine crinkled. Otherwise crisp and bright
as new.) $175.00.

(RENOIR #A9102)
Tokyo. Musee Keio. Exposition RENOIR. 179 pp. exhib. cat., 64
color plates, mostly full-page, over 70 b&w illus. Text in
Japanese; essay by Jeanine Warnod also in French; titles and
descriptions of works in French. Small oblong 4to, wrps. 1984.
Crisp bright V.G.+ (Short lower corner dent affecting a few
leaves, a bit of spine edge rubbing). $30.00.

(RESNICK #A9285)
RESNICK, MILTON. You and Me, The Judgement of Paris, Sphinx. 10
pp., 1 tipped-in color plate. Wonderful 7 page interview with
Resnick by David Rattray. 12mo, card wrps., d.j. New York,
Robert Miller Gallery, 1992. Near-fine crisp copy (faint soiling
rear cover of dustjacket). $9.50.

(RICHTER #A9158)
Nimes. Musee d'art contemporain. GERHARD RICHTER 100 Pictures.
156 pp., 103 color illus. Ed. by Hans-Ulrich Obrist; text by
Birgit Pelzer and Guy Tosatto. 8vo, cloth, no d.j. (as issued)
Cantz, 1996. Mint. $35.00.

(ROHLFS #A9193)
Essen. Museum Folkwang. CHRISTIAN ROHLFS (1839-1948):
Watercolors, Drawings, Prints. 87 pp., b&w and color illus.,
checklist of 135 works. The first German expressionist. Sq. 8vo,
inset cover color plate. Eng. lang. ed. International
Exhibitions Foundation, 1968. Near-fine. $20.00.

(ROTHKO #A9269)
Breslin, James E. B. MARK ROTHKO: A Biography. 700 pp., 52 b&w
illus., 21 color plates, index. Stout 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First
ed. Chicago and London, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1993. As new.
$35.00.

(SOULAGES #A9237)
Juin, Hubert. SOULAGES. 64 pp., 12 tipped-in color plates, 2 b&w
illus., biog. notes. Important monograph on Soulages. Trans.
Haakon Chevalier. 12mo, wrps. First Grove Press ed. (Eng. trans.
of 1959 French ed.). New York, Grove Press, 1960. V.G.+. $27.00.

(SOULAGES #A9245)
Paris. Berggruen & Cie. PIERRE SOULAGES: Gouaches et Gravures.
24 pp. 19 full-page illus. Text by R. V. Gindertael. Dramatic
full double-page cover litho by Fernand Mourlot. Tall narrow
8vo, wrps. Ed. of 1500. 1957. About fine. $45.00.

(SUTHERLAND #A9196)
Hayes, John. The Art of GRAHAM SUTHERLAND. 190 pp., 163 illus.,
biog. note, bibliog., index of works. 4to, cloth, no d.j. New
York, Alpine, 1980. V.G. $17.50.

(SUZUKI #A9087)
SUZUKI, JUZO and ISABURO OKA. The Decadents: KUNISADA,
KUNIYOSHI, EISEN. 95 pp., 79 full-page or double-page color
illus. English trans. by John Bester. Small 4to, stiff self-
wrps. Fifth printing. Tokyo, Kodansha (Masterworks of Ukiyo-E),
(1969) 1978. Fine. $24.00.

(TURNER #A9074)
Rodner, William S. J.M.W. TURNER: Romantic Painter of the
Industrial Revolution. xiv, 222 pp., 8 color plates, 61 b&w
illus., notes, bibliog., index. Examination of Turner's
enthusiastic response to industrial growth and steam technology
in 19th century England, with extensive quotes from
contemporaneous writings. Large 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed.
Berkeley, Univ. of California, 1997. As new. (Pub. at $45.)
$32.00.

(VAN GOGH #A9178)
New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. VAN GOGH in Arles. 271
pp., 150 color plates. Text by Ronald Pickvance. 4to, cloth,
d.j. 1984. Fine, in fine d.j. $40.00.

(VILLON #A9192)
Chicago. Art Institute. JACQUES VILLON. 48 pp., 2 color plates,
23 b&w illus., checklist of 160 works with brief commentary on
many. Pref. by Harold Joachim. Small sq. 4to, wrps. Ed. of 1000.
1976. About fine. $12.50.

(VON STERNBERG #A9320)
VON STERNBERG, JOSEF. Fun in a Chinese Laundry. (iv), 348 pp.,
26 b&w photos, index. Foreword by Gary Cooper. Small stout 8vo,
wrps. A welcome reprint of 1965 Macmillan ed. San Francisco,
Mercury House, 1988. Faintly scuffed cover else new crisp copy.
$9.00.

(WIETEK #A9244)
WIETEK, GERD. Maler der Brucke: Farbige Kartengrusse an Rosa
Schapire. Unpag., (55 pp.), 19 full-page color plates. Includes
work by Heckel, Kirchner, Pechstein and Schmidt-Rotluff. Text by
Gerd Wietek. In German. 12mo, pictorial papered bds, printed
paper spine and cover labels. First ed. Wiesbaden, Insel-
Bucherei No. 678, 1958. About fine crisp copy. $15.00.

(WOODMAN, T #A9278)
New York. Tibor de Nagy. TIMOTHY WOODMAN: Recent Sculpture.
Unpaginated exhib. cat., 8 full-page color plates, biog.,
exhibs., bibliog., colls., checklist of 20 works. Essay by
Hayden Herrera. Contemporary painted figurative aluminum relief
sculpture. 4to, stapled wrps. 1998. Light dent, else fine.
$10.00.

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