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Part 1 – Monographs A-H:
(ALLSTON #A5139)
Gerdts, William H. and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. A Man of
Genius: The Art of WASHINGTON ALLSTON 1779-1843. 255 pp., 162
b&w illus., 24 colorplates, checklist of 100 works. Essential
reference on this artist. 4to, cloth, d.j. Boston, Museum of
Fine Arts, 1979. Near-fine/Near-fine. Light corner scuffing.
$27.00.
(AVERY #A7347)
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. MILTON AVERY: A Singular
Vision. 54 pp. exhib. cat., 40 color plates, notes. Text by Bert
Chernow. Substantial catalogue. 4to, stiff wrps. 1987. About
fine. $25.00.
(AVERY #A7338)
Milwaukee. David Barnett Gallery. MILTON AVERY: A Retrospective
of Forty-Eight Oils, Watercolors, Gouaches, Drawings, Monotypes,
and Original Prints. Unpag. (32 pp.) exhib. cat., 48 illus., 24
in color (many full-page), chronol., collected comments by
critics and artists. Foreword Sally Avery, text by Gerald
Nordlund. Oblong 4to, wrps. 1984. Short closed tear lower edge
rear cover, else near-fine. $25.00.
(BACON #A8732)
Peppiatt, Michael. FRANCIS BACON: Anatomy of an Enigma. 366 pp.
biography of Britain's most controversial artist. 8vo, papered
bds., d.j. First U.S. ed. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
1996. Fine/Fine. (Pub. at $30.00). $21.00.
(BACON #A8728)
Russell, John. FRANCIS BACON. 192 pp., 175 illus., 37 in color,
including 30 triptychs, bibliog. note, list of illus., index.
8vo, wrps. Reprint of revised 1979 ed. Thames & Hudson, 1989.
Rem. mark lower edge, else fine. $9.00.
(BECKMANN #A8756)
New York. Grace Borgenicht Gallery. MAX BECKMANN: Paintings and
Drawings. 24 pp., 6 color plates, 16 b&w illus., notes,
checklist. Text by Margot Clark. Small 4to, stapled wrps. 1985.
Light sun stripe front cover, else near-fine crisp copy. $15.00.
(BEMELMANS #A8768)
BEMELMANS, LUDWIG, Illus. TOWN & COUNTRY February 1940.
Bemelmans cover and article; lengthy article by Augusta Owen
Patterson on three modern architectural homes: Frank Lloyd
Wright's Johnson House, Richard Neutra's John Nicholas Brown
house on Fishers Island, William Lescaze's Hobart House (23
photos). Folio, wrps. V.G.+ (chipping at head of spine reglued).
$18.00.
(BIRMELIN #A6405)
Brunswick. Bowdoin College Museum of Art. ROBERT BIRMELIN.
Unpag. exhib. cat. of 21 works, 10 illus., 2 color plates
(including cover plate), exhibs., colls. Essay by Gerard
Haggerty. Photo-realism. Sm. 4to, stapled wrps. 1980. Fine.
$12.00.
(BLUMENTHAL #A8767)
Dusseldorf. Galerie Vomel. HERMANN BLUMENTHAL 1905-1942:
Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik. 72 pp., 60 illus. and
photos of sculpture, reliefs, drawings, prints, most full-page,
10 in color, including one fold-out, biog., catalogue of
etchings. Texts by Werner Haftmann, Christian-Adolf Isermeyer,
Lutz Heusinger von Waldegg. A major exhibition of this German
sculptor (killed on the Russian front in 1942) whose work
consists mostly of nude classicized figures in the tradition of
Kolbe. 4to, stiff self-wrps. 1993. Near-fine (upper corner tip
bumped). $20.00.
(BOCCIONI #A7092)
Ballo, Guido. BOCCIONI: la vita e l'opera. Catalogue Raisonne.
528 pp., hundreds of illus. and documentary photos, including
approx. 50 fine tipped-in color plates, full illustrated
checklist of 608 works, biog., extensive bibliog., index of
works. Also includes Boccioni's diary of 1908. In Italian. Large
stout 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Milano, Il Saggiatore, 1964.
Near-fine, in v.g. dustjacket with some edgewear and 2 1/2 inch
creased tear rear panel. $275.00.
(BOLOTOWSKY #A8694)
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. ILYA BOLOTOWSKY. 133 pp.
exhib. catalogue, 94 plates, 10 in color. Extensive interview
with artist, chronol., exhibs. 4to, wrps. 1974. V.G. $25.00.
(BOOTH #A4502)
Fitzroy, Victoria. Deutscher Gertrude Street. PETER BOOTH:
Drawings 1977-1987. Unpag. (51 pp.) exhib. cat., 88 b&w illus.,
biog. note, exhibs., bibliog. Intro. by Rosalie Gascoigne.
Contemporary expressionist figuration. Small 4to, stiff wrps.
1989. Fine. $15.00.
(BRAQUE #A7340)
Paulhan, Jean. BRAQUE le patron. 181 pp., 56 illus., tipped-in
color frontis., list of illus. Very nicely printed on fine paper
-- a sensitve tribute by a friend and connoisseur of the
artist's work. In French. Large 8vo, card covers, d.j. First ed.
Geneve-Paris, Trois Collines, 1946. Light wear to points and
spine extrems.; spine and rear cover of d.j. sunned, else a very
nice bright copy; interior fine and bright with pages uncut.
$40.00.
(BURCKHARDT #A8724)
Burckhardt, Rudy and Simon Pettet. Talking Pictures: The
Photographs of RUDY BURCKHARDT. 238 pp., 139 photographs taken
from 1933-1988. Wonderful interview with Pettet that flows
through the entire book, often becoming a commentary on the
images. 4to, wrps. First ed. 1994. Fine. (Pub. at $26.95).
$20.00.
(BUSCH #A8769)
Traeger, Jorg and Meinhold Trudzinski. WILHELM BUSCH Als Maler
in seinem Zeit. 73 b&w text illus., 24 full-page color plates.
Two substantial scholarly texts, footnotes. In German. 4to,
green cloth, color coverplate tipped in. 1982. Near-fine.
$30.00.
(CALLOT #A4329)
Schroder, Thomas. JACQUES CALLOT: Das gesamte Werk zeichnungen.
2 Vols. A Catalogue Raisonne. 1673 pp.; over 275 illus.,
bibliog., title list. Useful reference to this master
printmaker's work. In German. Stout 8vo vols., cloth,
dustjackets. Munich, Rogner & Bernhard, 1971. Fine/Near-fine.
$55.00.
(CEZANNE #A8683)
CEZANNE, PAUL. Cezanne Letters. Enlarged edition ed. by John
Rewald. Trans. from the French by Seymour Hacker. 8vo, cloth. No
d.j. (as issued). First ed. New York, Hacker, 1985. Spine
lightly yellowed; interior crisp and bright; owner sig. f.e.p.
$25.00.
(CEZANNE #A7980)
Philadelphia. Museum of Art. CEZANNE. 600 pp., richly illus.
Texts by Francoise Cachin, Isabelle Cahn et al. Large stout 4to,
cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, 1996. Fine, in fine d.j. $60.00.
(CHAET #A8584)
CHAET, BERNARD. The Art of Drawing. 288 pp., 280 illus., 16
color plates, index. A unique painter's and teacher's handbook
to seeing and teaching about drawing arranged topically by
content, processes, technique. Examples range from Leonardo,
Durer and Mantegna to Matisse, Giacometti, Birmelin, and Chaet's
own students' work. Small sq. 4to, wrps. Later printing. New
York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. Fine. $22.00.
(CHAGALL #A7328)
CHAGALL, MARC. My Life. 174 pp. autobiography, includes the 20
illustrations made by Chagall to illustrate this book. Trans.
from French by Elisabeth Abbott. 8vo, cloth, d.j. 2nd printing.
New York, Orion Press, 1960. Near-fine, in v.g.+ d.j. $20.00.
(CHAGALL #A6725)
DALI, SALVADOR, Illus. La Bible de Jerusalem. xvi, 1458 pp., 40
striking color illus. by Dali. In French. Small stout folio,
brown, gold and copper gilt pictorial stamped tan leather
(calfskin?) binding, t.e.g., silk ribbon, in fuzzy dark brown
cloth covered slipcase with matching tan leather edging.
Beautifully produced reprint of 1955 ed. of this text. Paris,
DeNoel, 1972. Near-fine covers (6-8 tiny dents several faint
little scrapes); interior mint; in near-fine slipcase (two spots
of abrasion to felt along rear edge of right panel and wear to
rear tips of case). $200.00.
(DALI #A6300)
McGirk, Tim. Wicked Lady: SALVADOR DALI's Muse. 168 pp., 2 dozen
b&w photos, index. The story of Dali's fifty-year relationship
with Gala. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. London, Hutchinson, 1989.
Fine crisp copy but for inconspicuous collector's raised
blindstamp, in near-fine + d.j. with a few tiny indentations and
light scratches to rear panel. $35.00.
(DE KOONING #A8123)
Northhampton. Smith College Museum of Art. WILLEM DE KOONING.
Unpag. (43 pp.), 29 b&w illus., 1 color cover illus., chronol.,
bibliog. Texts by Dore Ashton and De Kooning. Small sq. 4to,
wrps. 1965. Fine. $20.00.
(DEGAS #A8758)
Ottawa. National Gallery of Canada. The National Gallery of
Canada Bulletin 3 (DEGAS). 32 pp. This issue contains the
article "Danseuses a la barre by DEGAS" by Jean Sutherland Boggs
(9 pp. with 9 b&w and color illus.). Squarish 8vo, stapled wrps.
Ottawa, 1964. Near-fine. $7.00.
(DELACROIX #A6897)
Zurich. Kunsthaus. EUGENE DELACROIX: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle,
Graphik. 49 pp. exhib. cat. listing 129 works, many from private
collections, 72 illus., 32 in color. Review of exhibition (in
German, source unknown) laid in. Large sq. 4to, wrps. 1987.
About Fine. $27.50.
(DISNEY #A8674)
Leebron, Elizabeth and Lynn Gartley. WALT DISNEY: A Guide to
References and Resources. x, 276 pp. Includes writings about
Disney and writings by Disney, full filmographies. 8vo, cloth,
no d.j. (as issued). Boston, G.K. Hall, 1979. Fine. $85.00.
(DISNEY #A8729)
Schickel, Richard. The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and
Commerce of WALT DISNEY. 330 pp., bibliog., index. "A revealing
part of American cultural history" (Pauline Kael). 12mo, wrps.
First Discus ed., 3rd printing. New York, Avon, 1969. V.G.+.
$4.00.
(DUCHAMP #A8313)
Golding, John. DUCHAMP: The Bride Stripped Bare by her
Bachelors, Even. 116 pp., 62 b&w illus., 1 color plate,
historical chronol., notes, bibliog., list of illus., index.
Wide-ranging contextual discussion of a single work. 8vo, cloth,
d.j. New York, Viking, 1973. About fine, in v.g.+ d.j. with two
short closed tears, tiny chip rear edge of d.j., rubbing at head
of spine. $40.00.
(DUCHAMP #A8735)
Moure, Gloria. MARCEL DUCHAMP. 128 pp., 152 illus., 96 in color,
biog., bibliog., list of illus. 4to, cloth, d.j. Barcelona,
Poligrafa, 1986. Fine/Fine. $20.00.
(FASSBINDER #A8577)
Calandra, Denis, ed. and intro. RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER: Plays.
191 pp., intro. text, Fassbinder bibliog. Contains: The Bitter
Tears of Petra van Kant, Bremen Freedom, Katzelmacher, Blood on
the Cat's Neck, Pre-Paradise Sorry Now, Garbage 8vo, wrps. Eng.
trans. First ed. New York, PAJ, 1985. Near-fine. (Small owner
name stamp on flyleaf.) $15.00.
(FASSBINDER #A8760)
Hayman, Ronald. FASSBINDER film maker. xi, 164 pp., over 80 b&w
stills and photos throughout, bibliog., filmog., index. 8vo,
wrps. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984. Fine. $10.00.
(FONTANA #A8119)
Paris. Alexandre Jolas. FONTANA. Unpaginated (16 leaves).
Virtually an artist's book -- containing four colored cut-outs
by Fontana set against different colored papers, 4 beautifully
printed photos of the artist by Mulas and Wolleh, and a text (in
French) by Gilles Dorfles printed on heavy card stock. Squarish
8vo, stiff self-wrps. N.d. About fine. Crisp white covers, mint
interior. $30.00.
(GERSTNER #A4690)
GERSTNER, KARL. The Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual
Elements. 179 pp. over 100 illus. in color and b&w. Sq. 8vo,
cloth, d.j. Cambridge and London, MIT Press, 1986. Near-
fine/Near-fine (d.j. very lightly scuffed). $37.50.
(GOINES #A8714)
GOINES, DAVID. DAVID LANCE GOINES, Posters: 1970-1994. Unpag.
(approx. 120 pp.), 120 color plates, most are full-page. Brief
intro. by artist -- an award-winning graphic designer and
author, also remembered for his participation in the Berkeley
Free Speech movement. Small 4to, stiff self-wrps. First ed.
Berkeley, Ten Speed Press, 1994. As new. $16.00.
(GOLDSWORTHY #A8562)
GOLDSWORTHY, ANDY. Black Stones Red Pools: Dumfriesshire Winter
1994-5. (Unpag.) 76 pp., artist's statement and photo of his
hands; 24 beautifully printed color photos constitute the record
of his land art work. Sq. 8vo, cloth. Pro Arte Foundation and
Galerie Lebourg, 1985. About fine. $30.00.
(GROSS #A5610)
Whistler, Catherine, et al. Impressionist and Modern: The Art
and Collection of FRITZ GROSS. 128 pp. exhib. cat. listing 104
works, all illus., 29 in color. The extraordinary private
collection ranging from Manet, Morisot, Renoir, Gauguin,
Signac,Toulouse-Lautrec to Beardsley, Munch, Picasso,
Modigliani, Derain, et al, along with a catalogue of Gross's own
work from his early years in Vienna to his later work in London.
Large 8vo, cloth, d.j. Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1990. As new.
$15.00.
(HARTLEY #A8713)
Hokin, Jeanne. Pinnacles & Pyramids: The Art of MARSDEN HARTLEY.
xxii, 166 pp., color and b&w illus., appendices containing one
essay and two long poems by Hartley, notes, bibliog., index.
4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico
Press, 1993. Fine crisp copy in near-fine d.j. $44.00.
(HELION #A8228)
New York. Robert Miller Gallery. JEAN HELION: Paintings and
Drawings from the Years 1939-1960. 52 pp. exhib. cat., 28
illus., 8 full-page color plates, including coverplate, photo
frontis of artist's studio in 1947, bibliog. Text by Lawrence
Alloway. Small 4to, wrps. 1981. About fine. $25.00.
(HOCKNEY #A7835)
Rotterdam. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen. DAVID HOCKNEY:
Paintings and photographs of paintings. 88 pp., 26 full-page
color plates. Text consists of interview with artist by Piet de
Jongh. In Dutch / English. Oblong 4to, pictorial laminated
papered bds. Ed. of 2000. 1996. Tiny nick lower edge, else fine.
$40.00.
(HOFFMAN #A7312)
Lenburg, Jeff. DUSTIN HOFFMAN: Hollywood's Antihero. 172 pp., 15
photos and stills, filmog., bibliog., index. Small 8vo, bds.,
d.j. First ed. New York, St. Martin's 1983. Fine/Fine. $16.00.
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