FS: 19th Century Art -- New Arrivals
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19th CENTURY ART -- NEW ARRIVALS
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ARTEXT offers the following new acquisitions in 19th Century Art. Our
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Part I - Monographs in 19th Century Art:
(BARYE #A5343)
New York. Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
Bronzes. From the Collection of the Late Geraldine Rockefeller
Dodge. Sales Catalogue listing 159 works, all illus. in
b&w or color. Small sq. 4to, stapled wrps. October 29, 1975.
Near-fine. $17.50.
(BEARDSLEY #A4548)
Benkovitz, Miriam J. AUBREY BEARDSLEY: An Account of his
Life. 226 pp. biography, approx. 45 b&w illus. notes,
index. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, G.P. Putnam's, 1981. Crisp
near-fine, in fine price-clipped d.j. $16.50.
(BEARDSLEY #A4835)
Maas, Henry, et al. The Letters of AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 472
pp., 15 illus., index of recipients, general index. An informal
and spontaneous letter writer with a broad range of interests
and correspondents. Stout 8vo, wrps. Reprint of 1970 ed. Oxford
(U.K.), Plantin, 1990. New. $12.00.
(BOCKLIN #A4953)
Schmidt, Georg. ARNOLD BOCKLIN: Pan. 32 pp. text plus 16
b&w illus. Analysis of Pan theme in Bocklin's work. Text in
German. 16mo, wrps. Stuttgart, Reclam, 1960. Near-fine.
$5.00.
(BOUGUEREAU #A4674)
Paris. Musee du Petit Palais and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU: 1825-1905. 265 pp., illus., 141
b&w illus., 14 color plates, 1 double-page, biog., bibliog.
Texts by Therese Burollet, Mark Steven Walker Scholarly entries
on each work by Walker and Louise d'Argencourt. Eng. lang. ed.
Important catalogue of a major retrospective exhibition. Stout
sq. 4to, wrps. 1972. Near-fine. $65.00.
(BUTLER, S #A4113)
Shaffer, Elinor. Erwhons of the Eye: SAMUEL BUTLER as
painter, photographer & art critic. 331 pp., over 180
illus., 20 in color, useful notes, bibliog. Groundbreaking study
of Butler as artist. The author of Erewhon was also a London art
school graduate who exhibited at the Royal Academy, and used
photography to debunk high art in ways that would pass as
postmodernism. 8vo, cloth, d.j. London, Reaktion Books, 1988.
New. $30.00.
(COURBET #A1312)
Lindsay, Jack. GUSTAVE COURBET: His Life and Art. 383
pp., 89 plates. The most substantial biography of Courbet thus
far. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Harper and Row, 1973. Spine of
d.j. sunned, else v.g.+. $60.00.
(DEGAS #A6007)
New York. Acquavella Galleries. EDGAR DEGAS. Exhib. cat.
of 54 works, all illus. in excellent full-page color, checklist,
biog. notes, bibliog. Text by Theodore Reff. 4to, stiff wrps. As
issued. 1978. Fine crisp copy. $20.00.
(DEGAS #A3498)
Reed, Sue Welsh and Barbara Stern Shapiro. EDGAR DEGAS: The
Painter as Printmaker. 272 pp., hundreds of illus.,
glossary, bibliography, concordance. Six scholarly essays on
Degas' work, technique, painting and lithography, Degas'
relationship with other printmakers, and more. Essential book on
Degas and Impressionist printmaking. Stout 4to, stiff wrps.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1984. Light bump upper corner, else
crisp near-fine. $47.50.
(EIFFEL #A4070)
SIMMEN, JEANNOT, THOMAS HORNEMANN and JADEGAR ASISI. Hommage
a Gustave Eiffel: Cent Mille Fois, Orbitarium 100'000.
Unpag. (24 pp.), numerous b&w diagrams and illus., 3 full
page color illus., color cover illus. A futuristic conceptual
artists' piece in celebration of the centenary of Eiffel's
tower. Texts in German and French. Folio, sewn wrps. Ed. of
1000. Inscribed by JEANNOT SIMMEN. Koln / Berlin, 1987. Fine.
$45.00.
(FRIEDRICH #A4813)
Koch, Horst. CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH. Trans. Stephen
Gorman. 87 pp., 75 illus., 36 nice color plates, 4 tipped-in,
ink drawings reproduced in sepia where appropriate. Text
consists of a brief biog. and extensive excerpts of the artist's
writings. List of illustrations. Tall 4to, papered boards, d.j.
Eng. lang. ed. Artlines, 1988. Fine/Fine. $22.00.
(FRIEDRICH #A5435)
NEW YORK. German Library of Information. CASPAR DAVID
FRIEDRICH: His Life and Work. 55 pp., 16 b&w illus., 6
tipped-in color plates including cover-plate, notes. Foreword
Dr. Matthias Schmitz. The text is quite substantial but no
author is credited. Uncommon. Small 4to, heavy paper wrps.,
tipped-in cover plate. 1940. Near-V.G. (Some sunning, corners
bumped and cover extremities lightly worn.). $14.00.
(GAUDI #A4330)
Martinell, Cesar. GAUDI: His Life, His Theories, His
Work. 486 pp., 555 photos, 60 color plates, chronol. of
work, index of names, index of places. Important monograph on
Gaudi including a full biography, analysis of Gaudi's theory,
and an inventory with analysis of the individual projects. Stout
4to, cloth, d.j. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1975. Slight foxing half-
title page, else near-fine, in near-fine d.j. $100.00.
(GAUGUIN #A6338)
Leymarie, Jean. GAUGUIN: Watercolors and Pastels. Unpag.
24 fine color reproductions matted in cream, gray and black (as
if for framing), tissue interleaves, text commentary on each
work, bibliog. Printed in The Netherlands. A handsome
production. Folio, cloth spine, papered boards, front cover
serves as mat board for frontis reproduction, clear plastic d.j.
New York, Abrams, nd (c.1960). Faint smudges on cover, else
near-fine. $110.00.
(GAUGUIN #A4689)
Nicholson, Bronwen, et al. GAUGUIN and Maori Art. 80 pp.,
63 illus., 20 full-page color, references, notes. Excellent
focused texts by five authors. Sq. 8vo, wrps. Godwit and
Auckland City Art Gallery, 1995. New. $20.00.
(GAVARNI #A5342)
New Haven. Yale Univ. Art Gallery. GAVARNI: The Carnival
Lithographs. 47 pp., 20 excellent full-page illus.,
catalogue with full entries of 52 works, notes, bibliog. Text by
Nancy Olson. Small sq. 4to, wrps. 1979. Fine. $16.00.
(GERICAULT #A4963)
Gauthier, Maximilien. GERICAULT. Brief text, 60 b&w
illus., color frontis. 16mo, wrps. Paris, Braun (Collection des
Maitres), (1939). VG. $15.00.
(GERICAULT #A5252)
New Haven. Yale University Art Gallery. The Graphic Art of
GERICAULT. 37 pp. text and 53 mostly full-page illus. Text
and catalogue by Kate H. Spencer. Includes essay, many extensive
catalogue entries, research and information on technique. Oblong
8vo, wrps. 1969. Near-fine. $17.00.
(GOYA #A1531)
Boston. Museum of Fine Arts. GOYA and the Spirit of
Enlightenment. 407 pp., hundreds of illus., most in color.
Fine scholarly catalogue. Essays by Alphonso E. Perez Sanchez,
Elinor Sayre, Gonzalo Anes, Jeannine Baticle, et al. Stout 4to,
stiff wrps. 1989. As new. $35.00.
(GRANDVILLE #A4144)
Wick, Peter A., intro. The Court of Flora (Les Fleurs
Animees). The Engraved Illustrations of J.J. GRANDVILLE. 12
pp. intro. and bibliog. followed by excellent color
reproductions of the original 52 hand-colored engravings of the
last of Grandville's illustrated books, published posthumously
in 1847. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, George Braziller,
1981. Fine/Fine. $45.00.
(MANET #A4566)
Bataille, Georges. MANET. 135 pp., 52 tipped-in color
plates, bibliog., exhibs., index. Sq. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Lausanne,
Skira (Taste of Our Time), 1955. Fine, in d.j. with tiny chip
head of spine, else near-fine. $20.00.
(MILLET #A4861)
Pollock, Griselda. MILLET. 96 pp., over 90 illus., 9
full-page color, chronol., bibliog. Intro. text and commentary
on each work. 4to, cloth, d.j. London, Oresko, 1978. Mint/Near-
fine. $20.00.
(MILLET #A5980)
Sensier, Alfred. JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET: Peasant and
Painter. Eng. trans. Helena De Kay. xii pref., 230 pp., 28
illus., appendix, index. Squarish 8vo, brown cloth with gilt
lettering. Boston, James R. Osgood, 1881. G.++. Corners bumped
and worn, spine extrems. lightly frayed, edges of boards rubbed;
edges browned, marginal spotting pp. vi-xi, faint gift inscrip.
in fine hand (dated Dublin 1883). $30.00.
(MONET #A5826)
Clemenceau, Georges. CLAUDE MONET: The Waterlilies.
Trans. from French by George Boas. 191 pp. An intelligent
firsthand account of Monet's series works (Haystacks,
Cathedrals, as well as Waterlilies) by a life-long friend.
Numerous personal anecdotes about Monet. 8vo, cloth spine,
papered bds., gilt stamped lettering. First Eng. lang. ed. No
d.j. New York, Doubleday Doran, 1930. V.G.-. (Edges and corners
worn, sunstrip top and side edge of front bd., surface light
scuffing, a few spots.) Interior clean, bright. $42.50.
(MONET #A5828)
Guillaud, Maurice, ed. CLAUDE MONET at the time of
Giverny. 315 pp., 114 excellent color illus., some fold-
outs, 66 duotone photos of Monet, his family, house, etc.
Extensive texts on the different series with excerpts from the
artist's letters throughout. 11 texts and memoirs of Monet,
excerpts from his correspondance with Durand-Ruel, bibliog.,
list of illus. Catalogue beautifully designed with multi-colored
papers by the renowned Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud. A strong
contender for best Monet book. Square stout 8vo, cloth, d.j.
First Eng. lang. ed. Paris, Centre Culturel du Marais and
Rizzoli, 1983. Mint copy. $95.00.
(MONET #A5512)
Mount, Charles Merrill. MONET a biography. 444 pp., plus
approx. 20 b&w photos hors texte, notes, index. Large stout
8vo, cloth. First printing. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1966.
Fine. Missing d.j. $20.00.
(MONET #A5487)
New Orleans. Museum of Art and Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco. MONET: Late Paintings of Giverny from the Musee
Marmottan. 87 pp., 60 color illus. of paintings, 15 photos
in color and b&w, plans of the flower and water gardens,
brief bibliog. Texts by Lynn Federle Orr, Paul H. Tucker,
Elizabeth Murray. Small sq. 4to, wrps. 1995. Fine. (Pub. at
$14.95). $15.00.
(MONET #A5974)
New York. Acquavella Galleries. CLAUDE MONET. 92 pp.
exhib. cat. of 68 works, all illus. in excellent color, biog.
notes, text by Andrew Forge. Nicely printed catalogue of mostly
privately owned works. 4to, stiff wrps. (As issued). 1976. Near-
fine bright crisp copy. $20.00.
(MONET #A3482)
Paris. Musee Marmottan. MONET et ses amis. Le legs Michel
Monet. La donation Donop de Monchy. 91 pp., 165 illus., 17
in color. Intro. R. Cogniat, cat. by F. Daulte. Small square
4to, wrps. Paris, 1971. Small rem. mark lower edge, else near-
fine crisp bright copy with neatly penned interesting notes on
many of the paintings. (Former owner was a painter.).
$16.00.
(MONET #A4570)
Rouart, Denis and Leon Degand. MONET. 130 pp., 52 tipped-
in color plates, bibliog., exhibs., index of names. Sq. 8vo,
cloth, d.j. Lausanne, Skira (Taste of our Time), 1958. V.G.+,
V.G.+ (tiny chip near head of spine.). $15.00.
(MONET #A5412)
Seitz, William C. CLAUDE MONET. 160 pp., 132 illus., 48
tipped-in color plates, bibliog. General text and commentary on
individual works. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams (The Library
of Great Painters), n.d. (1960). Fine/Fine. $60.00.
(MUYBRIDGE #A4616)
MUYBRIDGE, EDWIN. Animals in Motion. 183 plates with over
4000 images from the Muybridge collection. Illus. of horses,
dogs, cats, birds in flight, lions, kangaroos, deer, cows, pigs
and 26 other animals. Ed. Lewis S. Brown. 4to, cloth, d.j. New
York, Dover, 1957. Owner name stamp front pastedown, else fine
crisp copy in fine d.j. $24.50.
(MUYBRIDGE #A4615)
MUYBRIDGE, EDWIN. The Human Figure in Motion. 196 plates
with over 4700 images from the Muybridge collection. Intro. and
table of contents by Robert Taft. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York,
Dover, 1955. Owner name stamp front pastedown, else fine crisp
copy in fine d.j. $24.50.
(NAYLOR #A3586)
NAYLOR, GILLIAN, ed. Bloomsbury: Its Artists, Authors and
Designers. 328 pp., 311 illus., mostly large color plates
covering all media, brief biogs., bibliog., index. Beautifully
produced book. More than half of the text consists of well-
selected excerpts from the writings of the Bloomsbury group. 68
works painted, designed or from the photo album of VANESSA BELL,
many of the others by DUNCAN GRANT and ROGER FRY. Folio, cloth,
d.j. First U.S. ed. Boston, Bulfinch, 1990. Near-fine/Near-fine.
Upper corners lightly bumped, price clipped. Printer's defect
p.323 (does not affect legibility of illus. info. on this page).
$60.00.
(PISSARRO #A2450)
PISSARRO, CAMILLE. Letters to his Son Lucien. 399 pp., 90
illus. This edition includes the first pub. in English of the
letters of Lucien to his father that make sense of many
obscurities in Camille's letters. Nicely printed. Thick 8vo,
cloth, d.j. First revised edition. Mamaroneck, N.Y., Appel,
1972. Near-fine in v.g. d.j. (sunned spine, many short edge
tears, soil). $47.00.
(PISSARRO #A4855)
PISSARRO, CAMILLE. Letters to his son Lucien. 367 pp., 90
illus. Ed. by John Rewald with the assistance of Lucien
Pissarro. 8vo, wrps. First Da Capo ed. New York, Da Capo, 1995.
New. (Pub. at $15.95). $14.35.
(PRENDERGAST #A4697)
Boston. Museum of Fine Arts. MAURICE PRENDERGAST 1859-
1924. 156 pp. exhib. cat. listing 151 items, 116 b&w, 36
tipped-in color plates, 1 tipped in b&w photo of artist.
Substantial text by Hedley Howell Rys. A very attractive book.
Sq. 8vo, wrps. Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1960. V.G.++.
Rear cover lightly soiled, else nice tight copy with just a
touch of rubbing at spine extremities & corner tips.
$50.00.
(REDOUTE #A4398)
Ridge, Antonia. The Man Who Painted Roses: The Story of
PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE. 409 pp. biography, color
frontispiece. Sm. 8vo, cloth, d.j. London, Faber and Faber,
1974. Crisp near-fine, in V.G.+. price-clipped d.j. with old
price sticker on inside flap, faint trace of damp-stain on dust-
jacket (barely noticeable, no wrinkling). $25.00.
(REDOUTE #A4867)
Rix, Martyn and Alison. The REDOUTE Album. 128 pp., 60
fine full-page color plates. Includes the unpublished "Solanum
cornutum" (1784) and a selection from "Choix des plus belles
fleurs" (1824). Folio, cloth, d.j. New York, Dorset Press, 1990.
Fine, in near-fine (d.j. lightly wrinkled along upper edge with
two tiny closed tears.). $27.50.
(ROSSETTI #A3437)
Faxon, Alicia Craig. DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. 255 pp., 260
illus. of paintings and drawings, many in excellent color,
including details, chronol., bibliog., index. Huge book on nice
paper stock. Written by the granddaughter of Rossetti's niece
who had access to new material on the artist. Folio, cloth, d.j.
New York, Abbeville, 1989. Mint/About fine. $67.50.
(SCHWIND #A5431)
Hansstengel, Eberhard, intro. SCHWIND. 16 pp. plus 31 pp.
full-page color plates of the paintings of Moritz von Schwind.
Text in German. 12mo, cloth spine, pictorial papered bds.
Munich, Bruckmann (Bunte Buchlein, Band 9), 1953. V.G.+. Corners
worn, else tight bright copy. $12.00.
(SEURAT #A1260)
New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. SEURAT, 1859-1891.
570 pp., 325 illus., 240 in color. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York,
Abrams, 1990. As new. $70.00.
(TURNER #A4790)
Davies, Maurice. TURNER as Professor: The Artist and Linear
Perspective. 128 pp., checklist of 156 works, 136 illus.,
approx. 45 in color, index. 4to, stiff self-wrps. London, Tate
Gallery, 1992. New. $15.00.
(TURNER #A4820)
London. Tate Gallery. TURNER: The Fifth Decade, Watercolors
1830-1840. 86 pp. catalogue of 70 works, all illus., 32
colorplates. Brief text by Ian Warrell. 4to, stiff wrps. 1992.
New. $9.50.
(TURNER #A4821)
London. Tate Gallery. TURNER: The Fourth Decade, Watercolors
1820-1830. 72 pp. catalogue of 87 works, all illus., 16
colorplates. Brief text by Ian Warrell. 4to, stiff wrps. 1991.
New. $9.50.
(TURNER #A4822)
London. Tate Gallery. TURNER: The Second Decade, Watercolors
and Drawings from the Turner Bequest 1800-1810. 39 pp.
catalogue of 51 works, all illus., 16 colorplates. Brief intro.
by Robert Upstone. 4to, stiff wrps. 1989. New. $9.00.
(TURNER #A4823)
London. Tate Gallery. TURNER: The Third Decade, Watercolors
1810-1820. 48 pp. catalogue of 57 works, all illus., 12
colorplates. Brief text by Diane Perkins. 4to, stiff wrps. 1990.
New. $9.00.
(TURNER #A4363)
Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. TURNER: His Art and Life. 527
pp., over 1600 b&w illus., approx. 60 full-page color
plates. Important text with full catalogue of paintings and
watercolors, bibliog., indices. Stout 4to, cloth, d.j. New York,
Rizzoli, 1979. Mint. (Pub. at $85.00). $70.00.
(VAN GOGH #A4076)
s-Hertogensbosch. Noordbrabantsmuseum. VAN GOGH in Brabant:
Paintings and Drawings from Etten and Nuenen. 259 pp., 102
excellent color plates of paintings and drawings, 134 b&w
illus., selection from Van Gogh's letters, bibliog., index.
Major scholarly texts by Evert van Uitert, Carol M. Zemel, T.
Kodera, H. van Crimpen, M. M. Op de Coul, et al. 4to, cloth,
d.j. Eng. lang. ed. Zwolle, Waanders, 1987. Fine/Fine.
$50.00.
(WHISTLER #A5612)
Eddy, Arthur Jerome. Recollections and Impressions of JAMES
A. McNEILL WHISTLER. 296 pp., 12 b&w illus. Welcome
reprint of a classic memoir. 8vo, cloth, no d.j. Repr. of 1904
ed. New York, Benjamin Blom, 1972. Fine. $20.00.
(WHISTLER #A5784)
Pennell, E.R. and J. The Life of JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER. 2
Vols. 328 pp., 71 b&w illus., appendices, index. Classic
biographical reference work. Stout 4to, cloth. Philadelphia,
Lippincott and London, Heineman, 1909. G++ (covers rubbed,
corners and edges worn, spine extrems. lightly frayed, back
strip on Vol.1 reglued; interiors very nice, clean and tight).
$65.00.
(WHISTLER #A3573)
Thorp, Nigel, ed. and intro. WHISTLER on Art: Selected
Letters and Writings of James McNeill Whistler. 184 pp.,
index of correspondents, notes. Small 8vo, wrps. Washington,
D.C. Smithsonian, 1994. New. $15.95.
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