FS: ARTEXT -- Abstract Expressionism (Part 1)
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ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
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Part I -- Monographs A-N:
(BROOKS #A2054)
Hunter, Sam. JAMES BROOKS. 55 pp. exhib. cat., 45 illus., 4 in
color. Chronol., exhibs., bibliog. Small square 4to, wrps. Waltham,
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University and Whitney Museum, New York,
1963. Covers slightly scuffed, else v.g.+. $25.00.
(BROWNE #A2345)
Roslyn (N.Y.). Nassau County Museum of Fine Art. BYRON BROWNE.
40 pp. exhib. cat., 47 illus., 9 in color (including coverplate),
chronol., recent exhibs., museum collections. Substantial essay by
Harry Rand. Square 4to, stiff-wrps. 1987. Fine/Fine. $30.00.
(DE KOONING #A3124)
Hess, Thomas B. WILLEM DE KOONING. 170 pp. text, well illus.,
16 in color, extensive bibliog., selections from artist's writings.
4to, wrps. New York, MOMA, 1968. Very slight rubbing to corners, else
fine bright copy. $32.00.
(DE KOONING #A1062)
Janis, Harriet and Rudi Blesh. DE KOONING. 72 pp., 37 b&w,
12 color plates. 4to, wrps. First printing. New York, Grove Press,
1960. Near-fine. $45.00.
(DE KOONING #A1063)
Minneapolis. Walker Art Center. DE KOONING. Drawings /
Sculptures. Unpag. cat. (80 pp.), 70 illus., some in color. Texts
by Philip Larson & Peter Schjeldahl. Oblong 4to, wrps. First ed.
1974. Front cover stained (ex-studio), else clean tight copy.
$20.00.
(DE KOONING #A1065)
Rosenberg, Harold. DE KOONING. 294 pp. with 208 plates, many in
color. Large oblong folio, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, n.d. (1974).
Near-fine/Near-fine. $1800.00.
(DE KOONING #A1066)
Zilczer, Judith. WILLEM DE KOONING from the Hirshhorn Museum
Collection. 218 pp., 110 illus, 64 in color. Includes essays by
Lynne Cooke, Susan Lake, correspondence between artist and the
Hirshhorns. Chronol., bibliog. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Rizzoli and
Hirshhorn Museum, 1993. As new. $60.00.
(DE KOONING, E #A2023)
Hall, Lee. Elaine and Bill, Portrait of a Marriage: The Lives of
WILLEM and ELAINE DE KOONING. 340 pp., approx. 40 photos,
bibliog., index. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Harper Collins,
1993. Fine/Fine. $22.50.
(DEHNER #A3399)
Katonah. Museum of Art. DOROTHY DEHNER: Sixty Years of Art. 64
pp. exhib. cat., 60 illus., 15 color. Bibliog., chronol., exhibs. Text
by Joan M. Marter. 4to, stiff self-wrps. 1993. Fine. $22.50.
(DEHNER #A3372)
New Brunswick. Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers Univ. DOROTHY DEHNER
& DAVID SMITH: Their Decades of Search and Fulfillment. 56
pp., 49 illus. Texts by Joan Marter and Judith McCandless. Full
catalogue entries with short text about each work by Michael Zakian.
Excellent pairings of work by each artist. One of the few exhibitions
to address this relationship. Oblong 4to, wrps. 1984. Fine.
$45.00.
(DZUBAS #A1075)
Boston. Museum of FIne Arts. FRIEDEL DZUBAS. Unpaginated, 3
color plates. Essay by Kenworth Moffett. Oblong 4to pamphlet, stapled
wrps. 1975. Fine. $16.00.
(DZUBAS #A2358)
Roslyn, N.Y. Nassau County Museum of Art. FRIEDEL DZUBAS.
Unpag. (44 pp.) exhib. cat., 10 colorplates (including 4 large
fold-outs. Essays by K. Moffett, E.A. Carmean, Jr., C. W. Millard, K.
Wilkin. Small oblong 4to, wrps. 1987. Near-fine. $25.00.
(DZUBAS #A1078)
Washington, D. C. Hirshhorn Museum. FRIEDEL DZUBAS. 91 pp., 45
plates, mostly in color, intro. and lengthy interviews with artist by
Charles W. Millard, chronol., bibliog. Oblong 4to, wrps. 1983. Corner
bumped, else near-fine. $40.00.
(FERBER #A4647)
Minneapolis. Walker Art Center. The Sculpture of HERBERT
FERBER. 64 pp., 55 illus., several in color. Catalogue Raisonne,
chronol., exhibs. Text by Wayne V. Andersen. Bibliog. (including
Ferber's writings) by Lucy Lippard. Important catalogue on this
sculptor. Small sq. 4to, stiff wrps. 1962. Fine. $25.00.
(FRANCIS #A3445)
Lyotard, Jean-Francois. SAM FRANCIS: Lesson of Darkness. Unpag.
(approx. 100 pp.), 51 color plates, 7 gatefolds. A poetic
collaboration. Very attractive book. Folio, laminated pictorial
boards. First ed. Venice (CA), The Lapis Press, 1993. Near-fine. (Pub.
at $60.) $40.00.
(FRANCIS #A1085)
New York. Andre Emmerich. SAM FRANCIS: New Work 1984.
Unpaginated (10 pp.) exhib. pamphlet, 9 color plates on heavy card
stock, 1 double-page. Square 4to, wrps. 1984. Paperclip indent on
title page, else near-fine. $15.00.
(FRANKENTHALER #A3755)
Fine, Ruth E. HELEN FRANKENTHALER Prints. 160 pp., 80 illus.,
75 in color. 4to, wrps. Washington, D.C., National Gallery, 1993.
Fine. $32.00.
(FRANKENTHALER #A1086)
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. HELEN FRANKENTHALER.
72 pp., 48 plates (8 color). Text by E.C. Goossen, chronol., bibliog.
Square 4to, cloth, d.j. Praeger, 1969. D.j. slightly worn at corners
and ends of spine, else v.g.+. $50.00.
(FRANKENTHALER #A1088)
Saginaw (Michigan). Saginaw Art Museum. HELEN FRANKENTHALER: Works
of the Seventies. 16 pp. exhib. catalogue, 6 color plates. Essay
by Cynthia Goodman. 4to, stapled wrps. Ann Arbor, 1980. Near-fine.
$10.00.
(GORKY #A2620)
Auping, Michael. ARSHILE GORKY the breakthrough years. 192 pp.,
24 b&w, 60 excellent color plates. Small sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New
York, Rizzoli, 1995. New. (Pub. at $45.) $40.00.
(GORKY #A1105)
New York. M. Knoedler & Co. GORKY: Drawings. 62 pp., illus
text by Jim M. Jordan, 150 b&w, 4 color plates. Small 4to, wrps.
New York, Walker and Co., 1969. Fine. $35.00.
(GORKY #A2590)
Rand, Harry. ARSHILE GORKY, The Implications of Symbols. 277
pp. Over 100 illus., 15 in color. Bibliog., index. 4to, wrps.
Berkeley, Univ. of California, 1991. New. $15.00.
(GORKY #A1106)
Seitz, William C. ARSHILE GORKY. Paintings, Drawings, Studies.
56 pp., well illus., 2 color plates. Foreword by Julien Levy. Square
4to, wrps. New York, MOMA, 1962. Minor cover soiling, partial crease.
V.g. $27.00.
(GOTTLIEB #A1108)
Alloway, Lawrence & Mary Davis MacNaughton. ADOLPH GOTTLIEB: A
Retrospective. 174 pp., 124 plates, many in color. Important
catalogue. 4to, cloth, d.j. Original edition. New York, Arts
Publisher, 1981. Near-fine/Near-fine. $150.00.
(GOTTLIEB #A3960)
Hirsch, Sandford, et al. The Pictographs of ADOLPH GOTTLIEB.
144 pp., 65 color plates, 75 b&w illus. A new and essential text
on Gottlieb. 4to, cloth, d.j. Washington, Phillips Collection and New
York, Hudson Hills, 1994. New. (Pub. at $45.) $40.00.
(GOTTLIEB #A4023)
New York. Andre Emmerich Gallery. ADOLPH GOTTLIEB: Large Scale
Paintings 1968-1973. Unpag. exhib. cat., 9 full-page color illus.,
including cover plate. Square 8vo, stapled wrps. 1980. Near-fine.
$8.50.
(GUSTON #A1112)
Arts Magazine. Vol. 63, no.3, November 1988. Focus: PHILIP
GUSTON -- articles by Ross Feld, Marjorie Welish, William Corbett,
Alison De Lima Greene, Archie Rand, Dore Ashton. 4to, wrps. Near-fine.
$20.00.
(HARTIGAN #A3681)
Mattison, Robert S. GRACE HARTIGAN: A Painter's World. 156 pp.,
64 full-page color plates, 40 b&w illus., chronol., exhibs.,
bibliog., colls., index. The first major monograph on Hartigan. Square
4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Hudson Hills, 1990. New. (Pub. at
$50.) $45.00.
(HOFMANN #A1126)
Bannard, Walter Darby. HANS HOFMANN: A Retrospective
Exhibition. 128 pp., over 75 b&w illus., 13 color plates,
chronol., bibliog., exhibs. 4to, cloth. Houston, MFA and Hirshhorn
Museum, Wash. D.C., 1976. No d.j., else near-fine. $95.00.
(HOFMANN #A1130)
HOFMANN, HANS. Search for the Real & Other Essays. 83 pp.,
biog., exhibs. Intro by Bartlett Hayes, Jr. 4to, wrps. Revised
edition. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1973. Cover slightly scuffed, else
near-fine. $20.00.
(HOFMANN #A4212)
HOFMANN, HANS. Search for the Real and Other Essays. 92 pp.
collection of Hofmann's writings, numerous photos and illus. Intro. by
Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. The important text expounding Hofmann's
teachings on painting. Small 4to, cloth. Andover, Addison Gallery,
1948. No d.j. V.G. $55.00.
(HOFMANN #A1134)
New York. Andre Emmerich. HANS HOFMANN. Unpag. exhib. cat. with
6 full-page color plates, chronol., exhibs. Square 4to, stapled
stiff-wrps. 1972. V.g. $15.00.
(HOFMANN #A1133)
New York. Andre Emmerich. HANS HOFMANN. Unpag. exhib. cat. with
10 color plates, chronol., exhibs., bibliog. Square 4to, stapled
stiff-wrps. 1971. V.g.+ $18.00.
(HOFMANN #A1132)
New York. Andre Emmerich. HANS HOFMANN: Drawings 1930-1944.
Unpag. exhib. cat., 18 b&w plates and separate essay by Barbara
Rose. Square 8vo, stiff-wrps. 1977. Fine. $25.00.
(HOFMANN #A2938)
Seitz, William C. HANS HOFMANN. 64 pp., including selected
writings by artist, 33 illus. with 8 color plates, chronol., bibliog.
Square 4to, stiff-wrps. New York, MOMA, 1963. A touch of scuffing,
else fine. $25.00.
(HOFMANN #A1137)
Seitz, William C. HANS HOFMANN. 64 pp., including selected
writings by artist, well illus. with 8 color plates, chronol.,
bibliog. Square 4to, cloth. New York, MOMA, 1963. Owner's bookplate
and name written on front pastedown, spot on free endpaper, no d.j.,
else v.g. $40.00.
(HOFMANN #A1136)
Seitz, William C. HANS HOFMANN. 64 pp., including selected
writings by artist, well illus. with 8 color plates, chronol.,
bibliog. Square 4to, stiff-wrps. New York, MOMA, 1963. Spine edgeworn,
missing rear free endpaper, else clean good+ copy. $22.00.
(HOFMANN #A1138)
Wight, Frederick S. HANS HOFMANN. 67 pp., well illus., many in
color, includes text by artist, chronol., exhibs., bibliog. 4to,
cloth, d.j. Berkeley and L. A., U. Calif. Press, 1957. D.j. is worn,
chipped, torn, else bright v.g. copy. $65.00.
(KLINE #A1433)
Barcelona. Fundacio Antoni Tapies. FRANZ KLINE: Art and the
Structure of Identity. 214 pp., 69 color plates and additional
b&w illus. Essays in English by Stephen C. Foster, Bill Berkson,
Frank O'Hara, B. H. Friedman. Bibliog., exhibs., chronol. Large 4to,
stiff self-wrps. 1994. New. $40.00.
(KRASNER #A3667)
East Hampton. Guild Hall Museum. LEE KRASNER: The Nature of the
Body, Works from 1933 to 1984. 64 pp., 23 color plates, many
double-page, 7 b&w photos. Text by Christina Mossaides
Strassfield. 4to, stiff self-wrps. 1995. New. $25.00.
(KRASNER #A2589)
Hobbs, Robert. LEE KRASNER. 127 pp., 103 illus., 52 in color.
Major text on this artist. Artist's statements. Chronol., exhibs.,
bibliog. Small 4to, wrps. First ed. New York, Abbeville, 1993. New.
$22.95.
(KRASNER #A2836)
Landau, Ellen. LEE KRASNER: A Catalogue Raisonne. 336 pp., 660
illus., 267 in superb color, extensive notes accompanying many
entries, chronol., index of titles, owners, collections. A fine book.
Large 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, 1995. New. (Pub. at $125.00)
$95.00.
(KRASNER #A1980)
London. Marlborough-Gerson. LEE KRASNER. Unpag. exhib. cat., 18
b&w illus., 1 color plate, & 1 cover color plate. Brief biog.,
exhibs. Square 8vo, stapled wrps. 1968. Near-fine. $15.00.
(KRASNER #A1146)
New York. Robert Miller Gallery. LEE KRASNER, Collages.
Unpaginated exhib. cat., 12 b&w, 23 tipped-in color plates.
Essay by Bryan Robertson, intro. by Robert Hughes. 4to, wrps., d.j.
1986. A fine bright copy. $55.00.
(KRASNER #A2574)
New York. Robert Miller Gallery. LEE KRASNER: Paintings from the
Late FIfties. Unpag. exhib. catalogue, 15 full-page color plates,
biog., exhibs., photo by Robert Mapplethorpe. Small 4to, wrps. 1982.
Very slight scuffing to edges, else fine. $50.00.
(KRASNER #A3648)
New York. Robert Miller Gallery. LEE KRASNER: Umber Paintings,
1959-1962. 70 pp. with 26 color plates. Text by Richard Howard.
4to, wrps. 1992. New. $25.00.
(KRASNER #A3377)
Rose, Barbara. KRASNER/POLLOCK: A Working Relationship. 32 pp.,
12 works illus., plus numerous documentary photos, some first
published here, chronol., checklist. Interesting addition to a
Krasner/Pollock collection. Thin 4to, stapled wrps. Easthampton, Guild
Hall Museum, 1981. Tiny spot front cover, else fine. $17.50.
(KRASNER #A1147)
Rose, Barbara. LEE KRASNER: A Retrospective. 184 pp., 150 pp.
text, well illus., 139 b&w, 33 color plates, chronol., bibliog.
Square 4to, wrps. New York, MOMA, 1983. Fine. $45.00.
(KRASNER #A1981)
Washington, D.C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. LEE KRASNER: Collages and
Works on Paper 1933-1974. 63 pp., 30 b&w illus., 4 color
plates. Bibliog. Intro. by Gene Baro. Square 4to, wrps. 1975.
Near-fine. $25.00.
(LIBERMAN #A4676)
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. ALEXANDER LIBERMAN:
Painting and Sculpture 1950-1970. 96 pp. exhib. cat. of 113 works,
69 illus., 9 in color, chronol., exhibs., bibliog. Additions to
Houston showing tipped in on inside rear cover. Text by Thomas B.
Hess; conversation between Liberman and Walter Hobbs. Important
catalogue on this American abstract painter / sculptor. Sq. 4to, wrps.
1970. V.G. Covers some sunning and scuffing, light denting across
front. Interior bright and crisp. $27.50.
(LIPTON #A3756)
Ithaca. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. SEYMOUR LIPTON: recent
sculpture 1964-73. Unpag. (15 pp.) exhib. pamphlet, 8 b&w
illus. Intro. by Thomas Leavitt. Small 4to, stapled wrps. 1973. V.g.+.
$10.00.
(MATTA #A1777)
BERNE, STANLEY. The Dialogues. 107 pp. novel, 10 illus (1
double-page) and cover by MATTA. Small 4to, wrps. First edition. New
York, George Wittenborn, 1962. Minor surface chipping top front edge,
lower right corner front cover, small ink mark back cover. V.g.
$50.00.
(MITCHELL #A2308)
Kertess, Klaus. JOAN MITCHELL: Pastel. 102 pp., 42 color plates
of Mitchell's pastels on paper from 1991. Folio, boards, no d.j. (as
issued). New York, 1992. New. $60.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A1174)
Buffalo. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. ROBERT MOTHERWELL. 158 pp.,
over 90 color plates. Essays by Jack D. Flam and Dore Ashton.
Exhibs., biblog., chronol. Oblong 4to, wrps. First ed. New York,
Abbeville Press, 1983. A little edge-worn. V.g.+. $25.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A3060)
MOTHERWELL, ROBERT. Reconciliation Elegy. 87 pp.,101 illus., 14
in color. Photo documentation of the making of Reconciliation Elegy.
Text by E.A. Carmean, Jr. 4to, stiff wrps. First trade ed. New York,
Skira/Rizzoli, 1980. Mint. $20.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A1692)
MOTHERWELL, ROBERT. The Dedalus Sketchbooks. 26 full page color
plates. Intro. by Constance Glen. Oblong 4to, self wrps. New York,
Abrams, 1988. As new. $17.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A2940)
New York. Sidney Janis Gallery. ROBERT MOTHERWELL. Unpag. (20
pp.) exhib. cat. of 26 works, b&w illus., installation photos of
previous Janis Gallery shows, studio photo, photo of artist by Hans
Namuth. 4to, stapled wrps. 1961. V.G.+. Edges and spine rubbed, else
clean nice copy. $27.50.
(MOTHERWELL #A1178)
O'Hara, Frank. ROBERT MOTHERWELL. 96 pp., well illus., some
plates in color, artist's writings, chronol., bibliog. Oblong 4to,
wrps. New York, MOMA, 1965. Near-fine. $30.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A1179)
Partisan Review. Vol. XLVI, No. 3, 1979. Contains: Barbaralee
Diamonstein "Inside New York's Art World: An Interview with Robert
MOTHERWELL" (15 pp.) Small 4to, wrps. V.g.+. $15.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A4340)
Pleynet, Marcelin. ROBERT MOTHERWELL. 243 pp., 200 color and
b&w illus. With an ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH. Large 4to, cloth, d.j., in
slipcase. Paris, Ed. Daniel Papierski, 1989. New. $140.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A3677)
Pleynet, Marcelin. ROBERT MOTHERWELL 1969-1990. 55 pp., 30
illus. and photos, approx. 20 mostly full-page color plates. Text in
French. 4to, stiff self-wrps. Paris, Artcurial, 1990. New. $30.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A3351)
Terenzio, Stephanie. The Painter and the Printer: ROBERT
MOTHERWELL's Graphics 1943-1980. Catalogue Raisonne of the prints.
248 pp., more than 300 illus., approx. 20 in color. Note by
Motherwell, interviews with the printmakers who assisted him. Biog.
and chronol. of print exhibs. 4to, wrps. New York, The American
Federation of the Arts, 1980. Owner inscrip. front f. endpaper, slight
edge-rubbing. Near-fine. $65.00.
(NEVELSON #A2465)
New York. Wildenstein/Pace Gallery. LOUISE NEVELSON: Wood Sculpture
and Collages/NEVELSON: Maquettes for Monumental Sculpture. Joint
double exhib. catalogues contain: 48 b&w, 2 color plates, public
colls., exhibs., text by David L. Shirey, Nevelson interview with
Barbaralee Diamonstein. 4to, interlocking stiff-wrps. 1980. Corners
slightly rubbed and bumped, else v.g.++. $40.00.
(NEVELSON #A3603)
Paris. Galerie Claude Bernard. LOUISE NEVELSON. Exhib. cat of
62 works, over 60 mostly full-page illus., 7 colorplates, poem by
Nevelson and Diana Makown, checklist, biog. 4to, stiff wrps. 1986.
Covers slightly scuffed, a bit of faint dust soiling, else near-fine.
$35.00.
(NEWMAN #A1187)
Baltimore. Museum of Art. BARNETT NEWMAN, The Complete Drawings,
1945-1969. 220 pp. exhib. cat., well illus, many plates in color.
Catalogue Raisonne. 4to, wrps, d.j. 1979. Small chip upper edge back
panel of d.j., else fine. $200.00.
(NEWMAN #A2147)
Hess, Thomas B. BARNETT NEWMAN. 160 pp. exhib. cat., 175
illus., 112 in color, full bibliog. Important catalogue. Square 4to,
wrps. New York, MOMA, 1971. Some rubbing to edges, top of spine, else
bright, clean copy, almost near-fine. $30.00.
(NEWMAN #A1460)
O'Neill, John P., ed. BARNETT NEWMAN, Selected Writings and
Interviews. 331 pp., 26 photos of artist. Intro by Richard
Schiff. Text notes by Molly McNickle. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York,
Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Fine/Fine. $40.00.
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