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(MAGRITTE #A3917)
ROBBE-GRILLET, ALAIN and RENE MAGRITTE. La Belle Captive, a Novel. 250
pp., 98 b&w illus. Large 4to, cloth, d.j. Berkeley, Univ. of
California, 1995. New. $35.00.
(MATISSE #A4031)
Izerghina, A. MATISSE: Paintings and Sculptures in Soviet Museums. 199
pp. with 23 pp. introduction, 27l illus., 55 full-page color, some
double-page. A scholarly as well as beautiful book. Text in English.
Folio, cloth, d.j. Leningrad, Aurora, 1978. Fine, in near-fine d.j.
with just a bit of scuffing to spine, top edge and corners. In
original publisher's protective cardboard slip. $57.50.
(MATISSE #A4825)
London. Waddington Graphics. HENRI MATISSE: The Lithographs,
1913-1930. 31 very nicely printed full-page or double-page illus. Sq.
4to, stiff wrps. 1990. Fine. $10.00.
(MATTA #A4202)
Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou. MATTA. 332 pp. exhib. cat., over 200
illus., many in color. Texts in French by D. Bozo, W. Rubin, Gordon
Onslow Ford, R. Golan, A. Jouffroy. Chronol., documents, exhibs.,
bibliog. A major Matta catalogue. Large square 4to, wrps. 1985.
Near-fine. $75.00.
(MEROSE #A4121)
Ramat-Gan. The Museum of Israeli Art. MEROSE: Forbidden Game. 45 pp.
exhib. cat., numerous illus. in color and b&w, text in English and
Hebrew by Meir Agassi. Small 4to, stiff wrps. 1993. Fine. $17.00.
(MIDDENDORF #A4643)
Groningen. Groningen Museum. HELMUT MIDDENDORF. Exhib. cat of 104
works, all illus. over 60 in color, two fold-outs, biog,, exhibs.,
bibliog. Texts by Armin Wildermuth and Wolfgang Max Faust in German,
Dutch and Eng. Small stout 4to, stiff wrps. St. Gallen, Buchmann,
1982. Near-fine. $65.00.
(MIRO #A4595)
Lassaigne, Jacques. MIRO. 133 pp., 51 tipped-in color plates,
chronol., bibliog., index. Text in English. Sq. 12 mo, cloth, d.j.
1972 ed. Geneva, Skira 1972 (1963). Fine/Near-fine (slight yellowing
to edges of d.j.). $22.50.
(MODIGLIANI #A4636)
New York. Perls Galleries. MODIGLIANI: The Sydney G. Biddle
Collection. Unpag. (12 pp.) exhib. cat. of 35 paintings on paper and
drawings, all illus. in small b&w plates. Intro. by George Biddle.
Oblong 8vo, stapled wrps. 1956. Sun-stripe on cover left edge, else
clean near-fine. $12.50.
(MOHOLY-NAGY #A4426)
Passuth, Krisztina. MOHOLY-NAGY. 448 pp., 252 illus., bibliog., index.
Stout 4to, wrps. First pb ed. 1987 New York, Thames and Hudson,
(1985). Near-fine. (Pub. at $24.95). $22.45.
(MONDRIAN #A3965)
Stuttgart. Staatsgalerie, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Baltimore Museum of
Art. PIET MONDRIAN: Drawings, Watercolors, New York Paintings. 319 pp.
exhib. catalogue of 131 works. Text in German, Dutch and English.
Important critical texts by H. Henckels, H. Holtzman, R. Welsh, J.
Joosten. K. v. Maur. A major piece of Mondrian scholarship. Stout 4to,
stiff self-wrps (as issued.) 1981. Light shelf rubbing lower edge,
else as new. $160.00.
(MOORE #A4464)
Jianou, Ionel. HENRY MOORE. A Catalogue Raisonne. 223 pp., 122 illus.,
chronol., exhibs., bibliog. 4to, cloth, d.j., cloth slipcase. New
York, Tudor, 1968. Fine, in near-fine/near-fine. $85.00.
(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.
(NOGUCHI #A4763)
Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane and Bruce Altschuler, eds. ISAMU NOGUCHI:
Essays and Conversations. 175 pp., 100 b&w illus., chronol., bibliog.,
index. A fine collection of 26 writings by Noguchi and two
interviews, covering the topics of landscape architecture, theater,
dance, Japanese culture, Martha Graham, Brancusi, and the spiritual
and revolutionary role of the artist. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York,
Abrams in association with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, 1994. New.
(Pub. at $34.95). $31.45.
(NOLAND #A1190)
Moffett, Kenworth. KENNETH NOLAND. 240 pp., 223 plates, mostly
tipped-in color plates. Still the only major monograph on this artist.
Square folio, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, 1977. Front board very
slight warp, else near-fine. $300.00.
(OLDENBURG #A4742)
Rose, Barbara. OLDENBURG. 221 pp., well illus. Exhibition checklist
booklet laid in. Oblong folio, soft plastic covers. N.Y., MOMA, 1969.
V.G. Several vertical cover dents in soft plastic. $135.00.
(PAERELS #A4059)
Bruxelles. Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts and Singer Museum, Laren.
WILLIAM PAERELS, 1878-1962. 136 pp., 45 b&w illus., 18 color plates,
biog., exhibs., bibliog. Text by Andre Moerman. Catalogue of major
retrospective. Small 8vo, stiff wrps. 1977. Spine edge slightly
rubbed, else near-fine. $17.50.
(PICASSO #A4466)
Cabanne, Pierre. El Siglo de PICASSO. Vol. III: La guerra. 358 pp., 17
b&w illus. Text in Spanish. Small 8vo, stiff wrps. Madrid, Ministerio
de Cultura, 1984. Corner bumped, upper edge rubbed, else tight V.G.+.
$9.00.
(PICASSO #A4115)
Fitzgerald, Michael. Making Modernism: PICASSO and the Creation of the
Market for Twentieth-Century Art. 314 pp., b&w illus., notes, index.
8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New York: Ferrar, Straus and Giroux,
1995. Fine/About fine. (Pub. at $27.50). $22.00.
(PICASSO #A2073)
Gilot, Francoise and Carlton Lake. Life with PICASSO. 373 pp. with
numerous photos of Pablo and his friends. Written by a painter, this
account is far better than the other memoirs of Pablo by ex-wives.
4to, cloth. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1964. No. d.j. Spine faded and
dusty. Owner's name opposite title page. Good reading copy. $6.75.
(PICASSO #A4759)
London. Tate Gallery. PICASSO: Sculptor / Painter, A Brief Guide. 80
pp. abbreviation of full retrospective exhib. catalogue, 74 plates,
most in color, checklist of 168 works. 4to, wrps. 1994. New. $8.50.
(PICASSO #A4430)
London. The Arts Council of Great Britain. PICASSO. 62 pp. text with
over 200 b&w illus. Intro. Roland Penrose. Exhibition addenda laid in.
8vo, wrps. Third ed. 1960. Corner creased, else v.g.+. $11.50.
(PICASSO #A4827)
London. Waddington Graphics. PICASSO Linocuts. 20 nice plates, all in
color. Informative intro. by Philip Wright. Sq. 8vo, stiff wrps. 1983.
Fine. $6.00.
(PICASSO #A4845)
New York. Hirschl & Adler Galleries. PICASSO: The Late Drawings. 79
pp., 31 excellent full-page color illus., bibliog. Essay by Jeffrey
Hoffeld. Small sq. 4to, boards, d.j. 1988. Near-fine (lower rear edge
bumped) in fine d.j. $22.00.
(PICASSO #A3981)
New York. Jacques Seligmann & Co. Twenty Years in the Evolution of
PICASSO, 1903-1923. 10 pp. text, plus 16 full-page b&w illus. Small
4to, stiff wrps. #445 of 750 numbered copies. 1937. Upper corners
lightly rubbed, else near-fine. $17.50.
(PICASSO #A4846)
New York. Jan Krugier Gallery. PICASSO: Cubist Works from the Marina
Picasso Collection. 116 pp., 60 illus., 20 in color, exhib. checklist.
Text by Pierre Daix. Small square 4to, stiff wrps. 1987. New. $17.50.
(PICASSO #A2304)
PICASSO, PABLO. PICASSO: Collected Writings. Preface by Michel Leiris;
intro. by M.-L. Bernadec. Folio, cloth, clear plastic d.j. New York,
Abbeville. Fine. $110.00.
(PICASSO #A4881)
Tankard, Alice Doumanian. PICASSO's Guernica after Rubens's Horrors of
War: A Comparative Study in Three Parts. 108 pp., 53 illus., one in
color. Bibliog. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Philadelphia, The Art Alliance Press,
1984. F/V.G. (Corners and spine ends of d.j. worn, 1" tear lower edge
of flap.). $40.00.
(PRENDERGAST #A4785)
College Park. University of Maryland Art Gallery. MAURICE PRENDERGAST:
Art of Impulse and Color. 173 pp., 107 illus., many in color,
extensive chronol. Text by Eleanor Green. Oblong 4to, cloth, d.j.
1978. Mint. $50.00.
(PRENDERGAST #A4749)
Wattenmaker, Richard J. CHARLES PRENDERGAST. 119 pp., 120 b&w illus.,
20 color plates, including double-sided foldout of a three-part
painted folding screen. Sm. sq. 8vo, wrps. Boston, Museum of Fine
Arts, 1968. V.G.++. (Light edge rubbing). $22.00.
(RAY #A4351)
RAY, MAN. Self Portrait. 398 pp., richly illus. Stout 8vo, cloth, d.j.
First ed. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1963. VG+, in price-clipped,
scuffed d.j. with several short closed tears and two tiny chips along
edges. $75.00.
(RIVERS #A4203)
New York. Marlborough Gallery. LARRY RIVERS: Recent Work (Relief
Paintings). 31 pp. exhib. cat., 19 color illus. (including cover
plates), biog., exhibs., colls. Oblong 4to, stiff wrps. 1986. Fine.
$25.00.
(ROTHKO #A4497)
New York. Mark Rothko Foundation. The Mark Rothko Foundation
1976-1986. 56 pp. report, 1 color plate, 3 photos. Important record of
the Rothko Foundation's donations of over 1000 works from the Rothko
estate to museums in America and abroad. Small 4to, stiff wrps.,
attached printed paper label front cover. 1986. Near-fine. $12.50.
(ROTHKO #A3953)
Waldman, Diane. ROTHKO in New York. 144 pp., 66 color plates, 7 b&w
illus. 4to, cloth. New York, Guggenheim Museum, 1994. New. (Pub. at
$45.). $40.00.
(ROTTERDAM #A4492)
Rotterdam, Paul. PAUL ROTTERDAM Drawings 1969-1973. Selected by the
artist Foreword, 46 illus. nicely printed ( but poorly bound). 8vo,
thick card covers, paper spine, d.j. New York, Jaap Rietman, 1974. All
pages detached from spine, covers lightly soiled, spine ends worn.
VG-. $15.00.
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