FS: Art Books: Klee, Bruegel, Hopper, Goya, Cezanne, Miro, and more!
Rik
Greetings. The following books are all currently available for sale. See
contact information at the end of the list.
Thank you.
Basil Taylor; The Colour Library of Art CEZANNE The Hamlyn Publishing
Group, Inc., 1968 Printed in Italy Wonderful overview of Cezanne's life
and work, including 48 full color plates of his paintings, and six black
and white reproductions. 88 pages, very clean and bright. Nice hardcover
book, brown with gold embossed imprint on front in fine condition. DJ is
good condition, with a tear and wrinkle at bottom front, bottom and top of
spine. All tears are closed; no pieces missing. A pure delight for the
lover of Cezanne's work. $10.00
Dopagne, Jacques MIRO Leon Amiel, 1974, First Edition Beautiful little
book (6 1/2" X 7") in very fine condition in fine dj that has a hint of a
crease on the front and slight wrinkle at top of spine. Includes 88 color
reproductions of Miro's work, along with an extensive text on his life and
work. Unpaginated. Red hardcover, gold imprint on spine. Nice sharp
corners, pages clean and bright: everything about this book is excellent.
Wonderful gift for lover of modern art. $20.00
Edwin Rayner FAMOUS STATUES AND THEIR STORIES; THE HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
THROUGH THE AGES Grosset & Dunlap, 1936 A nice overview of sculpture from
ancient times (Babylon, Assyria and Ancient Egypt) through Greece, the
Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, later European times and
sculpture of America. Loaded with black and white photo illustrations. 9
1/2" X 12" green hardcover with graphic cover. Cloth at hinge of spine is
threadbare, cover is scuffed. End pages have very light foxing as do some
of the 80 mellow-yellow pages. Overall condition is good. Great for art
students! $8.00
John Canaday METROPOLITAN SEMINARS IN ART: PORTFOLIO 1: WHAT IS A
PAINTING? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958 Very nice portfolio which
includes twelve color plates, each suitable for framing, printed on 9" X
12" sheets. Plates include works by Whistler, Ingres, Renoir (2), Degas,
da Vinci, Durand, Cezanne, Hicks, van Eyck, Cot, and Kokoschka. Color
plates slide into an envelope pasted onto inside front cover, designed for
this purpose. Book includes 32 pages answering the question, "What Is A
Painting," and discussing each of the works portrayed in the color plates.
Includes extensive notes on the artists. Laid in are a pronunciation guide
to artists' names, an advertisement for the series, and review questions
for the book. Overall condition is very good. Some light foxing on
endpages. Cover is gray, with tipped in color plate (Renoir). $15.00
Lloyd Goodrich EDWARD HOPPER Harry N. Abrams, 1978, First Edition A
mammoth book (13" tall X 16 1/2" wide) with 306 pages, indexed. A "grand
book" may be a better way to state it. Goodrich masterfully describes
Hopper's sixty year career which led him to become on of America's best
known and most loved artists. This incredible book contains 88 tipped in
full color illustrations, and another 158 in black and white. The huge
pages are in very fine condition, with beautiful green end sheets, same
paper as used for divisions within the book. Dust jacket is very good,
appears somewhat "dusty" and wrinkled at top. Three small holes appear on
the rear DJ, and there is very slight chipping at top near flap folds.
Overall a very fine book in a very good DJ, and sure to please any Edward
Hopper fan. $125.00
M. Seidel and R.H. Marijnissen BRUEGEL G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971, First
American Edition Pieter Bruegel the Elder is among the most loved of the
Old Masters. Best known for his lively and warming scenes of peasants'
revels and troubling surrealist fantasies of his strange allegories. This
is destined to be "the" definitive Bruegel book, with an authoritative
text covering the life and background of the artist as well as the oeuvre,
a catalog of paintings reflecting the latest scholarly thought, a detailed
chronology of Bruegel's life, and reproductions of the paintings that can
hardly be excelled. 10 1/2" X 12", green hardcover, with decorative
imprint on front. 358 pages, indexed, with 30 hand-tipped plates in full
color and 175 monochrome illustrations throughout. Beautiful, clean pages,
with brilliant color on the plates. Very fine book in a very good, spine
faded DJ that has some minor wrinkles/chips at top and bottom edges.
Essentially, THE BRUEGEL BOOK for any art historian, art enthusiast, or
student. $100.00
Pierre Gassier GOYA Skira Inc. Publishers, 1955 Small 7" X 6 1/2"
hardcover in very good condition, in good plus dust jacket. From the
series "A Taste of Our Time" by Skira. Nifty art book with many tipped in
plates of Goya work. 140 pages. End pages have brown mark where DJ flap
touches them and bottom edge of book has a small stain. Otherwise, book is
clean. Tipped in plates are in brilliant color. DJ has a tear near top
right corner on front, taped closed on the reverse. A nice book covering
this interesting painter's life and career. $10.00
Sam Hunter AMERICAN ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY Harry Abrams, Inc., 1973,
first edition, printed and bound in Japan A critical history of American
painting and sculpture since 1900, the artists, movements, and events that
led up to America's emergence as the leading force in world art are
covered in depth. Includes the realism of "the Eight"; the 1912 Armory
Show; the apinters associated with photographer/dealer Alfred Stieglitz;
and the traditional modernists Stuart Davis and Alexander Calder, to
mention two. Includes careful analyses of such styles as Action Painting,
Hard Edge Painting, Pop Art, Minimalism, Assemblage, Happenings,
Earthworks, Kinetcism, Conceputa Art, and Bodyworks. Covers masters like
Pollock, De Kooning, Rothko, Johns, Lichtenstein, Stella, Noland, Morris,
Judd, Smithson and others. 487 bright clean pages, with 839 illustrations,
including 166 in full, bright, brilliant color. Beautiful deep green cloth
cover with a Calder design in silver embossed imprint. DJ has Lichtenstein
"Big Painting VI" on front. Book is fine in a near fine dust jacket (small
wrinkle near top right corner at flap fold on front, and some slight
scuffing on rear of DJ). A very, very nice book for lovers of modern art.
$20.00
Thomas Craven A TREASURY OF ART MASTERPIECES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE
PRESENT DAY Simon and Schuster, 1958 Nice thorough overview of the Classic
Artists, includes 160 color plates. 8 1/2" X 11", 327 pages. Interior is
in very good condition. Outer cover appears foxed, with bumped corners.
Front end paper has previous owner's name/address in ink. Overall
condition is good. $10.00
Will Grohmann PAUL KLEE Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, FIRST EDITION
(1955?) The most comprehensive biography of Paul Klee. Klee planned this
book with Will Grohmann, his friend of many years, and he willingly
entrusted the monumental task of documenting his life and work, lending
fullest cooperation to the project from its inception in 1936, until he
died four years later. Klee himself supervised the selection of the more
than 430 black and white illustrations and the 40 tipped in color plates
included in this book. He especially created the poem painting for the
dust jacket as well as the line drawing on the cover, both which make this
especially valuable for the collector. This particular volume is in fine
condition, with nice sharp corners on the black hardcovers, with white
imprint of the special line drawing embossed. 448 pages indexed, nice gray
speckled end papers, pages very clean and bright, with brilliant color in
the tipped in plates. The special dust jacket is also fine, with only the
slightest hint of wrinkling at the bottom near the spine. This is a
wonderful book. Not to get so gushy, but it's by one of my favorate
artists: his work is fun, free, and flowing. Those who appreciate Klee's
work and playful spirit will appreciate the art reflected within this
book, and in the design of this book itself. $110.00
edited by Thomas Craven A TREASURY OF ART MASTERPIECES Fireside book by
Simon & Schuster, 1966 A great softcover book with graphic cover
(Boticelli) and uncreased spine/cover. Contains 161 full color
reproductions of classic art pieces from the Renaissance to modern day.
Also includes 489 black and white reproductions. Printed on glossy art
stock, so colors and details are brilliant. Overall condition is very good
plus. A great book for art lover and/or art history student. $8.00
LOT PRICE: All 11 titles for $410 postpaid anywhere in the United States.
Terms: Email to reserve any title for ten days. Payment is by check or
money order. Shipping costs are $4.00 for first book, $1.50 for each
additional. Returns accepted within ten days when returned in same
condition.
Rik Pavlescak email: r...@flinet.com
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