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Part I - Monographs:
(ARCHIPENKO #A8118)
Karshan, Donald H. ARCHIPENKO: Content and Continuity 1908-1963.
64 pp. exhib. cat. listing 60 works (sculpture, reliefs,
lithographs), all b&w illus., 1 color cover plate, 34 text
illus., photo frontis., chronol. 8vo, wrps. Chicago, Kovler
Gallery, 1968. About fine. $36.00.
(ARCHIPENKO #A7239)
Los Angeles. UCLA Art Galleries. ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO: A
Memorial Exhibition 1967-69. 80 pp. exhib. cat., 81 illus., 6
nice color plates, 4 photos of artist, catalogue of 118 works,
chronol., bibliog. Intro. Katherine Kuh; texts by Frances
Archipenko, Frederick S. Wight, Donald H. Karshan. Oblong 4to,
wrps. 1967. Mint. $30.00.
(ARCHIPENKO #A7205)
Michelsen, Katherine Janszky and Nehama Guralnick. ALEXANDER
ARCHIPENKO: A Centennial Tribute. 192 pp. exhib. cat. of 42
works, illus. in b&w and approx. 35 fine color plates, plus 20
text illus., chronol., notes, bibliog. Excellent selection. 4to,
wrps. New York, Universe, 1986. As new. $35.00.
(BALKA #A5764)
Chicago. The Renaissance Society. MIROSLAV BALKA: 36, 6. 44 pp.,
b&w illus., exhibs., bibliog. Text by Peter Schjeldahl and
Julian Heynen. Sculptural pieces of steel, ash, sand, foam, felt
and other mixed-media by an avant-garde Polish sculptor. 4to,
stiff wrps. 1992. Fine. $10.00.
(CHAGALL #A3792)
Amiel, Leon, ed. Homage to CHAGALL. Special issue of XXe Siecle.
192 pp., over 200 plates and illus., many in color. Essays by
artist, Louis Aragon, and many more. This printing does not
contain orig. litho. Tall 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Leon Amiel,
1982. V.G.+ (lower edge rubbed with a few small bumps), in V.G.+
d.j. with light rubbing to spine fold. $36.00.
(CHAGALL #A2333)
Greenfeld, Howard. MARC CHAGALL. 192 pp., 43 illus., 16 in
color. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. First printing. New York, Follett,
1967. V.g. in G+ d.j. Wear to spine ends and corners, owner name
h.t.p., d.j. torn with several pieces missing. $20.00.
(CHAGALL #A4208)
Kamensky, Aleksandr. CHAGALL: The Russian Years 1907-1922. 376
pp., 192 color, 211 b&w illus. A beautiful and important book.
Folio, cloth, d.j. New York, Rizzoli, 1988. Near-fine/Near-fine.
$90.00.
(CHAGALL #A1925)
Le Targat, Francois. MARC CHAGALL. 128 pp., 151 illus., 123 in
color. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Rizzoli, 1985. Corner bumped,
else fine. $70.00.
(CHAGALL #A5534)
McMullen, Roy. The World of MARC CHAGALL Photographed by IZIS
BIDERMANAS. 267 pp., 56 pp. in full color, 68 illus., bibliog.,
index. A photographic study of Chagall at work, interspersed
with the artist's statements about his life. Large 4to,
decorated cloth, d.j. Garden City, Doubleday, 1968. Fine, in
V.G. d.j. with several closed tears and wear to upper spine
edge. $75.00.
(CHAGALL #A5535)
Meyer, Franz. MARC CHAGALL: Life and Work. 775 pp., 1643 illus.
Important monograph. Stout folio, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams,
1961. Fine/Fine. $200.00.
(CHAGALL #A2274)
Nice. Musee National Marc Chagall. MARC CHAGALL: maquettes et
esquisses pour l'oeuvre monumental. 119 pp. 139 b&w illus., 1
color coverplate. Intro. Charles Marq, inaug. speeches by
Chagall. Small sq. 4to, wrps. 1974. Partial creasing covers,
small adhesive stain rear cover, else v.g.+. $15.00.
(CHAGALL #A5985)
Tokyo. Museum of Western Art and Galerie Shirokiya. MARC
CHAGALL. 188 pp. exhib. cat., hundreds of illus. in color and
b&w. Intro. by Jean Cassou and bibliog. in French / Japanese,
the remainder in Japanese. A beautifully produced catalogue. Sm.
oblong 4to, self-wrps. 1963. Bright copy with light corner dent
and tiny closed tear at upper spine edge. $35.00.
(CHAGALL #A1661)
Venturi, Lionello. CHAGALL. 130 pp., 108 colorplates. Square
8vo, wrps. Geneva, Skira (The Taste of our Time), 1969. Cover
slightly scuffed, else fine crisp copy. $25.00.
(CHARCHOUNE #A2339)
Paris. Galerie Raymond Creuze. SERGE CHARCHOUNE. Vol. 1. 255
pp., 354 excellent color illus., many full-page. A compendium of
work from 1916-1939 by this Russian-born master of European
abstraction not well-known in the U.S. 4to, cloth, d.j. First
edition. Paris, Raymond Creuze, 1975. Near-fine in v.g.+ d.j.
with a little edgewear and 1 short closed tear. $95.00.
(EISENSTEIN #A4624)
EISENSTEIN, SERGEI. Film essays and a Lecture. Jan Leyda, ed.
220 pp.,8 b&w photos., bibliog. of Eisenstein's writings, notes,
index. Foreword Grigori Kozintsev. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York,
Praeger, 1970. Near-fine, in v.g - dustjacket with 1 inch chip
top edge, rear panel and edges of folds rubbed, price clipped.
$17.50.
(EISENSTEIN #A5667)
Goodwin, James. EISENSTEIN, Cinema, and History. 262 pp., notes,
filmog., bibliog., index. Scholarly text; no illus. 8vo, wrps.
Urbana and Chicago, Univ. of Illinois, 1993. New. $15.00.
(EISENSTEIN #A3262)
Mayer, David. EISENSTEIN's Potemkin: A Shot-by-Shot
Presentation. 252 pp. Based on Museum of Modern Art print. An
invaluable tool for the study of this film and montage
generally. 8vo, wrps. (Reprint of 1972 ed.) New York, Da Capo
Press, nd. As new. $15.00.
(EISENSTEIN #A5913)
Moussinac, Leon. SERGEI EISENSTEIN: An investigation into his
films and philosophy. 22 illus. and stills, some double-page,
bibliog., index. 16mo, wrps. First Eng. trans. of 1964 Paris ed.
New York, Crown, 1970. Near-fine. $15.00.
(GABO #A8321)
London. Tate Gallery. NAUM GABO: The Construction Process. 63
pp. exhib. cat. (listing 99 works), 34 b&w illus. (mostly full-
page) of paintings, drawings, sculpture, 1 color cover plate,
biog. notes with exhibs., bibliog. Texts by Teresa Newman, Naum
Gabo and Antoine Pevsner. Sq. 12mo, cloth, d.j. 1976. NF/NF.
$30.00.
(GAUDIER-BRZESKA #A7449)
Ede, H.S. Savage Messiah, a biography of the sculptor HENRI
GAUDIER-BRZESKA. 160 pp., 17 b&w illus. Large attractive format
used for this ed. of the classic biography. Book publication
announcement laid in. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. U.S. ed. New York,
The Literary Guild, 1931. About fine, in v.g.- d.j. (worn edges,
small chips at spine extrems., corner tips, 1 inch chip upper
edge of rear panel, a few closed tears). $30.00.
(GOLOVIN #A3347)
Posharskaya, M. ALEXANDER GOLOVIN. 262 pp., 225 illus., most in
excellent color. Important early 20th century stage and costume
designs for Diaghilev, Meyerhold and others. Text in Russian.
Small square 4to, cloth, d.j. Moscow, 1990. Crisp near-fine, in
near-fine d.j. with small closed tear front panel. $45.00.
(JAWLENSKY #A2369)
Rotterdam. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen. ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY.
292 pp. exhib cat., 140 plates of paintings and drawings, nearly
all in beautiful color, biog., exhibs. Text by Volker
Rattemayer. Dutch/English. Thick 4to, self-wrps. 1994. New.
$40.00.
(JEDLICKA #A7800)
Winterthur. Kunstmuseum. JAN JEDLICKA: Mezzotinten und
Zeichnungen 1980-84. 28 pp. exhib. cat., 18 plates, 3 in color,
plus 3-panel foldout of 12 works, biog., exhibs. Intro. Bernhard
Burgi. Contemporary Czech artist who creates richly toned
mezzotints, delicate abstract pencil drawings, watercolors.
Designed by the artist and beautifully printed. 4to, self-wrps.
Ed. of 500. 1985. V.G.+ (touch of spine edge rubbing). $20.00.
(KABAKOV #A4810)
London, Institute of Contemporary Art and Ronald Feldman, New
York. ILYA KABAKOV: Ten Characters. 72 pp., 10 b&w illus., 12
color plates, and in-text drawings, exhibs., bibliog. 4to, stiff
wrps. 1989. Fine. $20.00.
(KABAKOV #A4762)
Wallach, Amei. ILYA KABAKOV: The Man Who Never Threw Anything
Away. 255 pp., 290 illus., 70 in color, notes, bibliog., index.
Intro. Robert Storr, extensive commentaries by Kabakov on
individual works. The first comprehensive monograph on this
contemporary Russian artist. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams,
1996. As new. $54.00.
(KANDINSKY #A6219)
Hanfstaengl, Erika. WASSILY KANDINSKY: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen
im Lenbachhaus Munchen. 178 pp. catalogue of 612 works, all
illus., 20 color plates (including cover plate), concordance.
Brief text in German by Will Grohmann. Small sq. 4to, wrps.
Munchen, Prestel, 1981. About fine. $18.00.
(KANDINSKY #A6770)
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. VASILY KANDINSKY:
Painting on Glass (Hinterglasmalerei). Unpag. (approx. 50 pp.)
exhibition catalogue design by Herbert Matter. 46 illus., 5 in
color; catalogue list of 52 works, notes. Text by Hans K.
Rothel. 8vo, stiff wrps. Ed. of 2000. Uncommon. 1966. V.G.
$30.00.
(KANDINSKY #A2032)
Roethel, Hans K. and Jean K. Benjamin. KANDINSKY: Catalogue
Raisonne of the Oil Paintings, vol. I, 1900-1916. 558 pp., 595
entries, many in color. Square folio, cloth, d.j. Ithaca,
Cornell Univ. Press, 1982. Fine in near-fine d.j. $220.00.
(KANDINSKY #A2033)
Roethel, Hans K. and Jean K. Benjamin. KANDINSKY: Catalogue
Raisonne of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1916-1944. 551 pp., over
575 entries, many in color. Square folio, cloth, d.j. Ithaca,
Cornell Univ. Press, 1984. Fine in near-fine d.j. $220.00.
(KANDINSKY #A5561)
Weiss, Peg. KANDINSKY and Old Russia: The Artist as Ethnographer
and Shaman. 360 pp., 52 color and 150 b&w illus. Groundbreaking
study of Kandinsky's debt to Russian folklore and ethnic
traditions. Square 4to, cloth, d.j. New Haven, Yale Univ. Press,
1995. New. (Pub. at $50.00). $45.00.
(KUPKA #A4160)
Faucherau, Serge. KUPKA. 128 pp., 182 illus., 137 in color,
biog., bibliog. 4to, cloth, d.j. Barcelona, Poligrafa, 1989.
New. $27.50.
(LARIONOV #A3841)
Parton, Anthony. MIKHAIL LARIONOV and the Russian Avant-Garde.
254 pp., 216 b&w illus., 30 color plates, notes, extensive
bibliog., index. Major new monograph. 4to, cloth, d.j. FIrst ed.
Princeton Univ. Press, 1993. New. (Pub. at $50.) $45.00.
(LEVITAN #A8349)
Feodorov-Davidov, Alexei. ISAAC LEVITAN: The Mystery of Nature.
167 pp, approx. 150 illus. and photos, 106 color plates, many
full-page, a few double-page, biog. Excellent new monograph on
the great late 19th century Russian impressionist painter. 4to,
cloth, d.j. St. Petersburg, Parkstone/Aurora, 1995. As new.
$50.00.
(MALEVICH #A1958)
Amsterdam. Stedelijk Museum. MALEVICH. 168 pp. exhib. cat.
Hundreds of illus., 20 in color. Catalogue Raisonne of Malevich
exhib. in Berlin 1927, biog. Important critical catalogue by
Troels Andersen. Text in English. Small square folio, self-wrps.
1970. Spine and lower rear corner slightly creased, minor
rubbing, else near-fine. $335.00.
(MALEVICH #A7200)
Crone, Rainer and David Moos. KASIMIR MALEVICH: The Climax of
Disclosure. 230 pp., 58 color plates, 97 half-tones, notes,
extensive bibliog., index. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. printed on
acid-free paper. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1991.
Fine/Fine. $50.00.
(MALEVICH #A2851)
Douglas, Charlotte. MALEVICH, Artist and Theoretician. 248 pp.,
200 illus., 140 in color. The most lavish book on this artist.
Folio, cloth, d.j. Paris, Flammarion, 1991. New. (Pub. at $75.).
$67.50.
(MALEVICH #A7860)
Los Angeles. Armand Hammer Museum of Art. KASIMIR MALEVICH 1878-
1935. xvi, 231 pp., richly illus. in color and b&w. Ed. by
Jeanne d'Andrea. 4to, cloth, d.j. 1990. Mint. $40.00.
(MOHOLY-NAGY #A4724)
Hight, Eleanor M. Picturing Modernism: MOHOLY-NAGY and
photography in weimar Germany. 257 pp., 108 illus., notes,
extensive bibliog. including M-N's writings. Excellent new
critical monograph on this most important influence on 20th
century visual aesthetics. Tall 8vo, cloth, d.j. Cambridge, MIT,
1995. New. $40.00.
(MOHOLY-NAGY #A2234)
Hight, Eleanor M. with A.K. Miller and N. Nugent. MOHOLY-NAGY:
Photography and Film in Weimar Germany. 144 pp. exhib. cat., 116
b&w illus. Substantial texts, chronol., bibliog. Tall 4to, stiff
wrps. Wellesley (Mass.), Wellesley College Museum, 1985. Corners
slightly scuffed, else fine. $27.00.
(MOHOLY-NAGY #A6593)
Kostelanetz, Richard, ed. MOHOLY-NAGY: An Anthology. 238 pp., 67
illus. Collection of writings by Moholy-Nagy and his
contemporaries. Sq. 8vo, wrps. Reprint ed. New York, Da Capo,
1991. About fine crisp copy. $14.25.
(MOHOLY-NAGY #A4985)
MOHOLY-NAGY, LASZLO. Painting, Photography, Film. A translation
of the text that constituted Vol. 8 in the Bauhausbucher series,
pub. in 1925. Note by Hans M. Wingler. Large 8vo, wrps. Reprint
of 1969 ed. Cambridge, MIT, 1987. As new. $9.50.
(MOHOLY-NAGY #A2657)
MOHOLY-NAGY, LASZLO. Painting, Photography, Film. 150 pp. Eng.
translation by Janet Seligman of the 1927 second edition of
Malerei, Fotographie, Film, published by the Bauhaus Press. With
a note by Hans Wingler, postscript by Otto Stelzer. Important
exploration of light, space, framing, typography, photo images
and kinetics on art and design. Tall 8vo, wrps. First MIT
paperback ed. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1973. Covers slightly
scuffed, partial crease rear panel. Near-fine. $12.00.
(NEIZVESTNY #A3737)
NEIZVESTNY, ERNST. Space, Time, and Synthesis in Art: Essays on
Art, Literature, and Philosophy. 189 pp., approx. 50 hors texte
b&w illus., exhibs., colls., bibliog. 8vo, wrps. Ontario, Mosaic
Press, 1990. New. $15.00.
(POLANSKI #A5327)
Kiernan, Thomas. The ROMAN POLANSKI Story. 262 pp., 50 b&w
photos. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Grove Press,
1980. About fine/V.G.+ (d.j. edges lightly worn at spine
extremities). $17.50.
(POLANSKI #A7025)
POLANSKI, ROMAN. Roman by Polanski. 461 pp. autobiography, 59
b&w photos, index. Stout 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New
York, William Morrow & Co., 1984. Front board light warp, else
near-fine, in near-fine d.j. $15.00.
(PUDOVKIN #A6520)
PUDOVKIN and ALEXANDER DOVZHENKO. Two Russian Film Classics:
Mother PUDOVKIN, Earth DOVZHENKO. 102 pp., illus. Two great
Russian classics. 8vo, wrps. New York, Simon and Schuster
(Classic Film Scripts), 1973. Slight surface rubbing, else fine.
$13.00.
(RODCHENKO #A4593)
Elliott, David, ed. RODCHENKO and the Arts of Revolutionary
Russia. 136 pp., 41 color plates, approx. 90 sepia illus. and
photos. Texts by Lavrentiev, Milner, Nakov, S. Bojko, et al.
Many statements and reminiscences by Rodchenko and his working
colleagues. Excellent reference work. Small 4to, wrps. First
U.S. ed. Oxford Museum of Modern Art and Pantheon Books, New
York, 1979. V.G.+ (corners rubbed, a few wrinkles to covers;
inner text crisp and clean). $24.00.
(ROERICH #A8352)
Yakovleva, Elena. Stage Sets and Costume Designs by NIKOLAI
ROERICH. 270 pp. catalogue of 227 works, all illus., over half
in excellent color, 27 addit. text illus. and photos in color
and b&w, biog., bibliog., index. In Russian. Stout 4to, wrps.
Agni, 1996. Mint. $72.00.
(SOVAK #A3985)
New York. Achim Moeller. SOVAK: Retrospective 1980-1988. 62 pp.
exhib. cat., 17 color plates, biog., exhibs., colls., bibliog.
Intro. Thomas M. Messer; text Milan Kundera. Klee-like
smallscale semi-figurative abstractions. Large sq. 8vo, stiff
self wrps., tipped-in cover plate. 1988. Fine. $27.50.
(TARTOVSKY #A6516)
TARTOVSKY, ANDREI. Andrei Roublev. 188 pp. film script. 8vo,
wrps. London, Faber and Faber, 1991. Near-fine crisp copy.
$9.00.
(TICHY #A7354)
Tomes, Jan. FRANTISEK TICHY. 287 pp., 409 illus., 54 tipped in
color plates, documentary photos, biog., index. Text in Czech
with summary in English, French and Russian. 4to, bds, d.j.
(Prague), Odeon, 1976. V.G., in moderately worn d.j. $50.00.
(TOLSTOY #A6101)
TOLSTOY, ALEXEI N. Aelita. 167 pp. A new English translation by
Antonina W. Bouis of the 1922 Russian sci-fi classic, the basis
for the film Aelita: Queen of Mars. Intro. Theodore Sturgeon.
8vo, cloth, d.j. New York and London, MacMillan, 1981.
Fine/Near-fine. $8.50.
(VERTOV #A6502)
Michelson, Annette, ed. KINO-EYE: The Writings of DZIGA VERTOV.
344 pp., illus., publishing history, filmog., index. 8vo, cloth,
d.j. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1984. About
fine/Fine. $30.00.
(WAJDA #A2605)
WAJDA, ANDRZEJ. Double Vision: My Life in Film. 136 pp, about 20
b&w stills. One of the best director's books on filmmaking. 8vo,
1/4 cloth, d.j. First American ed. New York, Henry Holt, 1989.
Fine/Near-fine. $16.00.
(WAJDA #A5301)
WAJDA, ANDRZEJ. The Wajda Trilogy: Ashes and Diamonds, A
Generation, Kanal. 239 pp., over 60 stills, credits and cast.
Trans. and 20 pp. intro. by Boleslaw Sulik. 8vo, wrps. First
printing. New York, Simon and Schuster (Modern Film Scripts),
1972. V.G.+. Rem. marks on upper and lower edges, else tight
clean copy. $10.00.
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