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Part II - Monographs N-W:
(NEWMAN #A6602)
PARIS. Grand Palais. BARNETT NEWMAN. 135 pp., over 100 b&w
illus., a few color plates. The French lang. edition of the MOMA
retrospective catalogue with text by Thomas Hess (trans. from
English.) Oblong 4to, wrps. 1972. V.G. (lower rear corner tip
bumped, spine creased, covers lightly scuffed). $25.00.
(NICHOLSON #A2692)
LONDON. Tate Gallery. BEN NICHOLSON: A Retrospective Exhibition.
Unpag. exhib. cat., 11 illus., 4 in color (including
coverplate), checklist of 86 works. Intro. by Herbert Read.
Notes on "abstract" art by Nicholson. Small 4to, stapled wrps.
1955. V.G. (Light dust soiling to covers, owner's drawing of one
of the works with annotation.) $9.00.
(NICHOLSON #A6978)
London. Tate Gallery. BEN NICHOLSON. 277 pp. exhib. cat. of 134
works, all illus. in excellent color plates, full catalogue
entries, extensive chronol., bibliog., index. Important critical
text by Jeremy Lewison and Virginia Button. Stout 4to, self
wrps. 1993. Near-fine. (Light bump lower spine edge, else new.)
$50.00.
(NOGUCHI #A6913)
Ashton, Dore. NOGUCHI: East and West. 331 pp., 104 illus., 13 in
color, chronol., notes, index. The best recent book on Noguchi.
8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Knopf, 1992. Fine/About
fine. $30.00.
(NOGUCHI #A6486)
Tokyo. Seibu Museum. ISAMU NOGUCHI: Space of Akari and Stone.
103 pp., beautiful full-page and double-page color plates, list
of works. Includes texts by Noguchi and others. Large 4to, self-
wrps. First U.S. ed. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1986. Near-
fine. $30.00.
(NOLDE #A7164)
Seebull. Stiftung Seebull Ada und Emil Nolde. EMIL NOLDE:
Acquarelle und Handzeichnungen. Catalogue of 290 watercolors and
drawings in the Nolde museum collection, 31 color plates, 41 b&w
illus., biog., bibliog. Text by Martin Urban. In German. Small
sq. 4to, wrps. Third printing 1971. 1966. Fine. $35.00.
(PARK #A6995)
Armstrong, Richard. DAVID PARK. 152 pp., 83 illus., 62 in color,
addit. text illus. and photos, notes, exhibs., bibliog.,
checklist. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Whitney Museum of American
Art, 1989. Fine/Fine. $40.00.
(PEARLSTEIN #A6348)
Bowman, Russell. PHILIP PEARLSTEIN: The Complete Paintings A
Catalogue Raisonne. 361 pp., 114 full-page color illus. of
paintings on canvas and paper, 518 b&w illus., chronol.,
exhibs., bibliog., catalogue of 508 works, illus. in b&w, photos
of artist. Intro. by Hilton Kramer; essay by Irving Sandler. The
definitive work on Pearlstein. Large sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New
York, 1983. About fine/Fine. $150.00.
(PIENE #A5998)
PIENE, OTTO. Rainbows. Part 1: Lecture (30 pp. text); Part 2:
People People (79 pp. photos of installations and events).
Important text and photographic record of the activities of key
member of the Zero Group, one of Europe's earliest conceptual
art movements. 4to, stiff red card covers, red plastic spine
binder. Cambridge, Migrant Apparition, 1971. About fine copy of
a scarce publication. $60.00.
(PIENE #A6950)
PIENE, OTTO and ELIZABETH GOLDRING, eds. Centerbeam. 131 pp.,
over 100 illus., 16 color photos, essays, photos and profiles of
participants. The record of a kinetic group work of laser
projected images on moving steam screens, helium-lifted sky
sculptures, and more, exhibited at Documenta 6 (1977) and on the
National Mall in Washington, D.C. (1978) 4to, wrps. Cambridge,
MIT, 1980. Near-fine. $19.50.
(PIENE #A6993)
PIENE, OTTO and HEINZ MACK. Zero. 331 pp., hundreds of photos of
happenings, short texts in original lang. with Eng. trans., one
torn leaf with burnt edge as issued. Book designed by Piene and
Mack. Zero was an important Fluxus-type Pan-European group
including Yves Klein, Bury, Tinguely, Arman, Dorazio, Spoerri.
Important reference work and a document in its own right. Sq.
8vo, pictorial papered bds., d.j. First Eng. lang. ed.
Cambridge, MIT, 1973. V.G.-/V.G.- (Boards lightly bowed, top
edge browned; dustjacket is wrinkled, edge-worn, with light
waterstain front panel. A bit musty.) $36.00.
(POLLOCK #A7188)
Frascina, Francis, ed. POLLOCK and After. 266 pp. of selections
from critical articles by Clement Greenberg, Michael Fried, T.J.
Clark, Max Kozloff, Serge Guilbaut, Fred Orton, Griselda
Pollock, et al., plus (xiv pp.) extensive index. 4to, cloth,
d.j. First U.S. edition. New York, Harper & Row, 1985. About
fine crisp copy, in near-fine d.j. with light sunstrip. $45.00.
(POLLOCK #A5609)
Frascina, Francis, ed. POLLOCK and After: The Critical debate.
288 pp., notes, index. 8vo, wrps. Later printing. New York,
Harper and Row (1985). Fine. $20.00.
(POSADA #A4131)
Wollen, Peter, Jean Charlot and Diego Rivera. J. G. POSADA:
Messenger of Mortality. 188 pp., 252 b&w illus., bibliog. Ed.
and design by Julian Rothenstein. Nice compendium of Posada's
prints. 4to, wrps. Mt. Kisco, Moyer Bell, 1989. Slight rubbing
to corners, else near-fine. $27.50.
(RAINER #A7250)
Hannover. Kestner-Gesellschaft. ARNULF RAINER Retrospecktive
1950-1977. 121 pp. exhib. cat. (218 works). Many illus.Texts by
Armin Zweite, Wolfgang Hartmann, Wieland Schmied. Important
retrospective. Square 8vo, stiff wrps. 1977. About fine. $50.00.
(RAINER #A7256)
Vienna. Galerie Ulysses. ARNULF RAINER: Hand- and
Fingerpaintings. Unpag. (85 pp.), 34 full-page color plates, 14
b&w text illus., several photos of artist, chronol., bibliog.,
exhibs. Texts by Werner Hofmann and Rudi Fuchs, statement by
artist. Sq.4to, wrps. 1983. Near-fine (a bit of rubbing to spine
extrems.) $50.00.
(READ #A7423)
King, James. The Last Modern: A Life of HERBERT READ. 364 pp.
Important new biography of the successor to Roger Fry in British
art circles of the 1930's-1950's. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Second
printing. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1990. As new. $30.00.
(REDON #A2998)
Chicago. Art Institute. ODILON REDON: Prince of Dreams, 1840-
1916. 464 pp., 576 illus., 252 in color. Text by Douglas W.
Druick et al. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, 1994. Mint in
plastic wrap. $60.00.
(RICHTER #A6805)
RICHTER, GERHARD. Textes. Ed. Hans Ulrich Obrist. 327 pp.,
collection of writings and interviews; photos of artist, biog.,
exhibs., bibliog. French trans. from German. Stout 8vo, wrps.
Dijon, Les presses du reel, 1995. Fine. $35.00.
(RIIS #A6139)
RIIS, JACOB A. How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the
Tenements of New York. xiv, 233 pp., 100 b&w photographs from
the Riis Collection plus 17 other illus, appendix. Unabridged
replication of 1901 edition with new preface by Charles A.
Madison. Oblong 4to, wrps. New York, Dover (1971). Near-fine.
$15.00.
(ROHLFS #A6996)
Vogt, Paul. The Best of CHRISTIAN ROHLFS. 89 pp., 29 color
plates, 8 nice b&w illus., all full-page, photo frontis. of
artist, biog., bibliog., exhibs. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. Eng.
lang. ed. New York, Atlantis, n.d. (1964?). First line of pub.
credits marked out on verso of t.p. (by distributor?), else
crisp bright near-fine copy, in near-fine d.j. $35.00.
(ROSZAK #A6976)
Madison. Elvehjem Museum of Art, Univ. of Wisconsin. THEODORE
ROSZAK: The Drawings. 95 pp., 70 color illus., many full-page,
photo of artist, chronol., exhibs., bibliog., list of illus.
Text by Joan Marter. 4to, stiff wrps. New York, The Drawing
Society, 1992. Near-fine. (Upper spine corner bumped, several
leaves unopened at upper corner). $25.00.
(ROTHKO #A5637)
BERSANI, LEO and ULYSSE DUTOIT. Arts of Impoverishment: BECKETT,
ROTHKO, RESNAIS. 229 pp., 8 illus., 5 in color, notes, index.
8vo, wrps. Cambridge and London, Harvard Univ. Press, 1993.
Near-fine (covers lightly scuffed, small side dent, else crisp
new copy). $12.95.
(ROUAULT #A6298)
Courthion, Pierre. GEORGES ROUAULT. Including a Catalogue of
Works prepared with Isabelle Rouault. 489 pp., 49 tipped-in full
color plates, 832 b&w illus., list of works, chronol., examples
of signatures and autograph page, selection of Rouault's
writings, bibliog., exhibs., index. Important monograph. Large
stout 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, nd (c. 1961). Shelf
soiling lower edge, a few small light surface dents to covers,
else bright clean near-fine, in near-fine d.j. $125.00.
(SCHILLING #A4935)
Von Balthasar, Hans Urs and Reinhold Schneider. ALBERT
SCHILLING. 136 pp., 103 b&w illus., biog., artist's writings,
texts. Contains a preliminary catalogue raisonne of this
important Swiss artist's work from 1930-1966. Abstract and
figurative sculpture; numerous ecclesiastical commissions. Sq.
4to, laminated pictorial boards. Zurich, NZN, 1966. Owner
inscrip. on flyleaf, else about fine. $35.00.
(SCHWITTERS #A7194)
Dietrich, Dorothea. The Collages of KURT SCHWITTERS: Tradition
and Innovation. 240 pp., notes, bibliog., index. Small 4to,
wrps. Pb. ed. 1995. Cambridge Univ. Press, (1993) 1995. Near-
fine (corner crease). $22.50.
(SEARLE #A6204)
SEARLE, RONALD and KILDARE DOBBS. The Great Fur Opera: Annals of
the Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1970. 128 pp., 52 illus. mostly
full-page, including double-page color title page illus. A
satirical history of the Hudson's Bay Co. commissioned by the
company "presented on the occasion of our three hundredth
anniversary to all members of staff, both active and retired."
4to, gilt stamped brown cloth, d.j. Toronto, McClelland and
Stewart, 1970. Near-fine, in clipped v.g.+ d.j. $45.00.
(SERRA #A4888)
Weyergraf-Serra, Clara, Martha Buskirk, Richard Serra, intro.
The Destruction of Tilted Arc: Documents. 287 pp. A full record
of the landmark destruction of Serra's 120-foot curved Cor-Ten
steel public sculpture created for New York City's Federal
Plaza. Includes court rulings, Serra's appeals and letters of
support. 8vo, wrps. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1991. About fine.
$15.50.
(SULTAN #A7270)
Tokyo. Ikira Ikeda Gallery. DONALD SULTAN. 12 pp. exhib. cat. (6
works), 6 full-page color illus. Text in English / Japanese.
4to, stapled wrps. 1983. Fine. $10.00.
(TAPIES #A1536)
reperes, cahiers d'art contemporain. No. 18. TAPIES. Special
issue: Cover lithograph and two very attractive hors-texte
double-page original color lithographs by Tapies. Text with 24
b&w, 17 color illus. 4to, self-wraps. Paris: Galerie Maeght
Lelong, 1984. Fine. $200.00.
(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.
(TISSOT #A7115)
London. Barbican Art Gallery. JAMES TISSOT. 144 pp.
retrospective exhib. cat. of over 85 works. 274 illus. including
32 full-page color plates, full catalogue entries with
commentary, bibliog., index. Texts by M. Levey, M. Wentworth, M.
Warner, J. Abdy, H. Preston, K. Matyjaszkiewicz, J. Rutherford,
I. Thomson. 4to, stiff wrps. 1984. Near--fine. $32.50.
(TREVI #A4560)
Bolzano. Castel Mareccio. TREVI: Scultura e grafica 1950-1986.
131 pp. retrospective exhib. cat., 141 illus., approx. 25 in
color, critical reviews, bibliog. Texts in Italian and German by
G. Mascherpa, R. Modesti, J. Gasteiger, L. Serravalli. Sq. 8vo,
wrps. Mazzotta, 1986. Near-fine. $17.50.
(VERNET #A6211)
Dayot, Armand. Les VERNETS - Joseph, Carle, Horace. 239 pp.
text, 124 illus. Appendix includes: facsimiles of autograph
letters by each, receipt book of Vernet, letters exchanged
between Napoleon and Horace Vernet. Classic study of Joseph
Vernet, Carle Vernet, and Horace Vernet -- the first known for
his marines and harborscapes, the latter two for their romantic
horse pictures and images of Napoleon. Small folio with original
illus. covers bound in red leather spine, marbleized papered
bds, and endpapers. Paris, A. Magnier, 1898. Ex libris. Spine
number, bookplate front pastedown, pocket traces rear pastedown.
F.e.p. and cover page loose; slight chipping to foreedge margin,
other leaves in very nice condition, no foxing or soil. Spine
edge extrems. chipped; 1" split rear gutter. $40.00.
(VLAMINCK #A5908)
MacOrlan, Pierre. VLAMINCK. 40 pp. text. With 5 original
lithographs printed by Mourlot (4 b&w and 1 color), 34 addit.
color plates. 4to, stiff wrps, original illustrated cover with
slipcase. New York (Andre Sauret for Universe Books), 1958.
Near-fine. $285.00.
(VLAMINCK #A7162)
VLAMINCK, MAURICE [DE]. Dangerous Corner. 171 pp., 9 illus.
Intro. Denys Sutton. The first volume in the multi-volume
autobiography. 8vo, papered bds. First U.S. ed. Eng. trans. of
Tournant dangeureux (1929). New York, Abelard-Schuman, 1966.
V.G.+. Owner name front endpaper, a dozen short pen marks
(pp.18-21 of intro.) $20.00.
(WARD #A7073)
PEATTIE, DONALD COLROSS and LYND WARD illus. A Book of Hours.
202 pp., title page illus. and 24 full-page illus. by Ward. 8vo,
navy blue cloth with silver lettering and pictorial stamped
front board, tricolor pictorial d.j. with image by Ward on front
panel. First ed. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. V.G.+/V.G.+
(Lower edge shelf-rubbed, one corner-tip worn, in d.j. with tiny
chips along front and spine edges; folds lightly rubbed; spine
tanned). Still a very nice looking bright clean copy. $42.00.
(WYETH, A #A5859)
New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Two Worlds of ANDREW
WYETH: Kuerners and Olsons. Published as special issue of the
Museum's Summer and Autumn Bulletins to accompany the
exhibition. 192 pp., 184 illus., 95 in color, plus catalogue of
129 b&w illus. of works not in exhibition. The text is an
extraordinary booklength commentary by Wyeth. 4to, wrps. 1976.
Small abrasion lower corner rear cover, else near-fine. $25.00.
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