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20th CENTURY ART -- NEW ARRIVALS
(Part 2 of 3 for rec.arts.books.marketplace)
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Part I - General Works J-O:
(JAMES #A5059)
JAMES, THURSTON. The Prop Builder's Molding and Casting
Handbook. 236 pp., over 450 illus., glossary, list of vendors,
index. A comprehensive guide to the use of more than 30 molding and
casting materials; section on designing and building a vacuum forming
machine. 4to, wrps. White Hall, Betterway, 1989. V.G.+. Right edge and
lower corners rubbed, else crisp clean copy. (Pub. at $19.95).
$16.00.
(KETCHUM #A4575)
KETCHUM, JR., WILLIAM C. The Catalog of American Collectibles: A
fully illustrated guide to styles and prices. 320 pp., hundreds of
illus. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Routledge Books, 1979. Fine/V.G.+.
$20.00.
(KIRBY #A4245)
KIRBY, E. T., ed. Total Theatre: A Critical Anthology. 280 pp.
The 23 essays cover the spectrum from Wagner, futurism, Max Reinhardt,
Meyerhold, Barrault, and Artaud, to Environmental Theater of the
1960's. Small 8vo, wrps. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1969. V.G.+. Light
cover scuffing, else nice crisp copy. $16.00.
(KOOTZ #A6145)
KOOTZ, SAMUEL M. New Frontiers in American Painting. 65 pp.
text plus 82 illus. in b&w and 7 color, mostly full-page.
Groundbreaking book of historic import. Much of the work is from
1938-42. Small 4to, cloth. No d.j. New York, Hastings House, 1943.
Owner sig. upper edge of f. free endpaper, else v.g.+. $35.00.
(KRAUSS #A5621)
KRAUSS, ROSALIND E. The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other
Modernist Myths. 307 pp., richly illus. in b&w, bibliog.,
index. A classic of American postmodern critical studies. 8vo, wrps.
8th printing. Cambridge, MIT Press, (1986). Light cover dent, else
new. (Pub. at $13.95). $12.00.
(KULTERMANN #A4922)
KULTERMANN, UDO. The New Painting. 207 pp., 32 color plates,
408 illus., artists' biogs. Stout 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Praeger,
1969. Near-fine, in v.g.+ price-clipped d.j. with rubbing to corners
and spine extremities, short closed tear rear panel. $35.00.
(LEEMAN #A4611)
LEEMAN, FRED. Hidden Images: Games of Perception, Anamorphic Art,
Illusion, From the Renaissance to the Present. 176 pp., 202
illus., 28 in color. Reflective silver sheet laid in (which, when
rolled into a cylinder and placed on the circular pictures, enables
the viewer to unravel the political, religious, erotic images hidden
in the work). Fun. Large 8vo, wrps. New York, Abrams, 1976. Fine.
$27.50.
(LEVIN #A4712)
LEVIN, GAIL. Synchronism and American Color Abstraction,
1910-1925. 144 pp., over 200 illus. and text illus., 50 color
plates, excellent text, notes, appendix of statements by Russell and
MacDonald-Wright, bibliog., artists' biogs. Iimportant reference work
on this subject. 4to, wrps. New York, Braziller in assoc. with the
Whitney Museum of American Art, 1978. Near-fine. Covers a bit scuffed,
else crisp bright copy. $25.00.
(LINCOLN #A4620)
LINCOLN (MA). De Cordova Museum. Expressionism in Boston:
1945-1985. 88 pp. exhib. cat., approx. 45 illus., some color.
Small 4to, wrps. 1986. V.G. $15.00.
(LINDSTROM #A4961)
LINDSTROM, MIRIAM. Children's Art. 100 pp., 57 b&w illus.,
15 color plates, notes, addit. reading list. 12mo, wrps. 7th printing.
Berkeley, Univ. of Calif. Press, 1967. About VG. Covers scuffed with
partial crease, owner name inside front cover. $6.00.
(LIPMAN #A5664)
LIPMAN, JEAN and RICHARD MARSHALL. Art About Art. 164 pp., 200
illus., 16 colorplates. Substantial text on work in all media from
1950-75 with particular emphasis on Pop Art. Designed to accompany an
exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Large 8vo, wrps.
First ed. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1978. Fine. $35.00.
(LONDON #A5844)
LONDON. Marlborough Fine Art. Between space and earth: trends in
modern italian art. 36 pp. exhib. cat. listing 81 abstract
paintings and sculpture by 16 artists, 16 illus. Includes: Fontana,
Ajmone, Bacci, Birolli, Brunori, Capogrossi, Chighine, Corpora, Dova,
G. Morandi, Morena, Morlotti, Negri, Crippa. Text by Lawrence Alloway.
Striking original red, black, and yellow cover design by LUCIO
FONTANA. Small 4to, stapled wrps. 1957. Near-fine. $32.00.
(LONDON #A4664)
London. Phillips. RUSSIAN ART. Sales cat. of 181 lots. 208 pp.,
more than 100 in color. Includes numerous works by Russian avant garde
women artists. 8vo, wrps. April 2, 1990. Near-fine. $25.00.
(LOS ANGELES #A5571)
LOS ANGELES. MOCA. Hand-Painted POP: American Art in Transition
1955-62. 256 pp., richly illus., many color plates. Texts by Donna
De Salvo, Paul Schimmel, John Yau, et al. Folio, self-wrps. New York,
Rizzoli, 1992. Fine. (Pub. at $39.50). $35.00.
(LUCIE-SMITH #A5680)
LUCIE-SMITH, EDWARD. Super Realism. 80 pp., 67 illus., 28 in
color. A broad selection including: Diane Ibbotson, Audrey Flack,
Mariann Miller, Isabella Quintanilla, Marilyn Levine, Gabriel
Laderman, Robert Cottingham, Johns, De Andrea, and many Pop and
Photorealist artists. 4to, cloth, d.j. Oxford, Phaidon, 1979.
Near-fine/Near-fine. $28.00.
(MARKOV #A5547)
MARKOV, VLADIMIR. Russian Futurism: A History. 467 pp., 32 pp.
illus. Still the standard reference work on this topic. Scarce. Large
8vo, cloth, d.j. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1968.
Fine/Near-fine. $135.00.
(MOSCOW #A4666)
MOSCOW. International Conference. Russkii Avangard v Krugu
Europeiskoi Kultury (The Russian Avant-Garde within European
Culture). 198 pp. rotoprint of multi-disciplinary conference
papers (many with footnotes), by dozens of contributors, index. In
Russian. 4to, wrps. Ed. of 600. Moscow, 1993. V.G.+. $40.00.
(MOSCOW #A4662)
MOSCOW. Russian Museums. Vystavka Novykh Postuplenii Sovetskaia
Grafika ( Exhibition of New Acquisitions: Soviet Graphics). 128
pp., b&w illus., artists' biogs. Intro essay. In Russian. Small
8vo, wrps. 1991. VG+. (Lightly scuffed, small smudge). $22.50.
(MOSCOW #A4660)
MOSCOW. Russian Museums. Vystavka Novykh Postuplenii: Russkii
Risunok XVII - Nachala XX Veka (Exhibition of new acquisitions:
Russian Drawing from the 18th to early 20th Century). 107 pp.,
approx. 38 b&w illus., biogs., intro essay. In Russian. Small 8vo,
wrps. 1990. Near-fine. $22.00.
(MUNCHEN #A6229)
MUNCHEN. Haus der Kunst. Welt kulturen und moderne Kunst: Die
Begegnung der europaischen Kunst und Musik im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
mit Asien, Afrika, Oeanien, Afro- und Indo-Amerika. Ed. Siegfried
Wichmann. 639 pp. with 2252 catalogue entries, over 1000 b&w
illus., approx. 36 color plates. Over 50 texts by noted scholars on
all media from architecture to metalwork, painting, printmaking,
sculpture, music, and the influence from East to West and West to
East. Invaluable reference work. In German. Stout square 4to, wrps.
Bruckmann, 1972. Fine. $85.00.
(McBRIDE #A5514)
McBRIDE, HENRY. The Flow of Art: Essays and Criticism. Intro.
and ed. by Daniel Catton Rich; pref. essay by Lincoln Kirstein. 482
pp. and 39 additional illus., index. A fine comprehensive collection
of writings (1913-1952) by one of the finest American art critics of
the 20th century, including many of his famous articles on O'Keeffe,
Demuth, Marin, Stettheimer, Bellows, Eakins, as well as his reviews of
all the important New York exhibitions of European art throughout the
20's and 30's. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Atheneum, 1975.
About fine crisp copy, in V.G.+ d.j. with sunned spine, rubbed edges
and lightly worn corners. $27.00.
(NAYLOR #A5425)
NAYLOR, GILLIAN. The Bauhaus. 159 pp., over 100 illus., index.
12mo, wrps. Reprint of 1968 ed. London, Studio Vista, 1969.
V.G.-.(spine crease, spine edges worn, else clean copy) $7.50.
(NEUBAUER #A5662)
NEUBAUER, JOHN. The Fin-de-Siecle Culture of Adolescence. 288
pp., notes, appendix of publications on adolescence 1881-1925,
extensive bibliog., index. Includes discussion of portrayals of
adolescents by Munch, Kirchner, Heckel, Kokoschka, Schiele. 8vo,
cloth, d.j. First ed. New Haven and London, Yale Univ. Press, 1992.
New. (Pub. at $35.00). $28.50.
(NEW YORK #A5053)
BARR, JR., ALFRED H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern
Art. 237 pp., illus. in b&w arranged by "school"; catalogue
list of collection alphabetical by artist; list of artists by
nationality. Large 8vo, cloth. First ed. New York, MOMA, 1948. No d.j.
A few marginal pencil remarks, else near-fine. $35.00.
(NEW YORK #A4356)
NEUBAUER, ROBERT G. Packaging: the contemporary media. 208 pp.,
over 500 photos in b&w and color of both older and recent package
design and display design. Interesting survey including a broad range
of items and styles. 4to, cloth. No d.j. First printing. New York, Van
Nostrand, 1973. V.G. (Corner and spine tips rubbed, a few pen dot
markings in bibliog. else bright clean interior.) $15.00.
(NEW YORK #A5267)
NEW YORK. Baruch College Gallery. Catalan Painters and Sculptors:
The Second Vanguard. 67 pp., 44 full-page color plates, biogs. of
each artist. Text by J. Corredor-Matheos. Includes: Corbero, Cuixart,
Guinovart, Pijuan, Marti, Ponc, Casamada, Subirachs, Tapies, Tharrats,
Villelia.4 4to, stiff wrps. 1990. About fine. $24.50.
(NEW YORK #A5262)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. Indian Art of the United
States. 219 pp. 131 b&w illus., 16 color plates, with
additional line drawings, charts, extensive bibliog. Text by Frederic
H. Douglas and Rene d'Harnoncourt. The first major exhibition of
Native-American art. Very influential on American Abstract
Expressionist artists of the 40's. Sm. 4to, brown cloth, dec.
endpapers, d.j. First ed. 1941. V.G.+ (edges rubbed), in v.g. or
better d.j. with wear along edges, corners, spine extremities.
Uncommon in nice dustjacket. $70.00.
(NEW YORK #A5305)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. Recent Painting U.S.A.: The
Figure. Unpag. (38 pp.) exhib. cat., 33 b&w illus., checklist
of 74 works. Valuable record of the figurative painting endeavor in
New York by artists under the shadow of abstraction. Approx. 10 women
artists included in the group of 74 painters. 8vo, stapled wrps. 1962.
Near-fine. $12.50.
(NEW YORK #A4968)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. Twenty Centuries of Mexican
Art. 199 pp., 175 illus., 20 in color. Biogs. and bibliog. Maps,
charts. Dual lang. text in English/Spanish. An extremely influential
show for the emerging Abstract Expressionists. Small 4to, stiff card
wrps. Corrections sheet bound in opposite half title page. MOMA in
collaboration with the Mexican Government, 1940. V.G. Spine and edges
rubbed. Partial crease front cover. Interior bright and quite crisp.
$19.50.
(NEW YORK #A3872)
NEW YORK. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. An American Choice: The
Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection. 151 pp., 90 illus.,
approx. 14 in color. Major collection of European and American 20th
century painting and sculpture, body art. Ed. by William S.
Liebermann. Interesting texts by dozens of authors and artists in
relation to each work. 4to, stiff wrps. 1981. Near-fine. $18.50.
(OESTERREICHER-MOLLWO #A5076)
OESTERREICHER-MOLLWO, MARIANNE. Surrealism and Dadaism. 104
pp., 74 color plates of the work of 36 artists, notes, brief biogs.
Includes 3 women artists: Leonor Fini, Dorothea Tanning, and Toyen
(Marie Cerminova), and some unusual other choices such as Ende,
Hausner, Hutte, Zimmermann. Sq. 4to, laminated boards, no d.j. (as
issued). Oxford, Phaidon Press, 1979. Near-fine. $16.00.
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