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(MAGRITTE #A1888)
Gablik, Suzi. MAGRITTE. 208 pp., 228 illus., 19 in color. 8vo,
wrps. New York, Thames and Hudson, 1988 (Reprint ed.). Rear
corner slight bump, else new. $10.75.
(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. Mint, in about-fine d.j. (shallow
scratch rear panel). (Pub. at $35.00). $31.50.
(MAGRITTE #A5268)
Soby, James Thrall. RENE MAGRITTE. 80 pp. exhib. cat. listing 82
works, most illus., 16 color plates, chronol., bibliog.
Important text. Small sq. 4to, wrps. New York, MOMA, 1965. Near-
Fine. 2nd printing. $20.00.
(MALET #A2353)
LEO MALET. La Vache Enragee. 242 pp., hundreds of illus.
Autobiography of surrealist poet/artist, author of detective
novels, scriptwriter, cafe-singer, etc. Text in French. 4to,
cloth, d.j. First edition. Le Plessis-Robinson, Hoebeke, 1988.
Fine/Near-Fine. $85.00.
(MARQUET #A2257)
Lausanne. Fondation de l'Hermitage. ALBERT MARQUET, 1875-1947.
223 pp. exhib. cat., over 170 illus. & photos, approx. 125
excellent full-page color plates.Texts by M. Marquet, F. Daulte,
M. Paret. A substantial cat. of paintings, pastels, watercolors,
drawings, ceramics. Exhibs., recent bibliog. 4to, wrps. 1988.
Front free endpaper removed, else near-fine. $60.00.
(MARQUET #A1648)
Marquet, Marcelle. ALBERT MARQUET. Unpag. 11 pp. essay by
artist's wife, 28 illus, many in color. 8vo, wrps. Paris, Hazan,
1955 (Bibliotheque Aldine des Arts). Near-fine. $6.00.
(MARQUET #A1690)
Marquet, Marcelle. ALBERT MARQUET. Unpag. 11 pp. essay by
artist's wife, 28 illus, many in color. 8vo, wrps. Paris, Hazan,
1955 (Bibliotheque Aldine des Arts). Near-fine. $6.00.
(MARQUET #A1645)
Paris. Galerie de la Presidence. ALBERT MARQUET: peintures,
aquarelles, pastels, dessins. Unpag. exhib. cat., 4 pp text, 60
illus., 22 in color. Oblong 4to, wrps, d.j. 1985. Very slight
sunning to spine, else fine copy of attractive catalogue.
$45.00.
(MASSON #A4486)
Hahn, Otto. MASSON. 80 pp., 42 full-page illus., 12 in color,
biog., exhibs., colls. Small oblong 4to, cloth. New York,
Abrams, 1965. Missing d.j., else bright near-fine. $19.50.
(MASSON #A1445)
Rubin, William and Carolyn Lanchner. ANDRE MASSON. 232 pp., 235
illus., 24 in color. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, MOMA, 1976.
Fine/Fine. $85.00.
(MASSON #A6389)
Rubin, William and Carolyn Lanchner. ANDRE MASSON. 232 pp.
exhib. cat., 235 illus., 24 in color, bibliog. Still one of the
best texts on Masson. Sq. 8vo, wrps. New York, MOMA, 1976. Fine.
$40.00.
(MATHIEU #A7803)
Munich. Neuen Galerie im Kunstlerhaus. GEORGES MATHIEU. Unpag.
exhib. cat., 6 illus., 1 color, biog., colls. Text by Pierre
Restany. Small sq. 4to, stapled stiff wrps. 1962. Fine. $10.00.
(MATISSE #A1438)
Aragon, Louis and Jean Bazaine, X. Girard, A. Marchand. MATISSE,
Oeuvre Grave. 125 pp., 73 color plates. 4to, self-wrps. Paris,
Maeght, 1993. Near-fine. $36.00.
(MATISSE #A5867)
Greenberg, Clement. HENRI MATISSE. Unpaginated, 39 illus., 17 in
color. 12mo, self-wrps. (As issued.) New York, Abrams, 1953.
Near-fine. An unusually nice copy. $18.00.
(MATISSE #A3451)
Herrera, Hayden. MATISSE: A Portrait. 223 pp. 199 illus., 23
color plates, index. Large 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New
York and London, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993. Fine/Fine. $18.00.
(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 #A1963)
Leymarie, Jean , Herbert Read, and William S. Lieberman. HENRI
MATISSE: Retrospective 1966. 207 pp. exhib. cat., 177 b&w
illus., 63 color plates. 4to, wrps. Los Angeles. UCLA Arts
Council, 1966. Some scuffing and faint soiling to covers, tiny
chip lower spine edge, corners creased, else v.g. $36.00.
(MATISSE #A5841)
London. Hayward Gallery. MATISSE. 173 pp., checklist of 146
works, all illus., approx. 15 colorplates, chronol. Text by
Lawrence Gowing. Small sq. 4to, self-wrps. 1968. Near-fine
exceptionally bright copy (spine extremities very lightly
rubbed.) $37.50.
(MATISSE #A2187)
London. Lumley Cazalet. HENRI MATISSE: Sculpture, Drawings and
Prints 1904-1952. 37 pp. exhib. and sales cat., 49 illus., price
list and colored invitation card laid in. 8vo, stapled wrps.
1988. Fine. $8.00.
(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.
(MATISSE #A6328)
MATISSE, HENRI. Jazz. Facsimile in somewhat reduced size of 150
pp. Paris Verve ed. of 1947. With separate Eng. translation of
text , and intro. by Riva Castleman. 4to, wrps. First ed. thus.
New York, Braziller, 1985. Fine. $50.00.
(MATISSE #A5973)
New York. Acquavella Galleries. HENRI MATISSE. Unpag. exhib.
cat., 57 full-page color illus. Text by Clement Greenberg. 4to,
stiff wrps. (As issued). 1973. Near-fine. $35.00.
(MATISSE #A1472)
Romm, Alexander. HENRI-MATISSE. 74 pp. text, 45 b&w, 3 color
illus. Eng. trans. Chen I-Wan. 4to, wrps, d.j. Moscow, Isogiz,
1937. D.j. worn, some chips. $45.00.
(MATISSE #A2660)
Romm, Alexander. MATISSE, A Social Critique. 128 pp., 60 illus.,
2 tipped-in color plates. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First American ed.
New York, Lear, 1947. Some wear to spine ends and corners. Nice
V.G. in worn chipped d.j. $32.00.
(MATISSE #A2092)
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. HENRI MATISSE: The
Early Years in Nice. 367 pp. exhib. cat., 51 b&w figs., 188
color plates. Large 4to, self-wrps. 1986. Very slightly scuffed
covers. Near-fine. $70.00.
(METZINGER #A1673)
METZINGER, JEAN. Le Cubisme etait ne: Souvenirs. 63 pp., 3
illus. 4to, wrps (as issued). First edition. Paris, Ed.
Presence, 1972. Near-fine copy. $40.00.
(MICHAUX #A2088)
Ball, David, ed. Darkness Moves, An HENRI MICHAUX Anthology:
1927-1984. 270 pp., 30 b&w illus. Small thick 4to, cloth, d.j.
Berkeley, Univ. of California, 1993. Fine/Fine. $30.00.
(MICHAUX #A3066)
Valencia. IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez. HENRI MICHAUX Obras
Escogidas 1927-1984. 237 pp. exhib. cat., 196 illus., beautiful
mostly full-page plates, most in color, of Michaux's paintings
and drawings, exhibs., bibliog. Brief texts in Spanish by F.
Rodari, C. Stoullig, J.-J. Rebel, N. Cendo. 4to, stiff self-
wrps. 1993. Mint. $45.00.
(OZENFANT #A4093)
OZENFANT, AMEDEE. Journey Through Life: Experiences, Doubts,
Certainties, Conclusions. 398 pp., 4 illus. and frontis photo of
Ozenfant. The artist's memoirs of 1931-34, focused less and less
on art, more on the turbulent political events in Europe and the
daily details of life beautifully written by a highly trained
observer. Wonderful book. Stout 8vo, cloth, pictorial endpapers.
New York, Macmillan, 1939. Missing d.j., nice little bookplate
on half-title page, spine faded and covers foxed. G++. Sound
tight copy with clean interior. $18.00.
(PUY #A1644)
Geneva. Petit Palais. JEAN PUY. 17 pp. text, biog., bibliog. 74
color plates. Essay by C. Rochas. Square 4to, laminated boards.
1977. 1" tear top of spine, corners worn, some soiling to text
pages, else near-v.g. $45.00.
(RIBEMONT-DESSAIGNES #A2600)
RIBEMONT-DESSAIGNES, GEORGES. DADA: Manifestes, Poemes,
Articles, Projets (1915-1930). 192 pp. Ed., biog. with Dada
chronol., extensive bibliog. by Jean-Pierre Begot. Text in
French. Small 4to, wrps. Paris, Champ Libre, 1974. Rear flap-
fold worn, else crisp v.g.+. $22.50.
(ROUAULT #A2302)
Chapon, Francois. The Illustrated Books by ROUAULT. Catalogue
Raisonne. 247 pp., 263 illus. in color and b&w. Text in
French/English. Folio, cloth, d.j. Sauret, 1992. As new.
$125.00.
(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.
(ROUSSEAU #A2996)
New York. Museum of Modern Art. HENRI ROUSSEAU. 262 pp. exhib.
catalogue, 167 b&w illus., 66 color plates, writings by artist,
bibliog., exhibs., index to plates. Outstanding texts by Roger
Shattuck, Henri Behar, Michel Hoog, Carolyn Lanchner and William
Rubin. Small square 4to, cloth, d.j. First Eng. lang. ed. New
York, MOMA, 1985. Mint. $45.00.
(ROUVRE #A1761)
Paris. Galerie Louise Leiris. ROUVRE, Peintures 1951-1961.
Unpag. exhib. cat., 60 illus., 4 in color. Essay by Georges
Limbour. Small square 4to, wrps., d.j. litho printed by Mourlot.
Paris, Draeger Freres, 1961. V.g.+. $28.00.
(SIGNAC #A1263)
London, Marlborough Fine Art. PAUL SIGNAC 1863-1935, Watercolors
and Drawings. 88 pp, numerous illus., 91 nice color plates,
chronol. Intro. Suzanne Bosman. Very attractive catalogue. 4to,
wrps. 1986. Near-fine. $60.00.
(SOUTINE #A2042)
Lassaigne, Jacques. SOUTINE. 26 pp., 20 color illus. 8vo, wrps.
in orig. glassine wrapper. Paris, Hazan (Bibliotheque Aldine des
Arts), 1954. Fine. $4.00.
(SOUTINE #A2365)
New York. Marlborough Gallery. CHAIM SOUTINE 1893-1943. 95 pp.,
76 illus., 17 in color. Essay by Maurice Tuchman. 4to, cloth,
clear plastic d.j. Inscribed by author. 1973. D.j. chipped,
slight edge rubbing, else near-fine. $25.00.
(SOUTINE #A1488)
Tuchman, Maurice, Esti Dunow and Klaus Perls. CHAIM SOUTINE,
Catalogue Raisonne. 2 vols. 780 pp., 478 colorplates, 133 b&w.
Gorgeous book. Stout 4to, cloth, d.j., boxed. Koln, Taschen,
1993. Fine/Fine. $80.00.
(TAL-COAT #A3637)
Paris. Grand Palais. TAL-COAT. 123 pp., 11 color plates, approx.
60 b&w illus., biog., bibliog., filmog. Texts in French by
artist, Raoul-Jean Moulin, Andre du Bouchet. 4to, wrps. 1976.
Near-fine. $45.00.
(VALADON #A2030)
Petrides, Paul. L'oeuvre complet de SUZANNE VALADON, avant-
propos de l'auteur. A Catalogue Raisonne. 370 pp., approximately
500 beautiful b&w illus. Folio. Printed on Velin d'Arches, bound
in original full blue morocco, in leather edged slipcase.
Limited to 1000 copies. Paris, Arts Graphiques, 1971. Spine
slightly sunned, very slight wear to edge of slipcase. Near-
fine/Near-fine. $575.00.
(VIEIRA DA SILVA #A2937)
Rewald, John. VIEIRA DA SILVA: Paintings 1967-1971. 36 pp.
exhib. cat., 24 illus., 4 in color (including color coverplate),
biog., exhibs., colls. Small square 4to, wrps. New York, M.
Knoedler & Co., 1971. Near-fine bright crisp copy. $24.50.
(VILLON #A5261)
Boston. Institute of Contemporary Art. JACQUES VILLON / LYONEL
FEININGER. 46 pp. exhib. cat., 33 illus., chronol., exhibs.,
bibliog. Includes "Reflections on Painting" by Villon. Text on
Villon by George Heard Hamilton; texts on Feininger by Thomas B.
Hess, Frederick Wight. Sm. 4to, wrps. N.d. Near-fine. $20.00.
(VILLON #A8042)
Lausanne. Galerie Paul Vallotton. JACQUES VILLON. Unpag. (13
pp.) exhib. cat., 13 illus., 7 in color (including color cover
plate), biog., exhibs., checklist of 56 works, mostly
watercolors and drawings. Oblong 8vo, stapled wrps. 1979. Near-
fine. $5.50.
(VLAMINCK #A5957)
Genevoix, Maurice. VLAMINCK. 127 pp., 200 b&w illus., 8 color
plates. 4to, cloth, d.j. Paris, Flammarion, 1967. Fine (small
neat bookplate on front pastedown) in near-fine d.j. $48.00.
(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 #A1643)
New York. Perls Galleries. VLAMINCK: His Fauve Period (1903-
1907). 35 pp. exhibition cat., 28 illus., 17 tipped-in color
plates. Intro. by John Rewald. Square 4to, wrps. 1968. Fine
copy. $22.00.
(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.
(ADES #A2990)
ADES, DAWN. Dada and Surrealism. 64 pp. text with numerous b&w
illus., 62 colorplates hors texte. 8vo, wrps. First U.S. ed.
Woodbury, Barrons, 1978. Rem. mark, owner inscription, spine
crease, else v.g. $8.00.
(APOLLINAIRE #A1743)
APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME. The Cubist Painters, Aesthetic
Meditations 1913. 65 pp. text, 12 illus., preface by Robert
Motherwell, notes, bibliog. Small 4to, stapled wrps. New York,
Wittenborn ("The Documents of Modern Art"), 1970. Near-fine
copy. $35.00.
(BRETON #A2553)
BRETON, ANDRE. Manifestes du surrealisme. 363 pp. Edition
complet. Preface by Regis Debray (first in this edition.) Text
in French. 8vo, pictorial cloth, d.j. Paris, France Loisirs,
1990. Fine, in near fine d.j. A lovely edition. $45.00.
(BRION #A4308)
BRION, MARCEL. L'Art fantastique. 259 pp., 245 illus., over 80
in color, notes, index, list of illus. Attractive reprint of
Brion's 1961 classic. From Bosch, Goya and Dore to the
Surrealists. Excellent survey. Text in French. Large 4to, cloth,
d.j. 1989 ed. Paris, Albin Michel, 1989. Fine, in near-fine d.j.
(light wrinkling upper edge and several scratches rear panel of
d.j.). $45.00.
(CAWS #A3278)
CAWS, MARY ANN, RUDOLF KUENZLI, et al, eds. Surrealism and
Women. 240 pp., b&w illus. Excellent collection of recent
critical essays on this topic. 8vo, wrps. Cambridge, MIT Press,
1991. Faint rem. mark lower edge, else mint. $12.50.
(CLAUDEL #A7997)
CLAUDEL, PAUL. The Eye Listens. Trans. Elsie Pell. 293 pp.,
illus., index of painters and paintings. Essays on Dutch,
Spanish, and French painting, stained glass, Arthur Honnegger,
et al., written during the 1930's-1940's. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New
York, Philosophical Library, 1950. Near-fine/V.G. $16.50.
(CONE #A6974)
CONE, MICHELE C. Artists Under Vichy: A Case of Prejudice and
Persecution. xxiv, 264 pp., 5 color plates, b&w illus.,
appendices, notes, bibliog., index. Includes (among other
topics): Picasso, Ernst, Chagall, Freundlich, Braque, Dubuffet,
Oudot, Vlaminck, Cocteau, Vichy government commissions,
patriotic abstraction, romantic realism, Arno Breker's
relationship to Maillol, etc. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed.
Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1992. Fine/Fine. (Pub. at
$39.50). $25.00.
(CRESPELLE #A5949)
CRESPELLE, JEAN-CLAUDE. The Fauves. 351 pp., 100 full-page color
plates, five b&w self-portrait drawings, list of illus.,
bibliog. English lang. ed. Stout sq. 4to, d.j. in publisher's
cardbd. slipcase. Greenwich, NYGS, 1962. NF (nice bookplate on
front pastedown), in V.G.+ d.j. (a bit of upper corner wear,
price-clipped, closed taped tear). $115.00.
(DACHY #A5552)
DACHY, MARC. The DADA Movement 1915-1923. 230 pp., 228 b&w
illus., 130 color plates, index. A lovely book with excellent
international coverage. Folio, cloth, d.j. Eng. lang. ed.
Geneva, Skira and Rizzoli, 1990. As new. $80.00.
(DUTUIT #A3491)
DUTUIT, GEORGES. Le Musee Inimaginable. 3 Vols. 690 pp. text
plus 184 b&w illus. A detailed refutation of Malraux's views on
art by a noted French art historian. An important book in French
art controversies of the 1950's. The author was Matisse's son-
in-law. 8vo, wrps. Paris, Jose Corti, 1956. Overall clean
v.g.++. Edges slightly scuffed. Vol. 1: lower corner bumped,
Vol. 3: spine sunned, paper torn at foot of spine. A nicely
opened set. $55.00.
(FAUCHEREAU #A4558)
FAUCHEREAU, SERGE. Expressionnisme, dada, surrealisme, et autres
ismes. 267 pp. Interesting chapters on dada, Marinetti, Goll, et
al. 8vo, wrps. Paris, Denoel, 1976. Short closed tear spine edge
front cover, else near-fine crisp copy. $15.00.
(GOLDWATER #A5265)
GOLDWATER, ROBERT. Space and Dream. 80 pp., 78 illus., 8 full-
page color plates. Surrealism and abstraction between WWI and
II. Approx. 26 European painters and sculptors, plus Calder, De
Kooning, Gorky. Sm. sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Walker and
Co., 1967. Near-fine, in d.j. with light ring stain rear panel,
else clean. $24.00.
(JEAN #A1471)
JEAN, MARCEL. The History of Surrealist Painting. 383 pp., 360
illus., 36 in color. Standard reference work. Sq. 4to, cloth,
d.j. New York, Grove Press, 1967 (2nd printing). Near-fine.
$80.00.
(JOHNSON #A4692)
JOHNSON, R. STANLEY. Cubism & La Section d'Or: Reflections on
the Development of the Cubist Epoch, 1907-1922. 160 pp., 78
illus., 1 in color. Fine survey of the "other" cubists. Small
4to, cloth, d.j. Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection, 1991.
Fine, in about fine d.j. (Pub. at $45.00) $45.00.
(KOZLOFF #A4483)
KOZLOFF, MAX. Cubism / Futurism. 234 pp., 92 illus., short
bibliog., index. Attention paid to the individuals as well as
the concepts and issues of each movement. Squarish 8vo, cloth,
d.j. New York, Charterhouse, 1973. Near-fine, in v.g+ d.j.
(Three tiny closed tears top edge, price-clipped.) $24.50.
(LEVY #A5296)
LEVY, JULIEN. Surrealism. 192 pp., numerous b&w illus., index.
Intro. Mark Polizzotti. The reprint is not on multi-colored
paper stock. Filled with poems, photographs, dreams, essays,
sculpture, paintings, film scenarios, collage, etc. by 39
contributors from Arp to Tzara. Includes: Meret Oppenheim,
Gisele Prassinos, Kay Boyle. Large 8vo, wrps. Reprint of 1936
Black Sun Press ed. New York, Da Capo, 1995. New. (Pub. at
$17.95). $14.35.
(LEVY #A7677)
LEVY, MERVYN. The Moons of Paradise: Some reflections on the
appearance of the female breast in art. 145 pp., 103 illus.,
index. Examples from Venus de Milo, Indian art, Durer, Titian,
Chagall, Bonnard, Degas, Picasso, Dali, et al. 8vo, 1/4 cloth.
First U.S. ed. New York, Citadel Press, 1965. Good only (top 2
inches of front flyleaf cut, else very nice v.g. condition).
$16.00.
(LONDON #A6107)
LONDON. Tate Gallery. On Classic Ground: PICASSO, LEGER, DE
CHIRICO and the New Classicism 1910-1930. 264 pp. exhib. cat. of
174 works, full entries, all illus. in color, numerous b&w
photos of artists, biogs., index of aritsts. Texts by Elizabeth
Cowling and Jennifer Mundy. Painting, sculpture and drawing by
over 40 artists. Includes numerous lesser-known Italian and
Spanish artists such as Andreu, Casanovas, Casorati, Clara,
Doghi, Funi, Guidi, Manolo, Martini, Oppi, Savinio, Sironi,
Socrate, Sunyer, Sovores. 4to, wrps. 1990. About fine. (Pub. at
$39.95). $30.00.
(MATTHEWS #A7549)
MATTHEWS, J. H. Eight painters: the surrealist context. 142 pp.,
24 illus., notes, index. Includes Ernst, Miro, Masson, Magritte,
Tanguy, Dali, Matta and Wilhelm Freddie. 8vo, wrps. First ed.
Syracuse Univ. Press, 1982. About fine. $17.50.
(MERION #A3810)
MERION. The Barnes Foundation. Great French Paintings from the
Barnes Foundation: Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Early
Modern. 318 pp., 323 illus., 154 in color, with 3 6-page
foldouts. More than 14 texts by a dozen different scholars. The
long-awaited first COLOR publication of these works. Folio,
cloth, d.j. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Fine/Fine. (Pub. at
$65.) $59.00.
(NERET #A4840)
NERET, GILLES. Erotica Universalis. 756 pp., richly illus. and
comprehensive compendium of artists' celebration of love-making
through the ages. Very stout 8vo, wrps. As published. Cologne,
Taschen, 1996. Mint. $30.00.
(NEW YORK #A1667)
NEW YORK. Barbara Mathes Gallery. Purism and the Spirit of
Synthesis. Unpag. exhib. cat., 17 illus., 6 in color. Intro. by
Kenneth E. Silver. Small sq. 4to, wrps. 1986. Near-fine. $8.00.
(NEW YORK #A1649)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. Les fauves. 48 pp. exhib. cat.,
36 illus., 7 color plates, chronol., bibliog. Intro. by John
Rewald. Includes separately printed supplement of exhibit as
shown in San Francisco. 4to, wrps. Orig. lithog. front and back
covers by Derain. 1953. V.g. $30.00.
(NEW YORK #A1664)
NEW YORK. Museum of Modern Art. Four Americans in Paris: The
Collections of Gertrude Stein and her Family. 173 pp., 99 b&w
illus. and photos, 8 color plates. Texts by Irene Gordon,
Lucille Golson, Leon Katz, Douglas Cooper, E. B. Hirschland, Leo
& Gertrude Stein. Oblong 4to, wrps. 1970. Cover curling a
little, else v.g.+. $40.00.
(PARIS #A4709)
PARIS. Centre Georges Pompidou. Peinture - Cinema - Peinture.
324 pp. exhib. cat., hundreds of illus. in color and b&w,
historical chronol., bibliog., index. Interesting scholarly
texts by 16 major art and film historians explore the
interrelationship of painting & cinema from its origins thru the
1980s. Thick 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Paris, Hazan, 1989.
Fine/Near-fine. $75.00.
(PARIS #A3281)
PARIS. Drouot Richlieu. Art Abstrait et Contemporain. Sales
catalogue of 386 items, all illus., many in color. A mini-survey
of mid-recent 20th century European art, mostly painting. 4to,
wrps. 9-11 juillet 1990. Near-fine. $30.00.
(PARIS #A2110)
PARIS. Galerie Schmit. Maitres Francais, XIXe-XXe Siecles.
Unpag. exhib. cat., 47 excellent color plates. Artists include
Bazille, Bonnard, Chagall, Corot, Courbet, Cassatt, Cezanne,
Gericault, Matisse, Morisot, Redon, Soutine, et al. Small 4to,
wrps. 1992. Very slight edgewear, near-fine. $12.00.
(PARIS #A4175)
PARIS. Musee d'art moderne. Le Fauvisme francais et les debuts
de l'Expressionnisme allemand. 398 pp., hundreds of b&w and
color illus. Dual lang. texts by B. Dorival, L. Reidemeister in
French and German. The blockbuster exhibition of its day.
Includes a number of lesser-known fauves and expressionists such
as Chabaud, Puy, Caspar, Kanoldt, Nauen, Tappert, Weisgerber, as
well as several women artists. Stout sq. 8vo, wrps. 1966. V.g.+.
Spine creased, minute closed tear top edge front cover. $30.00.
(PARIS #A1944)
PARIS. Musee d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris. COBRA 1948-
1951. 223 pp., 158 illus., 34 in color. Substantial text by
Christian Besson, Giles Beraud. Excerpts from Cobra magazine. In
French. 4to, stiff-wrps. 1982. Near-fine. $55.00.
(ROSENBLUM #A3346)
ROSENBLUM, ROBERT. Cubism and Twentieth-Century Art. 328 pp.,
268 illus., 40 tipped-in color plates, chronol., bibliog.,
index. Classic text. Stout 4to, cloth, d.j. Revised ed. New
York, Abrams, n.d. (1966?). Near-fine/Near-fine. $75.00.
(SANTA BARBARA #A2050)
SANTA BARBARA. University of California Art Museum. The Cubist
Print. 219 pp., 88 pp. critical scholarly texts by Burr Wallen
and Donna Stein. 143 illus., 8 in color. One of the few
publications on this topic. Square 4to, stiff-wrps. 1981. Cover
creased, owner's name front free endpaper, else v.g.+. $35.00.
(SEOUL #A7233)
SEOUL. The National Museum of Modern Art. Art Francais du XXieme
Siecle Predominantly a focused exhibition of work by DUBUFFET,
SOULAGES, HARTUNG, POLIAKOFF, HANTAI loaned from the Musee d'Art
Moderne in Paris for the inaugural exhibition of this museum.
Unpag., over 100 illus., mostly fine color plates, biogs. of
artists, and texts on each. In French and Korean. Small sq. 4to,
wrps. 1986. Fine. $25.00.
(SILVER #A3234)
SILVER, KENNETH E. Esprit de Corps: The Art of the Parisian
Avant-Garde and the First World War, 1914-1925. 504 pp., 243
illus., notes, bibliog., index. Important tome interweaving
architecture, fashion design, politics and social issues into
the interpretation of art. Small stout 4to, cloth, d.j.
Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1989. Mint. (Pub. at $60.)
$48.00.
(WASHINGTON #A2797)
WASHINGTON, D.C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. Fifteen Painters from
Paris. 25 pp. exhib. cat., 36 illus., 6 in color. Includes:
Bazaine, Dubuffet, Hartung, Poliakoff, Soulages, De Stael, Tal
Coat, Viera da Silva, Wols, et al. The first major exhibition of
post-war French painting to tour America. 4to, stapled wrps.
1959. Partial creasing, a little scuffing, else clean V.G.++.
$17.50.
(WEISBERG #A3782)
WEISBERG, GABRIEL P. Images of Women: Printmakers in France from
1830 to 1930. 169 pp., 117 illus., bibliog., biogs. of artists.
Substantial text. (Note: no women artists included this
exhibition.) Oblong 4to, wrps. Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 1977.
Fine. $30.00.
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