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MODERN ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM
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ARTEXT offers the following new arrivals in modern art,
photography and film studies. All books are offered subject to
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Our entire 19th Century, 20th Century, Women Artists and Film
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(ALBERS #A10167)
Szarkowski, John. The Photographs of JOSEPH ALBERS: A Selection
from the Collection of the Joseph Albers Foundation. 56 pp., 38
photos, list of illus. Text by John Szarkowski; intro. by
Nicholas Fox Weber. Small sq. 4to, wrps. New York, American
Federation of the Arts, 1987. Fine. $17.00.
(ARNOLD, S #A9603)
ARNOLD, STEVEN. Epiphanies. 92 pp., 39 full-page b&w photos and
decorative endpapers by Arnold. Small sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. Ed.
of 3000. Pasadena, Twelvetrees Press, 1987. Fine, in near-fine
d.j. with small closed tear head of spine. $80.00.
(BEWICK #A10174)
Borden, John. THOMAS BEWICK & the Fables of Aesop. Biographical
sketch by John Borden; history of the fables by Janet S.
Krueger. Illustrated, including an ORIGINAL LEAF from the first
edition of The Fables of Aesop (1818) tipped-in, and a mounted
new impression of "The Boys and the Frogs" from Bewick's
original wood engraving, the last image in his Fables. frontis.
portrait plus nine additional in-text illus. 4to, papered
boards, d.j. Ed. of 518. San Francisco, Book Club of California,
1983. Fine crisp copy, in about fine dustjacket with a very
faint bit of soil to rear panel. $135.00.
(BRAQUE #A9649)
Gallatin, A. E. GEORGES BRAQUE: Essay and Bibliography. Unpag.
(46 pp.), color frontis., 12 b&w illus., bibliog. A slender
volume on Braque by the great American collector. Uncommon. 8vo,
cloth, printed label. Limited ed. of 450. Mt. Vernon, privately
published, 1943. V.G. Spine label missing; spine extrems.
rubbed. $55.00.
(BRASSAI #A10089)
BRASSAI. PICASSO & Co. xx, 289 pp., 57 photos. Pref. by Henry
Miller; intro. Roland Penrose. Autobiographical reminiscences by
Brassai of Picasso, Sabartes and his other friends. Nicely
written memoirs that deserve to be better known. 8vo, cloth,
d.j. First ed. New York, Doubleday, 1966. V.G. crisp copy, in
v.g. d.j. (a few leaves corner-creased, some small smudges;
d.j.sunned, a few tears, very modest chips.) $20.00.
(CADMUS #A9569)
Davenport, Guy, intro. The Drawings of PAUL CADMUS. 144 pp.,
over 160 illus. of drawings and a few paintings, most full-page,
35 color plates (all the more welcome since Cadmus usually drew
on toned paper); plus a Catalogue Raisonne of Prints listing 59
works, all small b&w illus. Sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York,
Rizzoli, 1989. Fine/Fine. $100.00.
(CADMUS #A9999)
Eliasoph, Philip. PAUL CADMUS: Yesterday and Today. 128 pp.
exhib. cat. of 119 works, all illus., 14 color plates, 25 addit.
text illus., chronol. Foreword by Lloyd Goodrich, essay by
Eliasoph. 4to, wrps. Oxford (Ohio), Miami Univ. Art Museum,
1981. Fine. $40.00.
(CARTIER-BRESSON #A10098)
Du. Du No. 329 (July 1968). This issue contains a special
portfolio of HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON's photographs of Switzerland.
In German. Folio, wrps. 1968. V.G.+ (sunstrip front cover, very
small abrasion head of spine and front cover, else crisp and
clean). $77.50.
(CASTILLO #A4155)
Borras, Maria Lluisa, et al. CASTILLO: Vision and Form. 341 pp.,
188 fine color plates, 95 b&w illus. First major monograph on
this contemporary Spanish painter. 4to, cloth, d.j. Paris,
Cercle d'Art, 1991. Fine/Fine. $42.50.
(CHAGALL #A8399)
Haggard, Virginia. My Life with CHAGALL. 190 pp., 52 b&w illus.
An autobiography of Haggard's seven happy years with Chagall
from 1945-1952. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First edition. New York,
Donald I. Fine, 1986. As new. $18.00.
(DALI #A10092)
Bosquet, Alain. Conversations with DALI. 123 pp. 12mo, pictorial
wrps. First U.S. ed. New York, Dutton, 1969. Crisp V.G.+ (covers
scuffed). $15.00.
(DALI #A10048)
Catterall, Lee. The Great DALI Art Fraud and Other Deceptions.
417 pp., index. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. Fort Lee, Barricade Books,
1992. As new. (Pub. at $22.95). $15.00.
(DALI #A9846)
LaFountain, Marc J. DALI and Postmodernism: This is not an
Essence. xvii, 173 pp., notes, index. 8vo, wrps. Albany, SUNY,
1997. As new. $16.00.
(DAUMIER #A8354)
Armingeat, Jacqueline. HONORE DAUMIER: Liberated Women:
Bluestockings and Socialists. 50 full-page illus. of the
lithographs, introductory text, translation of captions and
commentary on each work. 4to, cloth, d.j. Reprint ed. New York,
Tabard Press, n.d. Near-fine (tiny dent affecting first few
leaves), in fine d.j. $18.00.
(DAVIDSON #A10100)
DAVIDSON, BRUCE. BRUCE DAVIDSON Photographs. Intro. by Henry
Geldzahler plus 130 illus. Large oblong 4to, wrps. New York,
Agrinde, 1978. Near-fine (short crease to rear corner.) $50.00.
(DINE #A7951)
Detroit. Institute of Arts. DINE in Detroit: Prints from Local
Collections. 22 pp. exhib. cat. (92 works); 14 illus., cover
colorplate. Text by Robert Creeley. 4to, stapled wrps. 1994.
Fine. $8.50.
(DORE #A4761)
DORE, GUSTAVE, illus. GUSTAVE DORE: Engravings. 256 pp. contains
3 pp. intro. and 247 full-page illus. Excellent compendium of
Dore's illus. of Rabelais, The Bible, La Fontaine, Cervantes,
Raspe, Perrault. 4to, cloth, d.j. London, Alpine Fine Arts,
1995. Fine/Fine. $24.50.
(EINSTEIN #A8590)
Winokur, Mark, intro. EINSTEIN: A Portrait. 121 pp. photos.
Oblong 4to, wrps., d.j. Corte Madera, Pomegranate, 1984. Near-
fine. $15.00.
(ENGEL #A9889)
Williamsburg. Muscarelle Museum of Art. NISSAN ENGEL. Unpag. (48
pp.) exhib. catalogue, 17 full page color plates, photo of
artist, notes, biog., exhibs. Text by Mark M. Johnson. French-
trained Israeli artist whose work consists of brightly colored
collages. Nice production. Sq. 4to, stiff embossed wrps. 1994.
Fine. $20.00.
(FARLEIGH #A10176)
PINDAR with JOHN FARLEIGH illus. Odes of Victory. Introduction
and translation by C. J. Billson. xxii, 300 pp. Dual lang. text
in Greek with English translation on opposing page. A lovely
production with wood engravings throughout by JOHN FARLEIGH.
This copy is enhanced by the early pictographic dated signature
of artist ALFONSO OSSORIO on the front flyleaf. A very nice
artistic association copy. 4to, full cloth binding. One of an
edition of 100 numbered copies. Stratford Upon Avon, Shakespeare
Head Press, 1930. Light spotting to cloth covers. Interior crisp
and clean. $280.00.
(GIFFORD #A9841)
GIFFORD, BARRY and DAVID PERRY. Bordertown. Unpag. (approx. 145
pp.). A chilling graphic mix of photos, bits of prose, drawings,
news clippings, cartoons, from a road trip along the U.S.-
Mexicao border: images of brothels, seedy hotels, corpses,
poverty. A collaboration between writer Barry Gifford (Night
People, Wild at Heart) and photographer David Perry. Oblong 4to,
pictorial gilt and blindstamp covers with tipped-in photo. San
Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1998. As new. (Pub. at $29.95).
$24.00.
(GRIMM #A7953)
Berlin. Galerie Bodo Niemann. WALTER O. GRIMM. 32 pp., 30
illus., 9 in color, poem by the artist, biog., bibliog.,
checklist of 74 works. Talented young German-American
expressionist painter and printmaker, colleague of Haussmann and
Felizmuller, who committed suicide in 1919 at the age of 25. Sq.
4to. stapled wrps. Price list laid in. 1986. Near-fine. $18.50.
(GROPIUS #A8218)
Isaacs, R. R. WALTER GROPIUS: Der Mensch und sein Werk. Band 1.
495 pp., 98 illus., notes, index. The first volume of an
important recent biography of the great German architect (two
vols. in all.) In German. Inscribed by author on pastedown.
Stout 8vo, cloth, d.j. First German ed. Berlin, Mann, 1983. Ex
library (raised blind seal on title-page), stamp on pastedown,
else crisp unread copy in fine d.j. $20.00.
(JOHNS #A3142)
Boudaille, Georges. JASPER JOHNS. 128 pp., 132 illus., 108 in
color, chronol., bibliog., list of illus. In English. 4to,
cloth, d.j. Barcelona, Poligrafa, 1989. Fine/Fine. $25.00.
(JOHNS #A9455)
New York. Leo Castelli Gallery. JASPER JOHNS: The Seasons.
Unpag. (26 pp.), 4 colorplates, 19 b&w. Text by Judith Goldman.
Large 4to, wrps. 1987. About fine. $22.50.
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