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Part II - Monographs Q-Z and General Books:
MONOGRAPHS Q-Z:
(QUINN #A5669)
WASHINGTON, D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. The Noble Buyer: JOHN QUINN,
Patron of the Avant-Garde. 198 pp. exhib. cat. Text by Judith
Zilczer. Full catalogue entries (illus. in b&w and color),
checklist of Quinn Collection, index of buyers at 1927 sale,
bibliog. An important reference work. Large 4to, cloth, d.j.
1978. Fine, in v.g. d.j. with a few discolorations, lightly
rubbed corners, 1 closed tear. $45.00.
(QUINN #A2672)
WASHINGTON, D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. The Noble Buyer: JOHN QUINN,
Patron of the Avant-Garde. 198 pp. exhib. cat. Text by Judith
Zilczer. Full catalogue entries (illus. in b&w and color),
checklist of Quinn Collection, index of buyers at 1927 sale,
bibliog. An important reference work. 4to, stiff wrps. 1978.
V.G. Covers rubbed, spine crease, spine edges worn with a touch
of dust soiling. $30.00.
(RUSSELL #A1415)
Kushner, Marilyn S. MORGAN RUSSELL. 219 pp., 139 b&w illus., 42
color plates. Intro. by William C. Agee. Folio, cloth, d.j.
First edition. New York, Hudson Hills in association with the
Montclair Art Museum, 1990. Fine/Fine. $85.00.
(SARGENT, M #A4152)
Moore, Honor. The White Blackbird: a life of the painter
MARGARETT SARGENT. 371 pp., 8 color, 26 b&w illus., notes,
index. Beautifully written biography of a American
painter/sculptor of the 1920's-30's and a book about the
personal cost of making art in American society. 8vo, 1/4 cloth,
d.j. New York, Viking, 1996. New. (Pub. at $29.95) $26.95.
(SCHWABACHER #A3243)
Webster, Brenda S. and Judith E. Johnson. Hungry for Light: The
Journal of ETHEL SCHWABACHER. 304 pp., 33 illus., 16 in color.
Ed. Brenda S. Webster and Judith Emlyn Johnson. 8vo, cloth, d.j.
Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Press, 1993. Fine/About fine. $12.00.
(SHAHN #A6769)
Montclair. Montclair Art Museum. The Vanishing American
Frontier: BERNARDA BRYSON SHAHN and her historical lithographs
created for the Resettlement Administration of FDR. Unpag. (57
pp.) exhib. cat., 17 full page illus., 9 text illus., notes,
bibliog. Text by Jake Milgram Wien. Oblong 4to, wrps. Ed. of
1750. 1995. Near-fine. $18.00.
(SHAHN #A6951)
Pohl, Frances K. BEN SHAHN with Ben Shahn's Writings. 168 pp.,
hundreds of illus., most in color, extensive bibliog. of Shahn's
writings, illustrations, exhibitions, etc., index. Excellent
text. 4to, stiff self-wrps. San Francisco, Pomegranate, 1993.
Fine. (Pub. at $35.00). $30.00.
(SHAHN #A6301)
Rodman, Selden. Portrait of the Artist as an American. BEN
SHAHN: A Biography with Pictures. 180 pp., over 100 illus., 2
color plates, list of illus., index. Small 4to, cloth. First ed.
(stated). New York, Harper & Brothers, 1951. No d.j. V.G.+.
$40.00.
(SHAHN #A6336)
SHAHN, BEN, illus. Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher. Unpaginated
(approx. 40 pp.). A beautiful artist's book: the text is
handcopied by Shahn, embellished with twelve chapter headings
and eight full page watercolor illus. Intro. by Shahn. Nice
facsimile of Paris 1967 limited ed. of 240. 4to, cloth, d.j., in
pub.'s protective slipcase. New York, Grossman - Trianon, 1971.
Mint, in near-fine d.j. with two short closed tears lower edge,
light rumpling at some spots along upper edge. $45.00.
(SHAHN #A5386)
Shahn, Bernarda Bryson. BEN SHAHN. 353 pp., 345 illus., 154 in
color, biog. with photos, awards, degrees, bibliog., including
artist's writings, book illus., index, list of drawings in the
text. Lavish serious monograph by the artist's wife. Includes
short text by artist. Large square folio, red linen with gilt
illus., d.j. New York, Abrams, n.d. Near-fine, in V.G.
dustjacket. (D.j. is a bit worn at corners and folds, but no
significant chips or tears). $235.00.
(SHAHN #A5981)
Soby, James Thrall. BEN SHAHN. 20 pp. text, plus 32 full-page
illus., 16 in color. Oblong 8vo, wrps. Drayton (UK), Penguin,
1947. V.G.++. $9.50.
(SHAW #A4352)
New York. Richard York Gallery. CHARLES G. SHAW: Abstractions of
the Thirties. 7 pp., 5 full-page color plates (including cover-
plate), exhib. checklist of 19 works. Text Eric Widing and
Richard York. Small square 4to, stapled wrps. 1987. Near-fine.
$9.00.
(SHEELER #A1596)
Friedman, Martin. CHARLES SHEELER, Paintings, Drawings,
Photographs. 224pp., 118 b&w, 48 color plates. Exhibs, chronol.,
bibliog. Folio, cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, Watson-
Guptil, 1975. Clean v.g.+ in somewhat worn, spotted d.j. with 1
1/2" chip back edge of d.j. $125.00.
(SHEELER #A4916)
Lucic, Karen. CHARLES SHEELER and the Cult of the Machine. 167
pp., 70 illus., approx. 20 in color. Chronol., bibliog. 8vo,
wrps. Cambridge (Ma), Harvard Univ. Press, 1991. Fine. $15.95.
(SHEELER #A2262)
Lucic, Karen. CHARLES SHEELER and the Cult of the Machine. 167
pp., 70 illus., approx. 20 in color. Chronol., bibliog. 8vo,
wrps. First paperback edition. Cambridge (Ma), Harvard Univ.
Press, 1991. Rear cover slightly rubbed, else fine. $15.00.
(SHEELER #A3116)
Washington, D. C. Smithsonian. CHARLES SHEELER. 156 pp., 159
illus., 3 in color, chronol., bibliog., exhibs. Artist's
writings and substantive essays by Charles Friedman, Bartlett
Hayes, Charles Millard. Oblong 4to, wrps. 1968. V.G. Covers
rubbed, rear corner creased. $27.50.
(SLOBODKINA #A1266)
Medford. Tufts University Art Gallery. The Life and Art of
ESPHYR SLOBODKINA. 78 pp. exhib. cat., 38 color plates, 37 b&w
illus., chronol., bibliog. including artist's books. Texts by
Gail Stavitsky and Elizabeth Wylie. The first in-depth
examination of the work of this important member of the American
Abstract Artists group who exhibited alongside David Smith,
Byron Browne, Stuart Davis, et al. Small oblong 4to, stiff wrps.
1992. Fine. $45.00.
(SMITH, L.P. #A6190)
Berlin. Nationalgalerie. LEON POLK SMITH: Collagen 1981-1983.
39 pp. exhib. cat., 30 color illus., 23 b&w text illus.,
chronol., exhibs., bibliog. Text by Lucius Grisebach. Dual lang.
German / English. 4to, stiff wrps. SIGNED by artist. 1984. Light
bump lower corner, else near-fine. $50.00.
(STEICHEN #A2131)
Longwell, Dennis. STEICHEN: The Master Prints 1895-1914, The
Symbolist Period. 180 pp., 73 illus., 6 in color. 4to, cloth,
d.j. New York, MOMA, 1978. Fine in near-fine d.j. with minor
edge rubbing, one tiny abrasion, price clipped. $85.00.
(STEIGLITZ #A4880)
Szarkowski, John. ALFRED STIEGLITZ at Lake George. 112 pp. 109
illus., 64 tritones, 45 duotones, checklist of exhibition. Over
half of the works are published here for the first time. Small
sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, MOMA, 1995. Mint. (Pub. at
$35.00). $31.50.
(STETTHEIMER #A3477)
Bloemink, Barbara J. The Life and Art of FLORINE STETTHEIMER.
303 pp., 124 illus., approx. 50 color plates, notes, index.
Excellent new exploration of Stettheimer's multi-faceted
personality, life and production of poetry and painting. Small
4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. New Haven and London, Yale Univ.
Press, 1995. New. $45.00.
(STETTHEIMER #A2677)
McBride, Henry. FLORINE STETTHEIMER. 55 pp. exhib. cat., 30 b&w
illus., 4 color plates, bibliog. Small 4to, papered boards.
First printing. New York, MOMA, 1946. A few spots of foxing &
soil to cover, h-t page, and last page; lower edge worn, else
V.g $17.50.
(STETTHEIMER #A4310)
Tyler, Parker. FLORINE STETTHEIMER: A Life in Art. 194 pp.,
numerous illus. in b&w and color, photos of artist, index. The
first major monograph on Stettheimer. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed
New York, Farrar, Straus and Co., 1963. Crisp near-fine with
minor edge yellowing, in V.G.+ dustjacket (price clipped, faint
blue lines of discoloration parallel to edges caused by old
lined Brodart dustjacket protector!). $80.00.
(STIEGLITZ #A3526)
Frank, Waldo, L. Mumford, D. Norman et al. America & ALFRED
STIEGLITZ, A Collective Portrait. 339 pp., 120 illus., appendix
with chronol. and exhibs. arranged by Stieglitz, bibliog.,
index. A great classic. Texts by Sherwood Anderson, Dorothy
Brett, Demuth, Dove, Hartley, Marin, Mumford, Norman, G. Stein,
P. Strand, W.C. Williams, et al. Illus. include 40 photos by
Stieglitz and others, and illus. of art he showed in his
gallery. Stout 8vo, cloth, d.j., t.e.c., side edge uncut. True
first edition. New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1934. Lower
edge shelfworn, corners rubbed, faint soiling to endpapers, else
nice clean v.g., in scuffed d.j. with small chips along edges,
small surface abrasion rear panel, minor yellowing. $42.00.
(STIEGLITZ #A4332)
Seligmann, Herbert J. ALFRED STIEGLITZ Talking: Notes on Some of
his Conversations, 1925-1931. 149 pp., index. Captures the
intensity of Stieglitz's speech and presence as few other books
do. (The manuscript and corrected typescript from which this
publication is made are in the Stieglitz archive at Yale.) 8vo,
cloth. First ed. New Haven, Yale Univ. Library, 1966. Near-fine
tight copy. $40.00.
(VAN VECHTEN #A2341)
Kellner, Bruce. CARL VAN VECHTEN and the Irreverent Decades. 354
pp., 32 b&w illus. of Vechten's portrait photos, catalogue of
photos, bibliog., index. An important biography of this critic,
essayist, photographer and man-on-the-scene. Stout 8vo, cloth,
d.j. First edition. Norman (OK), University of Oklahoma Press,
1968. Faint fading to spine of d.j. and a little wrinkling to
back panel, else almost fine copy in near-fine d.j. $55.00.
(WESTON #A5488)
New York. Museum of Modern Art. EDWARD WESTON. 36 pp., 24
photos, and portrait of Weston by Ansel Adams, chronol.,
exhibs., bibliog. Text by Nancy Newhall. Small sq. 4to, cloth.
1946. Missing d.j. Faintly musty, else near-fine. $42.00.
(ZORACH #A3429)
ZORACH, WILLIAM. Art is My Life: The Autobiography. 205 pp., 85
b&w illus., index. Wonderfully unpretentious account of a life
shared with fellow artist Marguerite Zorach. Small 4to, cloth,
d.j. Cleveland and New York, The World, 1967. V.G./G+.
Dustjacket is scuffed, chipped, with numerous tears. $30.00.
(ZORACH #A4552)
ZORACH, WILLIAM. ZORACH Explains Sculpture: What it Means and
How it is Made. 308 pp., over 250 illus. and technical drawings,
index. Considerable attention to casting techniques as well as
carving and modelling; brief chapter on welding by Winslow
Eaves.Topical how-to approach with examples from Mexican stone
carving, Greek bronzes, Chinese jades to Rodin, Lipchitz, Moore
and Zorach's own work. A book for sculptors by a sculptor. 8vo,
cloth. New York, Tudor, 1960. Missing d.j., minor faint soiling
to covers. V.g.+. $30.00.
GENERAL BOOKS:
(ADAMS #A3269)
ADAMS, CLINTON. Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990. 167 pp.,
107 beautiful duotone illus. and 16 color plates, notes,
bibliog., index. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Albuquerque,
Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1991. Mint. (Pub. at $47.50) $38.00.
(BOSTON #A1021)
BOSTON. Museum of Fine Arts. The Lane Collection, 20th-Century
Paintings in the American Tradition. 183 pp., 100 color plates.
Essays by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Carol Troyen.
Outstanding collection of early American modernism. Large 4to,
wrps. 1983. Near-fine. $25.00.
(BROWN #A1023)
BROWN, MILTON W. American Painting from the Armory Show to the
Depression. 244 pp. text with numerous b&w illus., notes,
extensive bibliog., index. 4to, wrps. Princeton Univ. Press,
1972 (2nd Printing). V.G.+. Corners a bit rubbed, partial crease
rear cover, small faint soil spot side edge. $20.00.
(DAVIDSON #A6112)
DAVIDSON, ABRAHAM. The Story of American Painting. 168 pp.,
illus. in color and b&w, index. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York,
Abrams, 1974. V.G.+ (bookplate front fly leaf), in d.j. with
three short closed tears and lightly sunned spine. $10.00.
(DAVIDSON #A1544)
DAVIDSON, ABRAHAM A. Early American Modernist Painting 1910-
1935. 324 pp., 170 illus., 8 color plates, extensive bibliog.
8vo, wrps. First Da Capo edition. N.Y., Da Capo Press, 1994.
Slight bump upper corner, else new. (Pub. at $19.95) $19.00.
(DAVIDSON #A1024)
DAVIDSON, ABRAHAM A. Early American Modernist Painting: 1910-
1935. 324 pp., 170 illus., 8 color plates, extensive bibliog.
8vo, grey wrps. First edition, 2nd printing. New York, Harper &
Row, 1981. About fine. $25.00.
(GREEN #A1425)
GREEN, MARTIN. New York 1913: The Armory Show and the Paterson
Strike Pageant. 325 pp. text with a few b&w illus. 8vo, wrps.
New York, MacMillan, 1988. As new. $13.50.
(HULTEN #A1473)
HULTEN, K.G. PONTUS. The Machine as seen at the end of the
mechanical age. 216 pp. text, over 400 illus., bibliog. One of
the most imaginative exhibition catalogue creations. Includes
Exter, Gontcharova, Hoch, and other women artists. Square 4to,
original colored pressed metal cover & hinged binding. New York,
MOMA, 1968. Slight bump lower front corner, else near-fine.
$130.00.
(KALFATOVIC #A4084)
KALFATOVIC, MARTIN R. The New Deal Fine Arts Projects: A
Bibliography 1938-1992. lxii, 504 pp., introductory text,
project chronology, comprehensive annotated bibliography,
appendices, excellent indices of artists, subjects. An important
reference. Approx. 140 women artists listed from Berenice Abbott
to Gyula Zilzer. Stout 8vo, cloth. No d.j. (as issued).
Metuchen, The Scarecrow Press, 1994. New. (Pub. at $67.50).
$60.00.
(LEFF #A6467)
LEFF, LEONARD J. and JEROLD L. SIMMONS. The Dame in the Kimono:
Hollywood, Censorship & the Production Code from the 1920s to
the 1960s. 350 pp., b&w illus., appendices, notes, bibliog.,
filmog., index. Explores the changing dialogue between public
morality and artistic integrity. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New
York, Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. Fine/Fine. (Pub. at $22.50)
$17.50.
(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. Important 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.
(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.
(MORRILL #A5024)
MORRILL, CLAIRE. A Taos Mosaic: Portrait of a New Mexico
Village. 176 pp., 37 photos by Laura Gilpin, notes, bibliog.
Covers Mabel Luhan, Brett, Frieda Lawrence, and many more. Large
8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico
Press, 1973. Fine, in near-fine d.j. with corners and spine ends
lightly rubbed. $40.00.
(NEW YORK #A5975)
NEW YORK. Andrew Crispo. Pioneers of American Abstraction. 52
b&w illus., 31 color plates, biogs., artists' statements. Text
by Andrew J. Crispo. Includes: Bluemner, Stuart Davis, Demuth,
Dove, Marin, O'Keeffe, Sheeler, Joseph Stella, Max Weber. Sq.
4to, wrps. 1973. A few prices and dimensions written in, else
near-fine. $17.50.
(NEW YORK #A1451)
NEW YORK. The Brooklyn Museum. The Machine Age in America 1918-
1941. 376 pp. exhib. cat., over 400 illus., 53 in color. Texts
by Richard Guy Wilson, Dianne H. Pilgrim, Dickran Tashjian. The
most comprehensive text on this topic. Large 4to, cloth, d.j.
New York, Abrams, 1986. Fine/Fine. $150.00.
(PACH #A1719)
PACH, WALTER. The Masters of Modern Art. 118 pp. text and 34 b&w
plates, original etching frontispiece by Walter Pach. 4to, cloth
spine, papered boards. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1924. No d.j.
Some wear along edges, fading to back cover. V.G. $27.00.
(ROSE #A1666)
ROSE, BARBARA. American Abstract Artists, The Early Years. 64
pp. exhib. cat., 40 b&w illus. 4to, wrps. New York, Sid Deutsch
Gallery, 1980. Several surface scratches to front cover, else
near-fine. $26.00.
(TORGOVNIK #A7018)
TORGOVNIK, MARIANNA. Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the
Quest for Ecstasy. 170 pp., notes, index. Includes a chapter on
Georgia O'KEEFFE. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Alfred A.
Knopf, 1997. Scratch along spine panel of d.j., else new.
$23.00.
(TUCKER #A6891)
TUCKER, MARCIA. American Paintings in the Ferdinand Howald
Collection. 119 pp., complete catalogue entries of 180 works,
all illus., a few color plates, biographies of the artists,
bibliog., index. Intro. by E. P. Richardson. A collection with
strong holdings in early American modernism -- Demuth,
Dickinson, Hartley, Marin, Prendergast, Sheeler, among others.
Large 8vo, stiff wrps. Columbus, The Columbus Gallery of Fine
Arts, 1969. Near-fine. $27.00.
(WAGNER #A6766)
WAGNER, ANNE. Three Artists (Three Women): Modernism and the Art
of HESSE, KRASNER, and O'KEEFFE. 390 pp., 131 illus., 30 in
color. Excellent new scholarly study. Small 4to, cloth, d.j.
First ed. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1996. New. (Pub.
at $35.00). $30.00.
(WASHINGTON #A5182)
WASHINGTON. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Women Artists
of the New Deal Era: A Selection of Prints and Drawings. 39 pp.
exhib. cat. with checklist of over 70 works by 67 artists, 19
b&w illus. of work by Vera Andrus, Peggy Bacon, Lucienne Bloch,
Minna Citron, Mabel Dwight, Helen Heller, Clare Leighton, Jenne
Magafan, M. Lois Murphy, Elizabeth Olds, Concetta Scaravaglione,
et al. Texts by Helen A. Harrison, Lucy R. Lippard, interview
with collector by Helaine Posner. 4to, stapled wrps. 1988. Fine.
$25.00.
(WORCESTER #A5883)
WORCESTER. Worcester Art Museum. The Dial: Arts and Letters in
the 1920s. 160 pp. exhib. cat., 14 b&w illus., 8 color plates
(including coverplate), checklist of 148 works from the Dial
collection. An anthology of essays, poetry, short fiction and
criticism from The Dial (1920-29), one of the most important
American modernist voices of arts and letters of the 1920's.
Selections from 27 writers including: Hart Crane, E.E. Cummings,
Mina Loy, Marianne Moore, Paul Morand, Ezra Pound, W.C.
Williams, and art criticism by Henry McBride, Schofield Thayer,
et al. Small 4to, stiff wrps. 1981. Near-fine (spine lightly
sunned). $20.00.
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