FS: Books on Abstract Expressionism
Jerry Sobel
over 125 out-of-print and new books on ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
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A sampling of recent acquistions from our Abstract Expressionism
catalogue:
(BROOKS #A2054)
Hunter, Sam. JAMES BROOKS. 55 pp. exhib. cat., 45 illus., 4 in
color. Chronol., exhibs., bibliog. Small square 4to, wrps. Waltham,
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University and Whitney Museum, New York,
1963. Covers slightly scuffed, else v.g.+. $25.00.
(BROWNE #A2345)
Roslyn (N.Y.). Nassau County Museum of Fine Art. BYRON BROWNE.
40 pp. exhib. cat., 47 illus., 9 in color (including coverplate),
chronol., recent exhibs., museum collections. Substantial essay by
Harry Rand. Square 4to, stiff-wrps. 1987. Fine. $30.00.
(GUSTON #A2048)
Mayer, Musa. Night Studio, A Memoir of PHILIP GUSTON. 256 pp.,
numerous photos and illus. 4to, cloth, d.j. First edition. Inscribed
by author. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Very slight rubbing to
lower edge of d.j., price-clipped, else near-fine. $40.00.
(HOFMANN #A1129)
Greenberg, Clement. HOFMANN. 62 pp., 21 b&w, 12 color
plates. 8vo, wrps, d.j. First edition. Paris, Georges Fall, 1961.
Small abrasion half-title page, slight soiling back of d.j., else
v.g.+. $40.00.
(KRASNER #A1980)
London. Marlborough-Gerson. LEE KRASNER. Unpag. exhib. cat., 18
b&w illus., 1 color plate, & 1 cover color plate. Brief biog.,
exhibs. Square 4to, stapled wrps. 1968. Near-fine. $15.00.
(KRASNER #A1981)
Washington, D.C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. LEE KRASNER: Collages and
Works on Paper 1933-1974. 63 pp., 30 b&w illus., 4 color
plates. Bibliog. Intro. by Gene Baro. Square 4to, wrps. 1975.
Near-fine. $25.00.
(LAM #A1150)
Madrid. Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo. Exposicion Antologica
"Homenaje a WIFREDO LAM" 1902-1982. 180 pp. exhib. cat., 118
illus., many in color, reprints of many contemporaneous reviews,
chronol., exhibs., bibliog. 4to, wrps. 1982. Near-fine. $40.00.
(LAM #A1151)
New York. Pierre Matisse Gallery. WIFREDO LAM, Early Works
1942-1951, Paintings, Gouaches, Watercolors & Drawings.
Unpaginated exhib. cat., 27 illus., 10 in color. Oblong folio, stapled
wrps. 1982. Mint condition. $30.00.
(MARCA-RELLI #A2099)
Giralt-Miracle, Daniel. MARCA-RELLI. 218 pp., 179 illus., 33
full-page color plates. Biog., exhibs., bibliog. Preface by Harold
Rosenberg. Large oblong 4to, cloth, d.j. Barcelona, Poligrafa, 1976.
Fine copy in damaged d.j. (numerous short tears to cut-out front panel
and rear edge of d.j.). $30.00.
(MATTA #A1985)
Museum of Modern Art Bulletin. Vol. 25, no. 1 (1957). Special
issue: MATTA. 36 pp., 25 b&w, 2 color illus. Text by William
Rubin. Small 4to, stapled wrps. Near-fine. $15.00.
(MATTA #A1564)
Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou. MATTA. 332 pp. exhib. cat.,
over 200 illus., many in color. Texts in French by D. Bozo, W. Rubin,
Gordon Onslow Ford, R. Golan, A. Jouffroy. Chronol., documents,
exhibs., bibliog. A major Matta catalogue. Large square 4to, wrps.
1985. Spine crease, one tiny closed tear top edge of spine. Near-fine.
$75.00.
(MITCHELL #A2491)
Bernstock, Judith E. JOAN MITCHELL. 227 pp., 8 b&w illus.,
118 color plates, chronol., exhibs., bibliog., index. Excellent survey
of the artist's work. Sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Hudson Hills
Press, 1988. New. $50.00.
(MITCHELL #A2308)
Kertess, Klaus. JOAN MITCHELL: Pastel. 102 pp., 42 color plates
of Mitchell's pastels on paper from 1991. Folio, boards, no d.j. (as
issued). New York, 1992. New. $60.00.
(MITCHELL #A2306)
New York. Xavier Fourcade. JOAN MITCHELL, New Paintings. 22 pp.
exhib. cat., 21 color plates, most full-page. Interview with artist by
Yves Michaud. Small 4to, wrps. 1986. New. $30.00.
(MOTHERWELL #A1991)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ROBERT MOTHERWELL's "A la
Pintura": The Genesis of a Book. Unpag. (57 pp.) exhib. cat.,
numerous illus. Intro. by John J. McKendry. Texts by Robert Motherwell
and Diane Kelder. Detailed commentary on many of the book's images
with Rafael Alberti's accompanying poems on which the images were
based. Small square 4to, stapled wrps. 1972. Slight yellowing, else
fine. $26.00.
(NEVELSON #A2465)
New York. Wildenstein/Pace Gallery. LOUISE NEVELSON: Wood Sculpture
and Collages/NEVELSON: Maquettes for Monumental Sculpture. Joint
double exhib. catalogues contain: 48 b&w, 2 color plates, public
colls., exhibs., text by David L. Shirey, Nevelson interview with
Barbaralee Diamonstein. 4to, interlocking stiff-wrps. 1980. Corners
slightly rubbed and bumped, else v.g.++. $40.00.
(NEWMAN #A1187)
Baltimore. Museum of Art. BARNETT NEWMAN, The Complete Drawings,
1945-1969. 220 pp. exhib. cat., well illus, many plates in color.
Catalogue Raisonne. 4to, wrps, d.j. 1979. Small chip upper edge back
panel of d.j., else fine. $200.00.
(POLLOCK #A1982)
London. Marlborough Fine Art. JACKSON POLLOCK: Paintings, drawings
and watercolors from the collection of Lee Krasner Pollock. Unpag.
exhib. cat., 58 b&w, 4 color plates. Intro. by Lawrence Alloway.
Square 4to, wrps. 1961. Fine. $35.00.
(POLLOCK #A2103)
O'Connor, Francis V. JACKSON POLLOCK. 148 pp., 120 illus., 1
color gate-fold, chronol., bibliog. Oblong 4to, wrps. New York, MOMA,
1967. Covers somewhat scuffed, one corner creased, else v.g.+.
$16.00.
(POLLOCK #A1229)
Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou. JACKSON POLLOCK. 420 pp., many
illus., 66 color plates. 20 essays by art historians, 10 accounts by
artists, exhibs, bibliog. All texts in French. Large oblong 4to,
wrps. 1982. Very slight scuffing to covers, else fine. $200.00.
(RAUSCHENBERG #A1885)
Houston (Texas). Contemporary Arts Museum. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG:
Work from Four Series. 85 pp., over 50 illus., 17 in color.
Appreciation by Donald Barthelme, text by Linda L. Cathcart. 4to,
wrps. 1985. A few pen markings in bibliography, else v.g.+ $20.00.
(REINHARDT #A2539)
Lippard, Lucy. AD REINHARDT. 216 pp., 155 illus., including 40
handtipped color plates, chronol., bibliog., index. Large sq. 4to,
cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, 1981. Just a touch of dust soiling along
lower edge, else Fine/Fine. $215.00.
(REINHARDT #A1710)
Los Angeles. Museum of Contemporary Art and MOMA, New York. AD
REINHARDT. 144 pp., 28 b&w, 94 color plates. Text by Yve-Alain
Bois. 4to, wrps. 1991. Fine. $17.00.
(REINHARDT #A1243)
New York. Marlborough Gallery. AD REINHARDT, Black Paintings
1951-1967. 27 pp. exhib. cat., essays by H.H. Arnason, Barbara
Rose. Large 4to, wrps. 1970. Small abrasion top edge of spine, corner
bent, else v.g.+. $26.00.
(ROTHKO #A2180)
Breslin, James E. B. MARK ROTHKO: A Biography. 700 pp., 52
b&w illus., 21 color plates, index. Small thick 4to, cloth, d.j.
Univ. of Chicago, 1993. Price clipped, else as new. $35.00.
(ROTHKO #A1253)
Chave, Anna C. MARK ROTHKO: Subjects in Abstraction. 229 pp.
illus text, 24 color plates. 4to, cloth, d.j. New Haven and London,
Yale Univ. Press, 1989. Fine/Fine. $40.00.
(TAMAYO #A2237)
Phoenix (Ariz). Phoenix Art Museum. TAMAYO. 117 pp. exhib. cat
of 124 works, 105 illus., 5 color. Commentary by artist, essay by
James B. Lynch, Jr. Biog. Addenda sheet tipped in. Small square 4to,
wrps. 1968. Rubbing to edges and spine, else v.g. $45.00.
(TOBEY #A2091)
Seattle. Seattle Art Museum. TOBEY'S 80: A Retrospective.
Unpaginated, numerous b&w and color plates. Intro. by Betty Bowen.
Square 4to, cloth, d.j. First edition. Seattle, Univ. of Washington
Press, 1970. Fine copy in v.g.+ d.j. (price clipped, short 1/2" chip
top edge front panel). $65.00.
(TOBEY #A2201)
Seitz, William C. MARK TOBEY. 112 pp., 87 illus. 13 in color,
extensive biog., exhibs., bibliog. Small square 4to, wrps. New York,
MOMA, 1962. Upper corner dented, slight crease front cover, slightly
musty, else v.g. $15.00.
(TOBEY #A1806)
TOBEY, MARK. MARK TOBEY: The World of a Market. 64 pp., 23
b&w, 42 color plates. Intro. Mark Tobey. Large 4to, cloth, d.j.
Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1964. Three short tears top
edge of d.j., else v.g.+. $30.00.
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