WTB: Interesting, reasonably priced art books
John
WTB: Interesting, reasonably priced art books. Fine condition ok.
Looking for a wide variety of art subjects. LMK what you have. jk
Nancy & Michael Feldman
John wrote:
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> WTB: Interesting, reasonably priced art books. Fine condition ok.
Blue Dutch Colonial Farms
Michael and Nancy Feldman
New York NY 10001
e-mail :<feld...@soho.ios.com>
October 20, 1996
Artists Exhibition Catalogs
African Sculpture- 31 Masterpieces of Michael Kan, text
Brooklyn Museum, 1973
6x9",63 pgs,masks, figures, saltcellar of African export art,b& w
photo on left page with the
rightpage describing the piece.Beautiful paper. Bibliography Vg, a few
bent pages, rt crnr cvr
bent $20
Andre Harvey Bronze Sculpture 8 1/2" x 11", 28
pgs, with a
price list and insert. Foreword by George A. Weymouth, Chairman of the
Board, Brandywine
River Museum.Beautiful paper. Lifelike bronzes of dog, turtle fox,
racoon, turtle etc. Explanation
of the casting process. Vg,slt rubbing of cover $15
Art News 1938 Annual The Great Venetians-
paintings
in American collections, English Decorative Arts under the Stuarts, Mrs.
J.D.Rockerfellers
collection of Contempory American Paintings, Chinese Jade- 300 years,
Cezanne in American
collections. NO COVER!!!! $20
Batia Lishansky Massadah Publishing Co, Israel (no
date:seems
to be abt 1959) 9x 12",unpaged. 30 plates of Lishansky's sculpture on
very fine paper. Some of
names of plates: Yitzak Ben-Zvi, President of the State, 1955, In Memory
of the Fallen, 1953-
1957.Horah Dance, 1946..3 pg bio. Very strong. Book, vg.. DJ 2" tear
back, sm
small tears and chips, taped. $25
Bijoux de Braque, the Prestigious Collection executed by Heger de
Lowenfeld for the benefit
of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Club under the Patronage of H.E.
Herve Alphand,
Ambassador of France Wally F. Galleries, NY 1963 9 1/2" x 10",
unpaged. In
French and English.The last work done by Braque before he died.This
exhibition was shown in
15 cities and countries.History of saga.There are 159 pieces of
jewelry.10 color photos.Rare.
G+, cvr is sunned, chipped,1 tear. Clr picture of the last
masterpiece of Braque. $50
Brandywine River Museum-Antiques Show 1974
Chester County Clocks 1714- 11860; Brass Candlesticks; Jamie
Wyeth VG
$5
Burne-Jones Waters, William London:Shire Publications.1973
Lifelines #12.
History of Burne- Jones.Works, index, biblio, where works placed. 48
pages. VG
$12
Camille Pissaro His Place in Art, a Loan Exhibition of Paintings
for the benefit of Goddard
Neighborhood Center Wildenstein , 19 E. 64th St, NY, Oct.
24-Nov 24,
1945 7 x 10", 47 pgs. 24 b&w illus.Sponsors of the
exhibition,biography of
Pissaro,catalogue of 70paintings and 3 drawings,and donors, 47 by Pissaro
and the rest by
painters who influenced him. Bibliography vg. cvr rubbed and 1 or
two stains. Slt fading
$20
Change Dai-Chen, Paintings by New York Cultural Center in
Association with
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Columbus Circle, NY Sept 11-Oct 12, 1969
8 x 8 1/2",unpaged,
note by Lin Yutang,catalogue of 62 works, many prints, some color,
biography of painter vg, sm
soil $15
Charles Parks Catalogue of an Exhibition of Sculpture Delaware
Art Museum &
Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts September 10-Oct3, 1971 Alan D.
Duff, 1971 8 1/2 x 11,
63 pgs. On fine paper.Foreward by Bruce St. John, Director of Delaware
Art Museum, biography.
All b&w and many color photos of all 63 sculptures in exhibition
.Portraiture G
$20
Charles Parks, Eric Parks, Christopher Parks - Three Sculptors of
American Realism
Brandywine River Museum, 1973 8x10",63pgs.A family of
sculptors. b& w and
many clr photos . Biography of each sculptor vg $20
Constantin Nepo Exposition Nov27-Dec25, 1957 Galerie
Nicolas Poussin, 17
Rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris 6 1/2 x 8 1/2." 7 pages.Text in french.5
photos of his work which
consists of shells, bones, organic shapes. VG $10
Delaware Art Museum Occasional Paper-Number Two Correspondence
between Charles
Fairfax Murray and Samuel Bancroft, Jr. 1892-1916 Roland Elzea,
editor Delaware
Art Museum, February 1980 6x9", 136 pgs. Bancroft was a collector
of paintings and a self-
made man who hired Murray, who knew the pre-Raphaelite circle, to
purchase art for him.
Murray was a decorative artist and an assistant to Burne-Jones.Index
relating to the
correspondence. VG. Sml water mark on left front cvr. $20
Drawings Paul Rosen Arthur Bromley, 1979 8 3/4
x12",8 pencil
drawings by Rosen on fine paper, suitable for framing with identifying
note on each. Vg, sm soil
on cover which is white $20
Edward Hopper: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Whitney Museum July 21-Nov
5, 1989 6 x9", 32 pgs. Includes covr photo of The Dories, Oqonquit, 1914,
many b& w
illus. lists of oils, watercolors and drawings . Works described.
Catalogue VG
$15
Francis O'Brien :The Cosmos new paintings by Frances O'Brien
Galaxy Room, Flandrau
Planetarium, University of Arizon September 20-October 24, 1976 5
3/4" x 9,12
pgs,cvr, Double Universe, color,10 b& w plates of her paintings with
description and quotes.
Prismatic techniqueuses the tetrahedron and triangle to symbolize
structure and is related to
Analytical Cubism . Inscription from Frances, the painter, to Regina.
vg , cvr wear
$10
Henry Strater, Paintings, 1968-1972 together with earlier works,
1920-1967 also various
drawings for the Frank Rehn Gallery, NY 1973 Copyright by Henry
Strater, Library of Congress
Catalog Card Number 72-93044 61/2x91/2",95 pgs, over 60
illus., most color, printed in Italy, article by Sarah Landsdell,
article by Betty Chamberlain on
biography of Strater, article by Edgar Thorne.Vivid color, still lifes,
landscapes, portraits,
drawings.Listed American painter VG $30
Impresario Ambroise Vollard The Museum of Modern Art,
NY June 9-Sept 7,
1977 5 1/2 x 8", which folds out into a 15 pg brochure.Article by Riva
Castleman,chronology and catalogue of exhibition VG $5
Issue No. 1 of the Delaware Art Museum's Occasional Papers
Rowland Elzea, Curator
Delaware Art Museum, December , 1976 6 x 8 3/4",55
pgs,scholarly monograph.27 b& w
illus.This issue is on Rossetti. VG $15
J.D. Chalfant , Jefferson David Chalfant 1856-1931 Exhibition
Gorman, Joan H, exhibition
and esssay Brandywine River Museum June 2-Sept 3, 1979 8 1/2" x
10", 48 pgs.Front cvr,
45 violin and music, 1887Many b&w and color illus of Chalfant's work.
Chalfont was an
important art figure in the Brandywine Valley. He was famous for his
trompe l'oiel
canvases.Many pages of text.Catalogue of 48 pieces. VG $15
Leon Karp Memorial Exhibition May 3 to June 1st, 1952
Philadelphia Museum of Art in
collaboration with the Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts 7 1/4 x 10",
plates, halftones,
color plates,discussion, exhibitions, one-man shows, awards,
representation in
museums,catalog, dimensions of paintings. Beautiful tribute. VG,
except for minor soil,bent
btm edge cvr,and some spine wear $20
Leonardo da Vinci Nature Studies from the Royal Library at
Windsor Castle at the J. Paul Getty
Museum Nov. 15-1980-Feb 15, 1981 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
March 4-June 7,
1981, Catalogue by Carlo Pedretti and Introduction by Kenneth Clark
Johnson Reprint
Corporation, 1980 8 1/2" x 11, 93 pgs., over 70 drawings, foreward,
preface,
introduction,catalogue, chronological table, tables of concordance, list
of
abbreviations,bibliographical note. Printed in Florence on beautiful
paper. VG
$50
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin Anthony van Dyck Liedtke,
Walter A. Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Winter 1984-85 8x11",48 pgs. Many details in color of
van Dyck
paintings.B& w illus and sketches. Selected bibliograpy. Much text.
Beautiful . VG
$20
Michaelango printed in France, Distributed by Artext Prints,
Inc.
4 1/2 x 6" yellow folio with the David on cover. An assortment
(7) of postcards, reproductions
from the original masterpieces: La Pieta, Bacchus,Aurues,,David, Moise,
etc. postcards vg,
folio, sm soil, one bent crnr $5
Milne Ramsey, The Art of 1846-1915 Gerdts, William H.
Chapellier Galleries, 22 E.
80th St.NY, Spring 1974 8x 10, 40 pgs, monograph on Ramsey,collection of
40 works,
many in clr., beautiful paper, exquisite Courbet like landscapes, still
life, watercolors.In 1973 one
of his still lifes brought $17,000 at Parke Bernet. VG $25
Morris Davidson, Feb 2-Feb 28, 1959 Kleemann
Galleries, 11 East
68th St, NY, 21, NY 5 1/2" x 6 3/4",unpaged,catalogue, plates,
biographical notes,
photo of Davidson vg $5
Museum of Modern Art:Alexander Calder ( Salute to) sculpture,
watercolors & drawings, prints,
illus. bks, & jewelry Rose, Bernice, introductory essay The
Museum of Modern Art,
1969 8 1/2 x 8 1/2",31 pgs,many b& w illus, . On the cvr, Model for
"Teodelapio".24
pgs of text, detailed catalogue vg except name of owner on cvr and sm
foxing on frnt cvr $25
Nast's ,T.H.,:Grand Caricaturama(5 paintings): An Exhibition from
the Swann Collection of
Caricature and Cartoon, NY Introduction and commentary by Lloyd
Goodrich, Advisory Director,
Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum March 24-May 10, 1970 7
1/2" x 9 1/2",
14 pgs of text, also b& w illus, details from cartoons and 5 pull out
color illus. of lost paintings of
Nast's,(may have fold marks)Columbia and Jonathan at Home, The Kansas
Row, King Cotton,
The Uprising of the North, The Massacre at Ne w Orleans. vg, soil (cvrs
are white) $35
Picasso at the Tate Gallery The Arts Council of Great Britain
May 1960 Major retrospective
of Picasso exhibition. Introduction by Roland Penrose, catalogue notes,62
pgs, more than 35 pgs
of plates, some color, bibliography, exhibition catalogues, work
divided into periods, list of
lenders. 8vo, a bit rubbed, a few bends in cvr. $25
Rene Buthaud Exhibition, collection of the artist
Michel Fortin, gallery, 351 W
Broadway, NY 7 x 10", 32 pgs,125 works, many plates. Buthaud was a
French, painter,
ceramiscist. Worked in simple classic style of Greeks. vg. Includes 2
Buthaud cards of
the Art Deco Period $10
Stuart, Gilbert; Winterthur Portfolio: Winter 1979 De Lorme,
Elenor Pearson
Journal of American Material Culture Art history with photos,
notes, history.etc.100
pages.Good condition $20
Tauni de Lesseps, the Art of: A Collection of Sterling Silver
and 18 Karat Gold Sculptures
Commissioned and exhibited by F.J. Cooper, Philadelphia, Pa,
Montego Bay, Jamaica, Old
San Juan, P.R. and Amsterdam No date 6 1/2 x 9". Heavy brn paper
folder, 10 pgs with photos of the sculptures and a biography of de
Lesseps VG
$15
Victor Salmones Gallery Victor, Acapulco, September 1973
8
1/2" x 11,unpaged.Many b&w photos of his work which is in bronze and
figurative.Photos of the
installation of his bronze in Pittsburgh. A partial list of collectors.
VG. Back cvr slt soil and a few
dings $15
Vincent van Gogh Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Feb29-April 5,
1970 7 1/4 x 9",15 pgs,an exhibition of 68 paintings , the bedroom at
Arles, 1889 with
notes, the life of Vincent van Gogh, Blooming almondbranch, 1889 with
notes,Sunflowers with
notes, etc. checklist of the exhibition VG, slight soil $15
Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890 St. Louis, Philadelphia and
Toledo Museums,
1953-1954 memorial to the centenary of his birth in 1853 6 1'2 x
9, unpaged, many color
and b& w plates,interesting charts about who he met and what painters
influenced him.,and
commentary about painter, detailed history in periods, 181 paintings and
drawings catalogued
cvr has been glued, some tears, on spine, soil (cvr is white)
$15
Vincent Van Gogh, Paintings by . An Exhibition organized in
collaboration with the Netherlands
Governmentin aid of Queen Wilhelmina Fund Hendrik, Willem van Loon,
foreward by
Netherland Information Bureau , 1943 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, unpaged, 6
b& w illus,14 paintings
catalogued with parts of his letters, important historical information on
the Nazi strangulation of
Dutch Art and looted Dutch Art. VG, sm foxing on title and last page,note
by owner on title page
, states gallery and date seen $35
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