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Helen Frankenthaler

Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-162) and index.

William Kentridge

by Mark Rosenthal

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and six other institutions between Mar. 14, 2009 and Summer 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.

Joseph Cornell

by Joseph Cornell

American Magus

by Paola Igliori

Larousse Encyclopedia Of Modern Art

by Rene Huyghe

Sam Francis

by Sam Francis

Sylvia Plath

by Sylvia/ Hughes, Frieda Plath

Claes Oldenburg -An Exhibition Of Recent Erotic Fantasy Drawings

Frank Stella

by William S Rubin

Sixty Two Years Of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture

by Phyllis Allen Eifert

Unlucky For Pringle Unpublished and Other Stories Edited and Introduced By Cj Fox and Robert T Chapman

by Wyndham Lewis

Joan Miro

Joseph Cornell Collages 1931-1972 With Texts By Donald Windham and Howard Hussey Introduction By Richard L Feigen

by Joseph Cornell

Pearls Before Swine

by Margery Allingham

Painting and Sculpture In Europe, 1880-1940

by George Heard Hamilton

Christo--Wrapped Walk Ways

by Christo

Ninety

by Jean-Luc Flohic

The Work Of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Wendingen Edition

by Frank Lloyd Wright

Tramp Artist

by Thelma Webb Wright

Garry Neill Kennedy

by John; Nemiroff, Diana; Budney, Jen; Barlosky, Martin; Falvey, Emily Murchie

Sweet Oblivion

by Martin; Tucker, Marcia; Scholder, Amy; Cameron, Dan; McCormick, Carlo; Blinderman, Barry; Ramirez, Yasmin; Yee, Lydia; Illinois State University University Galleries; New Museum Of Contemporary Art Wong

1919 Bauhaus 1928

by Herbert and Walter Gropius and Ise Gropius Bayer

Thomas Hart Benton

by Emily; Branchick, Thomas Braun

The Works Of Ben Shahn

by Brenda Bryson Shahn

Modern Art Books & Ephemera

Drawings For a Living Architecture

by Wright, Frank Lloyd

American Art Of the 20th Century

by Hunter, Sam

Jean Dubuffet

by Dubuffet, Jean

Robert Graham

Eighty

by Flohic, Jean-Luc

DRAWING RESTRAINT VOL. II

by BARNEY, Matthew

(Tokyo): Uplink, 2005. First Edition. Fine.. Artist-book exhibition catalog for Barney's traveling show of 2005-06. Wraps. 8vo. Flexible plastic wraps. 161pp. With full-color illustrations. Fine. SIGNED by Barney to title page.

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CA$345.75

JULIAN SCHNABEL: 4 April - 2 May 1981 [Exhibition Poster]

by [Posters]: [Julian Schnabel]

New York: Mary Boone and Leo Castelli Galleries, 1981. Fine.. Early gallery show of Schnabel's infamous plate paintings. Original full-color exhibition poster; 36.75" x 28.25". Folded for mailing, else fine. In original Castelli Gallery envelope.

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CA$345.75

ARNOLDI: Plakater / Posters

by Per (editor); Matthews Arnoldi

Forlaget Folia, 1985. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Over 100 Color & b/w Illustrations (chiefly Color photographs). Moderate wear, creasing, a sticker for Fifi Oscard Associates is affixed to the front cover, chipping to the spine, binding sound, internally clean.

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CA$41.45

[THEORY OF CONSTRUCTIVISM - AVANT-GARDE] Iskusstvo v proizvodstve: sborniki Khudozhestvenno-Proizvodstvennogo Soveta Otdela Izobrazitel'nykh Iskusstv Narkomprosa [Art in production: digests of the Art-Industrial Council of the Narkompros Visual Arts Division], no. 1 (all published)

by Brik, Osip and Sergei Filippov; David Shterenberg (artist)

First and only edition of one of the chief theoretical works on Constructivism, this book is a collection of writings by the Art-Industrial Council of the People's Commisariat's Visual Arts Division, which was involved in integrating art with industrial culture, including essays by Osip Brik, Sergei Filipov, Vasilii Voronov, A. Toporkov, V. Arkin, with lithograph wrappers by David Shterenberg. Avant-garde artist and founder of the famous INKhUK (Institute of Artistic Culture), Shterenberg (1981-1948)... Read more about this item

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CA$1,629.98

Henry Moore: Reclining Figure on a Pedestal

by Bonhams

London, England: Bonhams London. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Tri-fold exhibition booklet, advertising the November 2014 auction of Henry Moore's Reclining Figure on a Pedastal (1959/60, cast 6 of 9). Leading the Modern British and Irish Art Evening sale on Monday 17 November, the monumental bronze was estimated to sell at 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 pounds.

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CA$16.60

Duverny Prostor/Nova Dalka

by Zdenek Lukes; Dana Stehlikova; Iva Janakova

Obecni Dum, 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Text in Czech. Jacket has light wear, binding sound, internally clean. published on the occasion of the exhibition 3.5.- 19.10.1997 in Prague. 292 pages, size 32x23 cm. All-cloth binding with dust jacket, many illustrations.

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CA$69.15

[RUSSIAN GRAPHIC ARTS] Graviury I. N. Pavlova, 1886-1921. Kabinet graviur Gosudarstvennogo Rumiantsovskogo muzeia [Engravings by I.N. Pavlov, 1886-1921. Cabinet of engravings of the State Rumyantsov Museum]

by Pavlov, Ivan N

First monograph, containing a catalog of engravings for 1886-1921, on the Russian and Soviet graphic artist Ivan Pavlov (1872-1951), credited with turning engraving into a well-respected independent artistic medium in Russia. The collection was published on the 35th anniversary of his artistic activity, and includes an introductory essay by the art historian and archivist Vladimir Adariukov (1863-1932). Born in a village near Moscow, Pavlov eventually studied art in St. Petersburg. A master of realist... Read more about this item

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CA$370.45

Jackson Pollock.

by Robertson, Bryan

New York: Harry N. Abrams. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1960). First Edition, First Printing. 11" x 10". 215pp, Index, Select Bibliography. Original black cloth, spine letters gilt. Book unworn, clean; as is the case in some copies, several tipped-in plates are loose due to dried adhesive; dj very good minus (edges frayed, few short tears, few brief archival tape repairs to verso). 136 illustrations including 36... Read more about this item

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CA$269.68

[CONCEPTUAL ART - CONCRETE POETRY - FLUXUS] Um nicht zu sagen: Ganz zu schweigen von: Timm-Ulrichs-Bulletin 3. Folge (kÃ¼nstliche Poesie, aktionstexte, visuelle konstruktionen &c.) [Not to say: not to mention. Timm-Ulrichs-Bulletin 3rd installment (artificial poetry, action texts, visual constructions &c.)]. Wrapper title: 869

by Ulrichs, Timm

Ulrichs. Complete copy of the first and only edition of the artist's book produced by Timm Ulrichs in 400 copies. As of January 2024, OCLC lists 2 copies in North America. Complete copy of the first and only edition of the artist's book produced by Timm Ulrichs in 400 copies. As of January 2024, OCLC lists 2 copies in North America.

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CA$1,259.53

[ANTI-NAZI PROPAGANDA FOR DISTRIBUTION BY RAF PLANES] AlemÃ£o-Nazi em 22 liÃ§Ãµes. Compreendendo informaÃ§Ãµes Ãºteis para FÃ¼hrers, "quinta-colunistas," Gauleiters e quislings [Nazi-German in 22 Lessons. Including Useful Information for FÃ¼hrers, Fifth Columnists, Gauleiters and Quislings]

by Trier, Walter (1890-1951) and [Frank Dowling]

Very rare Portuguese edition of this anti-Nazi pamphlet commissioned by the British Ministry of Information in early 1942, which was also published in English, French, Dutch, and Spanish and is scarce in any language. With delightfully caustic caricatures by famous German-Jewish illustrator and caricaturist Walter Trier, known best in Germany for his cover for Erich KÃ¤stner's "Emil and the Detectives" (and other works by KÃ¤stner). The pamphlet was to be distributed by the Royal Air Force over... Read more about this item

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CA$1,778.16

[LITHUANIAN AVANT-GARDE] Gundymai [Temptations]

by JasiÅ«nas, Antanas and Vl. Fedotas-SipaviÄius, illustrator

First edition of this book of avant-garde-inflected verse by a Lithuanian poet about whom we are unable to find any information. With a highly unusual surrealist-constructivist vignette by Vladas Fedotas-SipaviÄius (1904-1992), signed and dated by the artist on the plate, and with appealing typographic design throughout. Fedotas-SipaviÄius was born into a Russian family and received his training in Moscow, before returning to Lithuania in 1922. He was largely known for his work in the theatre and... Read more about this item

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CA$1,778.16

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] ProkletÃ bÃ¡snÃci [The cursed poets]

by Verlaine, Paul, Adolf Kroupa, and Karel Teige, designer

Karel Teige designed the cover and wrote a postscript to this translation of Verlaine's essays "Les PoÃ¨tes maudits" (1883-1884), from a text published in Paris in 1900. Both the cover and the appendix contain erotic surrealist photomontage imagery by Teige, highlighting his continued artistic connection with Surrealism and the Western art world even as Czechoslovakia came firmly under the Soviet sphere of influence after WWII. Surrealism was seen as standing in opposition to Socialist Realism, the... Read more about this item

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CA$148.18

Sepie [Sepia]

by Halas, FrantiÅ¡ek

Third, expanded edition of Halas' collection of verse (first published in 1927, then in 1938), here with wrappers illustrated using a drawing by Jan Smetana (1918-1998). Outside the Czech Republic, KVK, OCLC show fourteen copies. Third, expanded edition of Halas' collection of verse (first published in 1927, then in 1938), here with wrappers illustrated using a drawing by Jan Smetana (1918-1998). Outside the Czech Republic, KVK, OCLC show fourteen copies.

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CA$111.14

CRAZY HORSE SALOON VU PAR SIMBARI

by SIMBARI, Nicola

Paris: Wally Findlay Galleries, 1976. First Edition. Uncommon exhibition catalog featuring reproductions of Nicola Simbari's series of paintings created to mark the 25th Anniversary of Alain Bernardini's Parisian strip-tease night club, The Crazy Horse Saloon. Fantastic period production. Approximately 60pp., though unpaginated. Very good. Square 4to. Printed silver wraps. Light edgewear. Small scuff to lower, rear wrap.

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CA$172.88

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] ZnÄ na JalnÄ [Whiteoaks of Jalna]

by Roche, Mazo de la (author) and FrantiÅ¡ek Muzika (artist)

Third Czech edition of the novel by the Canadian writer. Although less well-known than Teige, Å tyrskÃ½, and Sutnar, Muzika (1900-1974) was a key representative of the Czech avant-garde and a founding member of DevÄtsil. Active in a wide range of media and other endeavors, including painting, graphic design, set design, illustration, directing, and teaching, Muzika also created a range of experimental book covers beginning in the late 1920s. He served as art director of the publishing house... Read more about this item

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CA$222.27

CHUCK CLOSE: Life and Work 1988-1995

by Close, Chuck; John Guare

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First Edition. Fine in a Very Good+ jacket.. First edition of this wonderful production with text by the award-winning playwright and beautifully detailed full-color reproduction of the artist's later work. The first monograph to focus on Close's post-paralysis portraits. Unpaginated. Out of print. Cloth. 4to. Cloth. Very good plus in a very good DJ. Jacket has light edgewear, rubbing, bit of sunning, and a few stray marks. Unclipped. Book is bright, sharp, clean... Read more about this item

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CA$62.24

Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art

by Rene Huyghe (ed)

Paul Hamlyn, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. This Edition. 444 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white and colour photographic and illustrated plates. Light tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust... Read more about this item

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CA$20.88

Jacqueline Morreau: Themes and Variations

by MORREAU, Jacqueline; DEEPWELL, Katy (introductory essay)

London: Artemis Press, 1996. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ARTIST. 4to. Original illustrated paper wrappers, with ample colour illustrations. Gentle edgewear and light scuffing. Inscribed by Morreau in black pen to first page "love from Jackie". Just lovely. A near fine copy. Catalogue published to coincide with Morreau's exhibition at The Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-Upon-Thames (November 2-December 14 1996). Jacqueline Morreau (1929�2016) was an American artist best known for her figurative work and role... Read more about this item

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CA$77.86

Convergences: Chen Wen Hsi Centennial Exhibition Vol. 2

by Wenxi Chen

Singapore Art Museum, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. Text in English and Chinese. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. This volume contains English and Chinese transcripts of the artist's oral history interview. 152 pages.

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CA$55.28

Joseph Cornell: box constructions and collages

by Cornell, Joseph

West Palm Beach: Norton Museum of Art, 1997. Wood box 7" x 4¾" x 1½, printed label on sliding lid, containing 45 mostly color postcards of Cornell's work, together with five 3- or 4-fold text inserts.

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CA$79.52

Terra e fuoco : arte ceramica in Italia = Earth and fire : Italian ceramic art

by Gilda Cefariello Grosso

Mandragora, 2003-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 10x8x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, front endpage has superficial damage due to sticker removal, pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated in color, text in English and Italian.

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CA$69.11

Japanese Works of Art (New York Saturday, June 16, 1979)

by Christie's

Christie, 1979. Paperback. Good. 10x7x0. Cover corners are creased, Japanese Prints, Paintings, Screens, Netsuke, Ivories, lacquer, Inro, Ceramics and works of art. Illustrated in black and white. The properties of Mr. Arnold M. Grant and Scott Emerson and from various sources. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.

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CA$23.47

Anders Zorns vattenbilder = Anders Zorn's water pictures = Die wasserbilder von Anders Zorn = Images d'eau d'Anders Zorn

by Anders Zorns; Birgitta Sandstro?m

Zornsammlingarna, Mora, 1991-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Text in Swedish, English and German. Pictorial boards have minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 88 pages, illustrated in black and white and color. From Wikipedia: "Anders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 â€“ 22 August 1920) was a Swedish painter. He attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist.[ Among Zorn's portrait subjects include King Oscar II of Sweden and... Read more about this item

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CA$76.06

William Rowe's Surreal Postcards

by Rowe, William

Dover Publications Inc. paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Minor shelf wear, sta0oed binding, pages clean and unmarked. All postcards are present

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CA$27.62

Moskva: zhurnal literatury i iskusstva [Moscow: a journal of literature and art], no. 1 (of seven published)

by Abramov, S., editor; Mikhail Kuzmin, Aleksei Remizov, et al

First issue, of seven published, of this early Soviet journal of literature and the arts, which appeared in 1918-1922 and was rather un-Soviet in orientation and design, reflecting the refined aesthetics of the Silver Age instead. One of its key features was a renewed interest in the wood- and linocut medium, with examples by P. Pavlinov, V. Falileev, V. Favorsky in the present issue, as well as the cover illustration ("Broneviki" - "Tanks") by Nikolai Kupreianov (1894-1933), one of the leading... Read more about this item

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CA$889.08

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Jackson Pollock.. Robertson, Bryan. (1950)
Jacqueline Morreau: Themes and Variations. MORREAU, Jacqueline; DEEPWELL, Katy (introductory essay). (1996)
Dubuffet.. FRANZKE, ANDREAS. (1981)
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 192, June 1971. Saul Steinberg [Paris. Derriere Le Miroir]. (1971)
William Rowe's Surreal Postcards. Rowe, William.
Art Styles of Ancient Shang from Private and Museum Collections. April 5 - June 11 1967 NY: China Institute In America. (1967)
Anders Ruhwald - You In Between. Ruhwald, Anders; Palmer, Julia (preface). (2009)
Exhibition of the Life Work of Walter Richard Sickert.. [Leeds City Art Gallery and Temple Newsam Committee]. (1942)
Anya Gallaccio. Bryson, Norman; Fer, Briony; Sanroman, Lucia and Van Adrichem, Jan [texts]tro.]. (2013)
Julian Cooper. Cliffs of Fall. Paintings 2004. Signed Copy. Richardson, Michael. (2004)
Seven Billion Two Hundred and One Million Nine Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand and Two Hundred and Thirty Eight. Turk, Gavin; Worthington, Greville [curator]. (2014)
Joseph Cornell. (1980)
Jean Dubuffet: Écrits et Lithographies (Poster). DUBUFFET, Jean. (1968)
Martha Orozco. Martha Orozco. (2006-01-01)
Betragtninger. Observations. Wolff, Ann; Asingh, Pauline [ed.]. (2005)
Important Modern Paintings, Drawings, Bronzes Collected by Mr & Mrs. Charles Goldman 1962. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. [Editor]. (1961-12-31)
Flexible. Altenburger, Stefan; Borland, Christine; et al. (1997)
ARNOLDI: Plakater / Posters. Per (editor); Matthews Arnoldi. (1985)
La peinture de Stämpfli. JOUFFROY, ALAIN. (1970)
Japanese Works of Art (New York Saturday, June 16, 1979). Christie's. (1979)
Borès.. BORES. GRENIER, JEAN. (1961)
Karin S. Billings: Abstract Realism (Book 4). Karin S. Billings. (2020)
Members of the Penwith Society of Arts. August 1964.. PENWITH SOCIETY. (1964)
PAINTED TRUTH: An Alix Thorssen Mystery **SIGNED COPY**. McClendon, Lise. (1995)
Glen Hansen Oil Paintings A Ten-Year Survey 1989-1999. Hansen, Glen. (1999)

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