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The Kahn Collection of nineteenth-century paintings by artists in California
by Arkelian, Marjorie
Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum Art Department, 1975. Softcover. VG, slight curling to cover, small label on rear cover. Brown paper wraps with color illus. laid on front cover. 64 pp. 43 bw, 10 color plates. The paintings in this catalogue and the Kahn Collection were purchased with money donated to the Oakland Museum in 1965 to honor various members of the Kahn family. Includes lengthy biographical essays on the represented artists. Lists 71 works by 45 artists, and most are pictured here. Also has...
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Marcel Marceau: The Butterfly. Original Ink Sketch
by Original Ink Drawing By Boots Erlandson
Pasadena, 1955. Original Artwork . No Binding. Near Fine. 9 7/8" X 7 7/8" Signed By The Artist And Dated In 1955. 1 1/4" Closed Tear At Right Edge.
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CA$76.06
Fitz Henry Lane & Mary Blood Mellon: Old Mysteries and New Discoveries
by Wilmerding, John
New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong hardcover. 112 pages. Very nice color reproductions throughout. Catalog for an exhibition at the Cape Ann Historical Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts and at the Spainerman Gallery in New York City.
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CA$138.30
The Cosmopolitan Art Journal, A Record of Art Criticism, Art Literature and Biography, and Repository of Belles-Lettres Lit. Volume 4 and Volume 5, Issue 1 and BONUS
New York: Cosmopolitan Art Association, 1860. Hardcover. Fair only, spine damaged with loss and covers off. 3/4 leather with dark green cloth. Marbled endpapers. Contains Volume 4 issues 1-4, with 4 steel engravings, followed by Volume 5, Issue 1 with 1 steel engraving. Then, the BONUS!. 201 pp. and a ten-page supplement of Award winners after the first issue of Volume 4. A great copy of Volume 4 with the ten-page winners Supplement. All steel engravings have some degree of foxing. After the...
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Kindred Spirits: Nancy Brett, Shalvah Segal, Meg Webster
by Van Wagner, Judy Collischan; Carol Becker Davis
Brookville, New York: Long Island University, Hillwood Art Gallery, 1987. Softcover. VG, slight wear to spine and covers. White & color illus. stapled wraps. 56 pp. 6 color, 42 bw plates. Essays on each artist and 1-page introduction by Judy Collischan Van Wagner. This exhibition highlights 3 women who have chosen nature as a source for the subject, media or content of their work. Nancy Brett's more "realistic" paintings use specific features from a particular site to convey its romantic impact upon...
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Contemporary Sculpture by Virginia Artists
by Wilson, V. Bene
Portsmouth, Virginia: The Portsmouth Museums, 1985. Softcover. VG- (Light wear around edges, otherwise clean.). White & illus. stapled wraps, [36 pp.], BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1985 exhibition of sculptures rendered by 32 Virginia-based artists. With a brief introduction by V. Bene Wilson. Each artist gets a page with brief bio, exhibitions history, and a single illustration. 1 of 250 copies. Scarce.
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CA$41.45
High & Inside
by Tully, Judd
New York: Marlborough Chelsea, 2003. Paperback. VG. Red wraps with black and white lettering. 28 pp. Color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from May 1 to June 7, 2003. Contains works by Beth Campbell, Janice Caswell, Steven Charles, Lisa Corrine Davis, Brad Hampton, Mark Lombardi, John J. O'Connor, Fred Tomaselli, and Dan Zeller.
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Original Drawing: School Study Of Aged Male Figure
by Napolitano, Pasquale Giovanni (Johnny)
Berlin, 1930. Original Art Work . No Binding. Very Good. Original Sketch. Original Drawing, Image Approximately 12 1/2" X 12" . Signed And Dated 1930 By The Artist. Some Tears And Chipping. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-1925, Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny In 1929, And Then Studied Mural Painting...
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Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures
by Wyeth, Andrew; Wilmerding, John (Curated by)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1987. Cloth, 208 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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CA$20.05
National Watercolor Society Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
Northridge, CA: California State University, 1978. Softcover. VG- with some minor cover wear and art lib. marks on back cover.. White glossy and stapled wraps, [48 pp.], BW illus. Issued in conjunction with two 1978-1979 exhibitions as part of this organization's annual event. Includes lists of award winners, illustrations of award-winning watercolors, lists of members (with street addresses), and more.
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The Old Print Gallery Showcase [Volume VII, Number 2, March-April 1980]
by Blakely, Judith [ed]
Washington, DC: The Old Print Gallery, Inc, 1980. Paperback. Fair. General wear. Foxing on front cover, but mostly clean throughout. Tanning around edges.. Small, white and gray stapled wraps with black lettering, BW illustrations. Pages labeled 26-48. Approx 55 BW illustrations, including on covers. A catalogue of works including paintings of university views, portraits, J.C. Wild's views of Philadelphia, Edwin Whitefield North American scenery, Thomas L McKenney & James all History of the Indian...
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Catalogue I: William McWillie Chambers III
by Chambers, William McWillie
NY: William McWillie Chambers III, 1998. Softbound. VG. Yellow wraps with color illustration. 20 pp, staple bound. 6 color, 7 BW plates. Catalogue from art dealer featuring works from varied artists including Armand Guillaumin, Milton Avery, Edward Corbett, Max Beckmann, and others.
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CA$27.66
Incomparable Scenery: Comparative Views in the White Mountains
by Laconia, NH: Belknap Mill Society, Aug. 15 to Sept. 30, 1999
1999. Paperback. VG. Color-illustrated wraps with black and gray lettering. 32 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Catalogue lists 25 works by 14 artists. Includes biographies and a brief introduction. Arranged in groups of paintings which show the same view painted by different artists or at different times of the year, with a commentary comparing the views. Beautiful illustrations.
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CA$41.49
The Redfern Gallery Presents: Gregory Hull, Colors Of California
Lagunba Beach Ca: Redfern Gallery, 1995. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. Large Format Card Brochure Illustrating 17 Paintings By Hull. Slight Soiling To Front Cover. Undated But Circa 1990/2000 Estimated.
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CA$38.03
The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism
by Kertess, Klaus (and) Carter Ratcliff, Paul Schimmel, and Judith Stein
NY: Rizzoli, 1988. Hardcover. VG / VG. Green cloth with color glossy dustjacket. 195 pp. 38 bw, 65 color plates. This is the first publication to focus on a generation of artists who, during the height of Abstract Expressionism, turned their attention to painting the figure. Major essays by Klaus Kertess, Carter Ratcliff, Paul Schimmel, and Judith Stein, plus brief essays on the thirteen artists--Beauchamp, E. de Kooning, W. de Kooning, Goodnough, Hartigan, Johnson, Katz, McNeil, Muller, Pollock,...
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Glen Hansen Oil Paintings A Ten-Year Survey 1989-1999
by Hansen, Glen
Bethlehem: Zoellner Arts Center, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Approx. 72 pages. 9 x 9". 30 black and white plates. Bibliography.
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Neo-Dada: Redefining Art, 1958-62
by Hapgood, Susan
New York: American Federation of Arts, 1994. Softcover. As new in shrinkwrap. BW illustrated wraps with lime green spine, 153 pp. with 73 bw and color plates. Works by 34 artists, almost all of them American. Some of the artists represented are Arman, John Cage, Jim Dine, Marcel Duchamp, Fluxus, Edward Kienholz, Yves Klein, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Niki de Saint Phalle, Carolee Schneeman, Jean Tinguely, Andy Warhol and others. Includes a checklist of...
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From Neo-Classical and Beaux-Arts to Modernism: A Passage in American Sculpture
by Eaton, Timothy A. and Sarah Gates
West Palm Beach, Fla: Eaton Fine Art, Inc, 2000. Paperback. G (Label & few marks from previous gallery owner; moderate wear to edges and spine; handwriting on front cover; interior is crisp and clean.). Illustrated copper wraps with green lettering. 72 pp., BW & color illustrations. Issued in conjunction with a 2001 exhibition of a wide variety of figurative sculptures crafted by American artists. "A very brief overview intended to outline this arc with a number of key works by some of the pivotal...
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American Paintings
by Owen, Michael
New York: Owen Gallery, 2002. Softcover. New, no label on cover like that seen in the picture. Green floral pictorial wraps. (56) pp., Profuse color plates. Published to accompany the exhibition held at Owen Gallery, NY: April 20 to June 28, 2002. Brief intro by Michael Owen, and descriptively annotated plates. Catalog illustrations include "Orchard, Montclair, New Jersey," by George Inness; "View of the Hudson River," by Jerome Thompson; "Irises and Peonies," by Abbott Fuller Graves; "Pan of...
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Panorama of Cincinnati Art XXI
by Cincinnati Art Galleries
Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Galleries, 2006. Softcover. VG. Color illustrated wraps, 91 pp., many color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held at Cincinnati Art Galleries, Dec. 2006. Includes index.
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Momentum: Cinetiko, Optiko, Geometriko
by Goebel, Danielle et al
Mexico D.F.: Pablo Goebel Fine Arts, 2015. Paperback. VG. Minimal shelf wear and clean contents.. BW-striped wraps. 84 pp. Over 70 color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held at Pablo Goebel Fine Arts, Mexico City, April-August 2015. Text in Spanish.
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VVFA Modern: Abstract Addictions - Jonesing for More
by Vallarino, Vincent
New York: Vincent Vallarino Fine Art Ltd, 2014. Softcover. NF. Yellow/black/red/blue abstract wraps with white lettering. 136 pp. with 100+ full-page color and bw illus. Price list laid in. The catalogue of recent works by Charles Henry Alston, Karel Appel, Harry Bertoia, Norman Bluhm, Mel Bochner, James Brooks, Alexander Calder, Elizabeth Catlett, Thomas Downing, Helen Frankenthaler, Michael Goldberg, Hans Hofmann, Perle Fine, Ibram Lassaw, Robert Motherwell, Ray Parker, Theodoros Stamos and many...
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Norman Rockwell Illustrator
by Guptill, Arthur L
Watson-Guptill Publications. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1972. sixth printing. Hardcover. 0070252130 . 11.80 X 8.80 X 0.70 inches; 208 pages; Book is still in illustrated slipcase. .
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CA$31.12
Important American Paintings: Essential, Volume XVI, Fall 2015
by Questroyal Fine Art, LLC
New York: Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, 2015. Hardcover. VG. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, illus. flyleaves. [132] pp. 50+ color plates. Showcases 50 examples of American painting that illustrate a strong sense of place. Each one is included in the annotated and illustrated catalogue. Artists with more than one painting featured are: Albert Bierstadt, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Charles Burchfield, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Asher B. Durand, Henry Martin Gasser, Childe Hassam, Hayley Lever,...
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14th Annual Iowa Artists Exhibition
by Des Moines Art Center
Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1962. Paperback. VG- ex-museum library copy with stamps and call number label. light overall wear to wraps.. White wraps with BW-illustration and black lettering. 16 unnumbered pages. BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from April 15 to May 13, 1962 at the Des Moines Art Center.
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