Art

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Life and art of John Marin; editor Cleve Gray includes writings by Marin himself to accompany the biographical text and reproduced works. 176 pp. Features 20 color and 99 black/white illustrations. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, previous owner's name, date, and location written inside the cover in pencil. Dust jacket is in good condition, with tear and creasing on the back and light stain on the front.

1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Beathing beauty on beach putting sand in boyfriend's face, art by Jon Whitcomb. 10 1/2 X 13 1/2", very good. Mailing label. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

1909, Book: Very Good, Two color art of bear sniff at leaning totem pole by Charles Livingston Bull. 10 X 13". Mild soil. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 696 pages illustrated in color, b&w. Tells of Fantagraphics Books' key role in helping build and shape an art movement around a discredited, ignored and fading expression of Americana the way insiders share the saga with one another other: in anecdotal form, in the words of the people who lived it and saw it happen. Comics historian and critic Tom Spurgeon and longtime Comics Journal editor Michael Dean assemble an all-star cast of industry figures, critics, cartoonists, art objects, curios, and groundbreaking publications to bring you a detailed account of Fantagraphics' first 40 years.

1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Street vendor, two-color art by Walter Appleton Clark. 10.5 x 14", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

1980, Book: Very Good, Color cartoon by Saul Steinberg. 8 1/2 X 11 1/2", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. NY, American Studio Books/Watson-Guptill, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 128 pages, 268 illustrations (17 in color). A nice survey of American book illustration, covering such subjects as children's books, the growth of the American book publishing industry, and dust jackets, followed by illustrations by a wide number of artists in black and white and in color. Artists include Rockwell Kent, N. C. Wyeth, Marguerite de Angeli, the dAulaires, Lois Lenski, William Pene Du Bois, Salvador Dali, Margery Bianco, E. A. Abbey, Wanda Gag, Dorothy P. Lathrop, and numerous others. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean. In a chipped, edgeworn dust jacket.

St. Louis MO, Pet Milk Co., 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Art "Perfect combinations", color art by M.C. Kaiser, 10 1/2 X 13 1/2". very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. Secaucus NJ, Poplar Books, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, blue cloth covers in a bright dust jacket. Thick, heavy book, 527 pages, 1580 illustrations including 60 in color, bibliography, concordances, index and list of owners. This book contains complete title-catalog of all paintings and the most comprehensive catalog of the watercolors ever published including over 1500 items in public and private collections. Catalog Raisonne. NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. Decatur IL, Daniel Zimmer, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine, 80 pages, color plates throughout. An issue devoted entirely to Austin Briggs and his illustrations.

Syracuse NY, Nettleton Co., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Art "They never tread the beaten path". Art by Leslie Saalburg. 11 X 13 1/2", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. NY, Albert & Charles Boni , 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original light gray cloth hardcover with gilt & green lettering on the spine and the front cover. 340 pages, 8 b&w plates including frontis self-portrait. No dust jacket, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 308 pages. Foreword by Jimmy Breslin. B&w and color illustrations throughout. This first volume introduces such enduring supporting characters as Porkypine, Churchy LaFemme, Beauregard Bugleboy, Seminole Sam, Howland Owl, and many others. And for Christmas, 1949, Kelly started his tradition of regaling his readers with his infamously and gloriously mangled Christmas carols.

1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Boy floating in inner tube, art by Eugene Iverd. 10 1/4 X 13 1/2", very good. Mailing stamp. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. Boston, MFA Publications, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 295 pages in color. In the decades around 1900, a postcard craze swept the world, and billions of cards were bought, mailed and pasted into albums. Many famous artists turned to the new medium, but one of the great pleasures and enigmas of postcards is how some of the most beautiful and interesting examples were made by artists whose names we barely know. Drawing on the riches of the Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Collection (probably the finest and most comprehensive collection of its type), this gorgeous book traces the historical and cultural themes--enthralling, exciting, and sometimes disturbing--of the modern age. The first general publication on the postcard as an artistic medium since the mid-1970s, The Postcard Age is organized thematically, with chapters devoted to urban life, the changing role of women, sports, celebrity, new technologies, the stylish collectors' cards of Art Nouveau and World War I. The result is at once a vivid picture of the concerns and pastimes of the turn of the century and a sampler from the Lauder's vast archives. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Hardcover. NY, NBM, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This is the classic strip Bringing Up Father which became the second longest comic strip of the 20th Century. Now, for the first time, Forever Nuts presents all the dailies of the first two years of this classic comic strip, many of which have not been reprinted since they first appeared over 90 years ago. Discover why McManus became known as one of the greats in the field. Clean copy.

Softcover. Monte Carlo, Andre Sauret, 1st wraps, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated card covers, French text, 13 color plates, b&w plates. Stamped #724 of 2,000 copies. Previous owner's stamp front end paper. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 95 pages, b&w cartoons by Chon Day. The second collection of Brother Sebastian cartoons which ran in Look Magazine. Dust jacket with light edge wear, price clipped. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Harry Abrams, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 336 pages, 776 illustrations, more than 100 plates in color. Contents include comic strips from the post war years followed by each decade to the nineties concluding with the twenty-first century. Lacks dust jacket but a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages. The poet John Ashbery wrote of Rudy Burckhardt in 1980: "Before there was an underground, there was Rudy Burckhardt. The genial, Swiss-born jack-of-all-trades and master of several has remained unsung for so long that he is practically a subterranean monument." Since that time Burckhardt's reputation has steadily grown - as photographer, filmmaker, and painter - beyond Manhattan's downtown community of artists in which he lived and worked. For six decades Rudy Burckhardt (1914-1999) was a discreet, but enduring, and ultimately important figure in New York's avant-garde art world. Author Phillip Lopate, a long-time friend of the photographer, provides an insightful and thought-provoking homage to the quiet brilliance of a national treasure. And the poet and curator, Vincent Katz, has contributed an essay further elaborating on Burckhardt's photographic achievement. Illustrated with almost three hundred photographs, Rudy Burckhardt presents the remarkable depth and range of the artist's work. The book will fascinate anyone interested in the New York art world and offers a revelation for all those interested in photography.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 397 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. Bound in black fabric with gilt title on spine and front cover. Other than a bit of foxing on top edge, clean inside. In very good condition. Published to accompany exhibit at art Institute of Chicago, October 10, 1992-January 3, 1993.

Hardcover. London, M Q Publications, 1st, 2006, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Like new. An exclusive collection of drawings that reveal the tender side of R. Crumb. Evocative haunting images of people and places such as Aline, his daughter Sophie, scenes from the village and region he lives in the South of France, Jesse Crumb, his first wife Dana and their son Jesse and of course the Blues musicians he treasures from his 78rpm record collection. Unpaginated, but about 120 pages.

Hardcover. University Park PA, Penn State University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 264 pages. Numerous color illustrations. An exploration of Bartram's writings and artwork; all sixty-eight Bartram drawings owned by the Natural History Museum are brought together for the first time. Works by other eighteenth and nineteenth century natural history artists are included. His love of nature led him to explore the environs of the American Southeast between 1773 and 1777. Here he collected plants and seeds, kept a journal of his observations of nature, and made drawings of the plants and animals he encountered. The completed drawings were sent to his patron in London, and these make up the bulk of the collection held at London's Natural History Museum. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Softcover. NY, Scala, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 224 pages. The diversity of New York City's people, cultures, religions, and backgrounds make it the indicator of American sexuality. It is black, white, gay, straight, rich, poor, rough, and tender all at once. From Margaret Sanger's dissemination of birth control to the Stonewall riot of 1969, New York City has repeatedly seen its sexual dynamics changed and American and international culture follow suit. Published to coincide with the much-anticipated opening of the Museum of Sex in New York, NYC Sex features conversations between major cultural figures and historians on sexual topics, including Grady T. Turner on "Sodom on the Hudson"; Martin Duberman and Joan Nestle on queers; Timothy J. Gilfoyle, Xaviera Hollander, and Tracy Quan on whores; Karen Finley, Luc Sante, Gene Simmons, and Art Spiegelman on the underground; and Vanessa del Rio, Legs McNeil, and Annie Sprinkle on porn. And what's a book about sex without pictures? In between the steamy conversation, NYC Sex posts photographs by Mapplethorpe, Ferrato and Gatewood; 19th-century drawings and photographs; film stills; posters; magazine pin-ups; and images of sex symbols past and present. It's a treat the whole family can enjoy. NYC Sex is the official book of the inaugural exhibition of the Museum of Sex, which will open in New York in September.

Softcover. New York , Abrams, 1st wraps, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Houston Museum of Art. Clean, bright copy

Softcover. Muncie, Ind., Ball State University, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light rubbing to wrappers, small tear to rear cover, else a very clean, tight copy.

1967, Book: Very Good, Color cartoon by Saxon of couple placing a sculpture outdoors from their glass house, 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. Dark Horse, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 199 pages. As part of the Dark Horse Archives series, all Shmoo newspaper strip appearances and storylines are being collected for the first time ever in a deluxe, oversized hardcover .In addition to every weekly and Sunday Shmoo newspaper appearance from 1948 to 1976, this collection also features rare Al Capp photographs and Shmoo illustrations from its marketing heyday.

Hardcover. NY, Esquire Magazine, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. Over 550 cartoons, 150 in color. Dust jacket with closed tears, chipping, Chunk gone at top of spine - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Softcover. New York, Abbeville, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages, b&w and color illustrations, photo end papers. A very clean, tight copy.

1967, Book: Very Good, Color cartoon of a toddler in a rocket ship. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. NY, Vendome, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages. Beene by Beene is a journey through Geoffrey Beene's life in fashion, a 40-year exploration that was, by turns, visionary, witty, irreverent, iconic, and timeless. His work was of such powerful clarity, such complete complicity between form and function that it actually teaches us-as all works of art do-how to look. A defining American artist, Geoffrey Beene towers in his field.Pamela A. Parmal provides a chronological survey of Mr. Beene's career as a fashion designer and discusses the evolution of his work. Chapters focus on themes or influences-Woman, Body, Fabric, Comfort, Geometry, Sport, Culture-that were a constant source of inspiration to the designer. Beene won the attention and admiration of other artists, and here we see his work through the eyes of renowned photographers and illustrators, even filmmakers and choreographers.Geoffrey Beene died in September 2004, before this book could be published, but he was intimately involved with its creation, including the editing of the text, the photo selection, and the book design. The book itself is as tailored and soignee as Mr. Beene's couture, as it looks back at his long and distinguished career.

Hardcover. Bangkok, Muang Boran Publishing House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Navy blue cover boards (excellent), gilt title on spine and front cover board. Pages unmarked, clean. Dust jacket unclipped, has some slight shelfwear. In very good, colorful condition. Text in Thai and English. 94 pages of color photographs and 7 pages of b/w photographs of 14th-18th century mural paintings at this revered site.

Softcover. San Francisco, CA, Larry Utley, 1st, April 30, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Adults only. 117 pages, color photographs throughout. Light rubbing, edge wear to wrappers. Else a clean, tight copy.

1964, Book: Very Good, Color cartoon of love-struck man floating over city by Steig. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. NY, Skira, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 168 pages. Yves Clerc, a French painter born in 1947, has ammassed a body of work of over 240 very large and colorful canvases. This publication presents about 100 of them, mostly dedicated to the interpretation of well-known portraits, but also to flowers in vases, "fashion accessories" such as handbags and shoes, nudes, stuffed animals, and adorned women with enormous gowns.

Softcover. Paris, Ch. Moreau, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 loose photograph plates, introduction, all laid into large folder with string tie. Folder cover with rubbing otherwise very good. FRENCH TEXT.

Hardcover. New York/New Haven, Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 636 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout, illustrated end papers. A very clean, tight copy. Between the completion of the Erie Canal and the outbreak of the Civil War, New York City grew to become an economic and cultural center of international importance. This magnificent book discusses the proliferation of the visual arts during this exciting era as well as the development of an increasingly sophisticated New York audience for these arts. The book is lavishly illustrated with hundreds reproductions of works from the period. This book accompanies an exhibition that opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on 11 September 2000.

1964, Book: Very Good, Color art of bright city lights behind construction rig. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. Faint crease down center. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion, 2nd Ed., 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages. Canemaker's second volume on Disney animation (his first was Before the Animation Begins, pub. 11/15/96) covers new territory. Focusing on the birth and progression of the storyboard method, the noted animator/historian explores both the history and the personalities of the Disney storyboard department. He takes readers from the early Disney days (when Walt created the storyboard to add depth and substance to the animated shorts the early studio produced) to today (when ever-changing teams of story specialists gather material and prepare sequence drawings before artists flesh out those Disney masterpieces). Along the way, Canemaker reveals the human effort required to bring an animated film to life and throws in juicy tidbits garnered from his interviews with animation pioneers. Lavish illustrations accompany the text. Recommended for larger public libraries and essential for collections in film and animation history.

Softcover. New York, Pantheon, 1st wraps, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover. SIGNED BY KOREN on title-page. Black & white illustrations by Edward Koren. Red remainder mark on top edge at spine. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1st UK, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 242 pages. Brown cloth cover, embossed design, some light wear to corners and edges. Dust jacket has minor edgewear. Inside is bright and clean, with many b&w and color photographs throughout. A nice copy.

1962, Book: Very Good, Color design of New York skyline made with newspaper apartment ads. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. Faint crease down center. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages. The starting point for Erik Niedling's Formation series is a rediscovered collection of 1920s glass negatives containing photographs of plants. Niedling studied the plates, reproduced them and made new, large-format prints. Are these images positives or negatives, documents or works of art, historical materials or new artistic creations?

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages, hardcover illustrated in color and b&w. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, reveals that great design and great style were consistent elements in the work of American's best fashion designers. Patricia Mears introduces many great forgotten figures, as well as many familiar names: work by lesser-known figures such as Jessie Franklin Turner, Ronaldus Shamask, and Charles Kleibecker is discussed alongside pieces by more celebrated creators, such as Halston and Charles James; work by designers of the past is juxtaposed with that of present-day designers such as Rick Owens, Yeolee Teng, and Maria Comejo.

Softcover. NY, Guggenheim Museum, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, color illustrated wraps, unpaginated, richly illustrated in mostly color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle. Never opened, still in original shrink wrap. First published in February 2002, concludes Matthew Barney's CREMASTER cycle that consists of five films. He began working on the cycle in 1994. The individual parts, however, were not produced in chronological order. Each of the five films is accompanied by a publication; this volume was uniquely designed as an artist's book by Matthew Barney and contains a multitude of photographs and film stills from Cremaster 3.

1969, Book: Very Good, Color cartoon of doorman brining last leaf to man burning leaves. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Softcover. Kitchen Sink Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 160 pages, b&w reprints of the early strips.

Hardcover. US, Dark Horse, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Elephant folio, hardcover, 104 pages in color. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. One of comics' greatest artistic achievements gets its due in this deluxe 15" x 20" hardcover collecting the first two years of Tarzan Sunday strips by Hal Foster! Beautifully restored and printed at giant size, this first volume in Dark Horse's comprehensive collection of Foster's Tarzan Sundays reprints over one-hundred strips on high-quality paper and in eye-popping color, replicating when they first appeared! Includes a historical essay on Tarzan and Foster by comics scholar, Mark Evanier.

Hardcover. London/ New York , Merrell, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Minor bumping to corners, else a clean, tight copy.