Art

Softcover. NY, PaceWildenstein, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 60 pages illustrated in color. Catalogue from the exhibit, Naum Gabo Pioneer of Abstract Sculpture November 4 - December 11, 1999. Essay by Graham Williams. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Clean, tight copy with black and white photographs throughout.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. Internationally renowned artist Bernar Venet continues to challenge himself with a wholly original, fresh collection of furniture. Although designed to satisfy a non-artistic, purely domestic need, furniture fits naturally into the range of Venet's creative activities. Using a blow-torch to cut thick sheets of laminated, crude steel, he sets up a contrast between solidity and fragility, emphasizing rawness and indestructibility. Venet's furniture reflects the artistic vision he has developed throughout his ceuvre. He emphasizes functional simplicity and a plainness underpinned by notions of utilitarianism.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum Of Art, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages, illustrated throughout with 112 color plates and 55 b&w reproductions. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. A catalogue to accompany an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A beautiful publication examining Italian Maiolica. An essential reference work for historians, collectors, and anyone with an interest in ceramics.

Hardcover. London, Duckworth, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Heath Robinson's humorous take on the game of golf is as fresh as when it first appeared in 1923, and is accompanied by Bernard Darwin's critical assessment. b&w cartoons throughout by Robinson. Short inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. New York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Paper on covers chipping lightly at corners, spine and edges. Clean, tight copy. Black and white and color illustations along with letters.

Hardcover. Insight Editions, 1st, 2008, Book: N, Hardcover, 14 pages. From the demented pages of MAD Magazine comes a depraved and uproarious look at contemporary politics' juiciest scandals. Revel in the salacious animation of our fearless leaders' most embarrassing moments. Hunt with Dick Cheney, learn how to spell with Dan Quayle, take speech lessons with George W. Bush, and find out why Alfred E. Neuman is running for President...again and again and again. Mad About Politics: A Pop-Up Book spares nothing at the expense of our elected officials, highlighting the unbearable truth about who's in charge. With precise pop-up ingenuity American power players have never looked so enjoyably foolish. If you're wondering who to vote for on Election Day let MAD About Politics give you some pointers. Suitable for the sardonic this tome of asinine political parody will have anyone with a sense of humor rolling in the aisles.

Hardcover. US, Taschen, 1st, 1999-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 200 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, The Peabody Museum / Little Brown and Company, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 279 pages. 168 full-page black-and-white illustrations and 16 color plates. Light sun-fade to dust jacket spine and flaps, as well as minor chipping along edges and wear along spine. Otherwise, clean, tight copy. This handsome book is the first full study of American marine painting ever published. In it are drawn together representative works by more than sixty painters from Colonial times to the present, including such diverse figures as John Smibert, John Quidor, John Marin, Albert Bierstadt, Geroge Bellows, Thomas Chambers, and Andrew Wyeth. Mr. Wilmerding discusses the development of these artists' concern with marine subjects, the influences (both native and European) on their styles and approaches, and the meaning of their achievement for American art in general.

Hardcover. New York, Harry Abrams, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tight copy with minor wear to edges. Illustrated heavily by author. Previous owner's marking on half title page. The illustrator of "Gnomes" imaginatively captures his own heritage in a stunning visual recreation of his family, ranging from an eight-year-old cowherd in the 1600s up through the present day.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 200 pages, lavishly illustrated with examples of Sendak's work, illustrated endpapers. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering. The bestselling author of the wildly imaginative "Wicked Years" presents a magical visual tribute to the art of the legendary Maurice Sendak. SIGNED BY MAGUIRE on title page.

Hardcover. US, University of Delaware Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 204 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, G. K. Hall & Co., reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 413 pages. This incomparable collection of essays, manifestos, and illustrations was prepared by Robert Motherwell with the collaboration of some of the major Dada figures: Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, and Max Ernst among others. Here in their own words and art, the principals of the movement create a composite picture of Dada - its convictions, antics, and spirit. First published in 1951, this treasure trove remains, as Jack Flam states in his foreword to the second edition, "the most comprehensive and important anthology of Dada writings in any language, and a fascinating and very readable book." It contains every major text on the Dada movement, including retrospective studies, personal memoirs, and prime examples. The illustrations range from photos of participants, in characteristic Dadaist attitudes, to facsimiles of their productions. Embossed name stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Decatur IL, Illustrated Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages illustrated in color. Articles feature Neysa McMein, J.F. Kernan and Robert O. Reid.

Softcover. Kitchen Sink Press, 5th pr, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 184 pages. As World War II came to America, Al Capp moved his comic strip firmly into the realm of social satire. Meet the genial hustler. Available Jones, and Joe Btfsplk, world's worst jinx. Abner goes on a quest and Salomey is kidnapped by the Scraggs. While all this, and more, was going on, Capp found time to contribute artwork and time to the Defense and Treasury Departments, the Red Cross, and military hospitals. See it all in this volume of Al Capp's Li'l Abner.

Hardcover. London, Hawk Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. oversized hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to laminated boards. Color comics throughout.

Hardcover. San Diego/NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 274 pages, b&w photos. "A shy, bald, myopic, gay albino from an ethnic Pittsburgh suburb and a beautiful, convent-educated heiress from France: This is the story of Andry Warhol and 'the girl in Andy's soup,' Isabelle Collin Dufresne, also known as Ultra Violet. It is suggested that Dali, Dufresne's companion for five years, introduced her to Andy Warhol in 1963. 'Leave Dali', said Andy. 'He's too old'. Soon after, Isabelle metamorphosed into Ultra Violet becoming an intimate of Warhol's underground scene, here recollected. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 352 pages. Paying homage to the American periodicals of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s that documented outrageous exploits, this hefty, comprehensive guide is packed full of colorful cover art, sumptuous sample spreads, and enlightening essays.

Hardcover. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 332 pages with 145 color plates, 151 b&w illustrations. In publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Yellowing to dust jacket edges and spine. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with wear to dust jacket edges. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A tight copy. Explores Leger's writings and works in a variety of media including painting, film, theatre, decor, ceramic sculpture, and mosaic.

Hardcover. Oslo, Aschehoug & Co., 2nd Ed., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Large hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. Foreword by Donald Kuspit. Illustrated throughout in color with reproductions of the paintings plus many close-up details. 11" square, 346 pages with approximately 130 color and 65 b&w illustrations. Translated by Francesca M. Nichols. Old Master Existensialism: Odd Nerdrum's Paintings: Nerdrum paints isolated figures ensconced in their isolation. His style is at once completely modern with aspects of the surreal subtlety evident, yet he is reminiscent of the old masters for his superb draftsmanship and the dark earth colors he uses. There are 3 short tears repairs to rear dj panel, taped on reverse. Otherwise a bright, clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Taschen, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. "Silly Fool Comics" fills the final page in this sixth volume, with a devilish creature telling the anguished Crumb, "YOU Will Soon Be DEAD!" He was a mere 67, but in his self-absorbed Crumbish way was obsessing about death, when not making intimate and loving portraits of his wife Aline and all the other women who'd tormented his libido since boyhood. Most impressive in this book are his historic tableau, some single page, others multi-page strips, including Piers the Ploughman of 14th century England, My Secret Life by "Walter," Rough Women of the Dark Ages and The Apache Dance, from a 1930s Parisian postcard. His Rapidographed cross hatching is superb as ever and we are treated to long screeds displaying his undimmed brilliance at analyzing the human condition, in a morbid but nonetheless amusing way. One could say there are no surprises in content, as Crumb has produced a consistent body of work over the last 40, if not 50, years, yet each page is also jarringly different from the one before, due to his personal juxtaposition of images. So much is packed in you can spend an hour and find you're only a quarter of the way through, with Crumb bemoaning his mortality, while continuing to prosper, every few pages. A fine stand-alone volume, and must-have completion for the sketchbook set.

Hardcover. Kent OH, Kent State University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 387 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked in a bright dust jacket. The Lincoln images, originally appearing in such publications as Budget of Fun, Comic Monthly, New York Illustrated News, Phunny Phellow, Southern Punch, and Yankee Notions, significantly expand our understanding of the evolution of public opinion toward Lincoln, the complex dynamics of Civil War, popular art and culture, the media, political caricature, and presidential politics. Lincoln, appealed to illustrators because of his distinctive physical features. (One could scarcely conceive of a similar book on James Buchanan, his immediate predecessor.) Despite ever-improving techniques, Lincoln pictorial prominence competed favorably with any succeeding president in the nineteenth century.

Hardcover. New York, Chelsea House, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 215 pages. Color and black & white illustrations of comic art. Light rubbing to extremities. A colorful exploration of an engrossing subject with illustrations by artists such as Milton Caniff, John Byrne, Ron Embleton, Richard Corben, Burton Clarke, Chester Gould, Val Mayerik and many more.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 311 pages, color illustrations. Jean Strouse captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent's portraits of the Wertheimer family. Her account looks at twelve portraits of one English family painted by the expatriate American artist at the height of his career...and at the intersections of all these lives with the sparkle and strife of the Edwardian age. In commissioning this grand series of paintings, Asher Wertheimer, an eminent London art dealer of German-Jewish descent, became Sargent's greatest private patron and close friend. The Wertheimers worked with Rothschilds and royals, plutocrats and dukes--as did Sargent. Asher left most of his Sargent portraits to the National Gallery in London, a gift that elicited censure as well as praise: it was a new thing for a family of Jews to appear alongside the Anglo-Saxon aristocrats and dignitaries painted by earlier masters. Strouse's account, set primarily in England around the turn of the twentieth century, takes in the declining fortunes of the British aristocracy and the dramatic rise of new power and wealth on both sides of the Atlantic. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 143 pages. Published in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.With 103 illustrations including 44 plates in full color. Includes bibliiographical references and index.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 191 pages, color plates. Reflects Goldsworthys lifelong interest in the landscape of the British Isles, its history, and the people who work on it, 'Enclosure' is a collection of ephemeral work that relates to sheep, including a spectacular series of large sheep paintings--made by the hoof-prints of sheep. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Hardcover. New York, National Academy of Design, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 246 pages. 62 B&w illustrations and 77 plates in full color. Black leatherette. silver lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Like new.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, price-clipped dust jacket. 197 pages with b&w illustrations. Light shelf wear. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Bulfinch/Little Brown, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 328 pages in an unclipped dust jacket that has fading to spine. Shows paintings, murals, frescoes, and art objects produced by the Bloomsbury Group and briefly traces the group's origins and aims. Over two hundred illustrations in color. Some of the artists included, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, and more.

Softcover. Denver/Boulder CO, Johnson Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 272 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Chanzit explores Herbert Bayer's stunning artistic legacy, which includes painting, photography, typography, sculpture, architecture, exhibition design, and graphic design.

Hardcover. London, Wordsworth, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated with full color paintings by P.J. Redoute. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 672 pages. Published in conjunction with the opening of the new Saatchi Gallery in London, one of today's most important institutions collecting and exhibiting contemporary art, this mammoth book is the most comprehensive volume on contemporary sculpture. The title itself refers to H. G. Wells's eponymous novel which envisioned the future and was a surprisingly accurate prophecy reflecting the author's own time. That book inspired Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which a great monolith is an iconic but enigmatic sculptural presence. This new book opens with an enormous, standing monolithic Styrofoam sculpture of a videocassette of 2001 and, like the Wells book, seeks to explore how sculpture will evolve in the coming decades. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York , Robert Miller Gallery, 1st, 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 92 pages, with roughly 60 color and 5 b&w illustrations. 4to, boards. This catalogue from the first and only exhibition of Alice Neel's Depression-era paintings places these early surrealist and expressionist influenced works in the context of quotations from the artist and an essay by Wayne Koestenbaum. No dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 181 pages, 171 illustrations, 50 plates in color. The definitive monograph on Bishop. Like new in a bright, crisp dust jacket in a mylar protector.

Hardcover. NY, Race Point Publishing, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 208 pages. Every August, tens of thousands of participants gather to celebrate artistic expression in Nevada's barren Black Rock Desert. This vastly inhospitable location, called the playa, is the site of Burning Man, where, within a 9-mile fence, artists called Burners create a temporary city devoted to art and participation. Braving extreme elements, over two hundred wildly ambitious works of art are created and intended to delight, provoke, involve, or amaze. In 2013, over 68,000 people attended - the highest number ever allowed on the playa. As Burning Man has created new context, new categories of art have emerged since its inception, including Art to Ride, Collaborative Art, and of course, Art to Burn. Burning Man: Art on Fire is an authorized collection of some of the most stunning examples of Burning Man art. Experience the amazing sculptures, art, stories, and interviews from the world's greatest gathering of artists. Get lost in a rich gallery of images showcasing the best examples of playa art with 170 photos. Interviews with the artists reveal not only their motivation to create art specifically for Burning Man, but they also illuminate the dramatic efforts it took to create their pieces. Featuring the incredible photography of long-time Burning Man photographers, Sidney Erthal and Scott London, an introduction from Burning Man founder Larry Harvey, and a foreword from Will Chase, this stunning gift book allows Burners and enthusiasts alike to have a piece of Burning Man with them all year around. Clean, bright copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Los Angeles Times, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 208 pages. Profusely illustrated with the best work of one of the leading political cartoonists of the 20th century, Paul Conrad (1923-2010). This extraordinary retrospective collection, containing more than 300 cartoons, from 1963 to the present, displays the wit, strong opinion and skillful drawing that have won Conrad three Pulitzer prizes and numerous other awards for excellence in journalism. The cartoons, arranged by decade, represent the work of a man who has become a legend in cartooning and an institution in American journalism. The book is very good. The DJ has some light edge wear.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Last Gasp, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 80 pages. Glossy illustrated boards, color illustrations. Hideshi Hino is a cult author both in the comics and horror world. This volume features a selection of his artwork and three new short manga stories.

Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 87 pages. 32 color illustrations. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Very nice, clean and tight copy. Dust jacket edgewear on upper corner of spine. In good shape.

Hardcover. NY, Neue Galerie, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, Foreword by Ronald S. Lauder. More than 160 works illustrated in color. 123 pages. Short closed tear to dust jacket in rear. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Baltimore, privately printed, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Bound in black paper boards with titling in white and a photo reproduction on front cover. Photographs are reproduced on glossy white paper. SIGNED BY YOUNG on title page. Barbara Young is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has been practicing in Baltimore for 65 years. Her second career as an art photographer began in 1979 and continues to this day. She is acknowledged as one of the earliest pioneers of color art photography. This book has come into being out of an intermingling of her two professions. The photographs are from her travels, Baltimore. friends and strangers, and more. Clean copy.

Hardcover. US, Dark Horse Books, 1st thus, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 247 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. You know Jughead as Archie's loyal sidekick, but wait until you see the trouble he can get up to on his own! Cheer as Jug matches wits with Archie's rival Reggie, gasp as he tests nutty experiments with his Uncle Herman, and marvel as he eats dozens upon dozens of burgers and shakes! With twice the mischief, twice the pranks, and twenty times the food, Jughead Archives takes you to the weirder side of Riverdale, in this uproarious volume illustrated by beloved Archie artists Samm Schwartz and George Frese! Collects Jughead #1#8 from 1949 to 1950.

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1957, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 85 pages + prints. B&w illustrations. Blue leatherette, gilt lettering to spine. previous owner's inscription in front. Price clipped. Dust jacket with minor edge wear, somewhat sunfaded. Very nice, clean, tight copy.

Softcover. NY, Bill Hodges Gallery, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages. Profusely illustrated with color plates and figures. Accompanied a 2009 gallery exhibition; Includes an artist chronology and list of exhibitions; One of 2000 copies in this edition. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Sotheby's, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, 84 pages. The catalogue for an auction of a group of the original drawings Blake did to illustrate Blair's poem "The Grave," in 1805. These drawings had been lost, were recently re-discovered and were auctioned by Sothebys. The catalogue is of 20 lots, and theis essay by Bialler surveys the history and scholarship surrounding the works.

Softcover. New York, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages. Softcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Light edgewear to spine corners. From the early 20th century to the present day, this large-scale, brightly colored, coffee table book features the very best (and also the very cheesiest) advertisements for the hottest movie releases and stand-alone Hindi classics.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, 1st, 1939-47, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two hardcover volumes. 293+468 pages. B&w illustrations throughout both volumes. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Dust jackets in protective mylar cover, some pieces missing from spine and some dark age stains on vol. 2. Both copies excellent shape, volume 1 looks almost new, while volume 2 has aged gracefully. A very nice, tight and clean set.

Softcover. New York, Hudson Hills, 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, softcover 304 pages with 233 color plates and illustrations. This comprehensive book includes a catalogue raisonne of the edition prints. A very nice catalogue. Includes text contributions by Eric Denker, Andrew Stevens, Robert Flyn Johnson and Thomas Garver. This book serves as the catalogue for an exhibition which was held at The Corcoran Gallery of Art titled "Joseph Goldyne: Selected Prints," which ran from October 6 to December 17, 2001. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Prestel, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 288 pages. profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This book assembles key works by leading artists such as Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Oskar Kokoschka, and Alfred Kubin, and artists less familiar to audiences in the United States including Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Albert Paris GA 1/4 tersloh, Karl Hubbuch, Richard Oelze, Franz Sedlacek, Josef Scharl, and Rudolf Wacker, who will each be represented by small groups of significant works. Clean copy.