art prints

Hardcover. Rutland, Vermont, Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 287 pages. Huge survey of Japanese prints, with many tipped-in and folding plates. 257 plates including 55 tipped-in full color plates, acetate protected color dust jacket, cloth bound cover with gilt lettering on spine, pattern of oriental woman on fabric sewn into cover. Price-clipped, slight chipping to top of dust jacket spine; a tight, attractive copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages. Mostly b&w with some color. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition to be held at the Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University and other institutions, March 27, 1978 to November 18, 1979. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Published to accompany an exhibition celebrating the prints of Jasper Johns. Includes 106 reproductions (43 color, many full-page) of pieces by Johns. Also contains many statements by the artist within the essay by Riva Castleman. Near fine condition, only slight wrinkling on the dust jacket.

Softcover. Columbia, University of Missouri Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 62 pages. 69 B&W plates. White pictorial cover with slight soiling to spine and back cover. Overall, a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Hudson Hills, 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover, 304 pages with 233 color plates and illustrations. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. 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.

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. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy in publisher's shrinkwrap. Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) achieved overnight fame in the late 1920s with the first publication of his photographs of plants. Those photographs, which revealed the inner structures of the organic forms, immediately made him a pioneer of New Objectivity-an innovative movement in art and photography of the 1920s and 1930s. Blossfeldt, however, was neither a trained photographer nor a botanist. He was a sculptor and art professor who did his photographic work to generate teaching material for his students.The publication of this book is the result of an extraordinary event-the 1997 discovery in Blossfeldt's estate of sixty-one previously unknown collages, in virtually mint condition, of photographic contact prints arranged on large cardboard sheets. Blossfeldt apparently used these to study the relation and similarity of the photographs and to compare them graphically and aesthetically. On some, Blossfeldt had made marks or handwritten notations. Others show lines for cropping. The collages, published here for the first time, unveil a hidden treasure of modern photography and cast fresh light on the systematic approach Blossfeldt used in his photographic studies. All collages are reproduced in four colors. Introducing the book is an essay by Swiss art historian Ulrike Meyer-Stump, a Lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts. Not for sale in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and Austria

Hardcover. University of Wisconsin Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 92 pages. Kings in Their Castles, a collective portrait of the gay urban community in America, offers a personal view of some of our leading artists, writers, filmmakers, composers, musicians, and designers. Among the celebrities Atwood photographs in their playful, revealing homes are Edward Albee, Todd Oldham, John Waters, Ross Bleckner, Joel Schumacher, Junior Vasquez, Michael Cunningham, Simon Doonan, Andrew Solomon, Ned Rorem, James Dale, David Del Tredici, Tommy Tune, John Ashbery, Edmund White, and John Bartlett. Atwood also documents the bohemians, beatniks, mavericks, and iconoclasts, an urban community that is slowly disappearing. Capturing whimsical, intimate moments of daily life and portraying the complexity and diversity of this loosely linked society, Atwood reveals some of the most intriguing characters and homes in gay America. These beautiful fine art prints--shifting between the pictorial and the theatrical--become both a witness and a celebration.

Hardcover. Charlottesville, NC, University Press of Virginia, 1st, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 140 pages + 163 b&w prints. Monograph of a painter who carried the standard of realism through the 20th century while the artistic movement raced toward abstraction. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and white pictorial dust jacket. Like new, in shrinkwrap.

Softcover. St. Paul MN, Minnesota Museum of Art, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages. Paintings; Drawings; Watercolors; Prints 1949 - 1975. 50 color and b&w illustrations.

Hardcover. London, The Cresset Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. 297 pages + 26 b&w plates. English language edition. Translated from the German and with an introduction by Innes and and Gustav Herdan. Contains very clever and funny remarks on Hogarth's engravings by an 18th century German professor of physics. Small owner's stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Lost Fish is a stunning collection of antique illustrations featuring endangered marine life, published by luxury book publisher Assouline. With over 200 detailed illustrations, this book offers a unique opportunity to appreciate the beauty of life underwater while reflecting on the changing aquatic environment. The illustrations are taken from the nineteenth-century scientific anthology of The Count de Lapecede, a leading authority on aquatic species at the time. Through these intricate prints, readers are reminded of the fragility of our environment and provided with a visual history. The ornate details and lavish colors pay homage to the fleeting species of the ocean and serve as a poignant reminder of the importance of conservation. Clean copy.

Softcover. Washington DC, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover exhibition catalog. 108 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Gray pictorial stiff wrappers. Minor wear to edges and spine, else like new.

Hardcover. Watkins Glen, NY, Century House, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Purple leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. Like new. In shrinkwrap. Definitive biography of Louis Prang, Victorian color lithographer, artist, and art educator. Includes a checklist of Prang's chromolithographs, annotated bibliography, appendices, index. 16 full-page color plates, and countless illustrations.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Artwork by John Baldessari, Chris Burden. Contributions by Bruce Davis.

Softcover. New York, Abbeville, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 154 pages, color illustrations throughout. Very light wear to corners. Else a very clean, tight copy. Mary Cassatt's paintings and prints have long been treasured as some of the finest examples of Impressionist art. A rebel by the Victorian standards of her time, Mary Cassatt moved from the art schools of staid Philadelphia to the boulevards of Paris, where the young Impressionist movement was flourishing. Degas, her friend and mentor, encouraged her involvement in the new art movement.Cassatt's luminous, observant, and innovative works-chiefly interiors with women and children-helped define Impressionism and have been compared to Raphael's paintings for their beauty and dignity. Frank Getlein, noted art critic and historian, has selected 72 of Cassatt's finest works, each reproduced here in full color. His accompanying text relates the intimate details of her life to her paintings while clearly defining her relation to fellow artists and her place in modern art.

Softcover. Tokyo/NY, Kodansha USA, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Softcover with a dust jacket, 152 pages. Highlights over 130 outstanding examples from the vast holdings of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Strikingly original and sumptuously colored, the ukiyo-e in these pages recapture the spirit of the period in which they were created. Here can be found the glamorous courtesans of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters, the flamboyant vigor of kabuki theater, and the diversities of the Japanese landscape. Clean copy

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 231 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. 124 color prints. 13 gatefold illustrations especially valuable: nearly 5 feet wide when opened. Textual material includes descriptions of each screen reproduced, a glossary, and short biographies of the artists whose work is presented.

Hardcover. New York, NY, Collins Design, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor yellowing to dust jacket edges. Minor soiling to dust jacket rear and top edge of front. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Match Prints is a visual and editorial dialogue between two renowned photographers of music and film celebrities, Jim Marshall and Timothy White. Marshall, one of the foremost photographers of the rock music scene in the 1960s and 1970s, shot some of the most iconic images of the era, including Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar at Woodstock; White, one of the most in-demand music and Hollywood photographers working today, has built an equally impressive portfolio of photos in his 20 year career. Match Prints features images from the worlds of film and music, compares the work of the two photographers, and provides first-hand behind-the-scenes anecdotes. With an introduction by renowned music writer Anthony DeCurtis.

Softcover. Munich, Germany, Saint Louis Art Museum, 1st, 1984, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover exhibition catalog, 482 pages, many illustrations, over 100 in color. Extensive survey of paintings, drawings, watercolors and prints. Includes biography, bibliography and the index of names and paintings. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Haus der Kunst, Munich February 25-April 23, 1984 which moved on to St. Louis and Los Angeles. Clean. bright copy.

Hardcover. San Diego, Thunder Bay Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 144 pages illustrated in color. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS on the half-title page. Maxfield Parrish has long been considered one of the greatest American illustrators of the 20th century. In the early 1920s, when his works Garden of Allah and Daybreak were reproduced as art prints, he quickly became one of the best known artists in America with his art images appearing on posters, calendars, magazine covers, and book illustrations. His unmistakable paintings, characterized by "Parrish Blue" water and skies, luminescent rocks and hills, and exquisite young women in flowing classical robes, are infused with a romantic Eden-like quality so entrancing that reproductions are as enthusiastically received today as the prints were when they first appeared. A wonderful selection of his work with brilliant reproductions. Clean copy.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Pomegranate, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 164 pages. It was estimated in the 1920s that one out of four homes in America had one of Parrish's make-believe illustrations on the wall, and he remains one of our best-loved illustrators. This unique work, a celebration of "Parrish Blue" water and skies, hued hills, and young women draped in classical garments, is the result of a 1995 traveling exhibit, "Maxfield Parrish: A Retrospective." The Cutlers, he an architect and she a gallery owner, were instrumental in working with the Parrish Family Trust to put together that international exhibit to commemorate the artist's 125th birthday. The Cutlers were able to locate numerous items in private collections for the exhibit. Many of the 130 color plates are of these works, never reproduced before, while better-known pieces are lavishly reproduced from the original paintings rather than prints. The Parrish family offered rare photos for the biographical text, which is supplemented with a reminiscence by granddaughter Joanna Maxfield Parrish.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Pomegranate, 2nd pr., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 164 pages. It was estimated in the 1920s that one out of four homes in America had one of Parrish's make-believe illustrations on the wall, and he remains one of our best-loved illustrators. This unique work, a celebration of "Parrish Blue" water and skies, hued hills, and young women draped in classical garments, is the result of a 1995 traveling exhibit, "Maxfield Parrish: A Retrospective." The Cutlers, he an architect and she a gallery owner, were instrumental in working with the Parrish Family Trust to put together that international exhibit to commemorate the artist's 125th birthday. The Cutlers were able to locate numerous items in private collections for the exhibit. Many of the 130 color plates are of these works, never reproduced before, while better-known pieces are lavishly reproduced from the original paintings rather than prints. The Parrish family offered rare photos for the biographical text, which is supplemented with a reminiscence by granddaughter Joanna Maxfield Parrish.

Hardcover. Berkeley, Ca, Ten Speed Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages. Illustrated throughout with full-color and b&w prints, including full-color fold-outs. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket with illustrations to back and front. "THE MASTERWORKS stands as the authoritative collection of Parrish's best works. Compiled by long-time Parrish expert and curator Alma Gilbert...." New copy, in shrinkwrap.