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. Berlin, Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. 290 pages with 90 illustrations in color. Edited by Ruth Ronen. Text by Ariella Azoulay, Adi Efhal. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 18 November 2007-13 January 2008. Biography.
Softcover. Antwerp, Bernard Blondeel, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 36 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Exhibition catalog of sculptures and drawings. Clean copy.
Softcover. San Francisco , Chronicle Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 143 pages, color illustrations. Stephen De Staebler's evocative rendering of the human body is epitomized by the life-size figures and torsos represented in more than seventy full-color illustrations in Stephen De Staebler: The Figure, the first full-length monograph on this major American artist. Noted critic Donald Kuspit, a contribut-ing editor of Art in America, discusses how De Staebler's use of clay and bronze reflects the metaphysical foundations of his art. De Staebler's "archaic" figures evoke a sense of the past, while at the same time raising questions essential to modern human existence. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Milan, Mondadori, 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 6 unnumbered pages including the inside of both covers. Publisher's thick pictorial boards backed in white cloth-patterned paper & saddle stapled. Lightly soiled, edges slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. A nice example with all flaps and concealed color illustrations in perfect working order. Three stories of birds each with it's own open-the-flap text and graphic art. Laid in is a typed English translation of the text. Bruno Munari was "one of the most celebrated names in twentieth century Italy in graphic designing who fundamentally altered the landscape of many fields of visual arts, futurism and modernism He is credited for his contribution to industrial design, sculpture, painting, literature, film and concrete art." A collector's copy of this scarce title.
Hardcover. Oxford, UK, Phaidon Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 80 pages, 67 illustrations, including 28 plates in full color. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Blue pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to covers, else a very nice, clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Oxford UK, Phaidon Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 80 pages, 67 illustrations, including 28 plates in full color. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Blue pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to covers, else a very nice, clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, pages. History and analysis of the American artistic phenomenon of Superrealism. Contains 72 color plates and 68 black/white plates as well as notes on particular artists. Very good condition; no internal marks, slight wear on the edges of the dust jacket.
Hardcover. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, White boards with pink lettering on spine; Color illustrated dj.; 362 pp.; 250 color, 100 bw illustrations. Accompanied a major exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum; Includes works by Salvador Dali, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, and others; Extensive annotations; Great overview of the subject.
Softcover. Milwaukee, David Barnett Gallery, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, exhibition catalog, 20 pages, b&w, 3 color plates. Masking tape over gallery logo on rear cover, with Falkman's phone number and address in her hand. Bright copy.
Softcover. Milwaukee, David Barnett Gallery, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, exhibition catalog, 20 pages, b&w, 3 color plates. Long inscription by the sculptor on the inside front cover. Bright copy.
Hardcover. Crowood Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 222 pages., color plates. This impressive work encompasses history, anthropology, and an expert exposition of textile arts from this region where textiles may denote group identity and may represent a large portion of a family's wealth. The author draws upon both published information and her own extensive travels in the area, describing practices and techniques that she observed in use in situ. She illustrates cultural and historical patterns in costume, often with the aid of temple paintings, sculpture, and historic photographs to supplement current images. Her descriptions of techniques, for example of weaving, are admirably balanced -- detailed enough to inform while presented with sufficient general information for a non-specialist reader. The illustrative material is good, often her own or her son's photographs, that shows the labor-intensive processes and world-class skills as well as the resulting spectacular museum pieces.
Hardcover. Candlewick , 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glazed boards, 16 pages. The first in a series spotlighting Marvel superheroes, this trapezoid-shaped offering combines comic-book excerpts with action-packed pop-ups to introduce the web-slinging wonder. Four foldout comic-strip sections spread throughout the book relate Peter Parker's story: the bookish teen's fateful encounter with a radioactive spider; his testing of his new powers at a wrestling match and donning of the familiar costume; the murder of his beloved Uncle Ben; and his capture of the perpetrator and transformation from self-absorbed media star to justice-serving hero. Colorful 3-D sculptures leap out at readers with every turn of the page as they meet seven of Spider-Man's most ferocious foes, including the Green Goblin, Doc Ock, and the Vulture. These spreads feature a storyboard retelling of how each villain gained his superhuman abilities; a slide-out tab listing his vital statistics, skills, weapons, and cool gadgets; and, in most cases, an encounter between the bad guy and Spidey. Additional pull-out files highlight other key characters. The pop-up images, many embellished with bright metallic paper, retain the nostalgic appeal of the retro comic-book art while injecting an element of movement and excitement. After
Softcover. Washington DC, National Gallery of Art , 2nd pr., 203, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 334 pages illustrated with 224 color plates, 86 black & white. One of America's most innovative artists, Romare Bearden (1911-1988) made colorful and passionate images that reflected his life in a time of creative ferment. His influences ranged from the old masters to African art, as well as the world around him: popular religion and ritual, jazz clubs and brothels, the history and literature of his time, and the places he lived (the rural South, Pittsburgh and Harlem, the Caribbean island of St. Martin). The resulting images are fresh and evocative, filled with quirky details and rhythmic forms. This authoritative and beautiful book, which accompanies a major retrospective opening at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., provides a provocative and absorbing look at a beloved artist. The Art of Romare Bearden showcases compelling examples of his pioneering work: complex collages and photostats; watercolors, gouaches, and oils; little-known landscapes; his only known sculpture; costume designs; and book illustrations. Mildwear to corners otherwise very good, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Pictorial boards with die-cut window and front mechanism very good. Still in publisher shrinkwrap. introduction by Adam Gopnik. Goldberg (1883 - 1970) was the most famous cartoonist of his time, best known for his comical inventions, which were syndicated in daily newspapers throughout the world. Author Jennifer George celebrates all aspects of her grandfather's career, from his very first published drawings in his high school newspaper and college yearbook to his iconic inventions, his comic strips and advertising work, and his later sculpture and Pulitzer Prize - winning political cartoons. Also included are essays by noted comics historians, rare photographs, letters, memorabilia, and patents, many reproduced here for the first time.
Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 Volumes. Elephant Folios. 3/4 leather. Raised bands on spines. Titles in gilt. Designed by Stanford White, a.e.g. with marbled end papers. Set is 16 5/8 inches tall. Profusely illustrated with textual illustrations with fifty photogravures in color on heavy stock. There are also one hundred and twenty full-page typogravures in black and white. One plate with chipped edges - E. L. Weeks - "Three Beggars of Cordova". Rubbing to corner covers and along spines. Interiors clean and unmarked. Both volumes Very Good. Combined volumes weigh approximately 30 lbs - please contact us concerning shipping costs.
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 336 pages. An exploration of the ways in which some of the most influential artists of the 19th and 20th centuries used photography in their painting and sculpture. Paintings, sculpture and photographs by such artists as Bonnard, Degas, Gauguin, Moreau, Munch, Picasso and Rosso are discussed and reproduced. Illustrated in color and B/W, index. Clean copy.
Softcover. Louisville KY, Chicago Spectrum Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, b&w illustrations throughout. INSCRIBED BY HAMILTON on the front fly leaf. Ed Hamilton was raised on a street, in a neighborhood, that no longer exists. But Walnut Street and the now razed black professional district are vibrant and alive in this account of how one skinny black youth became a nationally acclaimed sculptor. This autobiography chronicles not just one man, but a way of life. It is filled with photos of art work now located all over the U.S., in private homes, public plazas, and prestigious museums.
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