Hardcover. Atlanta GA, High Museum of Art, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 191 pages, color and b&w plates. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. John Henry Twatchman (1853 - 1902) was an American painter best known for his Impressionist landscape paintings, though his painting style varied widely through his career. Art historians consider Twachtman's work to be among the more personal and experimental of his generation. He was a member of "The Ten", a loosely allied group of American artists, whose members included Childe Hassam, Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, and Robert Reid.
Softcover. New York, Christie's Houston, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover auction catalog, 435 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light edge wear to wrappers. Else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2010-11-09, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 224 pages, profuse color and b&w illustrations and plates. The essays in John La Farge's Second Paradise explore the artist's reemergence as a plain air landscape painter, his use of the sketchbook, and his late decorative work, which was reinvigorated by the experience of light and color he discovered in the South Seas. Further discussions examine the prevailing notions of tropical paradise perpetuated since Captain Cook's "discovery" of Polynesia in the late 18th century, and offer the first extended comparison of the careers and art of La Farge and Paul Gauguin, who arrived in Tahiti only days after La Farge left in 1891. Featuring many previously unpublished works, this beautiful book is a major contribution to the study of La Farge's life and art. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap.
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages, profuse color and b&w illustrations and plates. The essays in John La Farge's Second Paradise explore the artist's reemergence as a plain air landscape painter, his use of the sketchbook, and his late decorative work, which was reinvigorated by the experience of light and color he discovered in the South Seas. Further discussions examine the prevailing notions of tropical paradise perpetuated since Captain Cook's "discovery" of Polynesia in the late 18th century, and offer the first extended comparison of the careers and art of La Farge and Paul Gauguin, who arrived in Tahiti only days after La Farge left in 1891. Featuring many previously unpublished works, this beautiful book is a major contribution to the study of La Farge's life and art. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap.
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. 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.
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.
Softcover. New York, Kennedy Galleries, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Exhibition catalog. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with 86 plates in color and b&w. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight wear to edges and spine, else a very nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. Minneapolis MN, University of Minnesota Press, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages, illustrated with b&w photos, one color plate. Dust jacket with light rubbing, edgewear.
Softcover. New York, Coe Kerr Gallery & Wittenborn Art Books,, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with 65 plates in color and b&w. White pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear and foxing to covers and spine, else a very nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 309 pages. b&w illustrations. In this meticulous and witty work, Stanley Olson uncovers the complex nature of Sargent's life and stunning career. Probable ex-lib with label on spine but no other markings.
Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. 338 illustrations, including 113 plates in full color. Gives beautiful insight into the extravagant glamour of Sargent's society portraits, watercolors and Boston Murals. Folio. Purple cloth, gilt lettering to spine. previous owner's inscription on front edge paper. Very nice, clean and tight copy. Minor wrinkle to lower edge of dust jacket's spine, otherwise in near fine condition.
Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Large format hardcover, 256 pages. 338 illustrations, 113 in color. Bright, tight copy with very good dust jacket.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 Volumes: Volume I, Copley in America, 244 pages. Volume II, Copley in England, 472 pages. Brown and blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to front and spine, blue slip case with b&w illustration, previous owner's pencil inscriptions to front endpapers of both volumes. 334 b&w plates to volume I, 334 b&w plates to volume II. Light wear to slip case and edges of covers; overall both volumes are clean, tight copies.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 volume hardcover set. Volume 1: In America, 1738-1774, Volume 2: In England, 1774-1815. 491 pages + illustrations in b&w. Brown/blue cloth with gilt titles, slipcase. Light shelf-wear to covers and faint foxing to top edge. Light wear to slipcase, else a clean, tight set.
Hardcover. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. 284 pages, 210 BW illustrations. A catalogue raisonne of Copley's work in America prior to his departure for England in 1774. Begins with a 12-page biography. Clean copy, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, Boston Book & Art, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 215 pages, 176 illustrations in b&w and color. A book issued in conjunction with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington celebrating the centennial of Sloan's birth. Includes a list of books illustrated by the artist, other selected bibliography. Dust Jacket with light edgewear, rubbing.
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, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket with chipping to top of spine, still very good. 246 pp., 26 b&w illustrations. Biography written by close friend of the artist. Name on inside front cover otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket with tear to lower edge of back cover and slight edgewear to spine, still very good. 246 pp., 26 b&w illustrations. Biography written by close friend of the artist.
Softcover. New York, Dover, 1st, July 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Unpaginated, 66 b&w plates. Light edge wear to wrappers, top right corner slightly bent. Else a clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Wilmington, DE, Delaware Art Museum, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 150 pages. Exhibition catalog. Mostly black-and-white, with some color, illustrations. Light sun-fade to spine. A little wear to bottom corner of front cover. Very good, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New Haven CONNECTICUT, Yale University Press , 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover, 239 pages, 134 pages of text, 135 b&w illustrations, 26 color plates. A catalogue of 533 items by this important American artist. Near fine in a slipcase, still in shrinkwrap. Sun fade to spine. John Smibert (1688-1751) was the first portrait painter of distinction to attempt to carve out an existence in colonial America. This book by Richard Saunders is both a catalogue raisonne of Smibert's work and a discussion of his life and career. Saunders explores Smibert's early Scottish and London training as well as his travels to Italy; his portrait practice in London; his arrival in America and his stylistic development; the creation of The Bermuda Group, Smibert's masterpiece; and, finally, the business of portrait painting in Boston.
Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, Univ of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 86 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Minor shelf wear on front cover. Black and white images throughout. Tight copy.