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Trovaby: Kultermann, Udo and Ernest Trova

Trova
by: Kultermann, Udo and Ernest Trova

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 220 pages. 176 b&w and color plates, fold outs. Biography of Ernst Trova, self-taught painter and contemporary sculpture artist, known especially for his series entitled Falling Man. White cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt design on front, Very nice, clean and well preserved copy. Looks as good as new.

Record # 605092

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Two Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914by: Mondrian, Piet (Mondriaan, Pieter Cornelis); Welsh, Robert P.; Joosten, J.M.; Holtzman, Harry

Two Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914
by: Mondrian, Piet (Mondriaan, Pieter Cornelis); Welsh, Robert P.; Joosten, J.M.; Holtzman, Harry

Hardcover. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff International , 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Large oblong hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY JOOF JOOSTEN on the front fly leaf. 84 pages with B/W reproductions of the sketchbooks on each page. Hand-written text transcribed in both Dutch and English. This book makes clear how the abstract art of Mondrian was conceived. A classic book, published in 1969, Measuring an impressive 14.3 x 11 inches. Published on the occasion of adding these TWO SKETCH BOOKS to the collection of the Haags Gemeentemuseum. Tape repairs to reverse of dust jacket, previous owner's embossed stamp and small sticker to front fly leaf. Otherwise a clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 399437

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Un Siecle de Sculpture Anglaiseby: Bonnefoy, Francoise

Un Siecle de Sculpture Anglaise
by: Bonnefoy, Francoise

Hardcover. Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 506 pages, hundreds of b&w and color illustrations featuring English sculptors and their work. Boards with die-cut to front cover revealing art on front fly leaf. FRENCH TEXT, clean and tight copy.

Record # 404918

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Universal Limited Art Editions: A History and Catalogue : The First Twenty-Five Yearsby: Sparks, Esther

Universal Limited Art Editions: A History and Catalogue : The First Twenty-Five Years
by: Sparks, Esther

Hardcover. New York, Harry N Abrams, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 551 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket. 894 illustrations, with 163 in full color. An exhaustive and lavishly illustrated history of the legendary print publisher Universal Limited Art Editions, and its founders Tatyana and Maurice Grosman. NOTE: THIS LARGE HEAVY VOLUME UNAVAILABLE FOR SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE U.S.

Record # 404970

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Vasily Kandinsky. From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925by: Barnett Vivian with Shulamith Behr and Reinhold Heller

Vasily Kandinsky. From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925
by: Barnett Vivian with Shulamith Behr and Reinhold Heller

Hardcover. Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 207 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. This catalogue accompanies a major exhibition devoted to Vasily Kandinsky, held at the Neue Galerie from 3 October, 2013 until 10 February, 2014. It explores the evolution of his work from the Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus years. During this period, Kandinsky developed his revolutionary abstract style and began to move beyond conventional easel painting.

Record # 353227

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Victor Willing: Visions by: Willing Victor & Nicholas Serota

Victor Willing: Visions
by: Willing Victor & Nicholas Serota

Softcover. London, Art/Books Hastings Contemporary, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 128 pages illustrated in color. The husband of Paula Rego and a visionary artist in his own right, Victor Willing (1928-1988) creates work that is characterized by dreamlike and hallucinatory imagery. Published to accompany the first major retrospective of his career, this volume traces his life decade by decade, charting his history of creative block and ill health, and analysing his paintings, drawings and sculptures.

Record # 382810

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Visions of Paris - Robert Delaunay's Seriesby: Rosenthal, Mark/Matthew Drutt/Guggenheim Museum

Visions of Paris - Robert Delaunay's Series
by: Rosenthal, Mark/Matthew Drutt/Guggenheim Museum

Softcover. New York, Guggenheim Museum, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 147 pages. Softcover. Full color illustrations. Light bump to top right corner. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 612308

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Warhol & Mapplethorpe: Guise & Dollsby: Pacelli, Maria Luisa and Patricia Hickson (Ed.)

Warhol & Mapplethorpe: Guise & Dolls
by: Pacelli, Maria Luisa and Patricia Hickson (Ed.)

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press/Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 184 pages, 148 color plates. A landmark examination of iconic and provocative portraits by Warhol and Mapplethorpe, presented side by side and in depth for the first time.

Record # 353186

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Warhol in China by: Michael Frahm/Tony Godfrey/Andy Warhol

Warhol in China
by: Michael Frahm/Tony Godfrey/Andy Warhol

Hardcover. Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2014, Hardcover in pictorial boards with a red cloth spine, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) flew to Beijing (via Hong Kong) in 1982, recording his impressions in brief journal entries while also photographing. His presence in China electrified Beijing's avant-garde, and his photographs record both his own delight in encountering the city's artists and their delight i30 color plates. Text in English and Chinese. Clean copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 377958

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Warhol in China by: Michael Frahm/Tony Godfrey/Andy Warhol

Warhol in China
by: Michael Frahm/Tony Godfrey/Andy Warhol

Hardcover. Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2014, Hardcover in pictorial boards with a red cloth spine, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) flew to Beijing (via Hong Kong) in 1982, recording his impressions in brief journal entries while also photographing. His presence in China electrified Beijing's avant-garde, and his photographs record both his own delight in encountering the city's artists and their delight i30 color plates. Text in English and Chinese. Clean copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 377957

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Warhol: Headlinesby: Donovan, Molly

Warhol: Headlines
by: Donovan, Molly

Hardcover. New York, Prestel Publishing, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 214 pages, color plates. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and three other institutions between Sept. 25, 2011 and Jan. 6, 2013.

Record # 352414

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Warhol: Headlinesby: Molly Donovan , John J. Curley , et al.

Warhol: Headlines
by: Molly Donovan , John J. Curley , et al.

Softcover. Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 224 pages. Headline-making in every sense, the myriad works of art in which Andy Warhol used or referenced tabloids throughout his career are explored in this book as a coherent body for the first time. Obsessed with contemporary culture, Warhol celebrated the sensational as well as the mundane in every facet of society. His headline works, which were realized in a range of formats--from two-dimensional to time-based media such as film, video, and television--chart in real time the great shift in the technological means employed to deliver the news from the 1950s until the artist's death in 1987. This companion volume to a riveting exhibition brings together more than 80 works, from Warhol's earliest drawings and paintings of newspaper headlines, to his screen-printed canvases, photographs, and electronic media, and concluding with collaborative works he produced with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Featuring illuminating essays and abundant reproductions of the headline works, as well as source materials and examples of Warhol's private scrapbooks of clippings, this unique and powerful volume demonstrates the rich intersection of mainstream media and fine art.

Record # 361813

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Wassily Kandinsky: Leben und Werk (GERMAN TEXT)by: Grohmann, Will

Wassily Kandinsky: Leben und Werk (GERMAN TEXT)
by: Grohmann, Will

Hardcover. Cologne, M. DuMont Schauberg, 2nd pr., 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 428 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Indexed, TEXT IN GERMAN. Illustrated with 41 color plates, 100 fullpage b/w plates. In-depth monograph on the life and work of Kandinsky. Mild edgewear to dust jacket spine. Scratch to rear dust jacket. Dust jacket front flap creased. Tape stains to front and rear flyleaf. Light bumping to spine. First major retrospective monograph. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951277

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Wayne Thiebaud: A Retrospectiveby: Wilmerding, John

Wayne Thiebaud: A Retrospective
by: Wilmerding, John

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli/Aquavella Gallery, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 192 pages. Famous for his lush early '60s paintings of cakes and other sweets, this retrospective of Wayne Thiebaud is the definitive book on the seminal American artist. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same title, Wayne Thiebaud: A Retrospective is the first major survey in twelve years of the work of one of the most original and accomplished American artists. This large-format book is a retrospective of his work from the 1960s to today, with numerous works coming from the artist's collection. Like many artists, Thiebaud has held on to some of the best examples of his work from every period. The book also includes his most recent work up to 2012--at 91, Thiebaud is still working from his studio in Sacramento. With more than ninety color illustrations, this book and the exhibition it documents--put together by noted art historian John Wilmerding--reveal the painter to be preoccupied with a larger slice of American life.

Record # 361898

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Wayne Thiebaud: Riverscapes 2002by: Thiebaud, Paul Lebaron; Stone, Allan; Faggionato, Gerard

Wayne Thiebaud: Riverscapes 2002
by: Thiebaud, Paul Lebaron; Stone, Allan; Faggionato, Gerard

Softcover. San Francisco, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated thick wraps. appx. 44 pages, 12 color plates, half-tone frontispiece and color wraps. This exhibition was also held at the Alan Stone Gallery and Faggionato Fine Arts. The exhibition listed 6 works. Several short introductory essays by the various gallery owners.

Record # 353210

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Wayne Thiebaud: Updated Edition by: Baker, Kenneth, Contributor: Weber, Nicholas Fox, Wilkin, Karen, Yau, John

Wayne Thiebaud: Updated Edition
by: Baker, Kenneth, Contributor: Weber, Nicholas Fox, Wilkin, Karen, Yau, John

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli Electa, 1st thus, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. In remembrance of revered American artist Wayne Thiebaud who passed away in 2021 at the age of 101, the definitive monograph of Wayne Thiebaud's work is now available in a reformatted, accessibly priced edition, including his last paintings.This is the most comprehensive monograph to date on Wayne Thiebaud, with new works added, in a reformatted size. Spanning the length of his career from the 1950s to the present, the book has been made in close collaboration with the artist. Thiebaud selected the works himself, making the book an act of autobiography in a sense. At age 100, he looks back over his life and his work, rich with breakthroughs in painting and masterful individuality.

Record # 380488

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Wayne Thiebaudby: Baker, Kenneth

Wayne Thiebaud
by: Baker, Kenneth

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 358 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The most comprehensive and deluxe monograph on Wayne Thiebaud, a celebrated and active American artist, spanning the length of his career, from the mid-1950s to the present. Wayne Thiebaud is one of the world's most popular and respected painters. Born in 1920, he has lived for most of his life in Sacramento, with much of his youth spent in Long Beach; Southern California, in particular Laguna Beach, remains an area of great sentimentality. For this book he has selected the works himself, an act of autobiography in a sense. At age 94, he looked back over his life and his work, rich with breakthroughs in painting and masterful individuality. This deluxe volume, with more than 200 illustrations, covers Thiebaud's career as a painter and draftsman from 1959 to 2014. It features many of the still lifes of pies, cakes, desserts, candies, and other objects--lusciously painted, brightly colored, perfectly composed, and gently comic--for which he is best known. Such works brought national recognition in 1962 with a seminal exhibition at the Allan Stone Gallery in New York, attracting rave reviews and, to the discomfort of the artist himself, leading critics to see him as part of the Pop Art movement. The other artistic genres that he cultivated most avidly since then are landscape and cityscape, with special interests in the Sacramento River valley and San Francisco. New essays by a wide range of writers give a fresh perspective on his life and work.

Record # 352191

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Wide Awake In Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture And Modernism In The Art Of Winsor McCayby: Roeder, Katherine

Wide Awake In Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture And Modernism In The Art Of Winsor McCay
by: Roeder, Katherine

Hardcover. Jackson MS, University Press of Mississippi, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Cartoonist Winsor McCay (1869-1934) is rightfully celebrated for the skillful draftmanship and inventive design sense he displayed in the comic strips Little Nemo in Slumberland and Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. McCay crafted narratives of anticipation, abundance, and unfulfilled longing. This book explores McCay's interest in dream imagery in relation to the larger preoccupation with fantasy that dominated the popular culture of early twentieth-century urban America. McCay's role as a pioneer of early comics has been documented; yet, no existing study approaches him and his work from an art historical perspective, giving close readings of individual artworks while situating his output within the larger visual culture and the rise of modernism. From circus posters and vaudeville skits to department store window displays and amusement park rides, McCay found fantastical inspiration in New York City's burgeoning entertainment and retail districts. Wide Awake in Slumberland connects McCay's work to relevant children's literature, advertising, architecture, and motion pictures in order to demonstrate the artist's sophisticated blending and remixing of multiple forms from mass culture. Studying this interconnection in McCay's work and, by extension, the work of other early twentieth-century cartoonists, Roeder traces the web of relationships connecting fantasy, leisure, and consumption. Readings of McCay's drawings and the eighty-one black and white and color illustrations reveal a man who was both a ready participant and an incisive critic of the rising culture of fantasy and consumerism.

Record # 352455

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Will Barnet: A Sketchbook, 1932-1934by: Barnet/ Robert C. Morgan (Intro.), Will

Will Barnet: A Sketchbook, 1932-1934
by: Barnet/ Robert C. Morgan (Intro.), Will

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 90 pages, 37 plates. Internationally acclaimed artist Will Barnet reveals never-before-seen early drawings that profoundly influenced the direction of his career. These intimate drawings portraying Central Park during the Great Depression have never been exhibited or published-until now. The drawings have been stored in Will Barnet's studio for decades, always serving as a reference and source of inspiration for later projects (like the etchings included here) but never coming to light as an independent body of work.

Record # 360836

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Willem De Kooning - Reflections in the Studio (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)by: Lieber, Edvard

Willem De Kooning - Reflections in the Studio (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)
by: Lieber, Edvard

Hardcover. New York, Abrams, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 137 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrated with full color photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613370

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Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, December 15, 1983-February 26, 1984 by: Cummings, Paul, Jorn Merkert /Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, December 15, 1983-February 26, 1984
by: Cummings, Paul, Jorn Merkert /Willem de Kooning

Softcover. NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 306 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout, b&w frontispiece. Light edge wear, rubbing to wrappers. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 396331

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Willem de Kooning: Paintings by: Sylvester, David; Shiff, Richard; Prather, Martha

Willem de Kooning: Paintings
by: Sylvester, David; Shiff, Richard; Prather, Martha

Hardcover. Washington DC, National Gallery /Yale University, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 231 pages, numerous color and bw plates. Catalogue of a de Kooning exhibition, organized by the National Gallery in association with the Tate Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This illustrated survey of de Kooning's paintings covers the period from 1938 through 1986. The catalogue, by curator Prather, is preceded by two critical essays: Sylvester's "Flesh Was the Reason" and Shiff's "Water and Lipstick: De Kooning in Transition." 12'' x 9.75''. Clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 382251

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Willem de Kooningby: Thomas B. Hess

Willem de Kooning
by: Thomas B. Hess

Hardcover. NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in bright yellow dust jacket with fading to spine. 170 pages, 16 color, 99 b&w illustrations. One of the standard exhibitions on this artist. Great plates, lengthy bibliography and list of exhibitions, index. Main essay written by Thomas B. Hess. Clean copy.

Record # 385938

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Women: Pablo Picasso, Max Beckmann, Willem de Kooningby: Bronfen, Elisabeth

Women: Pablo Picasso, Max Beckmann, Willem de Kooning
by: Bronfen, Elisabeth

Hardcover. US, Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 348 pages, 169 illustrations. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The depictions and roles of women in the paintings of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Max Beckmann (1884-1950) and Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) typically give rise to conversations and presumptions about machismo and misogyny. Of course, these artists' portrayals of women cannot be dismissed so easily, and in fact all offer highly nuanced explorations of the theme. This publication explores their depictions of women as more than painterly projections of male longing and desire, treating them as reflections of social and political conflicts and upheavals. Contributions from art historians, sociologists and artists approach the figures of women in these bodies of work from a variety of perspectives: for Picasso, as a catalyst for a confrontation with the artist's own life and history; for Beckmann, as completely independent themes; and for de Kooning, as the force that makes artistic expression itself possible.

Record # 350643

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Works of Edward Ruscha, Theby: Hickey, Dave & Peter Plagens

Works of Edward Ruscha, The
by: Hickey, Dave & Peter Plagens

Hardcover. New York, Hudson Hills Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 182 pages, 62 color plates (including 9 gatefolds) and 150 illustrations in b&w and duotone. Monograph of Edward Ruscha, icon of the funky, laid-back world of Californian modern art. Yellow cloth, gilt lettering and unfortunate, but small ink-stains to spine. Pictorial dust jacket with light wear and some sun-fading to spine. Overall a very neat, clean, tight copy.

Record # 805419

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Yale Mathematics Building Competition, The: Architecture for a Time of Questioningby: Moore & Pyle, Ed., Charles W. & Nicholas

Yale Mathematics Building Competition, The: Architecture for a Time of Questioning
by: Moore & Pyle, Ed., Charles W. & Nicholas

Hardcover. New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Illustrated history of the Yale's 1969 architectural competition. 117 pages, illustrated fully with black/white photographs and drawings, mostly full-page. Book is cloth bound and in near fine condition, dust jacket is in good condition: bottom of the spine and few edges show wear, small rip on the back at the top edge and small stain on the back as well.

Record # 804855

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