art Sculpture

Hardcover. Newcastle UK, Locus + Publishing Ltd., 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages, gray hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket all in very good condition. Contains 377 illustrations, including 244 in color. Five essays, documentation of pieces, reference material. the most comprehensive monograph on Chris Burden to date. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Softcover. Jackson MS, University Press of Mississippi, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to wrappers, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Essays by Trudy Wilner Stack and Allen Tullos was published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of the same name. Christenberry's paintings, photography, sculpture and instal lations address the Southern identity. They describe and examine the social and material culture of the deep South.

Softcover. NY, Christie's, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 71 pages with 49 illustrations 31 in color. Stiff Illustrated wraps. Essay by William Paton. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stiff glossy covers completely illustrated in color, folded flaps, perfect binding, essay by Ellen R. Goheen and photography by Wolfgang Volz, 150 illustrations with 70 in full color, with documents, plans and fabric from the exhibition. Mild rubbing to covers; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY CHRYSSA on the front fly leaf. 55 illustrations, 12 in color. Early monograph on the Greek-born American sculptor who works with emitted light sources. Scarce signed copy. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Daegu Korea, Byuk-A Gallery, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 38 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Laid in essay on the Korean sculptor by You Hong June, "A Dialogue with Image and an Aesthetic of Stone". Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Padded vinyl covers, 221 pages illustrated in color and black and white. SIGNED BY OLDENBURG and dated '72 on the title page. Edges of vinyl with light soil, otherwise very good. This major retrospective exhibition was held 25 September to 23 November 1969. The catalogue designed by Chermayeff & Geismar Associates is a work of art in itself, from its innovative cover proudly highlighting the work of curator Barbara Rose, to the profusion of illustrations, both documentary of Oldenburg and his artistic peers and representative of his large body of work.

Hardcover. New York, Chelsea House, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket and plastic covering in very good condition. Brown cloth book marred a little by flakes of yellow paint on back cover. 274 pages, 379 illustrations (20 tipped-in color).

Softcover. Pasadena, CA, Pasadena Art Museum, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages. Exhibition catalog. Mostly black-and-white illustrations, with a few color illustrations. Light shelf-wear, scratching, and edge-wear on covers. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum. Features writings by the artist, including his proposals for monuments, as well as illustrations (mostly black/white, few color) of his sculptures and drawings. Also contains chronology of the artist's life and work.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, Ward Ritchie Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum. Features writings by the artist, including his proposals for monuments, as well as illustrations (mostly black/white, few color) of his sculptures and drawings. Also contains chronology of the artist's life and work. Cloth bound book is in very good condition. Dust jacket has some scratches/wear.

Hardcover. New York, PaceWildenstein, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only edgewear. Full page color photographs throughout. A tight copy.

Softcover. Stockholm, Sweden, Moderna Museet, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 84 pages, text in Swedish and English. Illustrated white cover in excellent condition. Minor rubbing on back cover. Clean, crisp pages with beautiful illustrations throughout. Tight binding. Very minor wear on cover corners.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 528 pages, b&w and color photographs throughout. A very clean, tight copy in great condition. This book is the first comprehensive account of Gabo's life, career, and artistic theory and practice. Martin Hammer and Christina Lodder explore in detail the evolution of the artist's work and his aesthetic concerns, creative processes, assimilation of such new materials as plastic, and approach to public sculpture. Drawing on Gabo's extensive and largely unpublished archives of letters, diaries, notebooks, models, and sketchbooks, they discuss the sculptor's work in the context of his relations with other avant-garde artists, architects, and critics, including his brother Antoine Pevsner.

Softcover. Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 237 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Color photographs throughout.

Hardcover. Long Beach CA, Long Beach Museum of Art, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a nice dust jacket. Since 1970, Mizuno's work has evolved from functional dinnerware to abstract sculptural forms, from playful and humorous trompe l'oeil plates to richly layered sculpture informed by his evocative personal history, paralleling the development of the ceramics field itself in the late 20th century as it evolved from functional forms to a medium of full artistic expression. The exhibition is the first major museum exhibition to survey the work of this artist whose superbly crafted works, while firmly grounded in the traditions of the ceramic arts, extend to new forms in clay that defy traditional categories. This exhibition catalogue designed by Takaaki Matsumoto includes a forward, interview with the artist, a biography and exhibition history, and the exhibition checklist of 48 artworks. The exhibition and publication trace the work of this Japanese-born, Los Angeles-based ceramist from 1971 through 2003. Interview of the artist by Deborah McLeod, foreword by Museum Director Harold Nelson Format: hardcover Dimensions: 8-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches, 96 pages plus cover / 51 color plates. in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title at the Long Beach Museum of Art November 18, 2005 through January 15, 2006.

Hardcover. Long Beach CA, Long Beach Museum of Art, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 95 pages, illustrated with 45 color plates. Like new in publisher's shrinkwrap. Since 1970, Mizuno's work has evolved from functional dinnerware to abstract sculptural forms, from playful and humorous trompe l'oeil plates to richly layered sculpture informed by his evocative personal history, paralleling the development of the ceramics field itself in the late 20th century as it evolved from functional forms to a medium of full artistic expression. The exhibition is the first major museum exhibition to survey the work of this artist whose superbly crafted works, while firmly grounded in the traditions of the ceramic arts, extend to new forms in clay that defy traditional categories. This exhibition catalogue designed by Takaaki Matsumoto includes a forward, interview with the artist, a biography and exhibition history, and the exhibition checklist of 48 artworks. The exhibition and publication trace the work of this Japanese-born, Los Angeles-based ceramist from 1971 through 2003. ISBN 0-97127772-3-0 Published by the Long Beach Museum of Art Interview of the artist by Deborah McLeod, foreword by Museum Director Harold Nelson Format: hardcover Dimensions: 8-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches 96 page plus cover / 51 color plates.

Softcover. MA, Harvard College, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 107 pages. 21 B&W plates, 61 B&W figures. B&w pictorial wrapper with soiling to both covers and some edgewear. Bottom edge slightly soiled. Previous owner name and date on front flyleaf. Overall, a nice, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , Knoedler & Co./Rizzoli, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Unpaginated (68 pages), 55 illustrations (53 color). Published in conjunction with exhibition shown at Knoedler & Company, April 29 to May 20, 1995, and at Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, September 1 to September 30, 1995, with checklist of 53 sculptures, paintings and drawings exhibited. Introductory essay, "David Smith's Embrace" by Michael Brenson. Bright, clean copy.

Softcover. Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 225 pages. 8 plates, B&W photographs throughout. pictorial cover with slight bending of back bottom corner and slight wear to spine. Frontispiece. Overall, a clean, tight copy.

Softcover. Washington D.C, National Gallery of Art, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 225 pages, illustrated throughout with photos in b&w and color. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear to edges and spine, else a very nice, tight, clean copy.

Softcover. Burlington VT, BCA Center, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 page exhibition catalog illustrated in color. SIGNED BY ARTIST on the title page. Text includes the artist's remarks and essays by Courtney Lynch and Jasminr Parsia. Related postcard and brochure laid in. For more than five decades, Stromeyer has created sculptures whose graphic forms, saturated colors, and complex, balanced compositions seem to defy steel's material limits. Despite the weight of their materials and construction--including welded, cold-bent, half-ton steel plates--many of Stromeyer's sculptures play with space and perception; they seem to defy gravity, appearing to float and extend upwards effortlessly in the landscape. Very Good plus.

Softcover. NY, Abbeville Press, 3rd printing, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 255 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. a Clean, tight copy. Third printing of this large trade paperback published for the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis for the 1982 exhibition. Illustrated with 205 b&w and color plates.

Softcover. NY, Abbeville Press, 3rd printing, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 255 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. a Clean, tight copy. Third printing of this large trade paperback published for the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis for the 1982 exhibition. Illustrated with 205 b&w and color plates.

Softcover. US, Yale University Press with Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. This beautiful book is the first full-length study of Degas`s Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, one of the most famous and beloved of all nineteenth-century sculptures. The book surveys the history, character, and significance of the sculpture, as well as its social context and the mixed reactions to it over the years.