‎Painting‎

‎ALI NAMIC [sic. NAMIK], (1885-1953).‎

‎[EARLY TURKISH CRITICS OF SOCIALISM] Verite, justice, bonte. [i.e. Truth, justice, goodness].‎

‎Very Good French Original wrappers. Minor wear on spine, age-toned and foxing on some pages. Overall a very good copy. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In French. 446 p. First and only edition of this very scarce book written by the son of Ottoman sadrazam [i.e. prime minister] Küçük Said Pasha, including early critics of socialism. It is the first of the three books of this aristocratic Francophone Turkish intellectual who spent his childhood and youth among books, in his own words, "secluded among books". He wrote his all books in French language. Antoine Zellich, who came from Dalmatia as the manager of the printing house of Henri Cayol, who brought lithography to Istanbul, continued to operate the Cayol Printing House for a while after the death of his master in 1865 due to the cholera epidemic. Zellich, who was honored with the title of "printer of the Vatican" by Pope Leon XIII in 1888, died in Istanbul in 1890. The printing press is inherited by his eldest son, gregoire Zellich, and his brothers. This printing house continued its activities by growing and developing in Istanbul, printed a wide variety of products from books to magazines, calendars to stationery, school books to maps and commercial notebooks, and he sold them in its shops in Pera, Beyoglu. The company "Zeliç Brothers" continued its commercial activities in the republican period until it was closed in the 1960s.‎

‎NES'E ERDOK, (Turkish female artist), (1940-).‎

‎Nes'e Erdok. [Exhibition catalogue]. Edited by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Mehmet Ergüven.‎

‎Fine Turkish Paperback. 4to. (28 x 23 cm). In Turkish. 76 p., color ills. Nes'e Erdok. [Exhibition catalogue]. Edited by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Mehmet Ergüven.‎

‎AHMET KAMIL GÖREN, (1956-).‎

‎Türk resim sanatinda Sisli Atölyesi ve Viyana Sergisi. [i.e. Atelier Sisli and Vienna Exhibition in the history of Turkish painting art]. Project by Yalçin Sadak, Sema Sener.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (28 x 23 cm). In Turkish. 208 p., color and b/w ills. This book has been prepared due to the exhibition held in the Military Museum and Culture Site between May 6 and May 15, 1997 in cooperation with the Municipality of Sisli and the Painting and Sculpture Museums Association. One of 1000 copies. "... The old "La Societa Operaia" and the new "Galatasaraylilar Yurdu" [i.e. Dormitory of Galatasaray Lycee] in Beyoglu, Pera started to host three art exhibitions; the first two would be held in the spring of 1916 and 1917, and the last one, which hosted paintings about the war - what would later become known as the Sisli Studio - was held in late 1917 before being brought to Vienna. The Vienna exhibition hosted 20 artists; Zekai Pasha, who had exhibited only one work in the late 1917 exhibition, "Bir Konak Dahili" [i.e. Interior of a Mansion] did not take part in the Vienna show, while the Prince Abdülmecid Efendi, the honorary president of the Society, who had not attended the 1917 exhibition, sent four paintings to Vienna. The opening of the Vienna exhibition was conducted by the Archduke himself. The exhibition, as Celal Esad pointed out, was well received by both Austrian visitors and the press. A poster was designed and the exhibition was accompanied with a German catalogue, Ausstellung Türkischer Maler [i.e. Exhibition of Turkish Painters]. Turkish artists who attended Vienna Exhibition are: Prince Abdulmejid, Ömer Adil Bey, Ali Cemal Ben'im, Ali Sami Boyar, Cevat Bey, Feyhaman Duran, Harika (Sirel Lifij) Hanim, Halil Pasha, Hikmet Onat, Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Ismail Hakki Bey, Mehmed Ali Laga, Mahmud Bey, Namik Ismail, Rusen Zamir Hanim, Mehmed Ruhi Bey, Mehmed Sami Bey (Yetik), Sevket Dag, Diyarbakirli Tahsin, and Ibrahim Çalli; with their 142 pieces of paintings totally, in different techniques.‎

‎CENGIZ ÇEKIL, (1945-2015).‎

‎Cengiz Çekil. A witness.= Bir tanik. Text by Necmi Sönmez. + "I go exploring with my senses: A one-hour interview with Cengiz Çekil.= Hislerimle kesfe çikiyorum: Cengiz Çekil ile bir saatlik bir görüsme" booklet. Edited by Rene Block.‎

‎New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish. 128 p., color ills. Cengiz Çekil. A witness.= Bir tanik. Text by Necmi Sönmez. + "I go exploring with my senses: A one-hour interview with Cengiz Çekil.= Hislerimle kesfe çikiyorum: Cengiz Çekil ile bir saatlik bir görüsme" booklet. Edited by Rene Block. "In contrast to many artists who fail to express themselves without recourse to extraordinary investment, Cengiz, develops a striking and consistent language with almost no financial support" N. Sönmez. "When Çekil asks 'what time is it?' on the special print he created for this book, it only seems to be a simple question." R. Block.‎

‎SEYFI BASKAN.‎

‎Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye'de resim. [With an English summary].‎

‎Fine Fine Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish with an English summary (pp. 131-133), [xii], 144 p., color ills. The story of contemporary Turkish art begins approximately one hundred and fifty year ago, with the westernization movement that changed not only art but political and social life as well in this country. In the mid-19th century, when the Ottoman Empire was adopting European social and political institutions, art too was affected, gaining... Within the context of the Turkish people's odyssey of pictorial art, from its inception to the present day, or in other words the dialectic homogenism of Turkish culture, the attempt to distinguish "traditional vs. modern" compartments, or "painting vs. miniature", will, as emerges from our study to this point, vary according to one's approach to the subject..." Signed and inscribed by author to Turkish art historian Ahmet Kamil Gören.‎

‎GIANMARIA POTENZA, (1936-).‎

‎Gianmaria Potenza: Museo di Arte Turca e Islamica di Istanbul Dialogo tra le Tradizioni, Venezia - Istanbul.= Istanbul Türk - Islam Eserleri Müzesi Geleneklerin söylesisi, Venedik - Istanbul. [Exhibition catalogue]. 2-5, 30-6, 1994. Curated by Beral Madra. Texts by Beral Madra, Carlo Milic, Paolo Rizzi.‎

‎New Italian Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Italian, English and Turkish. 51 p., color and b/w ills. The exhibition of works by the Venetian artist Gianmaria Potenza at the Museum for Turkish and Islamic Art is the outcome of an art that establishes relations. Potenza comes from Venice, a city doomed to bear the burden of international tourism. He is an artist who clearly opposes the modern lack of time and the continuous impoverishment of human relations. The conservation of the historical context and a unique culture undoubtedly brings benefits for the economics of tourism. But clearly Venice must not be conserved for the purposes of tourism alone. The physical and cultural context of the city assumes greater importance with every passing day and especially for artists like Potenza, who have made such an important cultural contribution. Potenza removes cultural values from the vicious circle of economics as he continually strives towards a visual and spiritual discourse, people must take time to comprehend how tradition may still be identified in the contemporary. Potenza is not only the keeper of a tradition, he is a keeper of time itself. The picto-sculptures at the Turkish Islamic Museum are just one series from his rich creative outpourings. The works consists of an almost infinite number of interconnected small black wooden cylinders and cubes creating a definite textures.‎

‎GENCO GÜLAN, (1969-).‎

‎Conceptual colors of Genco Gülan. Texts by Marcus Graf, Agricola de Cologne, Ahu Antmen, Ali Simsek, Aysegul Sonmez, Levent Çalikoglu, Nancy Atakan, Tim Hailey, Zehra Ipsiroglu, Zeynep Yasa Yaman, et alli. [With a DVD].‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 20 cm). In English. 241 p., color ills. and 1 DVD. "In this book, Marcus Graf has probed deeply into the thought processes behing Gülan's art to bring out intricate, yet totally meaningful details. The 'colors' they spread before the reader have many tones, many nuances, sometimes resplendent sometimes diluted, but always intriguing. Now one can only ponder as to how this conceptual rainbow will continue to expand and multiply." (From text by Nancy Atakan).‎

‎ADNAN VARINCA, (1918-2014).‎

‎Adnan Varinca: Arti elemanlar. Painting Exhibition, October 4 - November 2, 1996.= Resim Sergisi, 4 Ekim - 2 Kasim 1996. [Exhibition catalogue]. Text by Yalçin Sadak. [With exhibition invitation].‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (28 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. 31, [1] p., color ills. This exhibition and catalolgue were realised between October 4th and November 2nd, 1996 as an Akbank service for culture and the Arts in Aksanat.‎

‎IBRAHIM SAFI, (1898-1983).‎

‎Ibrahim Safi. 1-20 Subat 1999. [Exhibition catalogue]. Texts by Gönül Gültekin, Gülsev Pakkan.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. [32] p., fully color ills. Ibrahim Safi. 1-20 Subat 1999. [Exhibition catalogue]. Texts by Gönül Gültekin, Gülsev Pakkan.‎

‎SABRI BERKEL, (1907-1993).‎

‎Sabri Berkel: Work on paper. [Catalogue of the artist].‎

‎As New Turkish Paperback. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 359 p., color ills. One of 2000 copies. Sabri Fetah Berkel (1907-1993) was an Albanian modernist painter; he was one of the most important painters and academic personalities of last century in Turkey. Berkel was born in Shkopje, in 1927 he completed high school at a French lyceum. From 1927 to 1928 he studied at an Art School in Belgrad. From 1929-1935 he finished his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence and he died in Istanbul.‎

‎PARS TUGLACI, (1933-2016).‎

‎Women of Istanbul in Ottoman times (Women in Turkey 1).= Osmanli doneminde Istanbul kadinlari (Türkiye'de Kadin 1).‎

‎Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. viii, 215 p., color and b/w ills. with a long illustrated chapter titled "A pictorial account of Istanbul women through the centuries". Detailed accounts of the women of Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, their daily lives, their place in society, their dress, and their customos and traditions, often illustrated with fascinating pictures, have been given by many, mostly European writers, travelers and diplomats. They include Edmondo de Amicis, Chalcondile Athenien, W. H. Bartlett, Djeval, D'Ohsson, De Ferrario, Lewis, Hobhouse, Texier, Tournefort, et alli. A small number of Ottoman writers also give accounts of Istanbul women. They include Fazil Hussein Enderuni (1759-1811), Abdullah-al Buharî (18th century), and Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910). The works of both foreign and Ottoman writers are generally masterfully illustrated by artists and engravers of many nationalities.‎

‎Edited by TURAN EROL.‎

‎Yurt gezileri and Yurt paintings (1938-1943).= Yurt gezileri ve Yurt resimleri (1938-1943).‎

‎Fine English Original red wrappers. Folio. (33 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 235, [1] p., color and b/w ills. This book was prepared on the occasion of the "Yurt Gezileri 1938-1943" [i.e. The homeland travels 1938-1943] Exhibition held in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Turkish Republic. Authors and contributions by Ferit Edgü, Amelie Edgü, Ilhan Berk, Levent Çalikoglu, Murat Ural, et elli. Contents: 48 artists' venture into Anatolia: The "Ressamlarin Yurt Gezileri" Program and its consequences, TURAN EROL.; Romance of the Republic: Artists Tour the homeland (1938-1943), MURAT URAL.; 675 kayip resmin pesinde.; Ressamlar, resimler, belgeler [i.e. Artists, paintings, and documents].; Dergi ve gazetelerde Yurt Gezileri (1938-1943).; Kaynakça [i.e. Bibliography]. Eleven copies in OCLC worldwide: 247026206, 468469951, 43318681.‎

‎CEMAL SÜREYA, (1931-1990).‎

‎[LEGENDARY TURKISH LITERARY MAGAZINE] Papirüs: Aylik dergi. No.: 1-47 (Set with two additional special issues) June 1966 - May 1970. Owner: Cemal S. Seber [Cemal Süreya].‎

‎Fine Turkish Contemporary blues cloth bdg. Set in four volumes. Roy. 8vo. )24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 47 issues complete set. Rare complete set of the legendary literary magazine, whose publication life was interrupted periodically due to financial problems of Cemal Süreya, one of the most important names of the poetry movement called "Ikinci Yeni" [i.e. The Second New]. Every issue is a special issue that has a large part of a poet and author. The publication survived between June 1966 and June 1970, and a total of 47 issues were published during this period. Unlike the first period, the magazine became one of the most important literary magazines of those years. Sureya sold the car she brought from Paris for the magazine. Due to financial difficulties and March 12, its broadcast life has come to an end. In 1980 the magazine was reprinted quarterly. During this period, only two issues were published and no more were published due to the September 12 Coup d'Etat. Süreya stated that he named the magazine "Papyrus" in his letter dated 22 December 1959 to one of his friends, Nedret Gürcan, because "the ancient Egyptians wrote their first writings on the leaves of the grass called papyrus growing on the banks of the Nile." (Wikipedia).‎

‎TURGUT ZAIM, (1906-1974).‎

‎[MIDDLE EAST / CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS] Linoleum print on paper: On the board. (Ed. 4/15).‎

‎Fine Turkish Edition of 4/15. Linoleum print on paper. Signed on the lower right, edition number on the lower left. 44x29 cm. No date. One of the early and few printed linoleum prints of the artist, whose paintings have traces of Anatolian culture and have an extremely important place in the history of modern Turkish painting.‎

‎ÖZDEMIR ALTAN, (1931-).‎

‎Original print (Ed. 51/100).‎

‎Fine Turkish Edition of 51/100. Original print. 50x70 cm. Signed and dated on the lower right, edition number is on the lower left. Born in 1931, lives in Istanbul. In 1956 he graduates from Zeki Faik Izer's atelier in IDGSA Painting Department. Besides the Paris biennials in 1963-1965, he participated in numerous international and national art activities, he opened so many solo exhibitions. His name became famous as a writer and lecturer. He was the first artist who improved and represented some western ideas such as the modernist, avant-garde approach to pop art and especially postmodernism in Turkey. He was also the first curator who attempt to organize an exhibition in Turkey; Avni Lifij's exhibition in 1968 was the first example. As having his own fiction world the artist not only assists Contemporary Turkish Art but also gives shape to its fate and it is seen that he is the one that impress­es almost all artists of his generation and the next generation about today's Turkish Art. About this subject he expresses; "An artist gives references, the effect is inevitable, not the method but the result is important." With his productive natural talent, Altan proves that he has an endless, dynamic, energetic personality. In his creations, he appropriates an art understanding that coincidentally mixed incongruous elements such as; different textures, structure elements, materials, art view, light, etc. With clearer thoughts and ways from 1988, he developed the coincidental mixing method to prove artistic space is made up of different concepts, backgrounds, edifices, and logic that meet at extreme points. He examined spas and has taken them as the main course in his lectures. As a result of his research on spas, rather than the historic way he clearly declared that; "art meets from different ideas, logic, sources, structure and concepts". After this conclusion, he declared his ideas (with the title of space in art) first time, in front of academicians, at an associated professorship lecture in 1970. After that declaration, Altan has improved a new international art feature on that alle­gation. He coincidently made a unity from the different participants' works such as landscapes, plans, maps, and the district sketches, and at the end, participants applied the design with the alien materials. This method has been performed by totally differ­ent participants and it was the first of all in the art history of spas commentary.‎

‎GHULAM SEDDIG, (Afghan artist).‎

‎[AFGHAN ART] Original watercolor paysage with two figures.‎

‎Very Good English Original artwork in watercolor on paper. 42x30 cm. Signed and dated on the lower left as "Ghulam Seddig, Kabul, 1996". A fine drawing of a street in Afghanistan and two Afghan figures on the street by Postwar & Contemporary Afghan artist Ghulam Seddig.‎

‎Bailey, Colin B. And Christopher Riopelle‎

‎Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883‎

‎Still in original cellophane packaging. A well illustrated book. 296 pages. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries‎

‎Lathrop, Henry Burrowes‎

‎the Art of the Novelist‎

‎Studies on the techniques and moral qualities of the novelist. 291 pages. Splendid bookplate of Leonard E. Boxall on front pastedown along with very small Foyles label on lower outer corner. Page edges a little dusty with light foxing. Spine bumped top/tail.‎

‎Kaftal, George‎

‎St Dominic in Early Tuscan Painting‎

‎95 pages. 41 black and white illustrations. Brown cloth spine and cream boards. Book label of Francis S. de Carteret-Bisson on front free endpaper. Dust jacket creased and worn with tear down joint of spine; small loss in middle of spine Spine foxed and mottled, boards have browning to margins.‎

‎Anon‎

‎Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (Part I and II)‎

‎Auction catalogue of sale held on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 May 1997 Slight shelfwear to covers and page edges, corners with a little wear.‎

‎Anon‎

‎Great Cities in the 19th Century 4th November - 29th November 1985‎

‎Exhibition catalogue. Light rubbing to surfaces of covers.‎

‎Anon‎

‎Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. 1891-1959: A collection of paintings and drawings‎

‎Catalogue for the exhibition at the Piccadilly Gallery 19th September - 14th October 1978. Details given of each exhibit plus black and white illustrations for many. Some creases to covers and a little soiling.‎

‎Melvill, Harald‎

‎Designing and Painting Scenery for the Theatre‎

‎A practical book on how to make and paint scenery for large and small stages. 98 paginated pages. Index. Illustrated. Some foxing on free endpapers. Pale grey/blue cloth covers, worn slightly at extremities. Dust jacket has close tear at lower spine, wear to edges, light soiling.‎

‎Descargues, Pierre‎

‎Dutch Painting‎

‎From the Students Gallery series. 48 pages of text. Biographical Notes. With 46 colour plates. Turquoise cloth covers with gilt title on spine and gilt vignette on front cover. Dust jacket has loss to top front edge and even more on back top edge. Previous owner's signature at top of front free endpaper.‎

‎Anon‎

‎Italian Art: An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Italian Art at Burlington House London‎

‎Black and white plates. Index of Artists whose work is illustrated. xx, 121 pages. Name and date at top of front free endpaper.‎