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‎[HÜSEYIN] AVNI LIFIJ, (1886-1927).‎

‎Avni Lifij, (1886-1927). [Exhibition catalogue]. Prep. by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Ahmet Oktay.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 75 p., color ills. Avni Lifij, (1886 - 1927). [Exhibition catalogue]. Prep. by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Ahmet Oktay.‎

‎TURAN EROL, (1927-).‎

‎Turan Erol. Texts by Ilhan Berk.‎

‎Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Oblong small 4to. (23 x 24 cm). Bilingual in English and Turkish. 119 p., color ills.‎

‎DILEK ISIKSEL, (1948-).‎

‎Dilek Isiksel. Resim sergisi. Istanbul Parmakkapi Sanat Galerisi. 31 Ocak - 23 Subat 1994. [Exhibition catalogue]. Texts by Sezer Tansug, Abdulkadir Günyaz.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. Oblong large 8vo. (20 x 22 cm). In Turkish. [36] p., color ills. Dilek Isiksel. Resim sergisi. Istanbul Parmakkapi Sanat Galerisi. 31 Ocak - 23 Subat 1994. [Exhibition catalogue]. Texts by Sezer Tansug, Abdulkadir Günyaz.‎

‎ALBERT GABRIEL.‎

‎Albert Gabriel, 1883-1972: Architecte, archeologue, artiste, voyageur.= Albert Gabriel, 1883-1972: Mimar, arkeolog, ressam, gezgin. Edited by Korkut E. Erdur. [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In French and Turkish. 439 p., color and b/w ills. "Albert Gabriel (1883-1972) was a French architect, archaeologist, painter and traveller. While Gabriel's published works on his travels in the Eastern Mediterranean have been widely-known for some time, his vast private collection of writings, paintings and photographs has remained untapped until recently and formed the centerpiece of the exhibition in Turkey.". Albert Gabriel, 1883-1972: Architecte, archeologue, artiste, voyageur.= Albert Gabriel, 1883-1972: Mimar, arkeolog, ressam, gezgin. Edited by Korkut E. Erdur. [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎ABDULLAH SIDRAN, MERSAD BERBER.‎

‎Dobrocinitelj: Adil begu Zulfikarpasicu za njegov 85. rodendan. Art director: Amra Zulfikarpasic.‎

‎New Croatian Original bdg. HC. Folio. (31 28 cm). In Croatian. 92 p., color ills. Dobrocinitelj: Adil begu Zulfikarpasicu za njegov 85. rodendan. Art director: Amra Zulfikarpasic. 1000 copies were printed.‎

‎Edited by M. SIRIN CENGIZ.‎

‎The East whispers: Stories and legends from the East.‎

‎New English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In English. [12], 136 p. A collection of Kurdish tales.‎

‎SÜKRIYE DIKMEN, (Turkish female painter), (1918-2000).‎

‎Autograph letter signed 'Sükriye', telling her trip in Yalova city with her father Cafer Fahri Bey, Celal Sofu, Refet Pasha and Fazil Bey, sent to Turkish paintress Fatma Tiraje Dikmen, (1925-2014).‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original manuscript autograph letter signed by Turkish female painter Sükriye Dikmen, addressed to her sister Tiraje Dikmen who was a painter as well. On a paper with letterhead 'Molvan Müesseseleri Termal Otel in Yalova' and watermarked 'Extra Strong'. 2 p. She mentions a trip to Yalova and its villages with her father Cafer Fahri Bey, Celal Sofu (Melek Celal Lampe's husband), Refet Pasha, Fazil Bey, and what a clever man Refet Pasha is when he speaks especially (like a devil!). She wants a corset from her sister. Sükriye Dikmen was a Turkish female painter who is known for her portraits of women and young girls. She was born in Istanbul in 1918. Her father was Cafer Fahri Bey of Batum, a scientist of the Republican era. She is the older sister of painter Tiraje Dikmen, and the nephew of Ali Dikmen, a member of the Ottoman parliament Meclis-i Mebusan, and later a member of the Grand National Assembly. Dikmen received her pre-university education at the Robert College in Arnavutköy finishing in 1942. Six years later in 1948, she completed her education at the Painting Department of the State Academy of Fine Arts Istanbul, and then went to Paris, France. In 1953, she graduated from the Art history Department of the Ecole du Louvre in Paris and worked three years with Fernand Léger and two years with Sengier Chastel and Roger Chastel. In 1953, she opened her first solo exhibition, and the next year she had her first solo exhibition in Turkey. In 1957, Dikmen participated in the exhibition of a contemporary Turkish art exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland, and then in similar exhibitions during 1962 in Paris, Brussels, and Vienna. In 1968, she organized a retrospective exhibition gathering both her old and new works.‎

‎NEJAD [MELIH] DEVRIM, (1923-1995).‎

‎Nejad Devrim. Texts by Burcu Pelvanoglu. Edited by Haldun Dostoglu, Serra Karapinar Yentürk.‎

‎New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In special box. 4to. (32 x 25 cm). In English and Turkish. 319 p., color ills. Nejad Devrim. Texts by Burcu Pelvanoglu. Edited by Haldun Dostoglu, Serra Karapinar Yentürk. Nejad Devrim is one of the prominent Turkish artists who spent a significant period of his career in Paris. He is a painter who flourished in the libertarian atmosphere of Paris where artistic practice was fuelled by an atmosphere open to criticism. His aim was different than the previous generation of Turkish intellectuals who came to Paris for a Western education only to replicate it in Turkey. Devrim was part of a generation who constituted the first modernists of Turkey. His works were contemporaneous to modernist artists of his period and looked to actively participate in the European art scene. He abandoned the figurative compositions that he commenced in Istanbul and produced works that would later be identified as the masterpieces of Turkish abstract art. He established a genuine place in the European art scene by carrying the multi-colored compositions of Byzantine mosaics to his works. Devrim is recognized as the most important representer of geometrical and lyrical abstraction in Turkish history of art. As a Lyrical Abstract artist, Nejad Devrim believed that nature should not be imitated, but rather its meaning explored. He depicted what he found in lyrically expressive paintings in which color is used as a powerful compositional element. He regarded his paintings as places in which chance encounters and unknowns might be discovered. (Source: Galeri Nev).‎

‎FERRUH BASAGA, (Turkish painter), (1914-2010).‎

‎Ferruh Basaga: Sanatta 65 yil. [Exhibition catalogue]. 15 Subat - 31 Mart 2001. Preface by Ilknur Ersöz. Text by Ahmet Kamil Gören.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (27 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 94, [2] p., color and b/w ills. 1500 copies were printed. This exhibition catalogue prepared for the Ferruh Basga Exhibition held on February 15 - March 31, 2001 at Galeri Binyil in Istanbul, is one of the best references for Ferruh Basaga (1914-2010) and his paintings and art. Introduction; Text by Ahmet Kamil Gören (pp. 7-44); exhibition (fully color ills.) (pp. 45-84) and biography of the painter (pp. 85-94).‎

‎MEHMET GÜLERYÜZ, (Turkish painter), (1938-).‎

‎Mehmet Güleryüz. With one's eyes open.= Göz göre göre. 07.03-27.04.2013 [Exhibition catalogue]. Preface by Nan Freeman.‎

‎New English Paperback. Large demy 8vo. (21 x 16,5 cm). In English and Turkish. [48] p., color ills. "Güleryüz's art is addressed to a broad audience; he assumes alert, self-aware and participatory viewers conversant in general with artistic forms, but more important, engaged with issues of society and life itself. Although he is thoroughly a member of his profession, he does not practice an art whose primary reference is to art world itself, to the context of historical avantgardism, or to specialty issues pertaining to art alone... He does not worry about being modern, he worries about being true; because of his engagement with the conditions and concerns of his time he is by definition a man of his times, and modern therefore but not because of a separate ideological art." (Text of Nan Freeman).‎

‎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.‎

‎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.‎

‎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.‎

‎DEVRIM ERBIL, (1937-).‎

‎Devrim Erbil için siir poem-prose ve denemeler. Edited by Gülseli Inal.‎

‎New Turkish Original bdg. HC. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 146 p., color ills. ISBN 1235423658346. Devrim Erbil için siir poem-prose ve denemeler. Edited by Gülseli Inal.‎

‎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).‎

‎GRANDES DE LA PINTURA + DICCIONARIO DE TERMINOS (12 VOLUMENES).‎

‎Varios miles de reproducciones en color.‎

‎VV.AA.‎

‎EL GRAN LIBRO DE LA PINTURA (2 tomos).‎

‎Centenares de ilustraciones en color.‎

‎VARGA/COSTESCU Vasile/Eleonora.‎

‎ANDREESCU.‎

‎Texto en rumano.‎

‎AREAN Carlos.‎

‎JOSÉ LAPAYESE BRUNA. VIDA Y OBRA DE UN ARTISTA EJEMPLAR.‎

‎DAUDY Philippe.‎

‎HISTORIA GENERAL DE LA PINTURA: EL SIGLO XVII (2 TOMOS).‎

‎Profusion de ilustraciones en color.‎

‎ALCUNE RIFLESSIONI DI UN OLTRAMONTANO SU LA CREDUTA GALATEA DI RAFFAEL D'URBINO.‎

‎ELGAR Frank.‎

‎MONDRIAN.‎

‎208 ilustraciones, 41 en color. Contenido: "THE YEARS OF APPRENTICESHIP". "FROM CUBISM TO ABSTRACTION". "PRELUDE TO NEO-PLASTICISM". "NEO-PLASTICISM". "BETWEEN THE WARS". "THE FINAL YEARS".‎