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Cedric Dover; Negro Art; ; PaintersBiblio.com

Cedric Dover's American Negro Art First Edition 1960 From the Harlem Renaissance to Postwar Modernism

1960Best.-Nr. 236661960. Cedric Dover's survey of African American visual art from early portraiture through the postwar period published in 1960 while the work of Black artists remained marginal within standard American art histories. Dover connects artistic production to slavery emancipation migration industrial labor the Harlem Renaissance federal arts programs and the growth of Black cultural institutions. Reproductions of works by Aaron Douglas Charles White Richmond Barthé Jacob Lawrence William H. Johnson Hale Woodruff Selma Burke and others establish a lineage across painting sculpture drawing printmaking and mural art. Dover Cedric. American Negro Art. New York: New York Graphic Society 1960. First edition. 186 pages. 8vo. Hardcover in original brown cloth with silver spine lettering extensively illustrated in black and white and color no dust jacket. The volume opens with Charles White's 1958 ink drawing based on the spiritual "One of a series of ink drawings based on the spirituals" and includes Aaron Douglas's The Negro Looks Ahead Richmond Barthé's sculpted head Hubert Howard's Show Girl Jacob Lawrence's Ambulance Call and a color reproduction of Aaron Douglas's A Harlem Matron. Dover's text addresses the circumstances under which Black artists studied exhibited and found patronage with sections including "Mulattoes and Atelier Art" "For Aaron Douglas" and "The Artists." One illustrated spread reproduces Charles White's mural sketch for the Harlem Hospital beside Douglas's The Continuation of Life while another places a photograph of industrial workers beside Hale Woodruff's printmaking and William H. Johnson's Aunt Alice. Dover an Anglo Indian writer and scholar who published extensively on race anthropology and modern art presents African American art as a continuous field shaped by both formal experimentation and the political conditions governing Black life. His discussion of Harlem Renaissance circles historically Black colleges museum access commercial galleries and federal patronage records the institutional structures through which artists built careers despite segregation and restricted exhibition opportunities. The book's period terminology including its title and chapter language records the vocabulary through which African American art was categorized by publishers and scholars at midcentury. Light shelf wear to binding; permanent marker block on title page else clean and firmly bound. Overall very good condition. A substantial midcentury attempt to place African American artists within the history of American modernism through named works institutions movements and individual careers. unknown

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Agustin Velazquez Chavez ; PaintersBiblio.com

Index of Contemporary Mexican Painting 1935 First Edition

1935Best.-Nr. 225401935. Velázquez Chávez Agustín. Ãndice de la Pintura Mexicana Contemporánea / Index of Contemporary Mexican Painting. Mexico: Ediciones Arte Mexicano 1935. First edition. Quarto 11 x 8 in. 225 pages. Parallel text in Spanish and English. Illustrated with tipped-in color and monochrome lithographs reproducing works by leading Mexican painters of the early 20th century printed on heavy cream stock. Original printed wrappers with woodcut vignette edges untrimmed. A landmark early survey of modern Mexican painting issued during the post-revolutionary renaissance in which visual arts were central to constructing a national cultural identity. Compiled and written by art historian Agustín Velázquez Chávez the work is notable as one of the first bilingual scholarly overviews of contemporary Mexican painters intended for both domestic and international audiences. Profiles include critical commentary biographical sketches and bibliographic citations paired with fine lithographic reproductions. Among the featured artists is Julio Castellanos represented by Cirugía Surgery 1935 a lithograph depicting a hooded woman gently opening the eyelid of a seated figure-an allegorical rendering of care and revelation. Velázquez Chávez highlights Castellanos's "personal charm" and "directness of outlook" and recounts his role in the Panamerican Art Exhibition in Baltimore 1931. Roberto Montenegro is illustrated with Perfiles Mayas Maya Profiles 1935 showing stylized heads in profile against a temple backdrop. Critic Hermilo Abreu Gómez is quoted as saying Montenegro's art "is attempting constantly to transform his means of expression. improving within the possibilities of a well-poised artistic consciousness."The volume also includes Carlos Orozco Romero with a Portrait 1935 characterized by simplified form and cool tonal control and José Guadalupe Posada the celebrated printmaker whose satirical calaveras and engravings were embraced by muralists such as Diego Rivera. Velázquez Chávez places Posada at the origin of a distinctly Mexican pictorial identity describing him as "a man of the people. possessing from first to last a knowledge of the social and political conflicts of his day." Published just as Mexico's muralist movement reached global prominence through figures like Diego Rivera Orozco Posada and Siqueiros this index captured the breadth of contemporary work beyond the monumental frescoes documenting artists engaged with portraiture easel painting and printmaking. As the first title in the projected "Mexican Art Editions" series it set a template for scholarly documentation of Mexican visual culture. Moderate toning and scattered foxing to wrappers minor chipping at spine ends text block clean and well-preserved; very good. unknown

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Walter Scott ; PaintersBiblio.com

Nineteenth Century Book Arts Walter Scott Poetical Works 1852 Decorative Binding and Concealed Fore Edge Painting

1852Best.-Nr. 172611852. Scott Walter. The Poetical Works 1852 collected edition presenting the poetry of one of the central figures of nineteenth century British literature whose work shaped historical romance national identity and literary culture in Britain and the United States. Scott's poetry widely read throughout the nineteenth century contributed to transatlantic literary exchange and remained a staple of education and private libraries. This volume reflects the continued circulation and reception of his work within Victorian reading culture where literary texts were often issued in decorative formats intended for display and gifting. Scott Walter. The Poetical Works. London: John Kendrick 1852. Compact volume bound in red morocco with gilt edges featuring a concealed fore edge painting revealed when the pages are fanned depicting Yale College from New Haven Green. This form of decoration in which an image is applied to the fanned edges and remains hidden when closed exemplifies nineteenth century bookbinding craftsmanship and the integration of visual art into literary objects. The text gathers Scott's poetic output into a single edition intended for both reading and presentation. Produced within the Victorian tradition of elaborately bound gift books this volume situates Scott's poetry within a culture that valued both literary content and decorative artistry. The inclusion of a fore edge painting of Yale College underscores the transatlantic reception of Scott's work and its association with American educational institutions and readers. Contemporary ownership signature dated November 4 1862 on the front free endpaper. Light wear with minor joint separation; overall very good. A well preserved example of nineteenth century literary publishing enhanced by decorative book arts. unknown

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David Hockney ; PaintersBiblio.com

British Pop Artist David Hockney Inscribed First Edition of That's the Way I See It 1993

1993Best.-Nr. 141881993. Hockney David. That's the Way I See It 1993 a visual and narrative account of the artistic development of one of the most influential figures in late twentieth century British and international art. David Hockney emerged in the 1960s as a central artist associated with British Pop Art and later became internationally recognized for his paintings photographic experiments stage designs and explorations of perspective and visual perception. This book presents Hockney's own reflections on his artistic practice and intellectual influences offering commentary on the evolution of his work across multiple media and decades of artistic production. Hockney David. That's the Way I See It. London: Chronicle 1993. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "For Mimi Bernie" and signed "David Hockney." The volume functions as Hockney's visual autobiography combining the artist's commentary with a large body of reproduced work spanning painting drawing graphic design and experimental visual projects. The book contains approximately 350 reproductions of Hockney's artworks and design projects integrated with a personal narrative in which the artist discusses his creative process influences and technical experimentation. Hockney's work helped redefine contemporary figurative painting and visual culture in the late twentieth century particularly through his vivid depictions of California life explorations of photography and collage and investigations into spatial representation and perspective. His writing in this volume offers direct insight into the ideas guiding these experiments and the broader artistic environment in which his work developed. Signed copies of Hockney's major retrospective publications provide documentary evidence of the artist's engagement with the public presentation of his career and artistic philosophy. Light handling wear; dust jacket clean and intact. Overall very good condition. unknown

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Arthur Rackham ; PaintersBiblio.com

Arthur Rackham Illustration and Fairy-World Design 1908 Heinemann A Midsummer Night's Dream with Forty Color Plates

1908Best.-Nr. 158371908. Rackham Arthur illustrated edition of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream 1908 marks a major Edwardian interpretation of Shakespearean fantasy through the work of one of the defining British illustrators of the gift-book era. Rackham's treatment of Shakespeare's woodland comedy belongs to the cultural sphere of early twentieth-century illustrated literature where fairy imagery theatrical imagination and decorative book design transformed canonical texts into visually immersive editions for adult and juvenile audiences alike. The volume supports research into Shakespeare reception British illustration fairy iconography and the commercial culture of deluxe illustrated books before the First World War. Rackham Arthur illustrator. Shakespeare William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1908. First Rackham edition. Quarto. Latimore & Haskell p. 32; Riall p. 87. Single volume with color frontispiece and 39 color plates mounted on tan paper each with captioned tissue guard together with black-and-white drawings in the text by Rackham. Original tan cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and gilt title and vignette to front cover. The illustrations emphasize the play's enchanted forest world with Rackham's characteristic attenuated figures grotesque fairies delicate linework and subdued color palette shaping the visual identity of Shakespeare's dream logic metamorphosis and nocturnal mischief. Published during the height of Rackham's prominence as a book illustrator this edition helped fix A Midsummer Night's Dream within the visual language of Edwardian fantasy connecting Shakespeare's stage tradition to the era's taste for fairy painting Arts and Crafts book design and collectible illustrated quartos. Spine ends and tips lightly nicked; binding sound and plates present as described; overall very good. A strong first Rackham edition of Shakespeare's fairy comedy valuable for collections centered on illustrated books Shakespeare reception and British fantasy art. unknown

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Damien Hirst ; PaintersBiblio.com

Contemporary Art Damien Hirst Nothing Matters 2009 Signed Exhibition Catalogue of White Cube Triptych Paintings

2009Best.-Nr. 168042009. Hirst Damien. Nothing Matters 2009 publication documenting a major body of work exhibited at White Cube's London galleries presenting large scale triptych paintings and new directions in Hirst's studio practice. Issued during a period when Hirst remained a central figure in contemporary British art following the Young British Artists movement the volume records his continued engagement with themes of mortality repetition and visual spectacle. The work contributes to research on contemporary exhibition practice artist authored catalogues and the evolution of Hirst's painting after earlier conceptual and installation based works. Hirst Damien. Nothing Matters. London: White Cube 2009. Signed "Damien Hirst." First edition. Hardcover exhibition catalogue produced in conjunction with Hirst's dual exhibition at White Cube Mason's Yard and Hoxton Square in November 2009. The volume features numerous large scale reproductions including tri fold gatefold plates presenting color triptychs as well as the first published reproductions of Hirst's oil paintings executed on newspaper. The catalogue documents both the scale and material experimentation of the exhibited works. Published in the context of a major London exhibition this volume reflects the continued prominence of gallery based publication in disseminating contemporary art and shaping critical reception. Hirst's work often centered on themes of death and commodification remained influential within global art markets and institutional exhibitions in the early twenty first century. The inclusion of gatefold triptychs and newly reproduced works situates this catalogue within the documentation of a specific phase in his artistic production. Clean and well preserved; overall near fine. A signed example of a contemporary exhibition catalogue documenting a major British artist's work. unknown

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