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2012ref. 138148New York: Doubleday 2012. First American Edition. Hardbound. Slight bump to foot of spine top corners. Yellow cloth on boards yellow jacket with color illustration. XVIII 363 pp. Profusely illustreate with plates and in-text figures. An authorized account of the life and work of the influential British artist covers his education at the Royal College of Art the role of the 1960s in shaping his vision and his relationship with Peter Schlesinger during the turbulent emergence of gay rights. Doubleday hardcover books
2010ref. 136525Andover Mass: Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy 2010. Hardcover. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker on mylar jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on half-title page. Due date card on back pasted end page. Color illus. paper boards white & differently colored illus. dust jacket 256 pp. 176 color & 76 BW illus. Issued in conjunction with 2010-2012 exhibitions featuring selected work of American fiber artist Sheila Hicks b. 1934. Essays: Twined Thoughts / Susan C. Faxon -- Unbiased Weaves / Joan Simon -- Ancient Lines and Modernist Cubes / Whitney Chadwick. "Demonstrates that the artist's pioneering work has both embraced and reinvented tradition successfully navigating the terrain between art design and architecture." dj. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy hardcover books
1989ref. 136913New York: W. W. Norton & Co. for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1989. Hardcover. VG. Blue cloth gilt letters on spine blue & illus. dust jacket in mylar cover 391 pp. BW illus. A collection of 12 essays that examine "the consumer way of life in America as it unfolded in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by exploring the visions that guided this spreading way of life and the figures evetns and institutions that projected these visions." dj Essays: Reading consumer culture / Simon J. Bronner -- The Victorian jeremiad : critics of accumulation and display / Michael Barton -- Beyond Veblen : rethinking consumer culture in America / Jackson Lears -- Strategists of display and the production of desire / William Leach -- A house of fiction : domestic interiors and the commodity aesthetic / Jean-Christophe Agnew -- From parlor to living room : domestic space interior decoration and the culture of personality / Karen Halttunen -- The culture of imperial abundance : world's fairs in the making of American culture / Robert W. Rydell -- Object lessons : the work of ethnological museums and collections / Simon J. Bronner -- The collecting self and American youth movements / Jay Mechling -- The evolution of public space in New York City : the commercial showcase of America / William R. Taylor -- Life literature and sociology in turn-of-the-century Chicago / Eugene Rochberg-Halton -- Country stores county fairs and mail-order catalogues : consumption in rural America / Thomas J. Schlereth. W. W. Norton & Co., for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum hardcover books
2010ref. 127535London England: Simon Ray 2010. Softbound. VG. Black wraps with color illustration 144 pp profuse color images. Gallery catalogue for a sale in November 2010. A large catalogue with mostly full-page and lovely images of items for auction including Gandhara and Khmer sculpture; Amaravati frieze; Kashan Iznik and Damascus tiles Glass; Bronze Krisha; Arms & armor; Pilgrim flask Bidri; Indian ivory jade pendant paintings and stonework; Mughal velvet; and Kashmir gloves. Simon Ray paperback books
1928ref. 124987London England: Peter Davies Limited 1928. Hardcover. VG- Some wear to extremities of boards. Off-white illus. paper over boards; Off-white cloth at spine; 83 pp. plus plates; 122 plates. Introduction by Aldous Huxley; Includes sections on printing in England continental Europe and the United States; Oversized. Peter Davies Limited hardcover books
1989ref. 102197New York: Achim Moeller Fine Art 1989. Softbound. VG. Glossy white wraps with embossed lettering and French flaps; 58 pp. with 26 images; one gatefold. Extensively illustrated catalogue featuring 28 sculptures and drawings. A Brazilian artist who was born in Bulgaria and hasd homes in Sao Paulo and Paris. Achim Moeller Fine Art paperback books
2008ref. 106029Washington DC: National Gallery of Art 2008. Softbound. VG as new. Color illustrated stiff wraps. ix 207 pp. profusely illustrated with 179 color and countless bw plates. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the National Gallery in Washington DC. The Forest of Fontainebleau located about 50 miles southeast of Paris held a singular place in 19th-century art. Variously called "savage" "wild" "romantic" and "beautiful" by visitors Fontainebleau's topography was viewed in many ways that reflected the sensibilities of the time. This is the first English-language publication to examine the significance of the region to the plein-air tradition in France. The book highlights four pivotal figures in the evolution of landscape painting: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot The;odore Rousseau Jean-François Millet and Claude Monet. It integrates into this history the photographers who worked at Fontainebleau including Eugène Cuvelier and Gustave Le Gray and explores the role the forest played in the development of early photography. It also considers the reception of paintings of Fontainebleau at the Salons and the influence of Fontainebleau on the advent of Impressionism. Contents as follows: Lenders to the Exhibition -- Map of Fontainebleau -- Landscapes Legends Souvenirs Fantasies: The Forest of Fontainebleau in the Nineteenth Century / Kimberly Jones -- Plates -- Discovery -- Topography -- Trees -- Rocks -- Village Life -- Nature and Observation -- Mystery of the Forest: Paintings of Fontainebleau at the Salon / Simon Kelly -- Infinite Museum: Photography in the Forest of Fontainebleau / Sarah Kennel -- Impressionists at Fontainebleau / Helga Aurisch. National Gallery of Art paperback books
1990ref. 9372Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania 1990. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 111 pp. 40 bw 12 color plates. Includes essays by Sheldon Hackney The Intellectual World of Benjamin Franklin Richard R. Beeman Benjamin Franklin and the American Enlightenment Esmond Wright Franklin's Autobiography: Fact or Fiction and Stuart E. Karu Imprints of a Mind: Books and Manuscripts 1722-1868. Also details some art and artifacts. Exhibition features 179 items. Bibliography. Wonderful reading. University of Pennsylvania paperback books
1897ref. 1215041897. Softcover. Good Ex-lib.; Non-original binding; Pages worn at extremities but overall clean but for a few markings to first page and covers. Grey cardboard wraps; Black cloth at spine; 56 pp.; No illustrations. Text in German; Part of a series of pamphlets Laschitzer wrote about the history of Carinthia the Austrian state; Covers roughly the time between 864 and 1232. paperback books
1994ref. 121972Minneapolis Minnesota: Walker Art Center 1994. First. Paperback. VG. Color pictorial wraps; 215 pp.; 59 color and bw figures; 66 color plates. Accompanied a traveling exhibition; Includes essays by Neal Benezra Robert Storr Paul Schimmel and Kathy Halbreich as well as a chronology of the artist's life. Walker Art Center paperback books
2007ref. 115123Bloomington Indiana: SoFA Gallery / Indiana University 2007. Softcover. VG- Sticker on back cover; Some scuffing to covers. 51 pp.; 17 color plates 1 color figures. Accompanied an exhibition at the SoFA Gallery at Indiana University; Features works by Robert Baines Helen Britton Arline Fisch Bruce Metcalf Jacqueline Ryan Christina Smith and more. SoFA Gallery / Indiana University paperback books
1989ref. 119231New York: Achim Moeller Fine Art 1989. Softcover. VG clean and tight. Glossy white wraps with embossed lettering and French flaps; 58 pp. with 26 images; one gatefold. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition of this Bulgarian-born Brazilian artist's work held from November to December 1989. With an introductory essay by Taylor the plates of her numerous sculptures as well as study sketches for some a professional biography and checklist of works. Achim Moeller Fine Art paperback books
1999ref. 119174New York New York: Berry-Hill 1999. Softcover. VG corners lightly bumped. Color illustrated wraps; 68 pp.; 31 color plates. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name held January 21 - March 6 1999; Contains works by Francois Boucher Sebastien Bourdon Jean-Honore Fragonard Georges de la Tour Jean Francois Millet Hubert Robert and others; Extensive annotations. Berry-Hill paperback books
1995ref. 115677London: Zwemmer 1995. Hardcover. VG- two stickers on dj slight foxing on dj. Orange cloth over boards; white illustrated dj; 256 pp; 153 bw and color plates and figures. This comprehensive catalogue presents the most celebrated collections of ship models in the world from the magnificent Navy Board models of Samuel Pepys's day through replicas of frigates steamships clippers battleships cargo and passanger ships and today's submarines and aircraft carriers which are housed at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Zwemmer hardcover books
1953ref. 111201Minneapolis Minnesota: Walker Art Center 1953. Softcover. Good but ex-library. Yellow-green wraps with black lettering in pampblet binder with grey cloth spine; 21 pp. with 19 bw illustrations. With an artist's statement and autobiographical information. Walker Art Center paperback books
2000ref. 107075New York: W. W. Norton 2000. Hardbound. VG/VG. Purple cloth w/ illus. mauve dj; 222 pp.; 8 pp color photos. The history of the color purple and the life of William Perkin who accidentally discovered it in 1856. W. W. Norton hardcover books
1980ref. 107741Ithaca New York: Cornell University Press 1980. Hardcover. VG Like new. Tan cloth with gold lettering on spine; Color illus. dj.; 80 pp.; 73 color and bw plates.;. Text in English; Discusses the artist and his work as well as his vision of the artist in society. Cornell University Press hardcover books
2000ref. 17787New York: Berry-Hill Galleries 2000. Softcover. VG some slight wear to extremities. Color pictorial wraps. 112 pp. Numerous color plates. Catalogue from the gallery exhibit of January to March 2000. With an introduction by Robert B. Simon. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 49 pieces by 42 artists. They include Charles-Antoine Coypel Francesco Guardi Jean Henri d'Arles Vicente Lopez Hubert Robert Matthias Stomer and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Berry-Hill Galleries paperback books
2007ref. 108975New York: Franses 2007. Softcover. VG light wear to wraps; rubbing to corners. Glossy wraps illustrated as tapestry with white lettering on spine only; 67 pp. with a catalogue of 11 color illustrations some including close-ups as well. The catalogue was published to accompany an exhibition of the same title held in New York. With text material by the authors. Franses paperback books
2003ref. 109438Aldershot England: Lund Humphries 2003. Softcover. VG. Blue illus. wraps; 34 pp. plus 32 pp. of plates; 64 plates color and bw; 5 bw figures. Includes an essay about Ravilious's life and work; Contains watercolors of countryside gardens farmhouses and other aspects of English life. Lund Humphries paperback books
1970ref. 106092Woodbridge Suffolk: The Antique Collectors' Club 1970. Hardbound. VG Slight wear to dj edges. Smooth brown boards with gilt letters on spine & front cover red and color-illustrated dust jacket. 448 pp. profusely illustrated in bw. Includes two pamphet price revision lists from October 1976 and October 1978. Still a nice guidebook to be able to reference. The Antique Collectors' Club hardcover books
1974ref. 36503Ottawa Ontario Canada: National Gallery of Canada 1974. Hardbound. VG no dustjacket. Blue publishers cloth. 300 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and bw. Published to accompany a travelling exhibition organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum for The National Gallery of Canada. A monumental reference. Text is in English and French. Covers the period 1850 - 1870. National Gallery of Canada hardcover books
1968ref. 105065London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited 1968. Hardbound. VG. Red boards with color illustrated dustjacket. 96 pp. 1 color 97 bw plates. Ward Lock & Co., Limited hardcover books
2005ref. 103437Robert Simon Fine Art 2005. Softbound. As New. Color illustrated wraps. 64 pp. more than 22 large color plates. On view will be one of the few Old Testament cycles to have survived from 16th Century Venice: a remarkable series of four canvases by Palma Giovane circa 1580-81 depicting the Story of Moses. Also from the 16th century are two impressive Italian altarpieces the Annunciation by Siciolante da Sermoneta and the Visitation by Gabriele Caliari the son of Veronese. Among the discoveries presented is Abraham Bloemaert's imposing Lot and His Daughters a signed masterpiece of the artist once in the collection of King Charles II. The earliest work is Raffaellino del Garbo's Madonna and Child a detached fresco painted in Florence in the first years of the fifteenth century. Other sixteenth century Florentine works include Santi de Tito's Holy Family Pulzone's Portrait of Maria de 'Medici and an imposing Portrait of Duke Cosimo I de 'Medici in Armor from the workshop of Agnolo Bronzino. Notable paintings from the Baroque period include A Bravo by the Caravaggesque master Bartolomeo Manfredi Jupiter and Mercury by Giovanni Battista Langetti and works by Pellegrini Gianantonio Guardi and Lorenzo Lippi. The exhibition will also feature two rare paintings by women. Robert Simon Fine Art paperback books
1999ref. 104090Bournemouth England: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum 1999. Softbound. VG Pages may be tanning along outside edge. Dark green & color illustrated wraps. 95 pp. BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a series of 1999 exhibitions and includes a substantial hand-out that was prepared to accompany the show. This is the first book to focus on this collection of Victorian art. "It outlines a unique yet representative collection of late nineteenth-century British painting reassessing a collection renowned in its own time and now beginning to regain its international siginificance. Featured artists include Dante Gabriel Rossetti Sir Edward Poynter Sir Edwin Henry Landseer Albert Joseph Moore William Etty Simeon Solomon Evelyn De Morgan and Frederic Lord Leighton." back cover. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum paperback books
