1962. Ehrmann, Gilles; Andre Breton. Les Inspires et leurs Demeures. Paris: Le Temps 1962. 66p + ca. 80 photos, a few in color. Text "Belvedere" by Breton. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. The regular edition. ** A loving depiction of the eccentric sculptures, structures, and garden creatures of..... More
2007. Elderfield, John, et al. Martin Puryear. NY: Museum of Modern Art 2007. 216p, 165 ills. (142 in color). Very good hardcover (top corners lightly bumped) in good d.j. (lightly shelfworn). ** Major exhibition of Puryear's sculpture and mixed media work from 1977 on, including works shown here for the..... More
1997. Eliens, Titus M., et al., eds. Dutch Decorative Arts 1880-1940. Kingston, NY: Battledore 1997. 254p, many photos, almost all in color. As new hardcover in as new d.j. ** Important survey of Dutch avant-garde design, beautifully illustrated. Essays by various scholars on "Nieuwe Kunst," the Amsterdam School and Expressionism..... More
1909. Emery Hardware Co. Catalog No. 9: Hardware, Crockery, Paints, Oils, Sporting Goods. Bradford, PA, ca. 1909. 196p, hundreds of ills., descriptions, and prices (one page of mounted color chips for Alabastine sanitary wall coating). Good hardcover (cover soil, opening gathering exposed but stapled binding sound). ** All manner of..... More
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1939. Exposed Publishing Company. HA! NY, n.d. [1939-40 from spoof photos of film Gone with the Wind]. Stated Issue No. 1. 48p, many rotogravure-style photos. Good paperbound (handling wear). ** Parody of picture magazines of the day--sensational news, "dead bodies," Hollywood, cheesecake, stunt photos, "college life exposed," etc. etc. All..... More
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1966. Fedit, D. L'Oeuvre de Kupka. Paris: Editions des Musees Nationaux 1966. 164p, over 160 ills., 1 in color. Good paperbound (cover wear). Corner of front endpaper cut off. In French. ** Works by Kupka (chiefly paintings) in the Musee National d"Art Moderne, Paris. (Inventaire des Collections Publiques Francaises, 13)..... More
1991. Fessler, Ann. Art History Lesson. Baltimore [Author] 1991. [12]p, several ills. Very good stapled paperbound (light handling wear). ** Long before the #Metoo Movement, Fessler juxtaposed art historian H.W. Janson's commentary on Poussin's philosophy of art ("The highest aim of painting, [Poussin] believed, is to represent noble and serious..... More
1927. Fierens-Gevaert [H.], and Paul Fierens. Histoire de la Peinture Flamande des Origines a la Fin du XV Siecle. Paris and Brussels: Van Oest 1927-1929. 3 vols., complete: "Les Createurs de l'Art Flamand," "Les Continuateurs des Van Eyck," and "La Maturite de l'Art Flamand." Ca. 350p total + 378 ills..... More
1971. Findlay Galleries. Christopher Lane. NY, 1971. [12]p, 9 ills., some in color. Good paperbound (cover soil). Photo-duplicated artist biography stapled to back cover (edges worn). ** "The text of this catalog is made up of excerpts from a letter written by Christopher Lane to Peter Findlay, in the early..... More
1980. Fine, Elsa Honig, ed. Woman's Art Journal. Knoxville, TN [etc.]: Woman's Art. 37 of 38 issues, from Vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1980) through Vol. 19, no. 2 (Fall 1998/Winter 1999). Lacks Vol. 12, no. 2 (Fall 1991/Winter 1992). Variously paged and heavily illustrated. Overall very good, showing some..... More
1899. Fison, Charles F., and Hubert G. Malaher, eds. A Manual for Stewards at Missionary Loan Exhibitions. London: Church Missionary Society 1899. 136p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover (slight cover spotting; no d.j., if issued?). ** Detailed guide to preparing and presenting Missionary Society exhibitions for western..... More
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1924. Fosca, Francois. E.-A. Bourdelle. Paris: Editions de la "Nouvelle Revue Francaise" 1924. 64p, many ills. Good paperbound (spine mended, covers faded). No. 3 in the publisher's Sculpteurs Francais Nouveaux series. The regular edition. Ink presentation from Fosca. ** With a reproduced wood-engraved portrait by Georges Aubert, after a self-portrait..... More
1911. Fournier-Sarloveze. Louis-Auguste Brun: Peintre de Marie-Antoinette 1758-1814. Paris: Goupil 1911. 150p, many ills. Very good hardcover (buckram with leather label), original wrappers bound in. Small stain to back cover; mended closed tear to one upper page margin; occasional light foxing. No. 73 of 1000 copies. ** Focuses on Brun's..... More
1956. Foyle, W. & G. Recent Acquisitions of Rare Books & Four Very Rare Alchemical Manuscripts. London, July 1956. 466 items, 4 ills. on covers including the Froschmayr manuscript. Very good paperbound. ** The manuscripts are a 1680 manuscript, an 18th-century manuscript by Froschmayr von Scheibenhof, and two 18th-century manuscripts..... More
1986. Frackman, Noel. John Storrs. NY: Whitney Museum of American Art 1986. 143p, 144 black-and-white ills. Very good paperbound. ** Major retrospective of this sculptor, whose career spanned the first half of the 20th century. "As a member of the first generation of modernists, Storrs was a pioneer in his..... More
1976. Frasconi, Antonio; Ricardo E. Alegria. Antonio Frasconi: Obra Grafica 1943-1975. San Juan, PR: Museo del Grabado Latinoamericano / Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena 1976. [40]p, many ills., all in black and white. Very good paperbound (light shelfsoil). In Spanish. ** Exhibition catalogue of 121 woodcuts (not all are illustrated). With..... More
1992. Freeman, Brad, and Johanna Drucker. Otherspace: Martian Ty/opography. [Atlanta] Nexus Press and [NY] Interplanetary Productions 1992. N.p., many varied ills. printed in black and red. Fine hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** Adventures of astrophysicist Jane as she explores the surface of Mars. The long colophon describes the computerized..... More
1977. French, Cal. Through Closed Doors: Western Influence on Japanese Art 1639-1853. Exhibition catalogue: Meadow Brook Art Gallery (Oakland University), Kobe City Museum of Namban Art, and others, 1977. 173p, ca. 100 ills. + 8p of color ills. Good sturdy paperbound (light handling wear). ** Prints, paintings, and other works..... More
1977. Freund, Gisele. Memoires de l'Oeil. Paris: Editions du Seuil 1977. 138p, many photos, some in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (torn at edges, affecting Freund's name on front). ** The photographer's recollections, and a wide-ranging selection of her work--Paris, England, James Joyce, Evita Peron, portraits (artists, writers..... More
2007. Friedlander, Lee. Frederick Law Olmsted Landscapes. NY: D.A.P. 2007. N.p., 89 large photos beautifully printed by Meridian Printing [not Meriden Gravure]. Very good hardcover with mounted photo on front cover; lacks d.j. ** In 1989 Phyllis Lambert commissioned Friedlander and two other photographers to take pictures in the parks..... More
1891. Friedrich, Thomas. Die Holz-Tektonik Vorder-Asiens im Alterthum und der Hekal Mat Hatti. Innsbruck: Wagner'sche Universitat 1891. 55p, 3 line ills. Fair paperbound (covers torn, spine taped). In German. ** On wood construction in antiquity--Assyria, Egypt, Greece--based on ancient texts and other evidence. Passing references to Gottfried Semper. Can be..... More
1964. Gabhart, Ann; Frieda Grayzel; Rosalind Krause [misspelled Krauss]. Within the Easel Convention: Sources of Abstract-Expressionism. Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1964. 46p, no ills. except for cover. Photocopied typescript. Good paperbound (center gatherings loosening due to lack of one staple; back cover lightly damp stained and rippled)..... More
1975. Gage, Michael, and Maritz Vandenberg. Hard Landscape in Concrete. London: Architectural Press 1975. 167p, over 100 photos and line ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (chipped). ** How to effectively use and design with concrete in urban spaces such as pedestrian ways, street furniture, play areas, and the..... More
1958. Galerie Chalette. Group of 7 exhibition catalogues. NY, 1958-1965. Variously paged and illustrated, much color. Overall very good paperbounds (light handling wear). ** Sculpture by Painters (1958), Hepworth (1959), Structured Sculpture (1960), Gustave Singier (1962), Nicolas de Stael (1962), Kurt Schwitters (1963), Fernand Leger: The Figure (1965). Texts by..... More
1960. Galerie Charpentier [Ader, Perigois, Laurin]. Importante Collection de Porcelaines Tendres de Vincennes et Sevres. Auction cat., Paris, June 22, 1960. N.p. (lots 151-298) + many photos on 43 pls. Good paperbound. ** Also in the sale were Old Master paintings and drawings, 18th-century furniture, and tapestries, all from the..... More
