New York: Clarkson N. Potter / Crown, 1986. Metzner, Sheila. First edition. Hardcover. N.p., 54 large color plates. "A Polaroid Book." Preface by Mark Strand, designed by Katy Homans. Jacket slightly chipped. Paitnerly portraits and still lifes, "enhanced by the muted colors and grainy texture of her prints, achieved through..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1996. Sargent, Margarett. First edition. Hardcover. 371p + 20p of ills. (8 in color). Ink presentation from Moore on the title page. Jacket shelf-smudged. Evocative life of the exuberant, troubled modernist painter (1891-1978). The colorful figurative work of her short career is now newly studied and..... More
Cooperstown, NY: Arthur H. Crist Co., 1915. Bruce, Josephine. First edition. Pictorial hardcover. 167p, several line ills. by Josephine Bruce. No jacket (if issued?). Ink gift presenttion "To Ambrose David Clark,1935 [from] Godmother Rose Robinson." Stories about Willie and his pony Calico, originally appearing in the magazine "American Motherhood"--"a magazine..... More
London: The Women's Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 242p, 40 ills. Examines "the aspirations and expectations of Victorian women artists [painters and sculptors], their struggle for proper training, for exhibition and for unqualified recognition in the male-dominated art world." With case histories of Henrietta (Mrs. E.M.) Ward, Joanna Mary Boyce..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2002. Oelbaum, Zeva. First edition. Hardcover. 96p, many photos printed in sepia duotone. Instead of a jacket, a sheet with information about the book is mounted to the rear cover, as issued. Oelbaum was inspired by a student teacher's century-old botany journal that she found in Maine..... More
Gretna, LA: Pelican Pub. Co., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 182p, many ills. + 32 pages in color. Fwd. by John Canaday. Jacket edges torn (not shown in photo). The first modern study of the Newcomb Guild from its founding in 1895 to 1945--its pottery, needlework, metal and leather crafts, jewelry..... More
London: Tate Publishing, 2011. First edition. Soft cover. 90p, many color ills. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Surveys the achievements of British women war artists from World War I to the present--"as eyewitnesses, participants, commentators, and officially commissioned recorders of war." Includes Laura Knight, Lucy..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. Parker, Olivia. First edition. Hardcover. N.p., 53 plates printed in 2 colors. Short text by Parker. Unclipped jacket is chipped, rubbed. In his publishing memoir Godine at Fifty, David Godine singles out this book as one of his favorites, describing it as "one of the..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown, 1983. Parker, Olivia. First edition. Hardcover. N.p., 43 large color plates. Signed by Strand on the title page. Unclipped jacket is chipped; spine is faded. Jacket photo is titled "Chambers." Photo is too pale. Vibrantly colored. sensual, and evocative assemblages of natural..... More
New York: Routledge, 1989. Reprint (1st pub. 1986). Soft cover. 246p, 106 black-and-white ills. Pioneering contribution to women's history. "Drawing on household accounts, women's magazines, letters, novels, and the artworks themselves, Rozsika Parker discovered strands of resistance: paradoxically, while embroidery was employed to inculcate femininity in women, it also provided..... More
New York: Norton, 1992. Purcell, Rosamond Wolff. First edition. Hardcover. 155p, 107 ills., most of them large color photos. Photo is cropped and shows reflections. Documents eight unusual collections of natural history, scientific, medical, paleontological, and other often curious specimens from around the world. "What these collections say about the..... More
Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1972. Graves, Nancy. First edition. Soft cover. [20]p, many ills., 1 in color. Exhibition catalogue of works using or inspired by large mammal bones and sea life. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 134p, many ills., 9 in color. Lacks jacket. At the time, one of the very few books in English on Haitian art. Based on Rodman's travels in the country and his immersion in the art world there. With much detail about..... More
London: Reaktion Books for The Royal Pavilion Art Gallery & Museums, Brighton, 1992. Kauffman, Angelica. First edition. Soft cover. 216p, 150 ills., 40 in color. The other contributors are Angela Rosenthal, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, and David Alexander. Substantial exhibition publication, with texts on Kauffman and the art of..... More
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., 1927. Smith, Nettie S. No stated edition. Soft cover (limp boards). 102p, many line and halftone ills. by the author, 2 plates in color. Covers lightly chipped and rubbed, spine faded. Many classroom lessons in two-dimensional design, materials, color, techniques, etc., including designing from photographs. The..... More
Paris: G. de Malherbe [printer], 1904. First edition. Stapled softcover. 8p, no ills. Checklist of 170 works of equestrian art, which were exhibited at the Grand Palais during the Paris concours hippique (horse show) of 1904. They included oils, watercolors, sculpture, and a few drawings. Among the artists, most of..... More
Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1989. Callis, Jo Ann. Limited edition. Soft cover. 63p, many full-page ills., several in color. One of 1000 softcover copies (plus 150 numbered and signed hardcover copies). Exhibition publication, with long original essay by Spector and 10 poems by Carver (reprinted from other sources)..... More
Waltham, MA: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1988. Stuart, Michelle. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many ills., most in color. Mid-career exhibition of Stuart's mixed-media works that explore the Earth, time, nature, and the self--all informed by her "interdisciplinary strengths in literature, science, philosophy, and art history." Can be sent..... More
Chicago: Albert Rouiller's Art Galleries, printed by Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelly & Sons, 1913. First edition. Soft cover. 152p, many ills. Occasional marginal pencil marks. Pricelist of hundreds of etchings by painter-etchers George Charles Aid, George Walter Chandler, Charles W. Dahlgreen, C.K. Gleeson, Lester G. Hornby, Katharine Kimball, Bertha Lum..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1986. First edition. Soft cover. 56p, many ills. (renderings, plans, models), some in color. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition that was shown at The Architectural League of New York, Harvard, and elsewhere. Twelve then-young landscape designers each describe their plans for an..... More
New York: Creative Time, 1977. First edition. Unbound sheet (slight handling wear). One sheet folded into 6 panels (printed on both sides), 5 ills. Closed, ca. 4 x 9 inches. Short texts by Arnold Rood and Suzanne Delehanty; short statement by Wilson. Published to accompany Wilson's "theater environment," consisting of..... More
Fullerton, CA: Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1974. Nampeyo. First edition. Soft cover. 50p, many ills. + color cover. Designed and produced by Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ. With a family tree of Nampeyo's many descendants. Exhibition catalogue, with a checklist of the 90+ works exhibited. Can be sent outside the US for..... More
