New York: Viking Penguin, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 216p, many ills. + 8 color pls. Pioneering survey of prominent women artists and designers in many fields, "ranging over the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain, the Glasgow School of Art, the Russian Constructivists, the Bauhaus, the Wiener Werkstatte, the great..... More
Yeovil, UK: Marston House, 2005. Coper, Hans. New edition (1st pub. 1983). Soft cover. 224p, over 100 large ills., many in color. Definitive, profusely illustrated study of "the most important studio-potter of the twentieth century." With much on his long association with fellow ceramist Lucy Rie. More
Oostkamp: Stichting Kunstboek, 2002. Stockmans, Piet. First edition. Hardcover. 112p, many large photos, most in color. Photo is a little cropped. Handsome overview of Stockmans's varied work in porcelain and plaster--tableware, shapes based on the human body, and installations. Large; shipping/handling may be extra. Please keep this in mind when..... More
Sevres: Editions La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, 2010. Champy, Claude. First edition. Hardcover (boards). 168p, many large photos, most in color. No jacket, as issued. Texts by Bouiller, David Cameo, Christine Shimizu, and Christian Garcelon. In French; the main texts also in English. Survey of Champy's work..... More
Helsinki: Museum of Art and Design, 1999. Higby, Wayne. First edition. Soft cover. 54p, many large color ills. In English. Exhibition of 15 works embodying "memory-traces" of canyons, rocks, the sea, etc. Short artist's statement. Long bibliography and biography by Helen W. Drutt English (who lent the works) and Huron..... More
Philadelphia: The Clay Studio, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., over 70 ills. "An exhibition of 74 artists from the former East Block [sic] countries." One large photo of each artist's work plus summary biographical and exhibition information. Texts by Clark and Drutt ("Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on Social..... More
Beauchamp, UK: Richard Dennis, 2003. Leach, David. First edition. Soft cover. 120p, many ills., dozens in color. Cooper's detailed biography is followed by Nibelett's summary of the pots made at Dartington Hall, the Leach Pottery, and Lowerdown Pottery; the techniques used; pots and potters who inspired Leach (especially his father..... More
Syracuse: Design Center, Syracuse University, n.d. [1962]. First edition. Soft cover. [72]p, many black-and-white ills. Short texts by Laurence Schmeckebier, Director of the Syracuse School of Art. Catalogue of the "collection of ceramics organized by Professor Ruth Randall and exhibited for the first time as a part of the University's..... More
![Item #25553 Raoul Dufy [Tokyo and Kyoto exhibition]. Bernard Dorival](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/25553.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973460)
Tokyo: Musee National d'Art Occidental, 1967. Dufy. First edition. Soft cover. N.p. (199 works), over 200 ills. In Japanese. Jacket is original glassine. Catalogue of a large, wide-ranging exhibition, including many works on paper and ceramics. It was also shown in Kyoto. The illustrations, though all in black and white..... More
Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1979. Karina, Elena. First edition. Soft cover. 8p, 5 large ills. (vessels only). Exhibition catalogue, including artist information and checklist of the 21 vessels and 8 drawings exhibited. Also selections from a conversation between Karina and David Schaff. Can be sent outside the US..... More
New York: Nancy Hoffman Gallery, 1994. Frey, Viola. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, 69 color ills. including cover. Photo here is cropped on the sides. Traveling exhibition catalogue of 69 of Frey's expressionistic plates, which Kuspit describes as both funk and hallucinatory. Large; shipping/handling may be extra. Please keep this..... More
Victoria, Australia: National Gallery of Victoria, 1979. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many ills. + color cover ill. Exhibition catalogue of 241 objects featuring kangaroo motifs from the 1770s on--textiles, metalwork, ceramics, wood, emu eggs, etc. The works are chiefly English and Australian. One of the very few treatments of..... More
Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1999. Leuthold, Marc. First edition. Soft cover. [Ca. 36]p, many color plates. Larsen's text is a short appreciation. Other texts by Mario Cutajar and Thomas Piche, Jr. Exhibition catalogue of Marc Leuthold's intricately carved porcelain wheels and other cylindrical forms. Can be sent outside..... More
Caligari: Paolo Pisano, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 174p, many photos and line ills., several in color. Monograph on the pre-Christian grotto-crypt of the church of Santa Restituta in Caligari, Sardinia, and its excavation. Chapters on its history, some reproductions and transcriptions of documents relating to the later church, inscriptions found..... More
New York: Otto Gerson Gallery / Fine Arts Associates, 1956-1963. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated. Texts by various contributors. Further details on request. 1956: Rodin to Lipchitz Part II. 1957: Picasso Sculpture Part I, Lipchitz, David Smith. 1958: Paintings Watercolors Sculpture. 1959: R. Delaunay, Summer Fall, Paintings..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1982. First American edition. Hardcover. 216p, 347 ills. (85 in color). Trans. from French. Wide-ranging survey from the late 19th century on, divided into sections on the factories, artists, potters, and techniques. Emphasis on Europe, Britain, and America, but works by artists from several other countries are..... More
Frankfurt / New York: Museum fur Angewandte Kunst / Museum of Arts & Design, 2003. First edition. Soft cover. 344p, many large ills., most in color. All text in English and German. Catalogue of the 9th Triennial for Form and Content, with a variety of chiefly three-dimensional works in many..... More
![Item #31580 West Coast Ceramics [cover title]. Rose Slivka](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31580.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687210143)
Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1979. First edition. Soft cover. 44p, many ills., many in color. Texts in English and Dutch. Presents works by Voulkos, Arneson, Gilhooly, Nagle, Price, Shaw, Notkin, and Brady in the Stedelijk collection, with a text on each. Most of the artists were then working in the San..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1991. First edition. Soft cover. 144p, many color photos on ca. 80 pages. Foreword by Sottsass, "Tempest in a Teapot: The Social History of Peter Shire's Ceramics" by Klein, "The Playground of Modern Design" by Drohojowska. "Shire's teapots were an important element in the development of the..... More
Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1975. Van der Vaart. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, 9 large black-and-white plates. In Dutch. Exhibition of ceramics grouped in multiples, all made in 1975. The text consists of a conversation between Van der Vaart and renowned collector Achterbergh. Bibliography and chronology. Can be sent outside the..... More
London: Hayward Gallery, 1999. Fontana, Lucio. First edition. Soft cover. 207p, over 100 ills., chiefly large color plates. Major exhibition catalogue of Fontana's work, from the early ceramic sculptures to the later punctured and slashed canvases. With extracts from his writings and interviews, chronology, exhibition history, and annotated bibliography. Heavy;..... 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
Kyoto: Yo Akiyana; edited by EIKOH Institute of Culture and Education, 2004. Yo Akiyama. First edition. Soft cover. [32]p, 22 color plates. In Japanese and English. Presentation of 22 large sculptural pieces in rough clay by this leading Japanese ceramist. The text consists of short captions and a chronology and..... More
