1930. Berliner Secession. Katalog Berliner Secession Plastik Ausstellung 1930. Berlin-Dahlem: Fr. K. Koetschau 1930. 24p + 24 pls. Fair paperbound (covers soiled and stained, bottom of front cover torn, opening pages curled). Binding very secure. ** Lists 167 works by contemporary sculptors, including Archipenko, Breker, Laurens, Maillol, Marcks, Matisse, Picasso..... More
1932. Clark, Edna Maria. Ohio Art and Artists. Richmond: Garrett and Massie 1932. 509p, over 140 pls. Good hardcover (ex-lib. with usual marks; title page soiled). Content very good and clean (occasional library blindstamp in margins); binding sturdy. ** Unsightly on the shelf, but still a very useful overview of..... More
2004. Davidson, Maxwell, III. George Rickey: The Early Works. Atglen, PA: Schiffer 2004. 288p, over 380 photos, many large and most in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (soiled). ** Treats the indoor sculptures, in stainless steel and other materials, from the first 25 years of Rickey's career. Many..... More
1939. Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition...at the Scarab Club. Detroit, 1939. One sheet folded twice to make six panels. Very good (light soil, short closed tear to front cover). ** Checklist of 78 works (media not specified), no ills. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
2006. Doumit, Moussa M. The Sculpture of Thomas Eakins. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art 2006. 66p, many ills. (bronzes and plaster models). Very good paperbound. ** The first exhibition and publication to focus on Eakins's small output of sculpture (figures, horses, anatomical studies). Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
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
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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
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
1946. George Binet Gallery. Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Schonbauer. NY, n.d. [ca. 1947]. One sheet folded twice to make four pages, printed on one side. Good (handling wear, soil). ** Short text by Waldo Frank, checklist of 17 sculptures (chiefly mahogany and other woods) and 12 drawings..... More
1971. Groenewegen-Frankfort, H.A., and Bernard Ashmole. Art of the Ancient World:: Painting, Pottery, Sculpture, Architecture from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Greece, and Rome. NY: Abrams, n.d. [1971]. (Library of Art History) 528p, 700 ills. + 61 color pls. Very good hardcover in shelfworn d.j. ** Comprehensive survey. Heavy; shipping/handling will be..... More
1981. Hampe, Roland, and Erika Simon. The Birth of Greek Art: From the Mycenaean to the Archaic Period. London: Thames and Hudson 1981. 316p, 504 ills., 60 in color. Very good hardcover in lightly shelfworn d.j. and slipcase. ** Large survey of the architecture, painting, metalwork, weapons, stone vessels, pottery..... More
1935. Huntley, G. Haydn. Andrea Sansovino: Sculptor and Architect of the Italian Renaissance. Harvard University Press 1935. 155p + 73 ills. Good hardcover (covers scuffed); no d.j. Ex-lib. but the only mark is a barcode label on the rear endpaper. Owner's ink name, with note that the book was given..... More
1957. Kleemann Galleries, NY. Hans Uhlmann. Exhibition catalogue, 1957. 24p, ca. 24 ills. Checklist of the 37 sculptures and drawings on view. Original(?) text by Will Grohmann. Good paperbound (faded, back cover stained). ** "Hans Uhlmann was the first sculptor in Germany to experiment with steel and iron. He was..... More
1973. Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco. Art of the West. Exhibition catalogue, 1973. 48p, 36 black-and-white ills. (+ color cover). Good paperbound. ** The gallery's 25th-anniversary show of chiefly 20th-century paintings and bronzes, including several Taos School works. Alfred Jacob Miller, William R. Leigh, Fritz Scholder, Harry Jackson, E. Irving Couse..... More
1942. Mellquist, Jerome. The Emergence of an American Art. NY: Scribner 1942. 1st ed. 421p + several pls. Good hardcover (some marginal foxing) in poor d.j. From the library of historian Henry Steele Commager, with his signature and occasional marginal notes, all in pencil. ** Interesting contemporary survey of American..... More
1978. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. L'Art du connoisseur / The Art of Connoisseurship. Exhibition catalogue, 1978. 143p, many ills. Texts by Myra Nan Rosenfield and others. Good paperbound. Text in French and English. ** "The purpose of this exhibition is to show the general public the different methods of..... More
1959. Oeri, Goergina, et al. James Rosati Sculpture Collages. NY: Fine Arts Associates (Otto M. Gerson), 1959. [12]p, 14 ills. With reprinted appreciations by Stanley Kunitz and Hilton Kramer. Very good paperbound (back cover shelf soiled). ** Checklist of 24 works exhibited. Laid in: 2 invitations (handwritten note from Rosati..... More
1993. Palagia, Olga, and William Coulson, eds. Sculpture from Arcadia and Laconia. Oxford: Oxbow 1993. 283p, many photos and other ills., 1 folding. Very good hardcover (plasticized boards, lightly shelf-rubbed). No d.j., as issued. ** Proceedings of an international conference held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens..... More
1993. Penny, Nicholas. The Materials of Sculpture. Yale University Press 1993. 318p, 230 ills., many in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. (light shelfwear). ** Good up-to-date overview of "the nature of the materials used by sculptors, examining how these were regarded as well as how they were..... More
1925. Rapin, Henri. La Sculpture Decorative a l'Exposition des Arts Decoratifs de 1925. Paris: Ch. Moreau 1925. 4p text + many detailed photos on 32 loose pls. (complete). Board portfolio printed in a striking Art Deco geometrical design (top sunned, else very good, with ties). Plates are very good and..... More
1924. Raynal, Maurice. Ossip Zadkine. Rome: Editions de "Valori Plastici" 1924 (1st pub. 1921). 16p + 32 pls. "en phototypie." Fair paperbound (covers worn, mended; part of backstrip missing). In French. ** An early appreciation of Zadkine, in the publisher's series Les Artistes Nouveaux. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
1922. Roger-Marx, Claude. Charles Despiau. Paris: Gallimard [NRF] 1922. 64p, many ills. Fair paperbound (covers worn). No. 1 in the publisher's Sculpteurs Francais Nouveaux series. The regular edition. ** The first separate publication on Despiau. With a summary list of his principal works, and a reproduced wood-engraved portrait by Georges..... More
1940. Rood, John. Wood Sculpture. Athens, OH: Lawhead Press 1940. 32p, many black-and-white photos of Rood's sculptures. Good paperbound (card covers) in fair d.j. (spine reinforced with tape; torn, soiled). Title page smudged from offsetting from front jacket flap. ** Text by Rood on his work. Laid in: 2 one-page..... More
1943. Schefold, Karl. Bildnisse der antiken Dichter Redner und Denker. Basel: Benno Schwabe 1943. 227p, many photos. Very good hardcover; no d.j. ** Comprehensive study of portraits and representations of poets, orators, and philosophers in Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic art (vase painting, statuary, mosaics, and metalwork). The first edition... More
1974. Sidney Janis Gallery. New Sculpture by George Segal. NY, 1974. [16]p, 17 ills. (1 in color), mostly large pls. Good paperbound (light handling wear). The diecut opening on the front cover is very good and intact. ** Checklist of 41 items; no other text. Can be sent outside the..... More
