Exhibition Catalog
Contemporary Japanese Prints
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972. Softcover. 8vo. 125pp. Original wrappers. Some writing and marking in blue ink on front wrapper. Some staining to wraps. Title-page loose but present. Richly illustrated with color & b/w reproductions of prints. Wraps in good, interior in very good condition. More
Catalogue des Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier, 2ème vente; 3ème vente, 4ème et dernière vente. Vols. 2, 3, 4
Paris: Galerie Georges Petit, 1918, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 1/2"). [4], 218pp; 290, [2]pp; 312pp. Original half green morocco over olive cloth, with gold lettering and ruling to spine (Vol. 2). Original 3/4 olive morocco over olive cloth, with gold lettering and tooling to spines..... More
Shanghai Gallery of Art 2005 外灘三號滬申畫廊
Shanghai: Shanghai Gallery of Art, 2005. First edition. Softcover. Square quarto. 275pp. [4]. Translucent white wax paper dust jacket covering textured white paper wrappers with printed geometric square design on the front cover, black lettering on the spine. This beautifully produced publication documents a wide variety of Chinese modern art..... More
Le Fantastique dans l'Art Belge, de Bosch à Magritte à la XXVIIème Biennale de Venise.
Bruxelles: Editions de la Connaissance S.A., 1954. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 64, [16]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work on the Fantastic in Belgian art, profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of paintings and 2 tipped-in colored illustrations. Includes an article by René Magritte on "Thought..... More
The Theatrical Prints of the Torii Masters: A Selection of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Ukiyo-e
Honolulu; Tokyo: Honolulu Academy of Arts; Riccar Art Museum, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [4], 119, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over tan cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. This volume describes and reproduces a selection of single-sheet Japanese woodblock prints and a few leaves of illustrated books..... More
Jacques Lipchitz: A Retrospective Selected by the Artist [SIGNED]
Los Angeles: UCLA Art Council, 1963. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 72pp. [1]. Illustrated white, black and brown wrappers, with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Signed by the artist in pencil on the front cover. Illustrated title page. The publication is an illustrated catalog, produced in conjunction with..... More
Wilhelm Loth: Zeichnungen 1938-1991 : Ausstellung vom 14. September bis 3. November 1991 in der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe: Die Kunsthalle, 1991. Softcover. 4to. 227pp. Original wraps. Minor creasing on spine. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of drawings. Text in German. Near fine. More
Anselm Reyle - Mystic Silver
Berlin: Distanz, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 157pp. (2). Black cloth boards, with debossed silver design and lettering on the front cover and spine. Printed on glossy paper. The book was published on the ocassion of the exhibitions "Anselm Reyle - Mystic Silver" at the House for Contemporary Art..... More
Die Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien 1940 (Academy of Visual Arts Vienna 1940) [WITH] Original Invitation to the Annual Exhibition of the Academy
Vienna: Published by the Academy, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Small Quarto. Unpaginated. Original handmade cream stiff wraps with brown lettering on cover, in photo-illustrated original dustjacket, brown lettering on cover; protected by modern mylar. Adolf Hitler slogan on half-title: Art is a sublime mission obligated to fanaticism. Frontispiece photograph of..... More
Microspace Globaltime: An Architectural Manifesto
Vienna: NP, 1999. Oblong 8vo. 31pp. Original red mylar. Exhibition catalog. Illustrated with color reproductions of photographs. Fine. More
The Photomontages of Hannah Höch
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 224 (2)pp. Original blue half-cloth over color-illustrated light blue boards with black lettering on cover, white on spine. Dark blue endpapers. Catalog for the traveling exhibition of Hannah Höch's photomontages at the Walker Art Center, the MOMA New York and..... More
Man Ray: Human Equations
Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 236pp. Illustrated paper boards, with white lettering on the spine. Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and held at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. February 7-May 10, 2015; Ny Carlsberg..... More
Isolated Rooms
Published by ROMA Publications in collaboration with The Art Institute of Chicago / The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, (2005). First edition. Softcover. 2 volumes, exhibition catalogue & reference book, as issued. Quarto. Catalogue: 181pp. Green cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated entirely with b/w..... More
Tabwa. The Rising of a New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1985. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XVI, 288pp. Original decorative soft brown cloth. This remarkable catalogue, published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, is an attempt to present Tabwa visual arts in their cultural context and so enhances..... More
Picasso: Works on Paper Barcelona, Blue and Pink Periods
London: Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd., 1988. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. Unpaginated. Original pictorial wrappers with yellow lettering on cover and spine. Exhibition organized in association with galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva. Profusely illustrated with color, duotone and b/w drawings by Picasso. Minor scuffing to wraps. Ballpoint pen notes on inside..... More
A Door Meant as Adornment
Los Angeles: MOCA (The Museum of Contemporary Art), 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/2"). 80pp. Original quarter grey cloth over photo-illustrated paper covered boards with red lettering to front cover. "A crafty master craftsman with the heart of a conceptualist, Roy McMakin makes furniture that pokes..... More
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011. sixth printing. Hardcover. Folio. 240pp. Original brown cloth with holograph alternating between skull and portrait of the artist pasted onto cover with silver lettering on spine; no dustjacket as issued. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition at..... More
Arts Primitifs dans les Ateliers d'Artistes
Paris: Musée de l'Homme, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated dust-jacket over blank wraps. This remarkable catalogue was published on the occasion of the Exhibit "Arts Primitifs dans les Ateliers d'Artistes," held in Paris at the Musée de l'Homme, in 1967. Its main goal was to uncover the..... More
Chambres pour Dubuffet - Rooms for Dubuffet
Paris; Vence: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1995. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 156, [4]pp. Original printed wrappers. This remarkable publication accompanies the exhibition "Chambres pour Dubuffet" organized by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux, and presented at the Chateau de Villeneuve, Vence (France), July 1-October 30 1995. It is..... More
La Peinture Ancienne au Musee Royal des Beaux-Arts d'Anvers. Reproduction de 147 Oeuvres des Diverses Ecoles. Precedee d'un Guide Historique et Critique.
Bruxelles, Paris: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire; G. vam Oest & C (ed.), 1914. Hardcover. 4to. 58pp (1). 98pp. 3/4 cloth over marbled boards with title plate. Minor wear to title plate. Sporadic foxing to som pages and page edges, not affecting text. B/w photo of painting laid-in to rear..... More
Livres illustrés par André Hambourg [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED, WITH ORIGINAL SKETCH]
Vire: Ville de Vire, 1981. First edition. Softcover. Octavo (8 x 8 1/4"). 100, [4]pp. Original decorative wrappers. Title page inscribed and signed by André Hambourg, with an original sketch. Splendid catalogue published at the occasion of an exhibition of books illustrated by André Hambourg (1909-1999), a celebrated French impressionist..... More
Ciclo de Exposicoes sobre Arte no Rio de Janeiro. 2. Grupo Frente / 1954-1956 3. I Exposicao Nacional De Arte Abstrata Hotel Quitandinha / 1953
Rio de Janeiro: Galeria de arte BANERJ, 1984. First edition. Softcover. Square Octavo (8 3/8"). Unpaginated (1) 70pp. Original color-illustrated white wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. A cycle of art exhibitions in Rio de Janeiro. With texts by Frederico Morais: Grupo Frente - the first..... More
Art of the Japanese Postcard: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston: MFA, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 287, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth with red lettering on spine. Illustrated title page. 'More than casual mail pieces, Japanese postcards were often designed by prominent artists and had a visual impact that belied their modest format. "Art of the Japanese..... More