Chinese Hand-Colored Woodcuts
Late 19th century. Late 19th-century hand-colored woodcuts. Water damage (and warping) on back cover board and a few adjoining pages, not affecting images. Accordian fold. More
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Illustrierter Katalog der XI. Internationalen Kunstausstellung im Kgl. Glaspalast zu München 1913
München: Verlag der "Münchener Graphischen Gesellschaft" 1913. Second edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. xlvii, 473 (3)pp., 184 plates, (blank leaf), vi, (6) 52pp. Original illustrated two color wraps with brown and reverse gilt lettering on cover. Plan of exhibition halls spanning inside front cover and front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of Prinz... More
El Antirretrato del Dr. Villanueva; ochos oleos de Fernando Leal Audirac
Mexico City: Galeria de Arte Mexicano, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. 155 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket. Dj slightly scuffed on top and bottom of spine, on bottom edge and on all corners. The set of oil paintings presented in "The Anti -Portrait of... More
Piktogramme - Die Einsamkeit der Zeichen (Pictograms - the loneliness of signs)
Stuttgart; München: Kunstmuseum Stuttgart; Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. 380, [18]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over pictorial wrappers. This striking catalog was published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, which evolved from the observation of signs in daily life and how their meanings have... More
Rossica: International Review Of Russian Culture. (St. Petersburg 1703-2003)
London: Academia Rossica, 2003. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 160,[1]pp. Original illustrated paper wrappers. Spring/Summer 2003. Issue 10/11. A history of St. Petersburg arts and architecture from 1703-2003. Profusely illustrated with reproduced color and b/w photos. Text in English and Russian. Near fine condition. More
Beyond Words. A Holocaust History in Sixteen Woodcuts Done in 1945 by Miklos Adler, a Hungarian Survivor
New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 2001. Limited edition of which this is No. 451, signed by Saul Touster. Hardcover. Quarto. 60 pp. Portfolio in black cloth with illustrated label pasted on front cover. String ties. Two pockets to inside covers. One contains book with introduction and woodcuts, captions in... More
Bordell und Boudoir: Schauplätze der Moderne (Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso)
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, (2005). Hardcover. Quarto. 296pp. Blue cloth with blind-stamped title on cover and spine in original color illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color & b/w photographic reproductions of art work by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Pablo Picasso. The paintings depict scenes from brothels... More
![Special Issue of the XXème Siècle Review: Homage to Yaacov Agam [WITH 2 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS]. Yaacov Agam, Frank Popper, Thomas M. Messer, Giulio Carlo Argan, Arturo Schwarz, Abraham A. Moles, Alain Jouffroy, Haim Gamzu Serge Lemoine, Jacques Lassaigne, dust-jacket illustration Illustrations, original.](/pictures/thumb/42582.jpg?v=1494538019)
Special Issue of the XXème Siècle Review: Homage to Yaacov Agam [WITH 2 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS]
New York: Leon Amiel, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4"). 159, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy pebbled cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Original lithographic frontispiece. Photo-illustrated title page. This special issue of XXème Siècle is entirely devoted to the art of Yaacov Agam, and... More
![Igrejas Barrocas de Minas de Aguilar / Aguilar, Baroque Churches of Minas [WITH 10 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTIST]. Jose Roberto Aguilar, Original, Neli Dutra.](/pictures/thumb/42402.jpg?v=1491266063)
Igrejas Barrocas de Minas de Aguilar / Aguilar, Baroque Churches of Minas [WITH 10 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTIST]
Sao Paulo, Brasil: Editora Cesar, 1967. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/250. Folio (19 1/2 x 13 3/4"). [5] loose leaves (Text), [10] loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original plywood covers, with embossed red and black lettered leather label on front cover. Two string ties. A series of ten loose woodblock... More
L'Art et la Vie : Mané-Katz
Paris: Marcel Seheur, 1933. Limited first edition. Softcover. Quarto. 118, [6]pp. Uncut and partly unopened copy. Original printed stiff soft cover with red lettering on front cover and spine. Frontispiece portrait of Mané-Katz by Picasso. Title-page in red and black lettering with printer's device. A detailed and lavishly illustrated account... More
![Painters of the Desert [INSCRIBED & SIGNED]. Ed Ainsworth.](/pictures/thumb/6954.jpg?v=1434441177)
Painters of the Desert [INSCRIBED & SIGNED]
Palm Desert: Desert Magazine, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed to Don Belding, the "Father of West Coast Advertising," by Ed Ainsworth on title page. Lg. 4to. 111 pp. Orange cloth with d/j. Illustrated throughout with photos and painting repros in color and b&w. Features work of 13 artists... More
Joris Minne
Tielt, Utrecht: Lannoo, Tielt, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 167 pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spine in black printed dust jacket. Some text about the artist followed by an abundance of illustrations of his work including reproductions of sketches and photographs of his sculpture. Some scuffing... More
The Works of Antonio Canova in Sculpture and Modelling with Descriptions from the Italian of the Countess Albrizzi and a Biographical Memoir by Count Cicognara
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Heliotype edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes in one. Sm. folio. Unpaginated. Original morocco, gold-stamped on front and back cover. Beveled edges. Gold-decorated spine with raised bands. All gilt edges. Doublures. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris of Lucy [Doheny] Smith Battson (* see below) on free front... More
![Pointes [WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING, AND ETCHINGS HAND-SIGNED BY THE ARTIST]. Pierre Alechinsky, Original, Louis Scutenaire.](/pictures/thumb/42464.jpg?v=1493314776)
Pointes [WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING, AND ETCHINGS HAND-SIGNED BY THE ARTIST]
Paris: Georges Visat, 1972. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/25. Folio (15 3/4 x 11 3/4"). 41, [5] loose pages, as issued. Uncut. Original embossed white wrappers housed in an illustrated full tan cloth chemise, with black lettering to spine and front cover. Chemise housed in its matching tan cloth slipcase... More
Derrière le Miroir, No 123 Fevrier 1961: Miró, Céramique Murale pour Harvard; No 139-140 Juin-Juillet 1963: Miró, Artigas; No 151-152 Mai 1965: Miró, Cartons; No 193-194 Octobre-Novembre 1971: Miró, Peintures sur Papier - Dessins. Lot of 4 complete issues
Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1961-1963-1965-1971. First edition. Paperback. Lot of 4 complete issues of DLM devoted to the art of Joan Miró: - Derrière le Miroir, No 123 Fevrier 1961: Folio. [12]pp. Original lithographic wrappers. DLM published this remarkable issue in february 1961 on the occasion of the presentation at the Maeght... More
![A Selection of Six Pen and Ink Drawings from the Series "Los Angeles Landmarks" Originally Published by Westways Magazine. Volume One. [SIGNED]. Peter Alexander.](/pictures/thumb/23339.jpg?v=1434441531)
A Selection of Six Pen and Ink Drawings from the Series "Los Angeles Landmarks" Originally Published by Westways Magazine. Volume One. [SIGNED]
Westways Magazine, 1963. Portfolio containing 6 drawings in pen and ink (each signed by the artist) of the exterior of houses in specified locations in Los Angeles: Bradbury Building, Stimpson House, Clark Memorial House, Los Angeles Theater, 4425 N. Figueroa, Clay Street . The artist's signature also on the inside... More
![Sporting Notions [WITH 18 ORIGINAL HAND-COLORED AQUATINTS]. Henry Thomas Alken.](/pictures/thumb/40877.jpg?v=1464829207)
Sporting Notions [WITH 18 ORIGINAL HAND-COLORED AQUATINTS]
[London]: [T. McLean], [1831-1833]. Hardcover. Oblong octavo (7 x 8 1/2"). Unpaginated. [22] leaves. Contemporary gilt-stamped blue cloth. Collection of 18 original hand-colored soft-ground etchings with aquatint from Henry Thomas Alken's famous "Sporting Notions." Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was the dominant sporting artist and one of the most popular caricaturists of the... More
Light in the Human Environment...as the psychologist sees it
Los Angeles: Sunbeam Lighting, (1970). Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Original wrappers. Minor scuffing to wraps and age yellowing to pages. Very good condition. More
Le Nouveau Spectateur. Correspondance Rédigée par Roger Allard. 1re Année. No. 6-7. 25 Juillet - 10 Aout 1919. Raoul Dufy Et Son Oeuvre.
Paris: Camille Bloch, Editeur - Administrateur, 1919. First edition. Softcover. 12mo. 105-145pp. Unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Scarce and fascinating work dedicated to the painter Raoul Dufy and his work, profusely illustrated with 10 b/w reproductions of some of his most famous drawings and paintings, including one double-page. Book block... More
![Backschisch: Erinnerungen an die Reise der Augusta Victoria in dem Orient [SIGNED]. C. W. Allers.](/pictures/thumb/21133.jpg?v=1434441449)
Backschisch: Erinnerungen an die Reise der Augusta Victoria in dem Orient [SIGNED]
Germany: Published by the author, [1891]. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. Unpaginated. Original 3/4 brown cloth over tan cloth with red and black lettering on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Author's visit card on inside of front cover. Inside of free front endpaper signed by Christian Wilhelm Allers. Remarkable facsimile reproduction... More
American Pop Art
New York: Collier Books, 1974. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XII, [2], 144, [2]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Frontispiece. Prepared in 1974 for an exhibit at the Whitney with a section about artists, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, Andy Warhol, and prints by the other artists represented... More
![Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow [SIGNED ARTIST PROOF WOODCUT]. Irving Amen.](/pictures/thumb/38592.jpg?v=1434442501)
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow [SIGNED ARTIST PROOF WOODCUT]
NP: NP, 1972. Artist's Proof. Framed. Striking original colored woodcut depicting a young Jewish boy and girl reading and working under a tree. Three people are seen working in the background, while an Israeli flag is proudly flying under a rainbow. The lower portion of the artwork features a Sabbath... More
Francois Boucher: Peintures
Lausanne: La Bibliotheque des Arts, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Folio. vii.416pp. 366pp. Gray cloth with gilt title to cover and spine with dj in original cardboard slipcase. Some discoloration to both slipcases. Minor creasing to dj. Color frontispiece. A fine two volume catalogue raisonne of Francois Boucher's paintings... More
Pursuit of the Marvelous: Charles Howard Stanley William Hayter Gordon Onslow Ford [SIGNED BY ONSLOW FORD]
Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Art Museum, 1990. First edition. Softcover. Full page original drawing and dedication "To Barbara Poe with all good wishes from Gordon OF" on title page." Quarto. 64pp. Original illustrated wrappers with red and blue lettering on cover, purple and black on spine, protected in modern mylar... More
Pio Il e Le Arti: La riscoperta dell'antico da Federighi a Michelangelo
Milano: Silvana Editoriale Spa, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. 607pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on front and spine, in original pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b/w and color reproductions of photographs. Top and bottom edges of dj slightly creased. Glassine on bottom edge of dj peeling slightly... More