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1. Bach, Rowell & Timkin.
Constantin Brancusi 1876 - 1957.
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995. First edition. 406 pages. 30 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. A retrospective exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Selected Bibliography. Index of Names. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. $85.00
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2. Barrett, Harry B.
The 19th century journals & paintings of William Pope.
Toronto: M.F. Feheley, 1976. First edition. 175 pages. Thirty-six four-color plates with accompanying commentary by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. Index. Pope emigrated from Kent, England and settled in Port Ryerse, Ontario. Canada's first artist-naturalist, his watercolors are artistically comparable to those of his contemporary, Audubon. Selections from Pope's very literate journals, he was well educated and a keen observer, are also reproduced here. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. $55.00
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3. Busignani, Alberto.
Marini.
London & New York: Hamlyn, 1968. First edition. 96 pages. 31 x 24.5. 29 black and white and 40 color plates. Bright, fresh almost as new copy. Orig. black boards lettered in silver. Fine in fine illustrated dust wrapper in clear plastic cover. $50.00
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4. Berman, Eugene.
The Graphic Work Of Eugene Berman.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. First edition. 332 pages. More than 700 black and white reproductions. Foreword by Russell Lynes. Preface and Notes by Eugene Berman. A neoromantic who rebelledagainst the Cubists, Berman, according to Lynes is "an echo of early masters which he (Berman) claims are not there -- Tintoretto, Strozi and Magnasco."The illustrations have been chosen and arranged by the artist. Orig. black cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. $65.00
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5. Bertholf, Robert.
Robert Duncan A Descriptive Bibliography.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First edition. 491 pages. Preface by Robert Creeley. Approximately sixty illustrations. Limited edition, Copy 5 of 176 signed by Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley and Robert J.Bertholf. These special copies were handbound by Earle Gray and designed by Barbara Martin. Orig.illustrated boards and cloth. Fine. $175.00
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6. Braque, Georges.
Georges Braque: His Graphic Work.
New York: Abrams, 1961. First edition. Approx. 120 pages. 31 x 27 cm. Introduction by Werner Hofmann. 174 reproductions, including nine in full-color. Bibliography. List of Reproductions. Catalogue of Braque's Graphic Work. FREITAG 1037. Orig. illustrated black cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. $90.00
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7. Brightman, Larry & Carol Brightman.
Drawings and Digressions [LARRY RIVERS].
New York: Clarkson N.Potter, 1979. First edition. 263 pages.Seventy color and 215 duotone illustrations. Edited by Carol Southern. Foreword by John Ashbury. A pictorial, autobiographical study of Larry Rivers with a notable prose foreword by poet Ashbury. Owner inscription. FREITAG 8238. Orig. green cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $55.00
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8. Celant, Germano (Editor).
Il Corso del Coltello The Course of the Knife Claes Oldenburg Coosje van Bruggen Frank O. Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First edition. 240 pages. Voluminously illustrated in black and white and color. Bibliography. Documents the history of Il Corso delColtello (The Course of the Knife), a monumental multimedia performance created by sculptor Claes Oldenburg, writer/curator Coosje van Bruggen, andarchitect Frank O. Gehry, and performed in Venice in 1985. Orig. black boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $55.00
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9. Davies, Arthur B.
The Etchings and Lithographs of Arthur B. Davies Compiled with an Introduction by Edward Newlin Price.
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1929. First edition. 23 pages in text. 205 plates. Each plate with size, media and edition. LUCAS p138. FREITAG 2131. Spine sunned, clean copy. Orig. navy cloth. Teg. Very good. $130.00
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10. Descargues, Pierre.
Hartung.
New York: Rizzoli, 1977. First edition. 357 pages. 30 x 25 cm. 307 illustrations, 154 in color. Hartung, an outstanding example of the School of Paris was a pioneer of abstract expressionism. Orig. decorated white cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper. $65.00
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11. Dine, Jim & Ron Padgett.
The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Ron.
New York: Grossman, 1970. Approximately 120 pages in text with poems by Ron Padgett and illustrations in black and white by Jim Dine. The first edition of 30 copies published by Cape Galliard Press, London was signed and numbered by Padgett and Dine, and contained an original signed print. Nice copy of an engaging artist's book. Owner inscription. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $65.00
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12. Duret, Theodore.
Histoire De J. Mc N. Whistler Et de son Oeuvre.
Paris: H. Floury, 1904. First edition. 209 pages. 18 gravures hors texte, and with an abundance of additional illustrations. Written one year after Whistler's death, Duret sounds his critical acclaim, "the supreme gift of creating works alive by their profundity and beautiful by their form." A few leaves worn at fore-edge. Text in English. FREITAG 10247. Modern grey cloth with black leather spine label and with original illustrated wrappers bound-in. Near fine. $100.00
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13. Elsen, Albert (Text).
Seymour Lipton.
New York: Abrams, 1974. First edition. 63 pages in text.215 illustrations, including fifty-two in color. Selected Bibliography. This monograph traces for the first time the sources and evolution of Lipton's art, from its beginning in the 1930's to the present. FREITAG 5687. Orig. cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. $90.00
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14 Fine, Ruth E.
John Marin.
Washington DC & New York: National Gallery of Art & Abbeville Press, 1990. First edition. 312 pages. 29 x 26 cm. 175 color reproductions and 125 black and white illustrations on high gloss stock. -- paintings and water colors. Orig. dark green cloth lettered in white. Fine in fine dust wrapper in clear protective plastic wrapper. $95.00
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15. Freundlich, August L.
William Gropper: Retrospective.
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie, 1968. First edition. 128 pages. Eight color plates and 104 black and white illustrations. Bibliography. With a critique by the author. Orig. illustrated black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $90.00
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16. Friedlaender, Johnny.
Oeuvre 1961-1965.
New York: Touchstone, 1965. First edition. 80 pages. 32 x 24 cm. Ninety plates -- black and white and tipped-in color plates with an original color lithograph by Friedlaender laid-in. Introduction by Max-Pol Fouchet. Text in French, English and German. Lovely, fresh copy. Orig. black cloth decorated in gilt with paper spine label. Fine in original glassine. $75.00
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17. Gablik, Suzi.
Magritte.
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1970. First edition. 208 pages. 25 x 19 cm. 216 illustrations, twenty-one in color. Index. FREITAG 5873. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. $55.00
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18. Geelhaar, Christian.
Paul Klee et le Bauhaus.
Neuchatel: Editions Ides et Calendes, 1972. 1st French edition. 174 pages. Large 4to, twenty-four tipped-in color plates, more than 130 illustrations in total. Translated from the German by Marceline de Montmollin. Bibliography. Index. Text in French. Owner inscription, Adhesion marks from metal clip and cellotape. Orig. brown cloth. Very good in very good dust wrapper. $75.00
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19. Gutman, Walter W. (Text).
Raphael Soyer Paintings and Drawings.
New York: Shorewood, 1960. First edition. 192 pages. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. Signed by Raphael Soyer in blue ink on front free endpaper. More than 125 plates. Preface by Jerome Klein. Comments on Art by Raphael Soyer in which he makes a passionate appeal for representational art. Orig. gray cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. $75.00
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20. Hockney, David.
David Hockney A Retrospective.
New York: Abrams, 1988. First edition. 312 pages. 28.5 x 26 cm. 343 illustrations, 235 in color and three fold-outs. With commentary by R. B. Kitaj, Henry Goldzahler, Christopher Knight, Gert Shiff, Anne Hoy, et al. Bibliography. Index. The most comprehensive retrospective of Hockney's work to be organized to date. Orig. sea green cloth lettered in yellow. Fine in fine dust wrapper in clear acetate cover. $90.00
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21. Hofmann, Werner.
Gustav Klimt.
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1971. 1st American edition. Forty-two color plates, fifty-five black and white plates, and forty-five text illustrations. Translated by Inge Goodwin. Original edition published by Verlag Galerie Welz Salzburg. FREITAG 4895. Orig. black cloth. Fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. $75.00
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22. Horster, Marita.
Andrea del Castagno Complete Edition With a Critical Catalogue.
Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1980. 1st American edition. 224 pages. 134 plates and twenty-four text figures. Bibliography. Index of Works by Location. General Index. The first full study of Castagno to appear in English. FREITAG 1465. Orig. beige cloth. Near fine. $75.00
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23. Inness, George.
Fifty Paintings By George Inness.
New York: Privately Printed, 1913. First edition. 14 pages in text. 26 x 19 cm. Fifty black and white plates. Introduction by Elliott Daingerfield. Beautifully printed on handmade paper, Limited Edition, one of 300, illustrations in photogravure with lettered tissue guards. FREITAG 4564. KARPEL I980. "This book is both an intimate and critical appreciation of Inness... This is the earliest monograph on Inness and is interesting for its quaint blend of memoir and critical analysis." Fresh, clean copy, ding to front cover head at fore-edge. Orig. thick brown boards, maroon cloth spine. Teg. Very good. $200.00
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24. Kent, Rockwell (Illustrator).
A Basket of Poses by George S. Chappell.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First edition. 109 pages. Small 4to, pictures by Hogarth, Jr. [Rockwell Kent] --forty-eight full page and smaller black and white illustrations. The third book illustrated by Kent. With an eight line poem dedicated to Mademoiselle Andree, dated April 25, 1928 and signed by George S. Chappell on front cover free endpaper. The verses and illustrations here were previously published in various journals prior to this compilation. ROCKWELLKENTIA p.60. Interior contents clean. Orig. decorated boards and black cloth, front cover and spine labels. Very good in nicked dust wrapper lacking tiny portions spine extremities and lower corners. $140.00
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25. Kirstein, Lincoln.
Elie Nadelman.
New York: Eakins Press, 1973. First edition. 359 pages. 31 x 23.5 cm. 215 plates of Nadelman's work including previously unpublished photographs supervised by the sculptor. Writings on Nadelman. Draft Catalogue Raisonne. Index. The first comprehensive presentation of the life and work of an important 20th century sculpture. FREITAG 6942. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper in fine slipcase. $120.00
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26. Korn, Marian (Illustrator).
The Prints of Marian Korn A Catalogue Raisonne.
New York: Weatherhill Graphics, 1988. First edition. 206 pages. With an introduction by Oliver Statler and essays by Donald Ritchie and Tsuguo Yanaz. With sixty-ninecolor and 206 monochrome reproductions. Chronology. Exhibitions. Title Index. Marian Korn first came to Japan in 1949, but it was not until 1970 that she began her distinguished career as a printmaker. She died in Tokyo in 1987. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $70.00
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27. Leepa, Allen.
Abraham Rattner.
New York: Abrams, 1979. First edition. 235 pages. 212 illustrations, with fifty tipped-in color plates. Bibliography. Monograph on one of America's leading Expressionist painters. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $115.00
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28. Lombardo, Josef Vincent.
Chaim Gross Sculptor.
New York: Dalton House, 1949. First edition. 247 pages. 142 plates. Catalogue Raisonne, 1926-1949. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Lamont Moore. Orig. navy cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. $80.00
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29. Lunde, Karl.
Isabel Bishop.
New York: Abrams, [1973]. First edition. 181 pages. 27 x 29 cm. 117 illustrations, including fifty plates in full color. This is the first full scale monograph on Isabel Bishop. Bibliography. Index. Orig. illustrated navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $85.00
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30. McCausland, Elizabeth.
George Inness An American Landscape Painter 1825-1894.
New York: American Artists Group, 1946. First edition. 87 pages. Forty-four black and white plates. Catalog. Chronology. Bibliography. FREITAG 4567. KARPEL I990. "McCausland's fine commentary relates to the mainstream of American painting and attempts a coherent statement of his aesthetic......" Backstrip chipped at extremities. Orig. green cloth with illustrated front cover paper label. Very good in worn dust wrapper. $60.00
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31. Meyer, Franz.
Marc Chagall Life and Work.
New York: Abrams, 1964. 775 pages. 30 x 21.5 cm. Translated from the German by Robert Allen. More than 1250 illustrations, including 53 tipped-in full-color plates. Classified Catalogue. Bibliography. Index. This is perhaps the definitive, if not most complete retrospective analysis between two covers of Chagall's work written by the artist's son-in-law, and a well-known art historian in his own right. Owner inscription front free endpaper. FREITAG 1578. LUCAS p133. A very heavy book. Orig. cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $130.00
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32. Mourlot, Fernand.
Picasso Lithographs.
Boston: Boston Book and Art, 1970. First American edition. 299 pages. 407 illustrations, many in full-color. Preface by Helene Parmelin. Picasso's lithographs made by him between 1919 and 1930, and contain some very rare proofs. Allows the reader to view the progression of a given lithograph as Picasso refines it. FREITAG 7469. Orig. white boards lettered in black. Fine in slightly nicked dust wrapper. $100.00
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33. New York. Maynard Walker Gallery.
Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors by Walt Kuhn April 23 through May 12, 1962.
New York: Maynard Walker Gallery, 1962. First edition. 10 pages. Eleven illustrations. Drawings and watercolors date from 1928 to shortly before his death in1949. These works by Kuhn were never previously exhibited. They were shown for the first time in 1960 at the Cincinnati Museum. This was the second exhibition and the first in New York. With a typed price list signed by Maynard Walker, and laid-in hand-written note from Richard K. Lacarda, another art dealer commenting on who purchased what -- "Huntington Hartford bought the "Hand Balancer" #88, for about $35,000....Pres. Kennedy's sister, Mrs. Stephen Smith paid about $12,500 for #109, "Apples on Red Cloth," and with additional comments and prices. A few small cover spots. Cover marked "Priced List" and"Do not remove." Orig. tan printed wrappers. Very good. $75.00
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34. Rewald, John.
Camille Pissarro.
New York: Abrams, 1963. First edition. 158 pges. 122 illustrations, including forty-eight tipped-in color plates. Select Bibliography. Orig. blue cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $55.00
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35. _____.
Maillol.
London: Hyperion, 1939. First edition. 167 pages. 31 x 24 cm, more than 130 plates, a handful in color, plus illustrations int the text. Bibliography. FREITAG 5906. Orig. cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. $65.00
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36. Robinson, W. Heath (Illustrator).
The Monarchs Of Merry England (William I To Henry III).
London & New York: Alf Cooke Ltd. & Frederick A. Stokes Company, ca 1901. First edition. Unpaginated. 29 x 23 cm. Full page color plates and black and white illustrations in the text. Bright, clean copy with interior contents sharp. Orig. illustrated boards and red cloth spine. Very good. $90.00
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37. Rodin, Auguste.
Venus To the Venus of Melos.
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1912. 1st American edition. 26 pages. Frontispiece illustration of Rodin by Gertrude Huebsch. Authorised translation from the French by Dorothy Dudley. Spine extremities and corners rubbed. Modest cover soiling. Orig. boards and cloth. Very good. $60.00
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38. Ruhmer, Eberhard.
Tura Paintings and Drawings Complete Edition.
London: Phaidon, 1958. First edition. 184 pages. Folio, 104 plates, six in color. Index of Places. This catalogue comprises all the works of Tura which have been preserved, together with the lost works ascribed to him. FREITAG 9608. LUCAS p.197. Orig. gray cloth. Near fine. $55.00
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39. Russell, Charles M.
A Bibliography of the Published Works of Charles M. Russell.
Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1971. First edition. 317 pages. 28.5 x 22.5. Compiled by Carl Yost and Frederic G. Renner. Forty-two plates, including eighteen in color. Index to Painting, Drawings and Sculpture. General Index. This monograph records approximately 3500 items with all published material through December 31, 1966, catalogued and described. An indispensable guide for students of Western art and history. Orig. two-toned cloth and boards, front cover decorated and lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper in clear plastic cover. $95.00
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40. Sarvig, Ole.
Edvard Munch Graphik.
Zurich: Flamberg, 1964. Second edition. 340 pages. Approximately 240 plates with a host of tipped-in color reproductions. Text in German. Bibliography. FREITAG 6894. Orig. illustrated beige cloth. Very good in clipped, very good dust wrapper. $55.00
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41. Schmidt-Degener, Frederick & H.E. Van Gelder.
Jan Steen.
London: John Lane, 1927. First edition. 82 pages. 32 x 24 cm. Forty full-page plates with tissue guards. Translated by G.J. Renier. FREITAG 9126. Fresh, very bright copy: plates and text, corners slightly bumped, bookplate. Orig. orange cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper. $90.00
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42. Scott, David W. & E.J. Bullard.
John Sloan 1871-1951 His Life and Paintings His Graphics.
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1976. First edition. 215 pages. 27 x 22 cm. 176 plates in black and white, and fourteen in full-color. Books Illustrated by Sloan. Selected Bibliography. Index of Works. His pupils (he was on the staff of the Arts Students League of New York) included Alexander Calder and Barnett Newman. Interior clean and fresh. FREITAG 9020. Orig. dark salmon cloth front cover lettered in black. Near fine in faded dust wrapper. $95.00
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43. Seymour, Charles, Jr.
Jacopo della Quercia Sculptor.
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1973. First edition. 146 pages in text. 134 black and white plates, 116 illustrations hors texte. Yale University Publications in Art 23. Critical Bibliography. Index. The first book in English about this major artist who ranks with Ghiberti and Donatello as a leading sculpture of the early Italian Renaissance. FREITAG 19127. Orig. black cloth, backstrip very slightly rubbed. Near fine. $90.00
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44. Shannon, Martha H.
Boston Days of William Morris Hunt.
Boston: Marshall Jones, 1923. First edition. 165 pages. 20 illustrations in black and white. Limited edition, copy 1080 of 1500. Hunt painted and taught in Boston, and was a vital force in the development of American art. FREITAG 4530. Extremity chipping. Orig. thick dark gray boards and black cloth. Teg. Very good. $65.00
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45. Sharp, Lewis I.
John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture With a Catalogue Raisonne.
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985. First edition. 300 pages. With more than 175 black and white illustrations, including forty full-page plates. Foreword by John K. Howat. Catalogue. Bibliography. Index. Catalogues the sculpture of John Quincy Adams Ward, analyzes the style and evaluates critically the quality of his work, and determines the artistic influences of his sculpture. Orig. black cloth. Fine in chipped dust wrapper. $55.00
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46. Soby, James Thrall.
The Works of Ben Shahn.
New York: Braziller, 1963. Second edition. The Graphic Art and Paintings of Ben Shahn. Nearly 200 illustrations in total with many in full color. Chronology. Notes to the Reproductions. Bibliography. FREITAG 8935. Backstrips darkened. Orig. white linen cloth. Near fine in very good slipcase with a few small paint spots. 2 vols. $120.00
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47. Stone, Reynolds.
Reynolds Stone Engravings.
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene Press, 1977. 1st American edition. 149 pages. 29 x 19 cm. Introduction by the Artist and an Appreciation by Kenneth Clark. 151 pages of engravings in color and black and white. Notes. Select Bibliography. This is the first major collection of his work and serves as both a working tool and a collector's item. Printed at the Curwen Press on Basingwerk parchment. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $80.00
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48. Wildenstein, Georges.
The Paintings of Fragonard. Complete Edition.
New York: Phaidon, 1960. First edition. 339 pages. Small folio, 30 x 22 cm. 350 illustrations, eighteen in color. Translated from the French by C.W. Chilton and Mrs. A. Kitson.Bibliography. Index. Catalogue Raisonne. FREITAG 3067. LUCAS p145. RIGGS p79. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in chipped slipcase. $60.00
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49. Wilson, Mona.
The Life of William Blake.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition. 397 pages. 27.5 x 19 cm. Twenty-four illustrations. Notes. Index. Limited edition, copy 630 of 1480 printed on Vidalon paper by the Chiswick Press. Spine spotted as usual. Owner inscription. Quarter vellum and marbled boards. Very good. $70.00
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50. Wittmer, Pierre.
Caillebotte and His Garden at Yerres.
New York: Abrams, 1991. 1st American edition. 321illustrations, including 170 plates in color. Preface by Bernard Lorenceau. Bibliography. Index. Presents a complete survey of Caillebotte's known works, and a detailed treatment of French garden design and practice during the latter half of the 19th century. Orig. green cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $55.00
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51. Zweite, Armin.
Barnett Newman Paintings * Sculptures * Works on Paper.
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1999. First edition. 336 pages. 31 25.5 cm. English edition. 172 illustrations with 82 in color printed on high gloss stock. Some underlining in the Preface. Biography. Checklist. Selected Bibliography. Orig. black cloth lettered in orange. Fine in fine dust wrapper with protective clear plastic cover. $80.00
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