288 pp. on heavy glossy stock, more than 100 color plates, most full page. Corners curled and rubbed. Text clean. No spine creasing. Lightly read. An overview of American artists who did important work in Paris in the latter decades of the 19th century. The authors provide detailed history and description of more than 100 famous paintings. Book served as a catalog for an exhibition mounted in 2006-2007 at the National Gallery, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Front cover features a portion of Sargent's "Madame X." With bibliography and extensive notes... View More...
Spiral. Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pp. Stiff wrapper cover showing palm trees arising from a cluster of flamingo and teal skyscraper shapes. Alphabetical listing of interior designers in South Florida. Many color ads. Clean, nearly new. No creases. . Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View More...
15 pp. Very clean, fresh brochure with German text, numerous color thumbnail photos of Goya paintings. Subtitle: Ein Rundgang Vom Prado-Museum Bis San Antono De La Florida. A survey of Goya paintings on display at the Prado and other buildings in Madrid, issued to commemmorate the 250th anniversary of the artist's birth. A seldom seen item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
285 pp. on heavy art stock. Stiff wraps, with about 22 color plates, many more b&w plates. Light spine creasing, a few pages have dogear creases. A name is written in red ink at bottom of the acknowledgements page, a pencilled circle in on the exhbition list page, no other markings. Light soil along lower fore edge of front cover. A detailed large-format catalog for a traveling exhibit of Honore Daumier's works, primarily his lithographs. The exhibit was displayed at 8 museums in the U.S. and Europe from 1979 to 1982. Introduction by Kenneth Donahue, brief foreword by Hammer, and an essay by g... View More...
6 pp. with 5 b&w plates of Steven Aimone artwork. Plus 2-page introduction by Stetson University art historian Roberta Smith Favis. Two small ink dots on lower middle of the brochure's cream-colored cover are the only markings; else near fine. This brochure covers an exhibit of Aimone's "manipulated" paper images mounted on poplar panels and exhibited at the Harris Gallerys of the Art League of Daytona Beach. The exhibition was Jan. 7-Feb. 1, 1996. The black and white plates suggest a remnant theme, such as the remains of a billboard torn away. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
6 pp. with 5 b&w plates of Steven Aimone artwork. Plus 2-page introduction by Stetson University art historian Roberta Smith Favis. Very clean and fresh, no markings. An invitation card to the exhibit's opening is laid in. This brochure covers an exhibit of Aimone's "manipulated" paper images mounted on poplar panels and exhibited at the Harris Gallery of the Art League of Daytona Beach. The exhibition was Jan. 7-Feb. 1, 1996. The black and white plates suggest a sort of remnant mood, such as might be evoked by the remains of a billboard torn away. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
319 pp. Very clean, bright, slight wear on spine, but titling intact. No markings. Translated by S. Cunliffe-Owen. Bazin, curator-in-chief, provides a compact, easy to carry guidebook to the Louvre's Impressionist treasures. About 90+ full color illustrations, each with a page of explanatory detail, information on provenance, etc. Plus hundreds of b&w thumbnail illustrations. Introductory text of 77 pp. Size: 8vo -- 8 in Tall. View More...
83 pp. on heavy coated stock, plus several unpaginated endleaves of drawings. Approx. 20 pp. of color plates, plus numerous b&w photos. Bibliography, chronology, list of exhibitions. Faint smudge on front cover, and scuff trace on rear cover; otherwise spotless. A catalog of modern sculpture and drawings by the German artist, shown in 1995-96 at the Hirshorn and then at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Detailed commentary and material on Balkenol's career by the Hirshorn's chief curator. Size: Folio -- 12 in Tall By 9.75 in Wide View More...
24 pp. Nearly new. Inscribed by artist and dated 2006. 17 color plante. A catalog of a Gary Bolding painting exhibition from October 2006 to January 2007. Essay by Roberta Smith Favis. An introduction to the exhibition states: "For more than 20 years, Gary Bolding has worked toward creating exquisitely polished, often surrealistic paintings that take thoughtful, but humorous looks at art historical and pop culture references. In paintings such as Man with a Flaming Wiener, he packs together layer upon layer of self-referential and more broadly cultural material. Most recently, however, Bolding... View More...
48 pp. on heavy coated stock, glossy covers. Nearly new, no markings or creases. Cover has fold-out flaps. A guide to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, built in 1930 and now the official Florida state art museum, known for its collection of Rubens and other Dutch/Flemish paintings.Color photos on nearly every page, many full size. The author is the grandniece of John Ringling. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View More...
57 pp. on coated stock. As new, no markings. Includes 6 color plates and color cover (showing The Soda Jerk, 1953) and 37 b&w plates. A diverse sampling of Rockwell's work, including not only Saturday Evening Post covers but also illustrations for businesses and organizations. Among these are beach tourism scenes commissioned by the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce, and several scouting sketches. A 4-page introduction by Buechner, former director of the Brooklyn Museum, who speaks of the rediscovery of Rockwell by America's younger generation. A catalog for a 1976 exhibition of Rockwell paint... View More...
12 pp. Vertical format 6.5 by 11 in. Front cover has top cut out to form a gray embossed silhouette of Orlando City Hall against a pink background. Publication date not given but early 90s seems a reasonable guess because of city officials listed. A catalog of art on display at Orlando City Hall at 1 City Commons. With maps showing locations of various pieces. Nearly new, no markings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View More...
78 pp. plus color plates, on glossy coated stock. Nearly new, slight rubbing on rear upper corner. Text clean. 41 color plates, most half-page or larger. Roy C. Craven, retired Univ. of Florida art professor, provides an overview and catalogue notes. Size: 4to -- 10.75 in Tall View More...
182 pp. Nearly new, tight, no markings, slight thumbing. Spine uncreased. More than 200 color plates, full page or half page, reproducing posters that advertised newspapers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of the posters promote French, German, Italian and British publications. A few American dailies also are included. Among the scores of artists represented are Jules Cheret, Leonetto Capiello, E. Charle Lucas and Louis J. Rhead. Front cover shows "La Nymphomane," a young woman in a tight-fitting Gay 90s gown, hat and boa, tossing newspaper pages from atop a chimney to advertise Le J... View More...
16 pp. Booklet with twig-design cutout on front cover. Ink squiggle mark on lower part of front cover, light smudging; plate on pp. 3 has art reviewer's notes in margin. 16 pp., 4 color plates, 8 b&w plates. A catalog of paintings, screenprints and quilts exhibited by artist Josette Urso in 1993 at 3 Florida museums. Essay by Robert Mahoney, "Passages: Josette Urso's Mind Garden." Introduction by Harry Messersmith, exec. director of the DeLad Museum of Art, which originated this exhibition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
10 pp. on glossy stock. 16 b&w glossy prints, 4 full-page size. A catalog of a 1998 exhibit at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach. Diederich, a commercial photographer based in Miami, captures Cubans lovingly maintaining and repairing their aging Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Essay by Alison Devine Nordstrom. Prints are untitled and without caption notes . The catalog is one of a 1500 copy first edition. View More...
10 pp. on glossy stock. 16 b&w glossy prints, 4 full-page size. A catalog of a 1998 exhibit at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach. Diederich, a commercial photographer based in Miami, captures Cubans lovingly maintaining and repairing their aging Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Essay by Alison Devine Nordstrom. Prints are untitled and without caption notes . The catalog is one of a 1500 copy first edition. Size: 8vo -- 8.5 In Tall By 8.5 In Wide View More...
91 pp. on glossy stock, plux xiii pp. rear matter. Close to new, tight binding, slight edgewear. No markings. Catalog for a Nov. 13, 2007 auction of paintings and sculpture by 18 modern Chinese artists, with some pieces carring estimates in the $15,000-$20,000 range. Cover shows "Red Figure" by Pang Yongjie. Other artists represented include Liang Hongli, Yu Lin, Wang Chenyun, Tong Zhengang, Liu Zhengde, Zhang Donghong, et. al. Size: 8vo -- 8.25 in Tall By 10.5 In Wide View More...
Unpaginated 20 pp. on glossy stock, 2 color plates, 7 b&w plates. Stapled brochure, very clean, no markings, upper right corner curled. A scarce guide to a Stetson art faculty exhibit held on their home campus Dec. 2, 1991 to Feb. 7, 1992. Introduction by Robert Smith Favis, chairman of the Stetson Art Department. A listing of 52 works by 7 artists: Gary Bolding, Michaela DiCosola, Dan Gunderson, Fred Messersmith, Harry Messersmith, Mary Napolitano, and Anna Tomczak. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Unpaginated, about 86 pp. on glossy stock, with about 38 full page color plates. Water spotting on rear cover's lower right corner. Otherwise clean and unmarked. A catalog of a 1998 exhibition by Kristin "Lilla" Halldorsdottir Eyfells, an Icelandic artist teaching at the University of Central Florida. This collection of close-up, tightly cropped oil paintings of celebrities' faces draws us to the subjects' eyes and their enigmatic expressions. The subjects range from politicians (JFK, Reagan, Margaret Thatcher) to artists (Stravinsky, Dali) to actors (Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Katherine He... View More...
