B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized magazine. The magazine is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The cardstock covers have edge wear, nicks, tears and several large chips missing. The spine of the magazine has tearing and chipping to the bottom end. The text pages are clean and bright. This issue gives an overview of the artist John Everett Millais. "A child prodigy, at the age of eleven Millais became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded at his family home in London, at 83 Gower Street (now number 7). Mil... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 ? January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, where he was born and ... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing to the spine, spine joints and corners. There are a couple of small nicks / edge tears and wrinkling to the top rear spine joint and top rear panel. "With John's encouragement she began painting the local Pomo Indian peoples whom she had known since a child. Her 1891 portrait of a sleeping Pomo baby, ... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, with the exception of some beginning ground-in dirt to the white portions and some very beginning sunning to the spine. "There are many among those of us who were friends of his who feel that Fernand Leger disappeared from the scene too early when he died in 1955. Fate struck him down brutally just as he was beginning, during his last years, to fulfill the aspirations that he ... View More...
Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. All postcards are included and fully intact. "Erté is perhaps most famous for his elegant fashion designs which capture the art deco period in which he worked. One of his earliest successes was designing apparel for the French dancer Gaby Deslys who died in 1920. His delicate figures and sophisticated, glamorous designs are instantly recognisable, and his ideas and art still influence fashion into the 21st c... View More...
Color Illustrations; First US paperback Edition. This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some very beginning edge wear and bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; Limited to 2000 copies, this is number 705. This is an oversized paperback book. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and edge tears. The tan covers have some fading, spotting and rubbing. There is some light rubbing to the spine joints as well. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front endpapers of the dust jacket are laid-in. "Justino Fernández García (September 28, 1904 ? December 12, 1972) was a researcher, historian and art critic who is particular... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; First edition thus, following an Exhibition Catalogue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is also the first paperback edition thus. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. "Andrew Newell Wyeth (/July 12, 1917 ? January 16, 2009) was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U. S. Artists of the middle 20th century. In his art, Wyeth's favorite subjects were the land and people around him, both in his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and at h... View More...
B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket, but with a Very Good+ slipcase. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author the reverse of the half title page. "No other British etcher has celebrated the world of the sailing ship with more understanding than Arthur Briscoe. Briscoe portrayed not just sailing vessels and the sea itself but, in particular, he delighted in portraying seafar... View More...
Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with heavy illustrated covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the top spine end and top edge of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Kinetic art is art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or depends on motion for its effect. Canvas paintings that extend the viewer's perspective of the artwork and incorporate multidimensional movement are ... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small nicks and edge tears. The text on this tribute to the Western / Native American art of James Bama is by Elmer Kelton. This copy includes a laid in print in a folder embossed with an owl from the Greenwich Workshop which contains the color print Sepia Study - Pawnee Indian. Unfortunately, the previous owner, a Saddlery from Boulder Creek, CA, added an inked store embl... View More...
Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "His work, which includes photography, video, painting and drawing, is held in permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Centre Pompidou and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work has also been a popular success, and have appeared in books, advertisemen... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. Thebook is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light creasing to the front book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
Color and B&W illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "In the 1930s, Wootton was commissioned by Edward Saunders to do art and book illustrations. In this time he wrote several books on art instruction, one of which, How to Draw Aircraft, went on to be a best-seller, In 1939, he volunteered for the Royal Air Force but instead was invited... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a small format booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning toning to the spine joints and edges of the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Macbeth Gallery was the first New York gallery to specialize in American art and is historically important for exhibiting work by many American artists well-known to us today, including Winslow Homer, Charles H. Davis, and Andrew Wyeth. In a... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright with the exception of some beginning foxing to the endpapers. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Norman Rockwell was born in New York City in 1894. His artistic talents became evident at an early age, and when he was sixteen he enrolled in the Art Students League. Thereafter, for over sixty years, he told the story of ordinary people in everyday situations." (from Wikipedia) View More...
Color Illustrations; This is a folio sized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This is the first paperback edition. The book is mostly clean and bright. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. "In 1905, O'Keeffe began her serious formal art training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and then the Art Students League of New York, but she felt constrained by her lessons that focused on recreating or copying what was in nature. In 1908, unable to fund further education, she ... View More...
Color Illustrations; The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small spots of ground-in dirt. View More...
Color & B&W; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean but does have some beginning bumping to the spine ends. "Learing the skill of calligraphy, or hand lettering, is not only an enjoyable and rewarding activity, but one that has practical value, for it is used increasingly nowadays in many professional areas." (from Wikipedia) View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean with just a couple of tiny spots of rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "Haddelsey's Horses is the first collection of Vincent Haddelsey's paintings to be published. Although his work has been widely exhibited, Haddelsey is probably not as well known as his talent deserves." (from Wikipedia) View More...
Color Photographs; This edition is paperback. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition with the exception of some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Well beyond the initial planning stages of Sandy Skoglund's first mid-career retrospective, we realized that the exhibition still had no title other than the artist's name. As the organizing curators, we felt a responsibility to give the retrospective not only a suitable title... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some generalized rubbing and edge wear. "Arthur Eric Rowton Gill ARA ( 22 February 1882 ? 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. He is a controversial figure, with his well-known religious views and subject matter generally viewed as being at odds with his sexual behaviour, including his erotic... View More...
B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has cracked completely along several of the hinges (basically the dust jacket is in separate pieces) , and has a number of edge tears, nicks and chips , but all parts are complete. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears and nicks, along with some light wrinkling and beginning fading. There is one scratched tear to the rear cover (approx. 1" long). "Netsuke are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There are several spots of white scratches to the book covers, along with some spotting to the black cloth portions of the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Lynd Kendall Ward (June 26, 1905 ? June 28, 1985) was an American artist and storyteller, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced the... View More...
