New Haven [and] London: Yale University Press, (2003). First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo size, 181 pp. From the dust jacket flap: "This collection of papers by the art historian and critic Michael Baxandall represents his thinking over the past forty years on the relation between language and art. He offers..... More
Poughkeepsie, NY: Apollo, 1980. Hardcover. Octavo size, inscribed by Glenn Opitz. This volume an expanded version, printed in 1980, of an original work done by J. Collins published in 1973. "There is, of course, more to 'Women Artists in America' than the convenience of a biographical listing. While such a...... More
Eerdmans, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, large quarto size, 1750 pp., three volumes in slipcase. From the web site of the publisher: "More than 400 distinguished scholars, including archaeologists, art historians, historians, epigraphers, and theologians, have written the 1,455 entries in this monumental encyclopedia - the first comprehensive reference..... More
Paris / New York: Goupil & Co., Jean Boussoud, Manzi, Joyant & Co., Successor, 1900. Lawrence, Thomas. Limited Edition. Leather. Number 66 of 200 copies, elephant folio size, 191 pp. Limited edition of 200 copies, this no. 66, specially bound in full leather by Bickers & Son, London. Sir Thomas..... More
New York: [Printed by the De Vinne Press], 1904. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio size, one of 350 copies (unnumbered), presentation copy, inscribed in 1923 by Archer M. Huntington. Archer M[ilton] Huntington (1870-1955) was a lifelong friend of the arts and philanthropist; known for his scholarly works in..... More
Basauri: (Grafilur, Impresion y Encuadernacion (Printing and Binding), 1990. Ibarrola, Agustin. Hardcover. Quarto size, 118 pp., inscribed by Agustin Ibarrola, in Spanish and Basque. A catalogue of an exhibit of the work of Spanish Basque painter and sculptor Agustin Ibarrola (b. 1930), known for his work expressing commitment to both..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, 277 pp., in cardboard slipcase. German expressionism focused on artist feelings, bright colors and simple shapes over earlier realism conventions. Here Lloyd explores the relationship between the German Expressionist movement to primitive arts and crafts: "This original..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. [printed by the Imprimerie Georges Lang, Paris], 1953. First and Limited Edition. Leather bound. First edition in English, one of 160 copies, octavo size, 663 pp., signed by André Malraux, in slipcase. Georges André Malraux (1901-1976) lived a life of exploration, social activism, and..... More
[Oakland, California]: The Oakland Museum Art Department, 1973. Soft cover. Oblong octavo, 105 pp. A documentation, through interviews taken with leading Bay Area artists, of the pioneering era of San Francisco Abstract Expressionism. Artists interviewed for the book include Adolph ("Ad") Reinhardt (1913-1967), abstract painter active in New York beginning..... More
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, c. 1959. Picasso, Pablo. Hardcover. Octavo size, 143 pp., in a custom binding. A handsome, austere custom binding of half leather, with the backstrip and fore-edges of leather over black paper boards. Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) was not only an extremely prolific..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [designed and typeset by Patrick Reagh], 2005. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, folio size, 135 pp., prospectus, signed by Elizabeth Seton. The Federal Art Project, instigated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, was created to employ..... More
Germany: Taschen, 2010. Hiroshige. Sewn binding. Folio size, 272 pp., illustrated in colour, text in German. A beautiful re-issuing from the Ota Museum of Art, Tokyo, of this famous series of ukiyo-e prints by Hiroshige (1797-1858), featuring 100 views of Edo. Ukiyo-e or "pictures of the floating world" were usually..... More
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Kyoto - Tokyo: Kyoto Hanga-In Co., [1957]. Yurimoto, Keiko. Folio in a case. Quarto size, 6 loose woodblock prints in a colorful three-fold portfolio. A vibrant set of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints depicting Japanese children in traditional settings by Japanese artist "Keiko" or Keiko Yurimoto (1906-2000), a skilled woodblock artist known..... More