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Diego Rivera by Pete Hamill
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Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was the greatest Mexican painter of the century-an audacious muralist, voracious lover, and ardent leftist who befriended Pablo Picasso, married Frida Kahlo, and quarreled with Leon Trotsky. Pete Hamill, a best-selling novelist and one of America's most esteemed journalists, gives us an extraordinary book, now in paperback, on Rivera's life and art. Hamill, once a young art student in Mexico City, shows how, despite the political passions, Rivera created a body of work that still astonishes. Filled with superb reproductions and documentary photographs, Diego Rivera is a tour de force.
"In this tight and balanced look at Mexican painter Diego Rivera, Pete Hamill focuses on Rivera's work. While Hamill touches on Rivera's unpredictable temperament . . . notably displayed in his infamous marriage to Frida Kahlo . . . this gorgeous book devotes itself to Rivera's development as artist and political icon. . . .Hamill deftly shows why Rivera deserves to be remembered as one of the great painters of the twentieth century."
Hardcover book published by Abrams and still in the wrapper.
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10429
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Claes Oldenburg Drawings in the Whitney Museum of American Art
Pop artist Claes Oldenburg has long been one of the most popular American artists, and museumgoers worldwide are familiar with his soft sculptures of everyday objects. For the past four years, the Whitney Museum of American Art has been quietly acquiring his drawings, as well as those made with his wife and artistic partner, Coosje van Bruggen. Most major art museums have no more than 10 Oldenburg drawings in their holdings: the Whitney now has approximately 90-the largest such collection in the world. This assemblage of Oldenburg drawings is evidence of the museum's commitment to collecting in depth the work of great living American draftsmen.
Published to accompany the largest exhibition to date of Oldenburg's drawings, this beautifully produced volume covers nearly a 40-year period, from 1959 to 1998, and features 92 full-color illustrations, with text and an interview with Oldenburg by Janie C. Lee, the Whitney Museum's Curator of Drawings.
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Fatimid Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum by Anna Contadini
This is an in-depth study in English of the art of the Fatimids who ruled over part of North Africa, Egypt and Syria from 969 to 1171 AD. Based on the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection, the material is arranged in four sections: ceramic, rock crystals and glass, woodwork, and textiles. Following an introductory essay, which puts the Fatimids in histrical perspective and outlines current issues in the study of Fatimid art, the book focuses on some 60 key objects. Each section contains general discussion of the subject followed by detailed study of key objects. The book should be a useful supplement for academics working in Islamic and Medieval disciplines, and should also be of interest to collectors and dealers.
Hardcover book in brand new condition.
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10420
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American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950
DIJKSTRA, BRAM
American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950
2003 . 172 pp., 182 color plates and 51 b&w illustrations. 4to, boards.
New York, Abrams, in association with Columbus, The Columbus Museum of Art, 2003. This exhibition catalogue includes works by many WPA artists and social radicals of the era. The text looks at how these artist spawned, but also conflicted with the Abstract Expressionists that followed.
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Treasury of American Drawings by Charles Slatkin and Regina Sholman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1947
Binding: Hardcover.; Description: Red cloth, bw DJ. 35 pp + 163 bw plates. All drawings are from public collections. Exceptional large plates.,
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10417
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The Vatican its History Its Treasures
The Vatican: Its History and Treasures. **FIRST EDITION** 1914 Hardback without dust jacket (as issued?) in over-all great shape Less than reprint! NOT EX-LIBRARY!!!
4to. xix+562pgs. Numerous B&W photos. Vatican palaces & gardens, State Apartments & chaples, Mosaic factory, Administration, Art, Paintings, Sculpture, good condition considering age of book (publ w/o DJ) (Hardcover) NY: Letters and Arts Pub. Co.1914. Assumed 1st Edition.
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10416
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The Great Centuries of Painting - 17th Century from Caravaggio to Vermeer
Geneva Skira Hard Cover Squared quarto; (1951); 136 pp (including index, tipped in color plates, plus color frontispiece); Very Good in Good++; No dustjacket else tight clean copy. Keywords: Skira, the Great Centuries of Painting, Series, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Late Renaissance, Saraceni, La Tour, Hals, Rubens, Van Dyck, ...
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10415
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American Watercolors from the Collection of George Hopper Fitch - Yale Uni.
Publisher: New Haven, Ct.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980; Original Wraps. Fine. 4to - over 9 3/4 " - 12" tall. Exhibition catalogue. [2] + 42 p. 57 ill. (2 color). Catalogue of 40 works from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. Preface by Alan Shestack; foreword by the collector; essays by various contributors on individual works by Charles Burchfield, Arthur G. Dove, Louis Eilshemius, Georg Grosz, Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Maurice Prendergast, Charles Sheeler and Mark Tobey.
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10414
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Great Ideas of Western Man - Catalog Exhibition
Container Corporation Of America, 1970 Soft Cover book. The New York Cultural Center in Association with Fairleigh Dickinson University - November 10, 1970 - January 3, 1971 Catalog Exhibit.
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Fifty Centuries of Art
Hardcover
1954
184 pages, well illustrated in color, boards, very good. 7-1/2 inches by 11-1/2 inches. First edition. Hard Cover Publisher: Published for the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Harper & Brothers New York 1954 Keywords: FIFTY CENTURIES OF ART HISTORY METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Art $20
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10412
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El Greco by Goldscheider, Ludwig Hardcover Book
This is the third German edition published by Phaidon Publishing company in 1954. DJ has some tears the book is in good condition.
EL GRECO'S PAINTINGS. Phaidon Edition, (1954). 11.5" x 8". 30 pp of text followed by 244 pp illus: 13 tipped-in color plates, plus 232 b/w plates, drawings and plans; bibliography; chronological table. Black & White linen, gilt spine titles,
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GREAT DRAWINGS OF THE MASTERS BY DR. R. HANSLER
1963 Hansler, Rolf. GREAT DRAWINGS OF THE MASTERS. Edited and Selected by J. E. Schuler. New York: Putnam's, (1963). First American Edition. 12. 5" x 9. 75". 234+(2) pages; 105 full-page full-color plates, 7 tipped-in full-color illus (all finely printed in Germany). Hardcover: Black cloth, orange-brown spine title and cover design (after Picasso), illustrated endpapers, Near Fine in Good+ (edgeworn) illustrated dustjacket. Keywords: DRAWINGS EUROPE ART HISTORY
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Modern Painting by Maurice Raynal - Skira Edition 1956
Title is: Modern Painting: SCARCE, RARE: Hard-to-find!! Skira 1956 edition. Oversized Coffee Table book, Beautiful, hardbound, no dust cover. Amazing biography/history of painting 1884-1906, ART LOVER'S DREAM BOOK!!
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10403
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Masterpieces of Western Sculpture from Medieval to Modern by H. Hibbard
Masterpieces of Western Sculpture : From Medieval to Modern
Author: Hibbard, Howard
Description: A very white, crisp, clean and tight 2nd edition. A very SHARP copy! Your satisfaction guaranteed. All of our books are hand selected and are as described.
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10394
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Boudoirt Art - The Celebration of Life by Clifford P. Catania
Boudoirt ARt - The Celebration of Life by Clifford P. Catania
ISBN: 0887406157
Size: 9" x 12"
Illustrations: 280 color photographs
Pages: 144
The pictures of beautiful and powerful women by artists of the Boudoir art movement occupy an important place in the history of twentieth century art. The popularity of Louis Icart led less well-known French artists to create countless engraved works in a style similar to his. This new book resurrects the knowledge about these artists and their work.
Beautifully illustrated in full color with hundreds of examples of Boudoir art, the book chronicles "major" and "minor" artists. While the greatest emphasis is on the wonderful Boudoir etchings, the book also covers Boudoir lithographs, which were also quite popular in their day. Invaluable information about the art and artists accompany the photos. Both the French and American titles (when know), the size of the picture's image, the number of copies printed, and the exact wording of copyright declarations whenever known are included. A Price Guide, based on the current economy, will give beginners some perspective, but use it cautiously in this new and unpredictable field.
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