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American Artists

People who are passionate about American art and culture should definitely peruse the rare books about American artists section of the Biblio Rare Book Room. From books about American watercolor paintings to special signed deluxe editions of books about famous American artists, there is something for everyone in the Biblio Rare Book Room. Be sure to read each listing carefully to determine if there are illustrations or other ephemera included in the rare and antique book of your choice.

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Plate XII Swift Fox.

Plate XII Swift Fox.: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America

by Audubon, John James & Bachman, Rev. John .

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Imperial Folio Edition
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Philadelphia:: Audubon, J.J.,, 1844.. Imperial Folio Edition. Fine with bright original hand-coloring. . A Fine original hand-colored lithograph by JT Bowen after painting by John James Audubon, FRS, FLS. Imperial Folio Edition. Rich original color, full margins; 22 x 28 inches. Custom framed: double French matted with gold leaf & burl moulding; sized to 34 x 29.5 inches. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (Philadelphia c.1845-48) represents the culmination of a lifelong dream held by America's most prominent naturalist and visionary, John James Audubon (1785-1851). Following the completion of his magnum opus, the Double Elephant Folio Edition of Birds of America, c. 1824-38, Audubon was at liberty to pursue a project close to his heart, large scale portraits of all of North America's native animals. Audubon's effort to render America four-legged (thus quadruped) mammals in their natural settings pioneered the way for an entire culture of naturalist artists… Read More
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Sunday Drive

Sunday Drive

by MacGilvary, Norwood Hodge

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California: Providence Art Club, 1940 8 by 10 inches, oil on canvas board, 10 by 12 inches framed. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary on lower left corner.
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The True Aim of Industry is Human Happiness

The True Aim of Industry is Human Happiness

by MacGilvary, Norwood Hodge

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Pittsburg, PA: Providence Art Club, 1940 36 x 22 inches, oil on canvas board.. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary on verso.
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Woman in Bathroom

Woman in Bathroom

by MacGilvary, Norwood Hodge

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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
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Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Art Club , 1920 32 x 26 inches, oil on canvas. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary, with his thumb print directly below his signature, on the bottom right corner. In very good to fine condition.
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Interior with Figure

Interior with Figure

by MacGilvary, Norwood Hodge

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1st Edition
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Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Art Club, 1925 25 x 30 inches, oil on canvas. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary on the bottom left corner. In very good to fine condition.
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Crescendo

Crescendo

by MacGilvary, Norwood Hodge

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1st Edition
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Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Art Club, 1916 32 x 26 inches, oil on canvas. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary on the bottom right corner.
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Woman in the Study

Woman in the Study

by Hazelton, Mary

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Wellesley, Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1931 20 x 24 inches, oil on canvas.
Mary Brewster Hazelton (November 23, 1868 – September 13, 1953) was an American portrait painter. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor.

Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the first woman to win an award open to both men and women in the United States when she won the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1896.

Her portrait paintings are in the collections of the Massachusetts State House, Harvard University, Peabody Essex Museum, and Wellesley Historical Society.

Signed by Mary Hazelton on upper corner. Small area repaired and a slight puncture to canvas, else fine.
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Ruth
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Ruth

by MacGilvary, Norwood Hodge

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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
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Pittsburgh, PA / Washington, D.C. : The Associated Artists at Carnegie Institute / The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1928 25 x 30 inches, oil on canvas. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary directly on the bottom right corner.
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Starry Night
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Starry Night: Paintings and book design by Barry McCallion / Text excerpts by Vincent van Gogh

by [McCallion, Barry] Vincent Van Gogh.

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Used
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Edition of 3 variants
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Hardcover
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East Hampton, New York:: Barry McCallion,, 2021.. Edition of 3 variants. 9.25 x 12.25"; 78 pages (57 numbered, 11 unnumbered). 9 folders of original paintings and excerpted text. Laid in relief-carved/ acrylic painted folder with star cutouts ion front cover accented in blue and red outlines as well as gold foil accent in center of each. Materials: unbleached Abaca paper; Old Holland oil paint, Richard de Bas paper. Housed in black cloth clamshell box with handwritten paper title on spine and starry night illustration on front cover. Signed and dated by McCallion. Text excerpts from publication: Nienke Bakker, Leo Jansen and Hans Luijten, editors "'Vincent van Gogh A Life in Letters". London, Thames & Hudson, 2020. Barry, McCallion, Colophon: "Within twenty years of his death in 1890, extracts from Vincent Van Gogh's letters appeared in magazine articles, accompanied exhibitions, and were published as an edition by Ambroise Vollard. In 1914, Theo's widow, Jo van… Read More
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The Cask of Amontillado.
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The Cask of Amontillado.

by [McCallion, Barry] Edgar Allan Poe.

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Edition of 3 variants
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East Hampton, New York:: Barry McCallion,, 2018.. Edition of 3 variants. 13 x 10"; 18 text pages, 9 original linoleum block prints. Handwritten text on beige Rives BFK paper. Lino prints enhanced with acrylic inks and paints. Includes two original carved blocks of the prints adhered to the interior of the box. Signed and numbered by the artist McCallion has handwritten the text of Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado". The text is accompanied by McCallion's original artwork. Poe's short story is a revenge plot with the resulting punishment. McCallion's lino cuts begin with the narrator meeting his "friend" Fortunato on the street at Carnival time. He lures Fortunato to test a cask of Amontillado. Our next image is of the long and winding spiraling staircase that Fortunato descends to the catacombs (the next lino image). The images continue as the fate of Fortunato is revealed. The last image being that of the narrator building a wall… Read More
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A Meditation on Human Rights and a Woman's Life
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A Meditation on Human Rights and a Woman's Life: The Meditation Project

by Ellen Sollod

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Used - Fine
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Hardcover
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Artist book in the "International mail art event and simultaneous exhibitions in three cities--NYC, Denver, Seattle." Presented in 1990 with Women's Studio Workshop (NY) in an edition of 60, "distributed to 50 people around the world in the fields of politics, art, the media, science, education, and religion who held positions on both sides" (Sollod Studio, 2023).
A unique and provocative piece of American political history, art activism, third-wave feminism, and the continued struggle for human rights and reproductive freedom. Owned by a selection of world leaders and policy and public-opinion influencers* (see the complete distribution list below), this artifact is scarcely offered for purchase. As relevant now as ever, this exceptionally rare volume is an exhilarating addition to any collection.
This is the signed artist's proof. Twenty-four accordion-fold leaves bound in cloth cover boards. Lithography, relief, and hand-coloring printing methods with Bembo typeface on Rives heavyweight paper.
27 x… Read More
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Si Fidel.
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Si Fidel.

by Kokin, Lisa.

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One-of-a-Kind
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Hardcover
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El Sobrante, California:: Lisa Kokin,, 1993.. One-of-a-Kind. 3 x 8.5 x 2.5"; 10 leaves. Materials: globe parts, leather, paper. Mixed media collage. Binding two holes with leather cord. Lisa Kokin: "'Si Fidel!' is a book made out of a cut-up globe. The text relates to a dream in which I became a close confidant of Fidel Castro. Only when I was sure he completely trusted me did I reveal that I was a lesbian." Lisa Kokin uses a variety of recycled and found materials to make book art. She says: "My definition of 'book' is open-ended, a freedom which is in many ways attributable to my lack of formal book art training. I am blissfully unaware of all the rules I am breaking as I go about my routine of sewing, stapling, riveting and otherwise reassembling objects to transform them into something readable. My books address themes which have preoccupied me for many years -- loss, the rescuing of memory, cultural and sexual identity, and a critique of… Read More
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Ruled.
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Ruled.

by Kokin, Lisa.

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El Sobrante, California:: Lisa Kokin,, 2021.. One-of-a-Kind. 8 x 6.5 x 1.5"; 12 leaves plus front and back covers. Materials: aluminum, wire. Bound with wire through reinforced holes in the edges of the leaves. Initialed and dated by the artist. Lisa Kokin: "Part of my 'Wordless Library' series, this book has unreadable 'text' made by puncturing the aluminum with a sewing machine without thread." The twelve leaves produce two text pages. The artist's punctures are made to the recto side of the aluminum sheet producing another image of the punctures on the verso. It is much along the lines of blind embossing. Kokin says "I am intrigued by text based work that uses asemic text, which is something that looks like text but isn't made up of actual words."
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What I Didn't Learn in Hebrew School.
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What I Didn't Learn in Hebrew School.

by Kokin, Lisa.

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El Sobrante, California:: Lisa Kokin,, 2005.. One-of-a-Kind. 11.75 x 9.5 x .25" altered book. Mixed media book collage including sewing. Signed and dated by the artist. Lisa Kokin: "Using an early 20th century book for children called 'Around the World' as a substrate, I abraded parts of the text and added found photos of children's faces which I sanded down to remove the features, as well as part of a page from a Hebrew school notebook similar to the ones I used as a child. Holes drilled into the book recall bullet holes. "I was taught that no one lived in Israel/Palestine before the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948." Lisa Kokin, Book Collages: "In my never-ending quest to find different ways to eviscerate books, I stumbled upon the book collage. First I find a book which interests me, either for some element of text, image or marginalia, or for the look of the book itself. Sometimes I remove some of the pages and glue and/or sew the… Read More
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PMS Handbook.
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PMS Handbook.

by Kokin, Lisa.

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Used
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One-of-a-Kind
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Hardcover
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El Sobrante, California:: Lisa Kokin,, 1993.. One-of-a-Kind. 7.5 x 9.5 x 4"; 16 pads making 32 pages. Materials: rubber; latex-coated mini-pads; leather; photo transfers; found objects. Mixed media collage. Bound with leather run through two holes in each leaf sewn to rubber glove. Covers made of rubber glove, rubber balloons and top of rubber hot water bottle. Includes cloth pathology bag. Lisa Kokin, Mixed Media Books: "My definition of 'book' is open-ended, a freedom which is in many ways attributable to my lack of formal book art training. I am blissfully unaware of all the rules I am breaking as I go about my routine of sewing, stapling, riveting and otherwise reassembling objects to transform them into something readable. My books address themes which have preoccupied me for many years -- loss, the rescuing of memory, cultural and sexual identity, and a critique of the prevailing social values." In this mixed media book Kokin uses text from a Scientology… Read More
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