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JOSEPH CORNELL
by McShine, Kynaston
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine/Issued Without Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0870702726
- ISBN 13
- 9780870702723
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. . Large Softcover. Near Fine to Fine/Issued Without Jacket. The catalogue issued in conjunction with the 1980-81 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, a retrospective providing a comprehensive review of American surrealist Joseph Cornell's, work from the 1930s to the 1970s. 296 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, with over 300 illustrations, 32 in full color. Included are essays by Dawn Ades, Carter Ratcliff, P. Adams Sitney and a biography by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan as well as a bibliography and a list of illustraions. Thin-card pictorial covers show only minor bumping at the spine ends, light surface and edgewear, no tears or creasing, not remaindered. The text is clean and unmarked, tight and square. A collectable copy. [Sorry, we cannot accept orders on this book from outside the U.S.]
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005076
- Title
- JOSEPH CORNELL
- Author
- McShine, Kynaston
- Format/Binding
- Large Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0870702726
- ISBN 13
- 9780870702723
- Publisher
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- ART. FINE ART, FIRST EDITION, NEW YORK, SURREALISM, ASSEMBLAGE, COLLAGE, AMERICAN ART
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Essays; History;
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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