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Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2013. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 275pp, index, colour reproductions of artworks. From its establishment in 1912 as the first civic art gallery in Canada to its role a century later as one of the leading visual arts institutions in the country, the history of the Winnipeg Art Gallery is inextricably linked to the principle that the cause of art is the cause of the people. Marking the Gallery's Centennial, this publication documents a truly historic assembly of one hundred works of art from twenty-eight museums in Canada and two in the United States, along with ten pieces from the Gallery's permanent collection..Among the works included are major pieces by Rembrandt van Rijn, Claude Lorrain, François Boucher, Thomas Gainsborough, Claude Monet, Pierre-August Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Auguste Rodin, Alexander Calder. Canadian artists include Cornelius… Read More

Canada: The Artist, 1995. This items consists of 7 postcard sized cards, one of which is blank on the obverse, and on the reverse, there is printed 12 Notes on the Correct Photogra[hic Distance for Precsie Reading, which is indeed printed to the reverse of all the cards in this set. The other cards have Black on white illus of dead soldiers and charred corpses shown as silhouettes, which captions like " Rwanda July 1994: Wront Height/Wrong Class" or "Chared corpse, Russian tank, Grozny, Chechnya, January 1995". There is a tiny spot on one of the cars, otherwsie Fine. Bruce Barber (born 1950 in New Zealand) is an artist, writer, curator, and educator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches at NSCAD University. His artwork has been shown at the Paris Biennale, the Sydney Biennial, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Walter Phillips Gallery, London Regional Gallery, and Artspace NZ in Auckland. Barber is the editor of Essays on Performance and Cultural Politicization and… Read More

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1987. (RUS) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Very Good in Good dust jacket with some edge faults and tears. Patterned cloth, 359pp, index, mosty full-page colour reproductions with some B&W illus. The text is in English. A heavy book. (7.0 JM HOQ 102/0. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Los Angeles: David Hockney Studio, 1996. (USA) No markings, but there is a skinned spot about the size of a lentil which is coversed over with a piece of magic tape, Very Good. This is one of an edition of 5000 copies, a studio book featuring photographs of paintings and flower taken in the studio. (1.3 JM LVR 206/b1. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Royal Bank of Canada, 2012. (CAD) No markings, Fine. Wraps, 44pp. Colour reproductions of painting with small B&W portraits of the artists. Betino Assa, Ahbyah Baker, Thomas Vhisholm, Philip Delisle, Colin Muir Dorward, Jordy Hamilton, Aleksander Hardashnakov, David Hucal, Andrea Kastner, Latie Lyle Vanessa Maltese, Jenna Faye Powell, Nicholas Ranellucci, Corri-Lynn Tetz, Julie Trudel. (1.3 JM LVR 200/b2. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Germany: Alexianer / Kunsthaus Kannen, 2012. (GER) Presumed 1st edition of 600 copies. No markings, Fine with DVD unopened in pouch to back cover. Wraps, 204pp, B&W photos of the airtis with some small colour reproductions. The text is in German and in English. The 2x2 Forum for Outsider Art was held at Kunsthaus Kannen in Munster in October 2009 and 2011. The book resents 44 views derived from the practice of Outsider Art across Europe. The DVD is a documentary film. (2.0 JM HOZ 401/b1. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Exhibition Catalogue.

Germany: Alexianer, 2017. (GER) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, about Fine includes the DVD unopened to pouch at the back cover. Wraps, 204pp, colpur and B&W photos and reproductions. This book presents the 47 participants of the past three forums and their current concepts. The 2x3 forum is a European nasis for netwroking, from which new projects are created. The text is in German and in English. (1.5 JM LVR 201/b5. 1st. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Artists Space, 1985. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No makrings, Very Good. Wraps, 102pp, B&W photo portraits of the artists, colour reproductions of paintings by Miquel Barcelo, Miguel Angel Campano, Ferran Garcia Sevilla, Menchu Lamas, Jose Maria Sicilia. (1.6 JM LVR 206/b1. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Exhibition Catalogue..

London: Thames & Hudson, 2009. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Very Good dust jacket with all the die-cut windows in perfect order except that there is a 1" tear to the foot of the spine panel of the DJ. Boards, 408pp, colour illus and photos. In this book, a group of international experts from twelve contemporary fields of creative practice from fine art and photography to graphic design, architecture, and ecology have each selected five people who are making significant contributions to the way we experience everyday life and visual culture. The resulting compendium contains hundreds of the most exciting projects and concepts being produced today. A heavy book. (6.5 JM LVR 205/6. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009. (CAD) 1st rpinting. No masrkings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover,265pp, index, colour reproductions of paintings augmnted with B&W photos. Alexander Young Jackson (1882-1974) is a name that instantly conjures up images of our rugged northern landscape and the controversial Group of Seven. This is the first-ever full-length biography of one of Canada’s most beloved characters, and the first to examine in one book the artist, outdoorsman, soldier, teacher, debater, writer, and outspoken defender of modern art. (3.5 JM LVR 205/5. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Toronto: Waddington Galleries, 1990. (CAD) No markings, small stress crease, Very Good. One sheet of 8 .5 x 11" glossy card with photos of 3 sculptures to the front panel, with announcement of dates, the pack panel is blank. This is an announcement of an exhibition in Novemeber of 1990. Abraham Etungat was born in Amadjuak, NU in 1911 and spent his earlier years on the land before moving to Kinngait (Cape Dorset) in the 1950s. Due to his deteriorating health he had to stop hunting and he began to focus on carving. Waddington’s has been a major source in the Canadian art market for over five decades. (1.0 JM ITF2 docket 55. Unbound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Card.

Switzerland: JRP | Ringier, 2009. (SWIT) Presumed 1st eidtion, 2008 to copyright page . No markings, Fine. Wraps, 280pp, small colour and B&W photos. This fully illustrated volume is one of the few anthologies to document the dialogue about the crossover between art and design taking place among experts from both fields. These experts include Paola Antonelli, Anthony Dunne, Alexandra Midal, Rick Poynor, Alice Rawsthorn, Paul Ardenne, Diedrich Diederichsen and Hal Foster. The book emerged from a symposium of the same name held in 2007 in Geneva, and is the companion volume to Wouldn't It Be Nice..., published in 2008, which addressed projects that dare to blur that once-impermeable line between art and design. (1.9 JM HOQ 103/b1. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Scarborough ON: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1985. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND BY ILLUSTRATOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in about Fine Dj. 26 x 20.5 cm, maroon textured bds, with illus dustjacket, [9], 10-211pp, [5] blanks. Mary Pratt's paintings are reproduced in colour and in B&W and are augmented by some line drawings. The book is organized regionally with recipes. Ingredients are given in metric and in North American measure. (2.3 JM HOZ 401/4. Signed by Author(s). 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by PRATT, Mary. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: G.P. Putnam, 1972. (USA) First American Edition. Folio, teal green cloth, 169, biblio. 43 plates in colour; 132 B&W illus. A biogaphical and historical monograph of Durer's work by the esteemed German art historian Ludecke presented with excellent large reproductions of the artist's works. Ownership label to endpaper, VG in unclipped Good Dj with edge tears and rubbing, clear tape reinforcement to top edge of dust jacket. a heavy book (3.5 JM HOQ 100/0. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Milano: Mudima, 2005. (ITL) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 246pp, reporductions of paintings in colour, B&W photos. The text is in Italian and in English. Since being featured in the 2003 Venice Biennale, Papetti emerged as one of the most important Italian painters today. Papetti is a self-taught artist. His most noticeable influences include Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti, and his most recognizable body of work is focused on industrial archaeology, portraits and studies of nudes. Included as a bonus is an exhibition announcement from the Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver BC published as a leaflet in 2006. The leaflet has no markings, but there is a spot of waviness to back cover, (Not a stain but rather heat related spot where a cup had been placed on it), thus Good. Six panel card leaflet to 13 x 23 cm unfolded size, four of the panel have reproductions of Papetti's wonderful paintings: two of city scenes, one of a shipyard and a… Read More

Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 1976. (NETH) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, tiny spot to top edge of pages, hinges solid, Very Good in Good (-) only dust jacket with edge chips and tears; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Cloth hardcover, plan of the museum to end papers, 911pp, subject index, inventory numbers, thousands of small B&W reproductions of the paintings in the Rijksmseum in Amsterdam. The introductoy material is in Dutch but the body of the catalog is in Dutch and in English. A very heavy book. (10.5 JM HOZ 402/6. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good (-). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Catalog.

Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 1997. (NETH) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, tiny bump to top corner of front cover, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to gloss of rear panel of Dj. Hardcover, 366pp, index, 187 B&W illus. From the dust jacket: The Dutch painter Jan Steen (1626-1679) has long enjoyed a reputation for his dissolute life, redeemed only by a keen eye for the follies of his contemporaries and an exquisite ability to capture his observations in paint. Steen's paintings of unruly households, rambunctious revels, and wily seductresses have come to define our image of the delicious and immoral excesses of the Golden Age. But rather than simply recording the illicit pleasures of Dutch burghers and peasants, Steen transformed them into ambitious genre paintings that rival the peasant epics of Bruegel the Elder and jest with the genteel idylls of Vermeer and Terborch. By placing Steen within Dutch society and culture of the seventeenth century, Mariet Westermann shows… Read More

NY: Harry N. Abrams., 1987. (USA) Presumed First edition. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with panels lightly rubbed Red cloth, 208pp with list of works, exhibitions, bibliography, index. 294 illus. including 96 plates in full colour. The artist worked for 15 years in virtual secrecy on works centering on one model, Helga Testorf, a neighbour in Chadds Ford. A heavy book. (3.9 JM LVR 206/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Harry N. Abrams., 1987. (USA) First edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Red cloth, 208pp with list of works, exhibitions, bibliography, index. 294 illus. including 96 plates in full colour. The artist worked for 15 years in virtual secrecy on works centering on one model, Helga Testorf, a neighbour in Chadds Ford. A heavy book. (3.9 JM HOQ 102/6. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Victoria BC: Victoria Art Gallery, 1987. (CAD) Exhibition catalogue. Glossy printed wraps, side stapled, unpaginated (c 10pp). 10 colour reproductions of the sepia chalk portraits of thsi BC artist. Bent lower corner, white covers a bit scuffed, Good . (1.3 JM PLX 501/0. Staple Bound. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Exhibition Catalogue..