Search Results: Art: Exhibit Catalogs from Whiting Books

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. Jacket has slight rubbing and wear at the head of the spine. An examination of Copland's music and career from a perspective of his interest in the visual arts and literature. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York.176 pages, with Notes and Index and numerous illustrations..

Boston: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Reading crease to the spine, creasing to the rear cover, near the lower corner. Clean copy. Exhibit catalog for some 250 decorative art pieces from the American Arts & Crafts Movement, dating from the 1880s to 1930s (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 23, 1990 to January 6, 1991). 255 pages with 190 color and 275 black and white illustrations. Oversized book that will require extra postage if expedited or international delivery is desired..

The american Federation of Arts, 1969. Book. Good. Soft cover. Light foxing to covers, corner crease to the front cover. 159 pages with representations of naive paintings in both color (55) and black and white (56). The paintings by known and unknown artisans, sign and house painters, farmers, frontiersmen, and itinerant portraitists range from the 1700s to the last quarter of the 19th century..

Vienna: Ulysses, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Slight wear, wrinkling along edges of printed wrapper. Interior clean and bright. Selected works of the Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer. Includes essays in either Italian, English, or both by Rainer and Fuchs; a listing of selected one-man exhibitions by the artist; a brief bio of the artist; and 26 color plates of mixed media, including mixed media on photos, oil on photos, and oil on wood..

London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Eighty-seven pages. Light yellow highlighting on five of the pages. Catalog for the exhibition "Beuys, Klein, Rothko: Transformation and Prophecy," held at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery in London from 5 June to 3 July 1987. Essay by Anne Seymour, followed by Plates, featuring photos of the artists' works..

Montgomery, Alabama: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1977. Book. Soft cover. Two separate portfolios (stiff, colored paper with pocket), each with a number of individual two-page fold-outs representing a specific work of art in the Blount Collection of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Montgomery, Alabama.. Forty-five paintings by historically important American artists are represented in these portfolios, each with a 10 X 16 inch folded brochure with artist and painting information and an image of the painting. The cream-colored folder has some soiling on the front cover and contains 21 fold-outs (Mary Cassatt, John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, etc.). The other folder is gray-colored, in fine condition, and contains 24 fold-outs (Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, Charles Wilson Peale, etc.)..

Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1938. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 7 X 9 Inches. Stapled booklet, pages numbered 106-131. Staples are rusted otherwise a fine copy. One article on museum exhibits: An Unpublished Painting by Bernardo Strozzi, by Walter H. Siple. This 17th-century Baroque painting, a representation of David with the Head of Goliath, was a new acquisition for the museum. Following those articles: Museum Notes (no author named), membership and donor listings, classes and activities offered, and continuing exhibitions..

Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 7 X 9 Inches. Stapled booklet, pages numbered 3-39. One of the staples is rusted, otherwise a fine copy. Includes the following: The Benefactors' Tablet, by Walter H. Siple (unveiling of engraved tablet of museum benefactors and a listing of names and contributions); An Unpublished Portrait by Jouett, by Walter H. Siple (donated Jouette portrait of Judge Aaron K. Woolley); Edward Savage's Miniature of George Washington in the Taft Museum, by Margaret Kremers (includes biography of Savage); Museum Notes, Art Museum Library, membership and donor listings, classes and activities offered, and continuing exhibitions. An index supplement for the previous year is laid in at the begining of the booklet..

Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1941. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 7 X 9 Inches. Stapled booklet, pages numbered 2-27. Staples are rusted, otherwise a fine copy. Cover photo: East Facade of Shrine II, First Century A.D. Sandstone Figure of Zeus-Hadad Transjordan, Khirbet Tannur, Early Second Century A.D., Cincinnati Art Museum Collection. This issue includes the following: The Nabataean Temple of Khirbet Tannur, Transjordan, by Nelson Glueck; Masterpieces of Art (masterpieces from abroad on loan to the 1939 Worlds Fairs in New York and San Francisco and still in the country thanks to the outbreak of World War II); Museum Notes; Accessions June 15, 1940 to December 10, 1940; membership and donor listings; activities; and continuing exhibitions..

Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1939. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 7 X 9 Inches. Stapled booklet, pages numbered 38-59. Staples are rusted otherwise a fine copy. Feature article: Eugene Fromentin, by Richard B. Freeman. Article on World's Fairs being held that year in New York and San Francisco and Cincinnati pieces being exhibited, including Romuald Kraus' statue, Justice, featured on the cover of this issue. Following those articles: Museum Notes, membership and donor listings, classes and activities offered, and continuing exhibitions..

Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1939. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 7 X 9 Inches. Stapled booklet, pages numbered 62-95. Staples are rusted otherwise a fine copy. Includes the following: Cincinnati Museum Association Fifty-Eighth Annual Report, Cincinnati a Century Ago (exhibit of Cincinnati interiors, the history for the rooms is in the January issue), Students' Exhibition (Art Academy students), Not Bread Alone, by Ernestine I. Evans (article about docents and the museum's educational role in in the community), Museum Notes, membership and donor listings, classes and activities offered, and continuing exhibitions. There is also a brief article about the discovery of a time capsule in a scrap metal yard that was supposed to have been sent to the museum for its cornerstone in 1885..

Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1939. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 7 X 9 Inches. Stapled booklet, pages numbered 98-123. Staples are rusted otherwise a fine copy. Includes the following: A Rediscovered Painting by Jan Steen, by Walter H. Siple (with photos); The Benefactors (thank you to donors and aerial photo showing the museum's recent growth); Museum Notes, Art Museum Library, membership and donor listings, classes and activities offered, and continuing exhibitions.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 7 X 9 Inches. Stapled booklet, pages numbered 130-155. Staples are rusted, otherwise a fine copy. Cover photo: La Lettre, by Jean-Honore Fragonard, French, 1732-1806, Collection of Miss Mary Hanna. This issue includes the following: Notes on the Taft Collection, by Margaret Kremers; The New Academy, Museum Notes (acquisition of Henry Mattson painting, Night and Stars; Picasso Exhibition; etc.), The Allyn C. Pole Collection, Anonymous Gift; membership and donor listings; activities; and continuing exhibitions..

Taichung, Taiwan: Taiwan Museum of Art, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Endpapers partially separated from the boards and wrinkling. The rest of the book is in Fine condition. Eighty-one pages, many color plates depicting pieces from the exhibit. Preface by Liu Dang-ho (Director, Taiwan Museum of Art) in Chinese and English. Ronald A. Kuchta (Director, Everson Museum of Art) contributes an introduction to Mao C. Lee's art (Chinese and English text) and Mao-Chung Lee (Mao C. Lee) writes My Concept of Creation (Chinese and English text). Fifteen color plates from the exhibit, with Chinese captions, followed by a section of plates of pieces from previous years. The book concludes with a biographical chronology of the artist..

Houston, Texas: Janie C. Lee Gallery, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small amount of discoloration on the lower spine, else a fine copy. Eight-page catalog accompanying the 1982 exhibition of David Smith's drawings at the Janie C. Lee Gallery in Houston. Checklist of Exhibition inside the rear cover. David Smith (1906-1965) was primarily known for his influential metal sculptures, having changed his focus to that medium from drawing and painting in 1933. He did, however, continue to draw and paint in watercolor throughout his life..

1982. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Stapled wraps, sticker to lower spine. About eight pages, including an exhibition checklist of fifteen drawings. Seven drawings featured in this catalog..

New York: Watson-Guptill, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. A gently used copy with very mild wear. This exhibition catalog was first published in London on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Britain, London, 1 November 2001 - 27 January 2002, with a tour to include a stop in the US-Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, 6 September 2002 - 5 January 2003. 288 pages, with Bibliography, Lenders and Credits, and Index. Numerous illustrations. From the dust jacket: "The exposure of the body through representations of the nude was one of the most controversial issues in Victorian art. In an era that witnessed a broader audience for art and the development of new reproductive technologies, the nude was implicated in a variety of debates concerning public health and morals, which meant it could not be comfortably contained within the confines of high culture. This illustrated publication surveys the full range of Victorian representations of female and male figures. While… Read More

Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editoire - Arno/Worldwide, 1966. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. This copy was formerly in Houston's Museum of Fine Arts library and bears their cancellation stamp inside the front cover. Shelf location penciled inside the rear cover. Discreet markings, no others. Minor wear and rubbing to covers. Binding is tight, interior clean. 65 pages with Bibliography and Illustrator Index, followed by a section of 15 numbered black and white plates corresponding to some of the exhibition items listed in the catalog. Exhibition catalog of prints and drawings from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, one of the oldest and most famous museums in the Western world..

Houston, Texas: Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., 1984. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 16-page exhibition catalog with exhibition list and accompanying price list. Eight full-page illustrations of Hannah Stewart's sculptures in stone, bronze, and steel..

Wuhan, Hubei Province, China: Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House, 1995. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 102 pages exhibiting 125 items from the 1978 excavation of the Zeng Hou Yi Tomb in the northwest of Suizhou City in the Hubei Province: Bronze Wares; Musical Instruments; Lauerwares; Weapons, Chariots and Harness Articles; Goldwares and Jadewares; Bamboo Slips; Chu Wang Bo Bell; Bronze Zun and Pan; Bronze Jian and Fou; and the Coffin of the Tomb Owner. A written article for each of these items precedes the section of color photographs of those items..