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Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-162) and index.
American Magus

American Magus

by Paola Igliori

Larousse Encyclopedia Of Modern Art

Larousse Encyclopedia Of Modern Art

by Rene Huyghe

Sam Francis

Sam Francis

by Sam Francis

Rudolf Stingel

Rudolf Stingel

by Rudolf Stingel

Frank Stella

Frank Stella

by William S Rubin

Love and Joy About Letters

Love and Joy About Letters

by Ben Shahn

The Unknown Paintings Of Kay Nielsen

The Unknown Paintings Of Kay Nielsen

by David Larkin

Lost Magic Kingdoms and Six Paper Moons From Nahuatl

Lost Magic Kingdoms and Six Paper Moons From Nahuatl

by Eduardo Paolozzi

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

by Sylvia/ Hughes, Frieda Plath

Painting and Sculpture In Europe, 1880-1940

Painting and Sculpture In Europe, 1880-1940

by George Heard Hamilton

Charles Sheeler

Charles Sheeler

by Charles Sheeler

Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell

by Joseph Cornell

Claes Oldenburg -An Exhibition Of Recent Erotic Fantasy Drawings

Claes Oldenburg -An Exhibition Of Recent Erotic Fantasy Drawings

The Prints Of Paul Klee

The Prints Of Paul Klee

by James Thrall Soby

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Ninety

by Jean-Luc Flohic

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Christo--Wrapped Walk Ways

by Christo

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The Work Of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Wendingen Edition

by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Tramp Artist

by Thelma Webb Wright

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Maximiliana

by Max, 1891-1976 ; Schamoni, Peter Ernst

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Bare

by George Michael

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Kenzo Okada Paintings

by Kenzo Okada

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Freak Show

by Carl; Bosker, Gideon Hammer

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Izhar Patkin the Black Paintings Based On "The Blacks

by Izhar Patkin

Modern Art Books & Ephemera

Drawings For a Living Architecture

Drawings For a Living Architecture

by Wright, Frank Lloyd

American Art Of the 20th Century

American Art Of the 20th Century

by Hunter, Sam

Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet

by Dubuffet, Jean

Robert Graham

Robert Graham

Eighty

Eighty

by Flohic, Jean-Luc

[CZECH PHOTOMONTAGE BOOK DESIGN - TEIGE] Než se rozední [Until the Day Breaks]

[CZECH PHOTOMONTAGE BOOK DESIGN - TEIGE] Než se rozední [Until the Day Breaks]

by Bromfield, Louis and Karel Teige, artist

First Czech edition of Bromfield's novel, translated by Hana Bílková and with a late photo-montage cover design by Karel Teige. Karel Teige a typografie, 505 (p. 203). As of September 2020, KVK and OCLC only show one copy outside the Czech Republic. First Czech edition of Bromfield's novel, translated by Hana Bílková and with a late photo-montage cover design by Karel Teige. Karel Teige a typografie, 505 (p. 203). As of September 2020, KVK and OCLC only show one copy outside the Czech... Read more about this item
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A$332.00
[SIGNED BY TEIGE] Sovětská kultura [Soviet culture].; Edice Odeon, sv. 31 [Odeon Series, vol. 31]

[SIGNED BY TEIGE] Sovětská kultura [Soviet culture].; Edice Odeon, sv. 31 [Odeon Series, vol. 31]

by Teige, Karel

First and only edition of Teige's reflections on his trip to the Soviet Union in 1925, in which he analyzes publishing and book design, the visual arts, contemporary architecture, theatre, Soviet everyday culture and government. With Teige's minimalist typographic design and the striking two-color title page. One of the first non-Russian publications comprehensively examining Soviet Constructivism, Teige's work contains the following five chapters: I. The book and printing in Soviet Russia, II. Cinema... Read more about this item
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A$1,992.00
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Osudná vejce [The Fateful Eggs].; Knihovna dobrých autorů [Library of good authors], vol. 186

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Osudná vejce [The Fateful Eggs].; Knihovna dobrých autorů [Library of good authors], vol. 186

by Bulgakov, Michail

Rare first Czech edition of this bizarre tale by the master of Russian satire, translated by Lala Značkovská-Neumannová and published by Kamilla Neumannová. "The Fateful Eggs" was first printed in the Soviet journal Nedra (no. 6, 1925) and appeared in a collection of stories entitled The Diaboliad (also 1925). The wrappers are illustrated by a surrealist photomontage by a Vladimir Golovin. We can find no Czech or Russian avantgarde artist by this name, which is perhaps a pseudonym. The... Read more about this item
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A$1,660.00
Modern Australian Painting 17 March-9 April 2011

Modern Australian Painting 17 March-9 April 2011

by Charles Nodrum Gallery

Melbourne: Charles Nodrum Gallery. 2011. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Staple-bound. Illustrated with colour reproductions. Unpaginated. Includes works of 51 Australian artists including Charles Blackman, Lawrence Daws, Sidney Nolan, John Peter Russell, Barbara Tribe, Frank Hodgkinson, Mary MacQueen amongst others. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$25.00
Mākslinieku biedrība "Zal̦ā Vārna": 15. mākslas izstāde. Rīgā, pilsētas mākslas muzejā. 10. IX - 24. IX 1933. gadā [The "Green Crow" Artists Association: 15th art exhibition. Riga, at the City Art Museum, September 10 - September 24, 1933]

Mākslinieku biedrība "Zal̦ā Vārna": 15. mākslas izstāde. Rīgā, pilsētas mākslas muzejā. 10. IX - 24. IX 1933. gadā [The "Green Crow" Artists Association: 15th art exhibition. Riga, at the City Art Museum, September 10 - September 24, 1933]

by Vilis Ciesnieks, designer

Rare catalog for the "Green Crow" Art Association's fifteenth exhibition, held at the Riga City Art Museum in September 1933. With an attractive black and white wrapper design by Vilis Ciesnieks (1908-1989), the Latvian and later American painter and graphic artist, who studied under N. Puzyrevskii in Riga. He was subjected to prosecution by the German Nazi occupiers, who considered his art "degenerate", and finally moved to Brussels in 1944 and eventually settled in Chicago in 1959, where he worked as... Read more about this item
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A$1,245.00
[CZECH MODERNISM - JOSEF VÁCHAL] Kuriosní revue [A curious review], nos. 1, 2, 3-4 (all published)

[CZECH MODERNISM - JOSEF VÁCHAL] Kuriosní revue [A curious review], nos. 1, 2, 3-4 (all published)

by Hruška, E. A

Complete run of this bibliophile periodical with contributions by Karel Votluc̊ka, Josef Váchal, Leo Brož, Koro Otei, Anna Macková, Emmerich Alois Hruška, and others. Edited by a relatively unknown Czech writer, artist, publisher, and cabaret artist who was a student of the famous woodcut illustrator and artist Josef Váchal. Hruška (1895-1957) was a prolific, yet marginal figure in Czech culture of the 1920-30s, who published countless books, often with his own typographic design... Read more about this item
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A$1,660.00
Sonia Delaunay

Sonia Delaunay

by DELAUNEY, SONIA

Zürich.: Gimpel & Hanover Galerie., 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Original paper covers. Biography, essay by Michel Hoog, 146 item catalogue, 3 colour plates. No.250/250 with an original colour pochoir on the upper cover.
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A$348.88
[CONSTRUCTIVISM - PHOTOMONTAGE - AVIATION] Samolet: organ Soiuza Aviakhim SSSR... [Airplane: organ of the Aviakhim Union of the USSR...]. Vol. II, no. 4 (April 1925)

[CONSTRUCTIVISM - PHOTOMONTAGE - AVIATION] Samolet: organ Soiuza Aviakhim SSSR... [Airplane: organ of the Aviakhim Union of the USSR...]. Vol. II, no. 4 (April 1925)

Single issue of the exceedingly rare journal "Samolet" (Airplane), published by the "Society of Friends of the Air Fleet". The original iteration of the journal was published in thirty-one issues from 1924 to 1926 and served as the primary print organ for early Soviet aviation enthusiasts. It eventually became aligned with the Soviet Society for National Defense, Aviation and Chemical Construction which operated until 1948, and the title was changed in 1926. The organization trained the Soviet public in... Read more about this item
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A$415.00
Técnica aerográfica

Técnica aerográfica

by Juan Renau

México, Centauro, 1946. 8vo, rústica, 214 pp., profusamente ilustrado en b/n, 48 planchas, varias de ellas con ilustraciones de Josep Renau. Imprenta Cosmos. Cubierta con raspones leves en los bordes, primeras hojas con pequeño doblez en la esquina inferior, por lo demás en excelente estado. PC: Exilio español, José Bolea, Leyenda, Atlántida
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A$309.88
Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

by O'Connor, Francis V

New York: Museum of Modern Art. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1967. First Edition Thus. 1. Soft Cover. Cover shows shelf-wear, creases and fading. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. . B&W Illustrations. Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 148 pp .
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A$38.74
SAM FRANCIS: PAINTINGS AND GOUACHES

SAM FRANCIS: PAINTINGS AND GOUACHES

by (FRANCIS, SAM). Francis, Sam

(FRANCIS, SAM). Francis, Sam. SAM FRANCIS: PAINTINGS AND GOUACHES. Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np (28pp), 26 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1969 Felix Landau Gallery exhibition of twenty-six paintings on canvas and paper executed between 1963 and 1969 by the noted Las Angeles abstract master Sam Francis.... Read more about this item
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A$38.35
Joan Miró. Obra Gráfica.

Joan Miró. Obra Gráfica.

by JOAN MIRO

Madrid: Dirección General del Patrimonio Artístico, Archivos y Museos., 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Original card covers with colour lithograph design by Joan Miró. 300x210mm. 87pp. Introduction by. Joan Teixidor. Texts y Margueritte Benhoura, Mª Angeles Dueñas, Rosa Mª Malet y Francesc Vicens.. Colour plates, documentation.
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A$87.22
The Turning Point

The Turning Point

by Nina Sundell (Curator)

1988 exhibition catalog as pictured. binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers are lightly soiled and a bit wavy. Text is clean and unmarked. Many photographs accompanied by explanatory text. Includes a brochure from the exhibition at LehmanCollege Art Gallery. your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR
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A$43.38
[CONCEPTUAL ART - CONCRETE POETRY - FLUXUS] Eight publications by and about the artist and twenty minor additions

[CONCEPTUAL ART - CONCRETE POETRY - FLUXUS] Eight publications by and about the artist and twenty minor additions

by Ulrichs, Timm

Ulrichs. I: Timm Ulrichs. Was ist Kunst [What is art]. Wrapper title: Totalkunst - das neue mass aller dinge [Total art - the new measure of all things]. Hannover: self-published, [1964]. Quarto (32 × 22.5 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers; 7 hectographed leaves. As of February 2024, OCLC lists two copies worldwide, one of which is in North America. II: Worksandwordsandworlds. Turin: Studio di informazione estetica, 1968. Octavo (17 × 21.2 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers, 10 leaves... Read more about this item
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A$1,577.00
Felix Vallotton

Felix Vallotton

by VALLOTTON, FELIX

Paris: Flammarion., 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 4to. Original cloth, d/w. French text. 328 pp, 307 black-and-white and colour illus. Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Sash M. Newman, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (October 24, 1991-January 5, 1992); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (January 31-March 29, 1992); Indianapolis Museum of Art (April 25-June 21, 1992); Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (August 27-November 1, 1992); and Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne... Read more about this item
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A$106.60
[JEWISH RENAISSANCE - A COLLEAGUE OF CHAGALL] S. Iudovin: graviury na dereve [S. Iudovin: woodcuts]

[JEWISH RENAISSANCE - A COLLEAGUE OF CHAGALL] S. Iudovin: graviury na dereve [S. Iudovin: woodcuts]

by Ioffe, I. and E. Gollerbakh

First and only edition of this monograph on Solomon Iudovin (or Yudovin, 1892-1954), an important Soviet Jewish artist originally from near Vitebsk, in today's Belarus. From 1907 to 1910, Yudovin studied in Vitebsk under Yehuda Pen and from 1910 until 1917 he continued his studies in St. Petersburg. His uncle S. Ansky (1863-1920) invited him to participate in a series of ethnographic expeditions in Ukraine's Jewish villages across the Pale of Settlement, which would significantly impact his future work.... Read more about this item
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A$1,328.00
Pesn' o stroike. [Song of the construction]

Pesn' o stroike. [Song of the construction]

by Barto A

Very rare first edition. Livre d'artiste. Lithographed book.Early illustrations of Tatiana Mavrina. She studied at VKhUTEMAS. Mavrina started illustrated children books since 30s as well as some other Russian avantgarde artists due to less censorship in this genre in USSR. Mavrina is the only Russian artist who won Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration. OCLC locates only one copy in Germany. Rats, 391
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A$1,936.75
[CZECH REGIONAL AVANT-GARDE] Zpěvy o Rusku [Songs about Russia]. From the Russian by Jaroslav Teichmann.; Van, edice krásné literatury, sv. 3

[CZECH REGIONAL AVANT-GARDE] Zpěvy o Rusku [Songs about Russia]. From the Russian by Jaroslav Teichmann.; Van, edice krásné literatury, sv. 3

Scarce undocumented regional, Silesian avant-garde publication with a striking, spare wrapper design by Zdeněk Rossmann, an important Czech architect and graphic designer who taught and worked primarily in Bratislava. Rossmann had studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau. Contains translations of poems by V. Piast, Fedor Sologub, Sergei Esenin, Alexander Blok, Khodasevich, Akhmatova and many others. Published for the Klub revoluční kultury (Club for Revolutionary Culture) in Ostrava, Moravia. With... Read more about this item
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A$332.00
Leningradskiy Izoram. [Leningrad Izoram].

Leningradskiy Izoram. [Leningrad Izoram].

by Matsa, I

In original illustrated photomotage wrappers. In good condition, minor losses on the spine, carefully repaired, cracks on the front cover, wear at the edges. Limited to 4 500 copies.IZORAM (Mass Organization of Komsomol Amateurs Art) appeared in 1925 in Leningrad as the Association of Visual Arts Groups for Young Workers to develop a new, avant-garde language of amateur arts and crafts, as amateurs artists used to imitate academic art. Worker's art groups (izoyadra) were led by professional artists which... Read more about this item
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A$1,162.05
[A VISION FOR CZECH POST-WAR ART] Veliká příležitost: poznámky k reorganisaci českého výtvarnictví [A great opportunity: notes on the reorganisation of Czech art]

[A VISION FOR CZECH POST-WAR ART] Veliká příležitost: poznámky k reorganisaci českého výtvarnictví [A great opportunity: notes on the reorganisation of Czech art]

by Chalupecký, Jindřich and František Hudeček (artist)

First and only edition of this important but apparently largely unknown and un-referenced manifesto on the opportunities for revitalizing Czech art following the devastation of World War II. Published in the brief interlude before non-Marxist visions of cultural rebirth were squashed by the Communist coup of 1948. Chalupecký (1910-1990) was an influential heoretician, critic, curator, and essayist, and director of the Václav Špála Gallery in Prague, which he turned into a major site of... Read more about this item
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A$415.00
Katalog Vystavki O-va Khudozhnikov "4 Iskusstva". [“4 Arts” Association of Artist Exhibition Catalogue].

Katalog Vystavki O-va Khudozhnikov "4 Iskusstva". [“4 Arts” Association of Artist Exhibition Catalogue].

One of 2 000 copies printed.
The Four Arts community united those artists who had exhibited with the pre-revolution associations Mir Iskusstva and Blue Rose. It was named Four Arts because it included painters, sculptors, graphic artists and architects (for example, Alexey Shchusev and Ivan Zholtovsky). The artists declared the value of individual and the necessity of preserving figurative culture. First exhibition of Four Arts was held in 1924 and the last one was in 1929. The community was joined to... Read more about this item
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A$991.62
[SURREALISM IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC] Spojité nádoby [Communicating Vessels, originally: Les Vases communicants]. Translated by Jindřich Honzl and Vítěszlav Nezval

[SURREALISM IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC] Spojité nádoby [Communicating Vessels, originally: Les Vases communicants]. Translated by Jindřich Honzl and Vítěszlav Nezval

by André Breton (author) and Toyen (illustrator)

First Czech edition of Breton's essay, originally published in 1932, which explores the relationship between reality and dreams, and which also includes a brief correspondence with Sigmund Freud. It was the first of Breton's texts to be translated into Czech. Toyen drew directly on Max Ernst for the design of the cover image, using his technique of making collages from nineteenth-century steel engravings. Official collaboration between the Parisian Surrealists and the Prague circle around Nezval, Toyen,... Read more about this item
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A$581.00
[KEY WORK OF THE CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Devětsil: revoluční sborník [The nine powers: a revolutionary anthology]

[KEY WORK OF THE CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Devětsil: revoluční sborník [The nine powers: a revolutionary anthology]

by Seifert, Jaroslav and Karel Teige, editors

A particularly handsome copy of this legendary first Devětsil publication (relatively cheaply printed and often encountered in poor condition), with typography by Karel Teige (the design using the black circle is repeated on the rear wrapper, with additional text, and on the ffep and title). The almanac was the result, in part, of Seifert and Teige's soujourn to Paris in 1922, where they met numerous key figures of the avant-garde world, such as Le Corbusier and Man Ray. The anthology reflects this... Read more about this item
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A$2,988.00
[SURREALISM] Leherb. Dům umění města Brna. Prosinec 1966 [House of Art, Brno, December 1966]

[SURREALISM] Leherb. Dům umění města Brna. Prosinec 1966 [House of Art, Brno, December 1966]

by Budík, Arnošt, editor

Ephemeral catalog for an exhibition of works by Helmut Leherb (1933-1997), the Viennese artist and surrealist, a representative of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Held in Brno in December 1966 and organized by the Czech surrealist writer and artist Arnošt Budík, a member of the short-lived "Lacoste" Group active in Brno in the 1960s. With a short introductory text and an interview with Leherb on surrealism, eroticism, etc., as well as a list of works exhibited. Not in KVK, OCLC. Ephemeral... Read more about this item
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A$124.50
Oskar Kokoschka

Oskar Kokoschka

by KOKOSCHKA, OSKAR

Berlin: Paul Cassirer., 1918. First edition. Paperback. Good. Sm.4to. Original card covers with design by the artist. 8 monochrome plates, works from 1906-18. Thumbed, covers darkened, front end-paper soiled.
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A$348.88
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