Art Criticism
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Still Looking
by John Updike
John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the author of more than fifty books, including collections of short stories, poems, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and...
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INTERPRETING MATISSE PICASSO
by Cowing , Elizabeth
London, United Kingdom: Tate Publishing, 2002. Book. Illus. by Matisse & Picasso. Fine. 1st Edition. 1st. edition 2002 , Illustrated soft cover wraps , 80 page book with color illustrations with aexhibition catalogue laid in from the Tate , dated May 11 to August 18 , 2002 . Condition : Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A$15.69
Neo-Impressionism and the Search for Solid Ground Art, Science and Anarchism in Fin-De-Siecle France
by Hutton, John G
Louisiana State University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. Hardback. 0807118230 . Dust jacket stiff and bright, lightly age-toned at edges; White leather-effect boards, clean and sharp; Pages crisp, no annotation, B&W images in text; Binding tight. ; Modernist Studies; 6.5 x 9.5"; 276 pages .
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A$48.65
La Pittura Riminese Del Trecento
by Pasini, Pier Giorgio
Milano: Cassa Di Risparmio di Rimini, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Small 4to, copiously illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography. Index. A survey of medieval art in the Rimini area.
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A$47.06
Surrealism
by Julien Levy
New York: Arno/Worldwide (Arno Press), 1968. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. A crisp, very nice copy of the 1968 re-issue of the 1936 original edition. Solid and VG+ (with just a bit of light foxing at the panels) in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear --and very light chipping-- along the spine crown. Octavo, new introduction by Julien Levy. Coated, multi-colored paper thruout.
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A$156.88
Transformations: Critical and Speculative Essays on Art
by Fry, Roger
Freeport: Books for Libraries Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1968. Hardback. Please note this is a heavy item and may incur extra shipping charges.; Original blue/grey cloth, no jacket as issued, spine lettering dull but legible, 1968 reprint of the 1927 edition, page edges slightly age-darkened, b&w illustrations, binding firm. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages .
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A$48.65
Turn-of-the-Century America Painting Graphics Photographs 1890-1910
by Hills, Patricia
NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. 194 pages. 25 x 23 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography. Owner inscription free endpaper.
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A$23.53
How to Draw and Paint Landscapes, No. 8
by Walter Foster
Walter T. Foster, 1961. Paperback. Very Good. IN STOCK from private collection - softcover in clean solid unmarked condition with only light usual age wear - oversize softcover with same cover as shown - mailed within 2 working days.We do not ship to all countries. Please contact us about shipping charges before ordering from outside of the U.S.A. Thank you.
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A$12.93
The Mirror of Art: Critical Studies
by Baudelaire, Charles
London: Phaidon Press, Ltd., 1955. hardcover. Good. fore-edge corners have light touch of bumping. General light fading to cloth.. 361 p. Cloth. About 4 1/2" X 7 1/4" Bright gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Black & white plates. Index, Notes.
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A$31.38
The Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism. Volume 14 No. 4. (June, 1956)
by Munro, Thomas (editor)
The American Society for Aesthetics, Baltimore, 1956. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as published). issued in June, 1956, title & contents printed in red on a cream cover, a red crayon line has been drawn through the titles on the front cover, 129 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Painting; Art Criticism; Sculpture & Ceramics. Inventory No: ART00034. .
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A$11.68
Die Seele Spaniens
by Rudolf Lothar
Georg Muller, Munich, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. a publication of the German-Spanish Association of Munich by Rudolf Lothar (who wrote over 60 plays, opera and operetta libretti) introducing the art, literature, music & culture of Spain; Size: Octavo (standard book size). 354 pages. Text is in German. Covers slightly grubby. Spine has been strengthened with wide strip of clear sticky tape. Pages browned with age. Previous owner's signature...
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A$19.46
Egon Schiele Oeuvre Catalogue of The Paintings; With Essays By Otto Benesch and Thomas M. Messer
by Kallir, Otto
New York: Crown, 1966. 1st English edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige linen cloth. Near fine in publisher's slipcase. Schiele, Egon. 561 pages. 29 x 23 cm. First edition published 1930, Vienna. 245 plates in color and black and white with the former tipped-in, plus a host of black and white illustrations in the text. Text in English and German. Backstrip slightly darkened, interior contents clean and fresh. LUCAS p.190.
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A$549.08
MODERN PRINTS & DRAWINGS : A Guide to a Better Understanding of Modern Draughtsmanship
by Paul J. Sachs (Compiler & Annotator)
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/As New & Bright. 1954 Vintage Fist Edition, First Thus. Bi-color boards/VG w/light edge wear & discoloration to upper front edge w/slight lean to spine. DJ/None. Frontispiece: Goya, Colossus. Collection of prints & drawings of modern times with brief comments beginning with the ancestors of Modern Art. Selected, with explanations, by art historian Paul Joseph Sachs (1878 - 1965) who was an...
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A$50.99
New Electronic Pattern Book
Tokyo: Silver Knitting Institute, 1988. Book. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. in Japanese and English. 70pp..
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A$27.45
Principles of Neo-Plastic Art
by Doesburg, Theo Van
New York Graphic Society. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. Hardback. 0821203207 . Dust jacket lightly age-toned, a touch spotted, small splits on corners, torn at bottom edge of front panel, prior price label on front flap, spine lightly sunned; Red cloth boards rubbed on corners/edges; Pages lightly age-toned, spotted on top and fore-edges, B&W plates with coloured plates tipped in; Binding tight. This translation of 'Grundbegriffe der neun gestaltenden Kunst' is more than...
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A$54.49
Howard Hughes H-1 Racer, a 1:24 Scale Model Card Kit
by Meta Model
Batavia: Meta Model, 1979. Book. Very Good+. Stapled Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. slight cover rubs. templates AsNew, uncut, unmarked, and intact. instructions plus templates..
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A$59.61
Perspective As Symbolic Form
by Panofsky, Erwin
Zone Books. Very Good+. 1997. Paperback. 0942299531 . Laminate card cover bright and stiff; Pages crisp, no ownership marks or annotation, B&W images and diagrams in text; Binding tight. ; Zone Books; 6 x 9"; 200 pages .
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A$29.19
The Arts
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Edge wear and tape repair with a few additional chips and tears, light soiling.. Thick 8vo. The Story of Painting and Sculpture and Architecture and Music as well as all the So-Called Minor Arts from the Days of the Caveman Until the Present Time [Illustrated].
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A$78.44
The Complicities of Culture Hybridity and 'New Internationalism'
by Papastergiadis, Nikos
Cornerhouse. Very Good+. 1994. Stapled Booklet (pb.). 1897586094 . Card cover bright and stiff, minute mark in bottom right corner of front panel; Pages lightly age-toned, no annotation; Stapled binding tight. ; Cornerhouse Communiqué; 5.75 x 8.25"; 56 pages .
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A$23.35
200 Patterns for Multiple Harness Looms
by Groff, Russell E
McMinnville: Robin & Russ, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. small 8vo.. black titles to white cloth covers, spine title weak. gift inscription and owner's blindstamp to ffep, owner's bookplate inside cover. light soil to edges of last pages. 200pp+ads..
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A$156.88
John Sloan
by St. John, Bruce
New York: Praeger, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. Sloan,John. 156 pages. Ten color plates and 100 black and white illustrations. Bibliography. Index. FREITAG 9024. KARPEL J832. "An updated life of the artist including quotes from his text.
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A$54.91
Women of Vision: Photographic Statements
by Niccolini, Dianora
New Jersey: Unicorn Pub. House, 1982. Book. Illus. by Various Contributors. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition in Softcover.. 1st. ed. 1982 , Illustrated softcover wraps , 122 page with black and white with color color photo plates . Condition : Very Good. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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A$24.32
Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667) A Study of His Place in Dutch Genre Painting of the Golden Age
by Robinson, Franklin W
New York: Abner Schram, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in slightly nicked near fine dust wrapper. Gabriel Metsu. 240 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. 240 black and white illustrations, frontispiece in color. One of the major figures of the Golden Age of Dutch genre scenes and religious subjects.
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A$54.91
The Visual Experience : An Introduction to Art
by Lowry , Bates
New York: Prentice Hall 0 Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Very Good. Hardcover. Not Stated.. No Date of publication (c. 1960's) Hardcover with the dust cover , 272 page book. Illustrated with black and white with color plates. Condition : Very Good. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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A$23.53
Mantegna La Cappella Ovetari Nella Chiesa Degli Eremitani
by Fiocco, Giuseppe
Milan: Edizioni D'Arte Amilcare Pizzi, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Backstrip worn and frayed, corners rubbed. Orig. cloth and boards. Very good. Mantegna. Folio, 39 pages in text, twenty-three full-page color plates. Limited edition, copy 366 of unknown limitation. Text in Italian.
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A$47.06
B.C.S. FROM LITTLE FORKS TO MOULTON HILL (2-VOLUME SET VOLUME ONE AND TWO)
by Patriquin, J. Graham
Sherbrooke, QC: Bishop's College School, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete in 2 volumes, in a very good slip case. Volume One: xix, 233 + Index, map endpapers, several b/w illustrations. Volume Two: xv, p234-503 + Index, map endpapers, b/w illustrations. Each volume carries a certificate that it is copy no. 69 of a limited edition of 150, and each is signed by the author and the headmaster. A beautiful set, as new. (Due to the...
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A$43.14
