Search Results: Authors starting with B from Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts

Bach, Johann Sebastian. DIE KUNST DER FUGE (THE ART OF THE FUGUE). VEB Deutscher Verlag Fur Musik, Leipzig, 1979. Clamshell box of cloth-backed boards containing: 1. a Booklet with an essay, in German, by Hans Gunter Hoke, 2. a folded sheet with Title and brief text about the production, including the copyright and publication information, 3. two fascicles reproducing Bach's autograph manuscript in facsimile, and 4 a facsimile of the first printed score of The Art of the Fugue from 1752. Light wear to the corners and edges of the box, else Fine throughout. Although held by over 100 Libraries, this work is scarce in the marketplace.

Bachardy, Don (American, born 19). DRAWINGS OF THE MALE NUDE.Twelvetrees Press, Pasadena, 1985. 4to., cloth, DJ. 1st Edition, 2000 copies. Unpaginated, illustrated with reproductions of abpout 40 of Bachardy's drawings. With an introduction by Don Bachardy and an Afterword by Armistead Maupin. Some minor fading, spotting and rubbing to the top edge, else about Fine.

Bachardy, Don (American, born 1934). PORTRAIT OF JOE R______ , NOVEMBER 8, 2006. Watercolor on paper. Signed and dated, and titled with the name of the sitter, which may be Joe Roger or similar. 23 x 29 inches (sheet), framed to 30 1/2 x 37 inches. In excellent condition.

Bachardy, Don (American, born 1934). PORTRAIT OF JOE R______ , NOVEMBER 8, 2006. Watercolor on paper. Signed and dated, and titled with the name of the sitter, which may be Joe Roger or similar. 29 x 23 inches (sheet). In excelelnt condition.

U.S. Coastal Survey. (U.S. Coast Survey). BOSTON HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS by Alexander Dallas Bache. Map, lithograph with hand-coloring. Edition of 1863 with additions and corrections to the original 1857 edition. 28 x 36 inches. Darkened along the folds, but the folds unbroken, unevenly trimmed along the left edge, with the margin tapering very close to the border at the bottom, else a Very Good example of this rare chart.

Bacher, Otto. Bacher, Otto. FONDAMENTA DELLE ZATTERE (VIEW IN VENICE). Etching, 1880. #17 of the "Venice Set." Signed, titled, and dated in the plate. 6 3/4 X 9 1/3/16 inches, 171 x 249 mm. (image) 8 3/4 X 11 15/16 inches, 222 x 330 mm. (sheet). In excellent condition. Framed to 13 x 16 inches. This view is looking east across the little bridge where the Rio di San Trovaso enters the Giudecca Canal, with the facade of the Church of the Gesuati beyond. Bacher always preferred to depict the ordinary places, such as this scene of commercial shipping, rather than the grand views favored by earlier generations. The Via Accademia leads to the Fondamenta, which affords beautiful sunset views. This is an especially good impression, with a firm plate mark and great clarity of line. In fine condition.

1922. Bachhofer, Ludwig. DIE KUNST DER JAPANISCHEN HOLZSCHNITTMEISTER Kurt Wolff, Munich, 1922. 4to., cloth, DJ, 120pp., plus 49 plates, incl. 4 tipped-on color plates. German text. VG/VG

Bachrich, Melly. (Bachrich, Melly)illus. 10 ORIGINAL RADIERUNGEN ZUR DIE CHINESISCHEN FLOTE VON HANS BETHGE. F. Lang, Vienna, 1922. A limited edition of 300, of which this is copy number 285. Cloth-backed pictorial boards with Chinese themes in orange, gold, silver and black, with self-flaps enclosing a title page and ten fascicles, each with a poem and a signed etching. In Very Good condition with some rubbing to the cloth of the spine, some wear to the edges and corners of the boards, and partial separation of the flaps. The internals are Fine. Hans Bethge (German, 1876-1946) was a poet and writer. In 1907 he translated Chinese poems from the period of the Tang Dynasty, a series of which were published in 1907 as Die Chinesischen Flote (The Chinese Flute). The book became very popular was reprinted many times. Its poems were the source material for Gustav Mahler's Das Lied Von Der Erde, and texts from it were also set to music by several other prominent Twentieth Century composers. Melly Bachrich,… Read More

Bacon, Peggy. Bacon, Peggy (American, 1895-1987). ICE CREAM. Flint 6. Drypoint, 1918. Edition size not known, but likely very small. Titled "Ice Cream," dated "Nov. 1918," and signed in pencil. 3 15/16 x 5 inches. Printed by the artist, with her smudges in the margins. In very good condition, but with traces of adhesive, verso. Rare. 1918 was the first year that Bacon made prints, producing drypoints using a heavy steel needle on zinc plates, which she printed on an unused press which she found in the corner of Kenneth Hays Miller's life drawing studio at the Art Students League. Working with fellow student Anne Rector, she became so interested in drypoint that it supplanted painting as her main artistic medium. "The abstraction of design, the physical distortion of the figures, and the large flat areas of light and dark found in Peggy Bacon's earrly drypoints...dated November, 1918, were a result of her confrontation with the avant-garde forces active in New York at the time." (Roberta K.… Read More

Bacon, Peggy (American 1895-1987). COLLECTION OF PAPER DOLL DRESSES AND ACCESSORIES, WITH TWO VALENTINE CARDS AND A SIGNED CHRISTMAS CARD. Ink and watercolor on craft board, most cut out with tabs for attaching to a paper doll. Each 5 1/2 inches or smaller. The signed Christmas Card, with an ink and watercolor drawing in similar style to the doll costumes, has a miniature calendar for 1910 attached. Circa 1910 would seem to be a likely date for the group. 24 doll pieces, 2 valentines, 1 Christmas card, all in generally excellent conidtion, but two or three with some defects. The whole, as found in an envelope with the letterhead of the Fieldston School, New York.

Bacon, Peggy. THE RIVAL RAGMEN. Flint 130. Drypoint, 1936-38. Edition of 139 published by Associated American Artists. Titled and signed in pencil. 5 15/16 x 8 15/16 inches (image), 10 x 12 1/2 inches (sheet). Very faint matstain, else in excellent conddition.

Bacon, Peggy. ALIEN ORDER, 1919 - CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION No. 77232. Peggy Bacon's English Alien Registration Book, dated October 13, 1920. She is registered in the name "Brook, Margaret F. B. With her photo and signature, and with the form filled out in her hand, showing Cheyne Walk address in London, and her US residence as Ridgefield CT. There are two stamped endorsements on the first page following the form, the first showing a trip to France in March, 1921, and the second her return to America in May, 1921. Bacon married Alexander Brook in May, 1920; they lived in London for almost a year, and their daughter Belinda was born there. In very nice condition. Unique.

Bacon, Peggy. HATTY. Flint 48. Drypoint, 1921. Titled, signed and dated in pencil. 5 1/2 x 8 7/16 inches (plate), 9 5/16 x 12 1/2 inches (sheet). In excellent condition. "A restaurant in Chelsea, London. Hatty, the waitress, later became the proprietress. Round the table, lower left, are the Brooks with Alex Whitehead, Bookstore owner." (Flint). Bacon and Brook married in 1920, and moved to London for a year in 1921, where their daughter Belinda was born.

Bacon, Peggy. SPEAKING OF CHILDREN and PTA FRIEND'S SEMINARY. Flint 120. Etching, 1933, together with a preparatory drawing, titled "PTA Friend's Seminary." The etching titled, dated an signed in pencil. The edition size is not known, but likely small as the print is uncommon; there are no auction records for it after 1998. The drawing is titled and signed in pencil. The etching 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches plus margins; the drawing 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 (the full sheet). There are numerous compositional changes from the drawing to the etching; we do not know whether other preparatory drawings exist. The etching and the drawing both in excellent condition.

Bacon, Peggy. UNTITLED (MAN AND WOMAN AT A BAR). Charcoal on paper, not dated. Initialled "P.B." lower left. 7 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches. Another drawing on verso. Provenance, Alexander Brook, the artist's son. In excellent condition.

Bacon, Peggy. THE COPY DESK. Flint 149. Lithograph, c. 1945. Edition size not known, but likely small as the print is rare. Titled and signed in pencil. 12 x 10 inches (image), 12 x 16 1/4 inches (sheet). In excellent condition.

Bacon, Peggy. PORTRAIT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN. Charcoal on paper, not dated. Signed, and with illegible notations at both top and bottom of the sheet. 12 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches. Losses to the sheet edges and corners, and with tape remnants at the edges, some visible on the recto. A lively portrait of a gentleman in a sweater and cap, seated in front of a bar or countertop on which is a bowl of fruit and another object, and behind which is a mirror in which the back of the subject's head is reflected. Provenance, the artist through her son Alexander Brook.

Bacon, Peggy. Bacon, Peggy. THE CLINIC. Flint 109. Drypoint, 1932. Edition size not known, but likely very small as the print is rare. 4 15/16 x 6 7/8 inches, plus wide margins (the sheet is 11 x 11 3/4 inches). Signed, titled and dated in pencil. In excellent condition with deckled edges, and with the artist's tack-holes for drying, near the edges, all around.

Bacon, Peggy. APOSTROPHE OF SEASONAL COMPLIMENTS TO MR. BROOK - SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1936Typed Sonnet with seven ink drawings illustrative of the text in the margins, from Peggy Bacon to her husband Alexander Brook at Easter.The text reads:My Alex dear, my velvet bunny,my cotton chick, my comb of honey,my jelly bean, my chocolate rabbit,my gum-drop, my inveterate habit,my oeuf dur dyed a lovely red,my good right hand, my steady head, my rock, my heavy sugar pepper,my safety valve, my trouble stepper,my better half, my sturdy oak,my haven, refuge, reef and cloak,my life-preserver, my umbrella,my parachute, my cyclone cellar,my goose that lays the golden egg:sweet greetings from your easter (P)eg.The sheet folded in half, top to bottom, and in thirds side to side and inserted into a small envelope addressed "Mr. Alexander Brook/Easter Surprise, and with a drawing of a bunny and a basket of eggs. Provenance, Estate of Alexander Brook, Jr. (Sandy Brook). The sheet and envelope in excellent… Read More

Bacon, Peggy. THE LUNCH ROOM (LUNCH AT THE LEAGUE). Flint 8. Drypoint, 1918. Edition size not known, but likely quite small as the print is uncommon. Signed and titled in pencil. 5 7/8 x 7 15/16 inches (plate), 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 (sheet). The scene is the lunchroom of the Art Students League in New York. Among those pictured are Doris Rosenthal (front, center, facing left), Peggy Bacon (figure farthest to the left, in profile), Dorothy Varian (in striped sweater), Isabel Howland (center, with hat and glasses), Edmund Duffy (standing at right, looking left). In very good condition.See other works by Peggy Bacon at https://edpollackfinearts.com/cgi-bin/edp1/creator2011.html?me=101242&te=2