THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THOMAS EAKINS.
NY: Grossman, 1972. Eakins, Thomas. First edition. Oblong 4to., viii, 214 pp., 291 photos. Fine in illustrated dust jacket, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. More
Art & Architecture
AUTOGRAPH ETCHINGS BY AMERICAN ARTISTS.; PRODUCED BY A NEW APPLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF JOHN W. EHNINGER. ILLUSTRATED BY SELECTIONS FROM AMERICAN POETS.
NY: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1859. Johnson, Eastman. First edition. Folio, [10] pp., with 12 mounted cliché-verre, on albumen paper, each with an accompanying leaf of poetry and tissue guard; a.e.g. Bound in the publisher's original gilt-titled cloth. Slight chipping at the spine ends and tips, which has been expertly..... More
YOURSELF AND LADIES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A VIEW OF ETCHINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PHOTOS, &C.
NY: Radtke, Lauckner & Co., ca 1890. Single sheet of thin laid paper 10 3/8 x8 inches, with a copper etching of a rustic cabin on a lake with a sail boat in the background. In holograph on the lower margin is " At Brennan & Davis' Monday & Tuesday..... More
ROBERT FICHTER: PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER QUESTIONS.; Preface by Kenneth Donney.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1983. Fichter, Robert. First edition. 8vo., viii, 95 pp., color and b&w photos. Fine in the illustrated dust jacket which is moderately rubbed at the crown. SIGNED with a drawing of a winged flying dog by the photographer in blue ink, and signed again in..... More
THE ART OF ENGRAVING, WITH THE VARIOUS MODES OF OPERATION, UNDER THE FOLLOWING DIFFERENT DIVISIONS: ETCHING, SOFT-GROUND ETCHING, LINE ENGRAVING, CHALK AND STIPPLE, AQUATINT, MEZZOTINT, LITHOGRAPHY, WOOD ENGRAVING, MEDALLIC ENGRAVING, ELECTROGRAPHY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY.; ILLUSTRATED WITH SPECIMENS OF THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF ENGRAVING
London: M.A. Nattali, 1844. Second edition. Small 4to., vii, 109 pp., (4) adverts, 10 full-page plates (including frontispiece), plus (3) pp. adverts Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Previous owner's inscription. Light foxing on the title page, else a near fine copy. Gernsheim INCUNABULA #652 states, "Contains 'Sketch of the different..... More
AN INTRODUCTION TO PAINTING IN WATER COLOURS, IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; WITH AN INDEX OF MIXED TINTS, REMARKS ON THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND PERMANENCY OF COLOURS, ETC., AND A MANUAL OF LITHOGRAPHY
London: D. Bogue, 1854. Fourth edition. Small 4to., xi, 144 pp., color frontispiece with tissue guard, 9 monochrome plates, plus 6 leaves of mixed tints. Publisher's cloth stamped decoratively in blind with gilt title on spine; slightly frayed at the foot and short tear at the crown. The frontispiece is..... More
PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART: INTERACTIONS SINCE 1946.
Fort Lauderdale: Museum of Art; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; NY: Abbeville Press, 1987. First edition. 4to., 272 pp., frontis, profusely illustrated with b&w and color photos. A fine copy in dust jacket. An extensive survey based on a major exhibition of the same title; includes essays..... More
SELF-PORTRAIT
Hausmann, Raoul. Vintage silver gelatin print, circa 1931, 3 x 2 11/16 inches. Achivally matted. Raoul Hausmann (1886-1971) was a key figure in the Dada movement in Berlin after World War I. Although he explored photomotage, he did not take up a camera until 1927. More
HOCKNEY ON PHOTOGRAPHY: CONVERSATION WITH PAUL JOYCE.
NY: Harmony Books, 1988. Hockney, David. First U.S. edition. Square 4to., 192 pp., fully illustrated with color and b&w photos, drawings and paintings. Fine, as new in color illustrated dust jacket and sealed in the publisher's shrink-wrap. From the jacket blurb "In these witty and erudite conversations with filmmaker and..... More
AKT EXLIBRIS
Munich: Mahnert-Lueg, 1986. First edition. 4to., [207] pp., 96 plates printed recto only. Publisher's gitl titled cloth over boards with inset color printed plate on the front cover. A fine copy housed in the original cloth over boards slipcase, which is rubbed through at the base of the spine. A..... More
GAUDI NO UCHU = GAUDI
Tokyo: Shueisha, 1984 (1990). Hosoe, Eikoh. Second edition. Square 4to., 251 pp., fully illustrated from color and b&w photographs. A fine, as new copy the the illustrated dust jacket by Miro. Housed in the publisher's photo-illustrated slipcase with obi. The obi has three closed tears. INSCRIBED by Hosoe and dated..... More
STRONGER AND STRONGER SHELL *YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL
1939. Original maquette for a poster; comprised of a silver gelatin photograph and gouache on board. The image is 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches on larger board, framed and glazed to 18 1/2 x 23 inches. Signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin in white ink;..... More
ROBERT KNOTT: SCULPTURE / DRAWINGS / PHOTOGRAPHS 1980 - 2008.
Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University, 2008. First edition. 8vo., 46 unnumbered pages, chiefly illustrasted with color plates. Printed wrappers. Fine. Robert Knott, 1942 - 2010, a native of Memphis, Tenn., began making art and little carved wooden animals, when he was about 10-years-old. He graduated from Stanford University and earned..... More
HENRI LE SECQ: PHOTOGRAPHE DE 1850 A 1860.; CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE LA COLLECTION DE LA BIBLIOTHÉQUE DES ARTS DÉCORATIF.
Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs/Flammarion, 1986. Le Secq, Henri. First edition. 4to., 191 pp., full-page captioned photos, plus a pictorial catalogue of 717 images in reduced format. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper (from Christian Le Secq). A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket, housed in the publisher's plain..... More
HENRI LE SECQ: PHOTOGRAPHE DE 1850 A 1860.; CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE LA COLLECTION DE LA BIBLIOTHÉQUE DES ARTS DÉCORATIF.
Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs/Flammarion, 1986. Le Secq, Henri. First edition. 4to., 191 pp., full-page captioned photos, plus a pictorial catalogue of 717 images in reduced format. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket, housed in the publisher's plain cardstock slipcase. Le Secq (1818-1882), a painter, was commissioned in 1851..... More
MAN RAY:; An Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Cooperation with the Museum's Contemporary Arts Council and Under the Direction of Jules Langsner.
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966. Man Ray. First edition. 8vo., 148 pp., 6 color photos, 101 b&w photos interspersed with text, captions and chronology. Stiff wrappers. Near fine. Catalogue prepared upon the occasion of the exhibition, a major retrospective. More
MAN RAY: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE.
Woodbury, NY: Barron's, 1980. Man Ray. First U.S. edition. Small 4to., 227 pp., 160 full-page b&w plates. A tiny bump to the lower tips of the boards; else a near fine copy in a slightly worn dust jacket. Includes detailed catalogue entries on the 160 reproduced images and reprints a...... More
OTA MATOUŠEK: TEREZÍN
Terezín: Památnik Terezín, 1968. Matoušek, Ota. First edition. 8vo., [17] pp., 8 plates. Stitched printed wrappers it the printed dust jacket, which is toned and discolored at the foredge. Ota Matoušek (1890 - 1977) born in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia, Matousek studied at the Prague Academy from 1910 to 1915. During the..... More
MAÏAKOVSKI: 20 ANS DE TRAVIL
Paris: Département des arts plastiques du Centre Georges Pompidou, 1975. First edition. 4to., 94 pp., illustrated from color and b&w graphics and b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. Catalogue for an exhibition of the works of Vladimir Mayakovsky, which traveled to various museums throughout France from November 1975 -..... More
THOMAS EAKINS: WHO PAINTED.
Privately Printed for the Author, 1946. Eakins, Thomas. First ed. 8vo., 162 pp., frontispiece. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Largely based upon interviews with Eakin's students and other unpublished sources. Includes material on his photographic work with Eadweard Muybridge. More
THE MESSENGERS
Munich / New York: Prestel, 2007. First edition. 8vo., 608 pp., chiefly illustrated from drawings, photographs, sculptural objects, etc. Illustrated paper over boards, with all edges gilt. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. French visual artist, Annette Messager, an installation artist, incorporates a wide variety of media: drawings, sculpture, photographs..... More
[TELEHOR: MEZINARODNI CASOPIS PRO VISUALNI KULTURU... THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW NEW VISION... (Year) 1; (Nos.) 1-2, 1936.] L. MOHOLY-NAGY
Brno: Telehor, 1936. Moholy-Nagy. First edition. 4to., 138 pp., color and b&w plates from paintings, photographs, photograms, graphics and filmstrips. Metal spiral bound printed wrappers, with original glassine over-wrapper and the plain tan paper outer wrapper which is chipped. There is a tiny bit of rubbing to the lower edge..... More
VER SACRUM 1893-1903
Vienna: Edition Tusch, 1975. First edition. 4to., 321, [1] pp., fully illustrated with color and b&w plates, t.e.g. Color printed patterned cloth; the dust jacket is slightly worn at the spine ends. The copy of Swiss political writer Armin Mohler, with his neat stamp on the reverse of the title..... More
JEDE GEHEIME SPRACHE IST VERBOTEN: HOW TO CRITICIZE ART: LE CLUB
N.p. A Great Bear Pamphlet, 1993. First edition. 8vo., (32) pp., with 15 full page line drawings with captions, printed recto only. Illustrated stapled wrappers; light wear else very good. Marcus Neufanger, 1964 Nürnberg, is an artist/curator working in Germany. This was his first publication, and although called a Great..... More
TIME: A DOCUMENTRACINGS
Providence, RI: Thomas Ockerse Editions, 1973. Ockerse, Thomas. First edition. 8vo., unpaged, approx. 100 pp., illustrated. Decorative stiff wrappers. Faint toning to the wrappers. Near fine. Dutch born, Thomas Ockerse is a graphic design professor at Rhode Island School of Design; he received him BFA from Ohio State University and..... More