RODCHENKO, A.M. Rechevik: stikhi. [The Orator]. By S. M. Tretiakov. 191 pp. 8vo, 180 x 130 mm., bound in original two-color Constructivist letterpress wrappers designed by Rodchenko. Moscow and Leningrad: GIZ, 1929.
A fresh copy of this pamphlet with the stunning vibrant wrappers designed by Rodchenko. The poetical text by the.....
Item nr. 169709
Price: $2,500.00
Washington. National Gallery of Art. PICASSO: The Early Years, 1892-1906. Edited by Marilyn McCully. 374 pp., with 182 color plates, and roughly 115 b&w illustrations. 4to, cloth. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1997.
This catalogue accompanies a major travelling exhibition exploring the early work of Picasso, including the Blue period, the.....
Item nr. 148984
Price: $150.00
Turner, Elizabeth Hutton, with Nancy Coleman Wolsk, Ursula Perucchi-Petri, Elsa M. Smithgall and Lisa Lipinski. PIERRE BONNARD: Early and Late. 288 pp., hundreds of color and b&w illustrations. 4to, cloth. London, Philip Wilson Publishers in association with Washington, Phillips Collection, 2002.
This exhibition catalogue provides the cultural context for examining the.....
Item nr. 102208
Price: $150.00
GRUMBACHER, M. Color compass: an illustrated guide for color mixing selection, color theory and harmony. 20 pp., illustrated. 4to, 290 x 227 mm, publisher's wrappers in slipcase. New York: Grumbacher, 1977.
A fine copy of this scarce modern work.
Item nr. 172981
Price: $495.00
PERROT, A.M and E. BLANCHARD. Die Kunst des Kolorirens, oder vollstaendige und fassliche Belehrung ueber das Illuminiren, Tuschen und Retouchiren der Kupferstiche, Bilder, Lithographieen, naturhistorischen Kupfertafeln, Landkarten und topographischen Plane... 148 pp text with a folding hand-coloured plate. 8vo, 205 x 213 mm, publisher's wrappers. Missing the rear wrapper and.....
Item nr. 172959
Price: $2,250.00
Speiser, Anthony M. JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY: Catalogue Raisonné: Works in Oil. 3 volumes. 1,375 pages with hundreds of works illustrated in color and b&w. 4to, cloth. Hastings-on-Hudson, Newington-Cropsey Foundation, 2013-2019.
Item nr. 154500
Price: $600.00
Joosten, Joop M. & Robert P. Welsh. PIET MONDRIAN Catalogue Raisonné. 2 volumes; Volume I "Catalogue Raisonné of the Naturalistic Works (until early 1911)": 482 pp.; Volume II "Catalogue Raisonné of the Work of 1911-1944" plus "Appendix": 671 pp.; with more than 1,800 illustrations, 375 of which are colour plates.....
Item nr. 46251
Price: $475.00
New York. Gagosian Gallery. CECILY BROWN: Paintings 1998-2000. Introduction by Robert Evren, essay by A.M. Homes. 76 pp., 25 color plates. Oblong 4to, wraps. 2000.
Brown's canvasses suggest harrowing sexual scenarios nearly hidden within the broad abstract qualities of her highly expressive and gestural brushstrokes.
Item nr. 91750
Price: $225.00
Butler, Cornelia H., Paul Schimmel, Richard Shiff and Anne M. Wagner. WILLEM DE KOONING: Tracing the Figure. 200 pp., 124 color plates and 6 b&w illustrations. 4to, cloth. Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2002.
This strikingly designed book, published in conjunction with an exhibition originating at The Museum of Contemporary.....
Item nr. 100174
Price: $125.00
RODCHENKO, A.M. Radio slushatel. [The Radio Listener]. Number 18. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout. Folio, 312 x 220 mm., original color peek-a-boo Constructivist wrappers designed by Rodchenko. Moskva: Izd.-vo NKPT, 1930.
A scarce issue of the magazine with stunning covers by Rodchenko. Slight edgewear, but generally fine. OCLC lists Getty and University of.....
Item nr. 169790
Price: $875.00
RODCHENKO, A.M. Tuda i obratno [There and Back]. By Mayakovsky. 96 pp. 8vo, 180 x 135 mm., bound in letterpress wrappers designed by Rodchenko, in a new light blue cloth box with a red label. Moscow: Federatsiya, 1930.
This little book with its Constructivist wrappers is a fine example of Rodchenko's.....
Item nr. 169704
Price: $3,000.00
RODCHENKO, A.M. Maiakovskii ulybaetsia. Maiakovskii smeetsia. Maiakovskii izdevaetsia. [Mayakovsky Smiles, Mayakovsky Laughs, Mayakovsky Jeers]. By Mayakovsky. 109 pp. 8vo, 180 x 130 mm., bound in publisher's two-colour Constructivist wrappers and printer's device on half-title page designed by Rodchenko, in a new green cloth folding box witha red label. Moscow and.....
Item nr. 169703
Price: $2,500.00
RODCHENKO, A.M. Ob agit i proz iskusstve. [On agitation and prose art]. By B. Arvatov. 223 pp. 8vo, 180 x 130 mm., original boards designed by Rodchenko, in a new linen cloth box with a red label. Moscow: "Federatsiya", 1930.
A fine copy of this handsome example of Rodchenko's skill as.....
Item nr. 169691
Price: $1,500.00
SHELDON, Frederick M. The Practical Colorist. A Pathfinder for the Artist Printer. 238 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographic reproductions, coloured advertisements, charts, diagrams, and typographical specimens on papers of different colours and stocks. Tall 8vo., 268 x 174 mm, bound in publisher's dark gray cloth, title gilt on spine and.....
Item nr. 147017
Price: $1,250.00
White, Adam.
The Instructive Picture Book, Lessons from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, or The Natural History of the Quadrupeds which Characterise the Principal Divisions of the Globe.
This plate: Chinchillas.
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1869.
Original lithograph hand-colored at the time of publication.
Sheet size: 7 1/2 " L x 10 3/4" W
Image size.....
Item nr. 152626
Price: $300.00
Bashkoff, Tracey. VASILY KANDINSKY: Around the Circle. 196 pages with 180 color and b&w plates. 4to, cloth. New York, Guggenheim Museum, 2021.
Item nr. 172871
Price: $50.00
Vogel, Susan Mullin. EL ANATSUI: Art and Life. 176 pages, including 134 color plates. 4to, boards. Munich, London, New York, Prestel, 2012.
Item nr. 147160
Price: $175.00
ROSENSTIEHL, M.A. Traité de la Couleur au Point de Vue Physique, Physiologique et Esthétique Comprenant l'exposé de l'état de la question de l'Harmonie des Couleurs avec 56 figures et 14 planches coloriées. xvi, 278 pp., plus 2 pp. of ads. Illustrated with 14 colour plates including 4 tipped-in pochoir designs.....
Item nr. 173083
Price: $2,500.00
CHEVREUL, M.E. Memoire sur la vision des couleurs materielles en mouvement de rotation et des vitesses numeriques de cercles. 75 pp., illustrated with 19 plates, including 2 folding plates and 15 colour plates. Folio, 260 x 207 mm., modern cloth. Paris: Typographie de Firmin-Didot et Cie., 1881.
A fine copy of.....
Item nr. 172657
Price: $2,500.00
MERIMEE, M.J.F.L. The Art of Painting in Oil, and in Fresco. With Original Observations. By W.B. Sarsfield Taylor. xliv, 371 pp., illustrated with 2 hand-coloured plates - the English chromatic scale of M. Harris and the French chromatic scale of Merimee. 8vo, 190 x 115 mm., bound contemporary half morocco.....
Item nr. 172641
Price: $975.00
CHEVREUL, Michel-Eugène and M. JACOB (editors). Le teinturier universel: echo des applications des Matières colorantes. 96 fascicles in four volumes. 192; 192; 192; 192 pp., together with 192 specimens of various dyes on paper, cotton, silk, rope and leather. Folio, 310 x 228 mm., bound in original printed wrappers, together.....
Item nr. 172640
Price: $8,500.00
ROSENSTIEHL, M.A. Les premiers éléments de la science de la couleur. Collection de Tableaux Coloriés faisant suite à la conférence faite par l'auteur le 28 septembre 1881. xi, [1], 53, [3] pp., illustrated with five wood-engraved diagrams, numerous tables, and 9 plates of which 5 with colour swatches. 4to, 265.....
Item nr. 171735
Price: $2,500.00
BLANCHARD, E. T., PERROT, A.M. and L.J.S. THILLAYE. Nouveau Manuel complet du Coloriste. ou Instruction simplifiée et élémentaire pour l'Enluminure, le Lavis et la retouche des Gravures, Images, Lithographies, Planches d'Histoire Naturelle, Cartes Géographiques, Peinture orientale, Plans Topographiques. [4], 246 pp., illustrated with 3 folding plates of which 1 is.....
Item nr. 148015
Price: $850.00
MUELLER, J. and M. DETHLEFFS. Praktischer Leitfaden fuer Buntbuchdruck: ein wirkliches Hilfsbuch für den Farbendruck und die Farbenmischung im Buchdruck. Nach Jahrelangen praktischen erfahrungen und versuchen. 48 pp., illustrated with 36 collotype colour plates and 2 black and white plates. Folio, 305 x 225 mm., bound in publisher's cloth. Berlin.....
Item nr. 144119
Price: $1,250.00
KNICKERBOCKER,H.R and M.A.CAGELING.Engeland bereidt zich voor ... 122pp. 8vo., Illustrated boards, spine missing. Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Keurboekerij,1938.
A book distinguished by its stunning photomontage cover. A desirable copy, despite the absence of the spine. Very rare with OCLC listing only one copy in the US, at the Denver Public Library...
Item nr. 172453
Price: $1,250.00