270 pages. A facsimile of the first edition published in 1904, "including twenty-six original paintings by Maxfield Parrish" - color and b&w - and a brief history of seventy-five villas and their gardens. The first edition was published with decorative stamping on the front cover, but without a dustjacket, which has been created for this facsimile and which is enclosed in a Brodart removable sleeve. "Elegantly written, informed by Wharton's intelligence and wit." Small "publisher's" bump at the bottom of the front joint Clean throughout; tight binding; as new. View More...
104 pages. An international survey beginning with Cézanne and including more than 100 other artists. Clean throughout; tight binding. Jacket tears repaired, some small loss of material; preserved in a Brodart cover. View More...
140 pages; full catalogue of the exhibition; numerous works are illustrated, color and b&w, most full-page. Clean and bright throughout, tight binding. View More...
128 pages; 97 illustrations, including 40 full-page color plates; some b&w illustrations are photographs, including X-ray studies. The volume "contains every one of Vermeer's authenticated works." The author is (at publication) Curator of Northern Baroque Painting at the National Gallery of Art. View More...
116 pages; 26 color catalogue entries; other color text illustrations. The focus of the exhibition "... the intersection between personal and social conscience ...." and " ... a visual record of the shared beliefs and values of a culture in the midst of a Golden Age." View More...
388 pages; 125 color, 220 b&w illustrations. Italian design: industrial, household, graphic, furniture, textile, clothing. The great names: Alessi Anghini, Branzi, Dalisi, Nizzoli, Olivetti, many more. German text. View More...
38 color plates; 34 artists represented. Most surprising is the assemblage by Arthur Dove: pinecones, branches, bark, horseshoe crab shell, painted glass. Clean throughout; tight binding. View More...
16 pages; 9 black and white illustrations plus cover art. Clean and tight. Good essay and foreword. Catalogue list of 45 works, most are oils. Exhibition at the Whitney, New York. View More...
Unpaginated. Exhibition included 120 works by Degas mostly from private collections. Paintings, pastels, etchings, lithographs, and drawings were all part of the exhibition. View More...
372 pages; 118 catalogue items, numerous illustrations color and b&w.; Artists' Biographies; Chronology. Sumptuous catalogue with all the names of the era. Clean throughout; tight binding. View More...
303 pages; The illustrations listed in Contents; all b&w. From Early Gothic (11th-century) to Blake (19th-century). Clean throughout, page edges toned as typical of age; binding tight; head of spine pulled. View More...
144 pages. 91 color plates; additional b&w text illustrations. Two essays: Stuart Davis and Drawing; The Language of Stuart Davis: Writing and Drawing. Quotes from Davis, himself, on drawing; Endnotes. An exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts. View More...
251 pages followed by the Catalogue listing all the 236 artworks with full descriptions and the Index of Artists.. The exhibition was mounted at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. It includes drawings, sketches, paintings, carvings along with quotes or ahort statements by soldiers on the scenes. Superb history; first-person sources. Previous owner's name faintly written on the front endpaper.Tight binding; clean and bright. View More...
180 pages. 100 illustrations, about half are color, among the essays; a catalogue section follows with many black and white thumbnail illustrations. Within the catalogue section two pages have creases and repaired tears at their corners. Otherwise, clean and tight. View More...
64 pages; 39 b&w illustrations. Franks was Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography for the British Museum during the 19th Century; he is responsible for the purchase of many of its treasures. The author is Director of the British Museum at time of publication. View More...
376 pages; 400 illustrations, including 55 color plates; many illustrations are b/w photographs, which show the items or the scenes to advantage. "The first book and exhibition to examine within their social and cultural context the full range of American art and artifacts of this period." The exhibition examines the machine as a major motivating force behind cultural change and artistic development of early twentieth century. View More...
312 pages; thoroughly illustrated in color. A record of the Tate's collections divided into 37 sections, each section a particular genre or period is represented by up to five major works which are discussed and illustrated. View More...