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METROPOLITAN SEMINARS IN ART - PORTFOLIO B: Earth, Heaven and Hell: Man and Mystery in the Middle Ages

By: Canaday, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: 1959

Seller ID: 3908

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Portfolio B in the Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Great Periods in Painting series. Bound in publisher's original green boards with red and black lettering on spine and cover and full-color paste-on on cover. Illustrated with 12 full-page, full-color glossy prints stored in a built-in pocket on the fep, as well as numerous B&W illustrations in the text. Includes detailed descriptions of the twelve prints as well as the in-text illustrations. This is Portfolio B of the series, which is comprised of a total of 12 portfolios, numbered A through L. This portfolio l...
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Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Portfolio 2: Realism: The Painter and the World around Us

By: Canaday, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1959

Seller ID: 3934

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

This portfolio is concerned with the visual, emotional and intellectual elements in paintings. The portfolio explores the meaning and expression of realism in painting. This portfolio is concerned with the visual, emotional and intellectual elements in paintings. The portfolio explores the meaning and expression of realism in painting. . A very clean and crisp, collectible copy. Each of the 12 loose prints is in perfect (as new) condition. The exterior of the rear hinge is starting, else fine. NEAR FINE.. Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Great Periods in Painting Series. Color Plates. Folio (1...
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The Print in Germany 1880-1933 The Age of Expressionism

By: Carey, Frances; Antony Griffiths

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, British Museum Press: 1993

Seller ID: 19231

ISBN: 0486276600

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine+ with no dust jacket

B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 272 pp
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Chagall at the "MET"

By: Chagall, Marc; Emily Genauer (text); Sir Rudolph Bing (intro)

Price: $130.00

Publisher: NY, Metropolitan Opera Association: 1971

Seller ID: 27752

ISBN: 0814800467

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's full gray tweed cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with 52 magnificent full-page color reproductions as well as numerous additional drawings, sketches, and plans, all by Chagall. This is a study of Chagall's murals for the foyer of the Metropolitan Opera House and his designs for the set and costumes for the company's production of Mozart's "Die Zauberflote" (The Magic Flute). "The large and strikingly-beautiful illustrations of the murals include preliminary sketches, working sketches, final sketches, and close-up details of the finished works. Sum...
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Illustrations for the Bible by Marc Chagall

By: Chagall, Marc; Jean Wahl (text); Meyer Shapiro (intro)

Price: $3,200.00

Publisher: NY, Harcort, Brace and Company: 1956

Seller ID: 27753

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

Publisher's full illustrated cloth, black lettering on spine, facsimile of Chagall's signature, black, on cover. Illustrated with 105 full-page B&W reproductions in heliogravure of the etchings by Chagall for the illustration of the Bible; 16 full-page lithographs in full-color, and 12 lithographs in B&W, in addition to two color lithographs (the cover and extra title page), specially created by Chagall for this book. . Ex-Library with fewer than the usual markings. Aside from the library stamps, the volume is unmarked, and all of the illustrations are clean and bright. The unclipped dust ...
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CHRISTIE'S SALES TO THE NATION

By: Christie's

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Christie's: 1982

Seller ID: 4757

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Christie's catalog of its privately negotiated sales of fabulous art, antiques and other national treasures to Great Britain for its national museums for the period 1956 to 1982. Publisher's glossy wraps. Lavishly illustrated. . The covers (only) show the slightest shelf-wear, else as new. FINE.. Catalog. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 86, (2) pp
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THE CENTURY OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS

By: Cogniat, Raymond

Price: $14.95

Publisher: NY, Crown Publishers:

Seller ID: 5588

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full straw linen, gilt lettering on spine. nd (1967). Folio. 207 pp. Profusely illustrated with 110 excellent reproductions in color (several of which are tipped-in) and 64 two-color drawings, Printed on heavy stock. Translated from the French by Graham Snell. There is an old damp-stain on the rear cover not affecting any of the illustrations, all of which are bright and clean, else unmarked and fine. GOOD.. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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Georges de la Tour and his World

By: Conisbee, Philip

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New Haven and London, The National Gallery of Art and Yale University Press: 1996

Seller ID: 14615

ISBN: 0300069480

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gold endpapers. Profusely illustrated with numerous full-color plates (many full-page) as well as B&W illustrations. Published to coincide with the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, October 1996 to May 1997. Includes essays by Jean-Pierre Cuzin, Gail Feigenbaum, Patricia Behre Miskimin, Edmund P. Pillsbury, and Leonard J. Slatkes; and also technical essays by Claire Barry, Barbara Berrie, Melanie Gifford, and Michael Palmer. Also includes Bibliography and detailed Index. ....
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ART TREASURES OF THE WORLD: TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

By: Cooper, Douglas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY, Harry N. Abrams: 1952

Seller ID: 5150

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's stiff portfolio, with 16 beautiful full color prints tipped in, as well as six pages of text and numerous B&W illustrations. In publisher's Mylar cover. . The portfolio is in fine condition, as are all of the prints. Spine mildly sunned, corners bumped, else fine. NEAR FINE. . Art Treasures of the World Series. Portfolio. Color Plates. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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THE WORLD OF MICHELANGELO 1475-1564

By: Coughlin, Robert and The Editors of Time-Life Books

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Time-Life Books: 1966

Seller ID: 8548

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's red leatherette over beige boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Spine in five compartments separated by four raised bands, in beige slipcase with color paste-on. Illustrated endpapers. Beautifully illustrated with numerous color and B&W photographs and reproductions. A volume in the Time-Life Library of Art series. Includes Chronology of Artists, Other Works of Michelangelo, Catalogue of Illustrations, Bibliography and Index. A beautiful volume, as are all in this classic series by Time-Life Books. . Both the volume and the original slipcase are in perfect, ...
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Georgia O'Keeffe: Art and Letters Art and Letters

By: Cowart, Jack; Juan Hamilton; Sarah Greenough; J. Carter Brown

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Washington and Boston, National Gallery of Art / New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown and Company: 1987

Seller ID: 27124

ISBN: 0821216864

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full white cloth, grey lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with 120 full-color reproductions of the works of Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as 11 B&W photographs. Includes "Foreword" by J. Carter Brown; "Art and Artist" by Jack Cowart; "In O'Keeffe's World" by Juan Hamilton; "From the Faraway" by Sarah Greenough; Chronology; Bibliography; and a detailed Index. This is the catalogue to accompany an exhibition organized by The National Gallery of Art entitled "Georgia O'Keeffe: 1887-1986" held in Washington, Chicago, Dallas, and New York fr...
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THE RAINBOW BOOK OF ART

By: Craven, Thomas

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Cleveland and NY, World Publishing Company: 1956

Seller ID: 5816

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on red panel on spine, gilt lettering and border on red panel on cover, gilt Venus de Milo medallion on cover, TEG (red), red endpapers. 4to. 256 pp. Illustrated with 32 full-page, full-color plates and numerous B&W photographs. The volume is in perfect condition, except that a photograph or some other flat object was stored between the fep and the ffep, leaving some marks on both, else as new. NEAR FINE.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Joseph Wright

By: Daniels, Stephen

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Tate Gallery Publishing: 1998

Seller ID: 24608

ISBN: 185437284X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's glossy pictorial wraps. Illustrated with 50 color and 13 B&W illustrations. "Joseph Wright painted some of the most powerful works of 18th-century British art: blacksmith hammering a glowing bar of iron, dramatic demonstrations on scientific apparatus, erupting volcanoes, gloomy prisons, a fashionably dressed gentleman reclining full-length in a forest. Stephen Daniels addresses this interesting diversity by looking closely at the inextricable links between Wright's heart and the different worlds of the Enlightenment movement that so fascinated and inspired him. Wright's uniq...
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The Fantastic Engravings of Wendel Dietterlin: A Reprint of the 1598 Edition of His Architectura

By: Dietterlin, Wendel

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications: 1968

Seller ID: 20893

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Some staining on back book cover. Slight stain across book pages. Interior clean and bright. . 12 x 8 1/2. 209 pp
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Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections

By: Drandaki, Anastasia; Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi; Anastasia Tourta (eds)

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Athens, Greece, Benaki Museum: 2013

Seller ID: 24463

ISBN: 9604761560

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

This lavish, full-color publication is the catalogue accompanying the spectacular exhibition from the National Gallery of Art. Byzantine artists drew from pagan and early Christian foundations to fashion the opulent and deeply spiritual world of Byzantium (A.D. 330–1453). The establishment of Christianity as the state religion inspired the creation of luminous icons, textiles, architectural sculptures, frescoes, and mosaics to adorn basilicas throughout the empire. Prosperous monasteries produced illuminated manuscripts and preserved the legacy of ancient Greek literature, while private patr...
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Great Treasures Of The Kremlin

By: Duncan, David Douglas

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers Inc.: 1979

Seller ID: 13880

ISBN: 0517317788

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Navy boards, gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with color photographs.. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows mild shelf-wear, small tear to bottom of front panel, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE.. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 139 pp
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THE GREAT CENTURIES OF PAINTING: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: CARAVAGGIO TO VERMEER XVII Century

By: Dupont, Jacques and Francois Mathey

Price: $29.95

Publisher: NY, Skira: 1951

Seller ID: 4814

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued). Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Small Folio. 135, (1) pp. Illustrated with 64 high-quality, tipped-in, color plates. Translated by S.J.C. Harrison. Both the text and the color plates were printed by the Imprimerie La Concorde in Switzerland. The volume is in excellent, unmarked condition, the covers are very lightly shelf-worn, else Fine+. NEAR FINE. This is a volume in the series The Great Centuries of Painting, conceived, planned and directed by Albert Skira. This volume includes Caravaggio, Saraceni, Ter Bru...
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THE GREAT CENTURIES OF PAINTING: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: CARAVAGGIO TO VERMEER The New Developments in Art from Caravaggio to Vermeer

By: Dupont, Jacques and Francois Mathey

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NY, Skira: 1951

Seller ID: 4815

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued). Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with 64 high-quality, tipped-in, color plates. Translated by S.J.C. Harrison. Both the text and the color plates were printed by the Imprimerie La Concorde in Switzerland. This is a volume in the series The Great Centuries of Painting, conceived, planned and directed by Albert Skira. This volume includes Caravaggio, Saraceni, Ter Brugghen, Ribera, La Tour, Velazquez, Le Nain, Champaigne, Franz Hals, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck, Poussin, Claude, Baschenis, Baugin, Zubara...
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Three Hundred Years of American Painting

By: Eliot, Alexander

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, Time Inc.: 1957

Seller ID: 21358

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's brown cloth over tan cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine & cover. Profusely illustrated with over 250 full-color reproductions. Includes a list of One Hundred Collections of American Painting, a Chronology, a Bibliography, an Index and an Introduction by John Walker, director of the National Gallery of Art. The author, Alexander Eliot, art editor of TIME, stretches a wonderful panorama before our eyes. At the beginning are the earliest pictures which can be claimed to be American, and at the end are canvases almost too new to be varnished. The great leaders of Am...
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The National Museum of Wales: A Companion Guide to the National Art Gallery

By: Evans, Mark; Oliver Fairclough

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cardiff, National Museum of Wales / Lund Humphries: 1993

Seller ID: 24313

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's glossy wraps. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. . The volume is in almost perfect condition with an old price sticker (National Museum of Wales) on the cover and a slight fold in one corner, otherwise, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE.. Trade PB. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 132 pp
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Category: Art History