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German Expressionism-Blauer Reiter International Contemporary Masters

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, Worthington Gallery: N.D.

Seller ID: 20133

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Twenty-Four German Expressionist artists are represented in this catalogue Graphics, sculptures and originals are featured in this catalogue . Slight scuff marks on back cover... B&W Illust& Color Illust. 11x8. 54 pp
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Tutankhamun: Craftsmanship in Gold in the Reign of the King: A Medaenas Monograph on the Arts

By: Aldred, Cyril

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Mount Vernon, NY, The Artist's Limited Edition: 1979

Seller ID: 4730

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Softcover Folio. Publisher's orange stiff card wraps. Orange endpapers. Illustrated with 31 beautiful, high quality, full-color reproductions (some fold-out). . This is a new, unopened copy in perfect, pristine condition. AS NEW.. Medaenas Monographs on the Arts Series. Color Photographs. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (vi), 18, (4) pp
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Ireland's Painters: 1600-1940

By: Anne Crookshank and The Knight of Glin

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New Haven, CT, Yale University Press: 2002

Seller ID: 21866

ISBN: 0300097654

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full blue linen, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers. Printed on glossy storck and profusely illustrated entirely in color with exceptionally fine reproductions. This richly illustrated survey of the history of Irish painting encompasses the entire span from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century. The volume includes both well-known and virtually unknown artists. Among the more than 350 works reproduced in full color are many paintings from notable private collections which have not been exhibited to the public. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies ...
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From Poussin To Matisse The Russian Taste for French Painting

By: Art Institute of Chicago

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago: 1990

Seller ID: 19237

ISBN: 0865590869

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 168 pp
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Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium from the Mediterranean to the Indus

By: Aruz, Joan (ed); Ronald Wallenfels (ed)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press: 2003

Seller ID: 27152

ISBN: 0300098839

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Publisher's full royal blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blue endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 712 illustrations, including 535 in full color, maps, Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. This illustrated work highlights one of the most important and creative periods in the history of art: a time marked by the appearance of the city states of the Sumerians, the citadel of Troy, the splendid royal tombs at Ur, and the monumental cities at Mohenjodaro and Harappa. The volume examines the cultural achievements of these first urban societies, placing them in a historical context. Topics co...
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Introduction to Art A guide to the understanding and enjoyment of Great Masterpieces

By: Baker, Samm Sinclair & Natalie

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Thames and Hudson: 1971

Seller ID: 21513

ISBN: 0500231524

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

With 317 illustrations, 128 in colour. Covered in rust cloth with gilt design on front and gilt lettering on spine. . Unclipped dust jacket shows shelf-wear, chipping and light soling. Text is clean, binding is tight. . B&W and Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 221 pp
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Burne-Jones (1833-1898)

By: Baldry, A. Lys

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd.: c. 1916

Seller ID: 1664

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's brown paper-covered printed boards, with color paste-on, gray endpapers. Illustrated with eight brilliant color reproductions of paintings by Edward Burne-Jones. A volume in the series "Masterpieces in Colour.". The binding is tight and square, the text block and all of the illustrations are clean and bright, boards rubbed and scuffed, corners bumped with some loss, small (less than ½") section of spine missing, hinges strong, pencil sketch on rep, else very good. GOOD.. Masterpieces in Colour Series. Color Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 78 pp
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Image for French Painting: Second Half of the 19th to Early 20th Century. The Hermitage Museum, Leningrad. A Complete Publication of the Collection with 358 Colour Plates, including 44 Details.

French Painting: Second Half of the 19th to Early 20th Century. The Hermitage Museum, Leningrad. A Complete Publication of the Collection with 358 Colour Plates, including 44 Details.

By: Barskaya, Anna (ed & text); Antonina Izerghina (intro); Philippa Hentges and Yuri Pamfilov (trans)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Leningrad, Aurora Art Publishers: 1975

Seller ID: 27766

ISBN: 0569082587

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full orange cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with 358 plates in color, including several fold-out, and 44 details enlarged to full-page, all in full-color. . The volume is in virtuall perfect condition; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The original illustrated slipcase is only lightly shelf-worn. A large, heavy book (eight pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply.FINE.. Color Plates. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 15, 358-plates pp
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A HISTORY OF ART: FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO THE PRESENT

By: Bazin, Germain

Price: $12.95

Publisher: NY, Bonanza Books: 1959

Seller ID: 5275

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Very Good dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's cream cloth over red cloth boards, 4to. 574 pp. Profusely illustrated with 668 reproductions, 14 pages in full color. Germain Bazin was Conservator-in-Chief of the Louvre. Translated from the French by Francis Scarfe. This is an unmarked, unopened copy. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition. The dust jacket (now in Mylar) has a couple of closed tears. AS NEW/VERY GOOD. Contents include: I. The Origins of Art; II. Primitive Artistic Civilizations; III. The Classical Civilizations of the Mediterranean; IV. Earliest Forms of Christian Art; V. The Ri...
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VENETIAN DRAWINGS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY IN AMERICA

By: Benesch, Otto

Price: $29.95

Publisher: NY, H. Bittner and Company: 1947

Seller ID: 6050

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover. 4to. 41 pages of text followed by 69 full-page monochrome reproductions. This is an unmarked copy. The volume is in excellent condition, with a small spot of sunning on the spine, else fine+. The dust jacket is moderately sunned and chipped. FINE/VERY GOOD.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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FLORENTINE PAINTERS OF THE RENAISSANCE

By: Berenson, Bernard

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NY, G. P. Putman's Sons: 1904

Seller ID: 6583

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g. 12mo. 155, (2) pp. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece portrait by Verrocchio. . Former owner's printed bookplate on fep, small bookseller's label (from Florence) on ffep, otherwise unmarked. Tight and square, clean and bright, boards very lightly worn, spine lightly faded, else fine. VERY GOOD.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (i), v, 155, (2-adverts) pp
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THE DRAWINGS OF THE FLORENTINE PAINTERS (Complete in Three Volumes) Amplified Edition

By: Berenson, Bernard

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Chicago, The University of Chicago Press: 1938

Seller ID: 19726

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

The Amplified Edition, complete in three volumes. Publisher's full, bright blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Copiously illustrated with hundreds of B&W reproductions. Volume 1: Text. xiv, 367 pp. Volume 2: Catalogue. Xii, 388 pp. Volume 3: Illustrations. Approximately 400+ pp. Bernard Berenson (1865 - 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. He was a major figure in establishing the market for paintings by the Old Masters. This work, The Drawings of the Florentine Painters, is considered his masterpiece. Among U. S. Collectors of the early 1900s, Berenson w...
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Piero della Francesca

By: Bertelli, Carlo

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New Haven and London, Yale University Press: 1992

Seller ID: 13709

ISBN: 0300057032

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Publisher's full gray cloth, white lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with 152 illustrations in the main body of text, both in Color (many full-page) and B&W, in addition to 20 full-page, full-color, reproductions of his works in a separate section. The book contains a full-scale biography of Piero and analyses of some of his most important surviving paintings; and also includes a Chronology, a Catalogue of his Works, a Bibliography, and a detailed Index. Translated from the Italian by Edward Farrelly. The author, Carlo Bertelli, was the former Director of the Brera Art Gallery in Mi...
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PORTFOLIO OF ART MASTERPIECES Series I

By: Book-of-the-Month Club

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Book-of-the-Month Club: 1950

Seller ID: 5137

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Ten (of Twelve) individual cartridge-paper folded portfolios, each with descriptive text on the front and a full-page, tipped-in, full-color plate inside. The portfolios are housed in the publisher's original clam-shell cardboard box with a paper label on the front cover and cloth ties. This portfolio includes works by Jan Vermeer, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gilbert Stuart, Paul Gauguin, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Rembrandt, Diego Rivera, Pieter Brueghal, El Greco, and Raphael.. The box is is collapsed but the ten portfolios are in perfect condition. NEAR FINE. . Portfolio. Folio - over 12" - 15...
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An Impressionist Legacy The Collection of the Sara Lee Corporation

By: Brettell, Richard

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Abbeville Press: 1990

Seller ID: 22028

ISBN: 089659677X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Third and Expanded Edition. Includes letter from John H. Bryan, Charirman of Sara Lee Corporation, to Arthur C. Neilson dated December 1990. . Clean, unmarked, square & tight with unclipped dust jacket. . Color Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 152 pp
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Georges Braque: A Medaenas Monograph on the Arts

By: Cafritz, Robert C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Mount Vernon, NY, The Artist's Limited Edition: 1982

Seller ID: 4723

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

Softcover Folio. Produced in cooperation with The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Publisher's stiff green card wraps. Green endpapers. Illustrated with 13 beautiful, high quality, full-color reproductions (some fold-out). Includes an Essay by Duncan Phillips and a Chronology by Jan Lancaster. . This is a new, unopened copy in perfect, pristine condition. AS NEW.. Medaenas Monographs on the Arts Series. Color Photographs. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (vi), 18, (4) pp
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The Lithographs of Chagall 1962-1968 (Volume III)

By: Cain, Julien

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Boston, Boston Book And Art Shop, Inc.: 1969

Seller ID: 27751

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's full gray cloth, black lettering on spine, black lettering and facsimile Chagall signature embossed in black on cover. Illustrated with two original (dust jacket and frontispiece) and 178 additional lithographs by Marc Chagall. This work was produced by Andre Sauret and Fernand Mourlot in collaboration with Charles Sorlier. The reproductions were printed on the presses of Draeger Fréres, and the original lithographs were pulled from the presses of Mourlot Fréres. Notes and Catalogue by Fernand Mourlot and Charles Sorlier. Preface by Julien Cain. Translated from the French by Geor...
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METROPOLITAN SEMINARS IN ART - PORTFOLIO F: The World Triumphant: the Baroque

By: Canaday, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: 1959

Seller ID: 3872

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued) . Folio (10 x 13"). 29, (2) pp. Portfolio F in the Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Great Periods in Painting series. Color (12 laid in) and B&W Photographs. The seventeenth century offers so many great and familiar names that some indication of the range of baroque art, from tempestuousness to monumental simplicity, is apparent from a list of the major artists whom we meet in this portfolio: El Greco, Caravaggio, Hondecoeter, Rigaud, Le Nain, Velazquez, Rubens, La Tour, Poussin, Rembrandt, Ruysdael and Vermeer. . ...
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METROPOLITAN SEMINARS IN ART - PORTFOLIO 9 Tempera and Oil

By: Canaday, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: 1959

Seller ID: 3905

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Good dust jacket

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover with glassine wrapper (as issued). Folio (10 x 13"). 26, (6) pp. Portfolio 9 in the Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Great Periods in Painting series. Bound in publisher's original gray 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 9 of the series, which...
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METROPOLITAN SEMINARS IN ART - PORTFOLIO 5 Composition: Pictures As Pattern

By: Canaday, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: 1959

Seller ID: 3906

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover with original glassine wrapper. Folio (10 x 13"). 25, (6) pp. Portfolio 5 in the Metropolitan Seminars in Art series. Bound in publisher's original gray 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 5 of the series, which is comprised of a total of 12 p...
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