Arti decorative e design

Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion 1885-1945 - Selections from the Wolfsonian

KAPLAN, WENDY (EDITED BY) · 1995 · Ultramarine Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, Thames and Hudson. 1995, 1st U.S Edition. (ISBN: 0-500-23706-9). Printed Paper Boards, Square 4to. 352 pages; 417 illustrations, including 300 in color. Essays from eleven contributors. One small closed tear on the jacket's back panel at the foot, otherwise fine. Fin...

Bauhaus, 1919-1933

DROSTE, MAGDALENA · 1990 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Berlin, Bauhaus Archiv/ Benedikt Taschen. 1990. (ISBN: 3-8228-0295-6). Decorated Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 256 pages; illustrated throughout in color and in b&w. Material drawn from the Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design. Clean and tight. Very Good.

Warhol

BOCKRIS, VICTOR · 1989 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Da Capo Press. 1989. (ISBN: 0-306-80795-5). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 534 pages; b&w illustrations. Clean and tight. Very Good.

Real Dutch Design 0607 - Vol. 2

2006 · Ultramarine Books

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,708)

Amsterdam, BiS Publishers. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 90-6369-082-7). Paperboard/Plastic, Thick folio. 358 pages. Includes Industrial Design; Craft Related Design; Environmental Design; Interactive Media; Packaging Design. Dutch, English, German text. Volume 2 only. Fine.

The Museum: One Hundred Years and the Metropolitan Museum of Art

LERMAN, LEO; THOMAS P.F. HOVING (INTRODUCTION) · 1969 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, The Viking Press. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 670-49563-8). Decorated cloth boards, Large 4to. 400 pages; numerous illustrations, art and historical. An enjoyable read; an enjoyable browse: a perspective on the history of the nation and New York City as well as a det...

The English Miniature

MURDOCH, JOHN; JIM MURRELL; PATRICK J. NOON; ROY STRONG · 1981 · Ultramarine Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

New Haven, Yale University Press. 1981. (ISBN: 0-300-02778-8). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 230 pages; 40 color plates; 222 b&w illustrations. The book stresses the importance of this art form to the understanding of British culture and as a document of British history....

Modernism at the Salons of America 1922-1936

1995 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Richard York Gallery. 1995. Printed Wrapper (softcover), Slim 4to. Gallery catalogue, An exhibition of works that appeared, or may have, in the exhibitions of The Salons of America, a group formed to show and encourage the work of young, sometimes experimental, artis...

Art Treasures of the Louvre

HUYGHE, RENE · 1951 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Harry N. Abrams. 1951, First Edition. Decorated paper boards, Folio. 178 pages; 100 full-page color plates; additional duotone text illustrations. Some small wear to the corners of the boards and browning of the edges. Very Good/No Jacket.

American Art Nouveau

JOHNSON, DIANE CHALMERS · 1981 · Ultramarine Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

New York, Harry N. Abrams. 1981, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0-8109-0678-3). Decorated cloth boards, Folio. 312 pages; 394 illustrations. Chronology; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index. Thorough text; beautifully illustrated including many full-page color tipped-in plates. Nearly fine ...

The Sketchbooks of Reginald Marsh

LANING, EDWARD · 1973 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Greenwich, Connecticut, New York Graphic Society. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-8212-0538-2). Cloth, 4to. 168 pages; over 200 illustrations, color and b&w. Sketches chosen by the author and Marsh's wife: Paris, Coney Island Beach, Burlesque, Port of New York, Human Body (Women...

The Art-Makers of Nineteenth-Century America

LYNES, RUSSELL · 1970 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Atheneum. 1970, First Edition. Cloth, 4to. 514 pages; 208 illustrations. The author, a social critic and historian, follows the growth of art in America from "infancy to adulthood". The jacket has a few small edge tears and chips. Very Good/Good.

Paintings from the Muslim Courts of India

1976 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

World of Islam Festival Publishing Company. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-905035-10-0). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 99 pages; 190 works; illustrations in color and b&w, not all works illustrated. An exhibition held in the Prints and Drawings Galle...

Islamic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople

WILSON, EVA · 1988 · Ultramarine Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Dover. 1988. (ISBN: 0-486-25819-x). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 100 pages; 280 illustrations. Unabridged republication of a work originally published by the British Museum. Fine.

The Design Encyclopedia

BYARS, MEL · 1994 · Ultramarine Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, John Wiley & Sons. 1994. (ISBN: 0-471-02455-4). Cloth, Thick 4to. 612 pages. A to Z with more than 100 b&w photographs illustrating completed objects. International and Specialized Exhibiitons dating from the mid-nineteenth century are listed at the back. Very Good/V...

Guggenheim Museum: A to Z

VARIOUS · 1992 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Guggenheim Museum. 1992. (ISBN: 0-89207-071-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), narrow 4to. Museum Handbook, 296 pages; color illustrated throughout. Clean and tight, nearly as new. Very Good.

The Aesthetic Theories of French Artists

GAUSS, CHARLES EDWARD · 1973 · Ultramarine Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press. 1973. (ISBN: 0-8018-0216-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Small 8vo. 112 pages. The history of ideas as manifested in art, especially considering French artists after 1855. Very Good.

A Short History of Glass

ZERWICK, CHLOE · 1980 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Corning, New York, The Corning Museum of Glass. 1980. (ISBN: 0-87290-072-x). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 95 pages; 94 illustrations in color and b&w; bibliography. Glass: Pre-Roman; Roman; Far East; Islamic; Eurpean; American; Nineteenth Century European; Modern. Clean...

The Decorative Arts of Sweden

PLATH, IONA · 1966 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Dover. 1966. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 218 pages. Over 500 photographs, all b&w, illustrating the decorative arts. "Unabridged and corrected republication of the 1st (1948) edition. Index added by the author for this edition.". Very Good.

Gold Boxes: The Wrightsman Collection

LE CORBEILLER, CLARE · 1977 · Ultramarine Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1977. (ISBN: 0-87099-166-3). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), narrow 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 22 boxes illustrated with color photographs, usually showing two, or more, sides. Very Good.

80 Masterpieces from the Gold Museum

1954 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Bogota, Colombia, Banco de la Republica. 1954. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue, The pieces appear in full page photos, 3 color, remainder b&w. Pre-Hispanic, or pre-conquest, goldwork collected by the Banco de la Republica and allowed to leave the count...