Pittura e disegno

The Design Encyclopedia

BYARS, MEL · 1994 · Ultramarine Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

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 | ¥1,596)

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 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

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 | ¥2,395)

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 | ¥2,395)

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 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

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 | ¥2,395)

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...

Cimabue

BATTISTI, EUGENIO; ROBERT AND CATHERINE ENGGASS (TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY) · 1967 · Ultramarine Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

University Park, The Pennsylvania State University Press. 1967. Cloth, 4to. 136 pages; 68 plates, color and b&w; many of the color plates are tipped-in. The author considers Cimabue and his work within a different context than what was the traditional approach. A beautiful boo...

Louise Bourgeois, Recent Work / Opere Recenti

KOTIK, CHARLOTTA (CURATOR) · 1993 · Ultramarine Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

The Brooklyn Museum. 1993. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 13 color plates, some full-page, some double-page; b&w photo portrait of the artist. A presentation by the United States of America at the 1993 Venice Biennale, overseen by Ms. Kotik, a U.S. Commissioner and Curato...

Marguerite Zorach: The Early Years, 1908-1920

TARBELL, ROBERTA K.; JOSHUA C. TAYLOR (FOREWORD) · 1973 · Ultramarine Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

City of Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press. 1973, First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 78 pages. 40 catalogued works; 45 illustrations. M. Zorach destroyed much of her early work: paintings in this exhibition were newly discovered at ...

La Vie Parisienne 1852-1870

RICHARDSON, JOANNA · 1971 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, The Viking Press. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 670-42034-4). Cloth, 4to. 296 pages; illustrated throughout. A panorama of the "eighteen years of luxury, pleasure, recklessness and gaeity, of gallantry and incomparable elegance": the Second Empire, Paris. Very Good/Ver...

Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy: Renaissance Tapestries and Armor from the Patrimonio Nacional

ORTIZ, ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ; CONCHA HERRERO CARRETERO; JOSE A. GODOY · 1991 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-87099-621-5). Cloth, 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 172 pages; over 150 color illustrations, bibliography. Fine/Fine.

The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin

SOROS, SUSAN WEBER · 1999 · Ultramarine Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

Yale University Press. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-300-08159-6). Cloth, 4to. 300 pages; over 500 illustrations, most color, many with accompanying sketches, drawings or photographs of the same piece. A wealth of information: text and images. Inscribed by the author on the ti...

Color in Townscape for Architects, Desighners and Contractors; for City-Dwellers and Other Observant People.

DUTTMANN, MARTINA; FRIEDRICH SCHMUCK; JOHANNES UHL; JOHN WILLIAM GABRIEL (TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY) · 1981 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

San Francisco, W.H. Freeman. 1981, 1st U.S Edition. (ISBN: 0-7167-1310-1). Decorated cloth boards, Square 4to. 192 pages; 350 color plates. A beautiful book. A practical reference for the professional and a how-to for the amateur when faced with choosing color schemes. Very Go...

Palazzetti: The Classics of Modern Furniture

MASUCCI, VINCENT A. · 1992 · Ultramarine Books

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,349)

New York, Palazzetti. 1992, Third Edition. Cloth, Large square 4to. Catalogue, 408 pages; Hundreds of pieces from 29 designers, including Gaudi, Mackintosh, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Aalto, Noguchi, Saarinen, and Anonymous. Shown with full page b&w photograph and accompanied on th...

Masterworks from the Musee Des Beaux-Arts, Lille

FUMAROLI, MARC; ARNAULD BREJON DE LAVERGNEE; WALTER LIEDTKE; [ET AL.] · 1992 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-87099-649-5). Cloth, 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 324 pages; 88 color plates, additional text illustrations. The book covers the history of the Lille museum and its collections, including paintings, sculptur...

Echoing Images: Couples in African Sculpture

LAGAMMA, ALISA · 2004 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2004. (ISBN: 1-58839-108-6). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 52 pages; thorough text; 32 color plates; Exhibition Checklist; Works Cited. Fine.

Norman Rockwell, a Sixty Year Retrospective

BUECHNER, THOMAS S. · 1972 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

New York, Harry N. Abrams. 1972. (ISBN: 8109-2049-2). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 158 pages; Over 150 illustrations, including 92 color, some foldout. An exhibition that toured the country - 9 museums - in 1972-73. Very Good.

American Painted Furniture 1660-1880

FALES, DEAN A., JR.; ROBERT BISHOP (ILLUSTRATIONS); CYRIL I. NELSON (GENERAL EDITOR) · 1979 · Ultramarine Books

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,066)

New York, E.P. Dutton. 1979, First Paperback Edition. (ISBN: 0-525-47549-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 298 pages; 511 illustrations; Bibliography. The classic in a well designed softcover binding. Clean and tight. Very Good.

The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning 1868-1940

SPILLMAN, JANE SHADEL AND ESTELLE SINCLAIRE FARRAR · 1977 · Ultramarine Books

$23.00 (€20.87 | £17.41 | ¥3,672)

Corning, New York, The Corning Museum of Glass. 1977. (ISBN: 0-87290-064-9). Printed Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 102 pages; catalogue lists 134 items; 112 monotone photo-illustrations, some of multiple items; numbering of illustrations does not associate wi...