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Twachtman in Gloucester: His Last Years, 1900-1902

HALE, JOHN DOUGLAS; RICHARD J. BOYLE; WILLIAM H. GERDTS · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$26.00 (€23.31 | £19.49 | ¥4,129)

New York, Universe / Ira Spanierman Gallery. 1987. (ISBN: 0-87663-526-5). Printed Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 88 pages; b&w text illustrations; full-page photo-portrait of the artist; 19 full-page color plates with catalogue entries. Three essays: Glouceste...

The Amorous Illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson

SCHIFF, GERT (INTRODUCTION) · 1969 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€26.89 | £22.49 | ¥4,764)

N.p. Cythera Press. 1969. Cloth, 4to. pp. xxxix; followed by 50 color illustrations; most are full-page. Eroticism. Some of the illustrations are said to have been for the Prince Regent. Many express something on the order of mockery and contempt at the enjoyment of the illust...

Thomas Rowlandson: His Life and Art

FALK, BERNARD · 1952 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€26.89 | £22.49 | ¥4,764)

New York, The Beechhurst Press. 1952, First American Edition. Cloth, 4to. 236 pages; 91 illustrations, including 21 color, which have tissue guards. "A significant and accurate portrayal of the life of a most delightful and versatile draughtsman (and) a magnificent gallery of ...

The Secrets of Photographing Women

GOWLAND, PETER · 1981 · Ultramarine Books

$22.00 (€19.72 | £16.49 | ¥3,494)

New York, Crown Publishers. 1981. (ISBN: 0517541807). quarter cloth / paper boards, 4to. 211 pages; numerous color and b&w photographs. Techniques for indoor/outdoor; sand and sea; fashion, etc. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Otherwise, clean and tight. Very...

An Invitation to See: 125 Paintings from the Museum of Modern Art

FRANC, HELEN M. (INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTS BY) · 1974 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€8.96 | £7.50 | ¥1,588)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art. 1974. (ISBN: 0-87070-230-0). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 160 pages; 130 color illustrations. Each illustration on a page with commentary. Bibliography; Sources; Index. Small handwritten note of the date of Oskar Kokoschka's death ben...

The American Chair 1630-1890

IVERSON, MARION DAY · 1957 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€17.93 | £14.99 | ¥3,176)

New York, Hastings House Publishers. 1957, First Edition. Paper covered boards, 4to. Ill.: Ernest Donnelly. 241 pages; 176 b&w illustrations; bibliography; index. An account of the changing style of the American chair and furniture generally. The book is clean and tight, nearl...

Ray Johnson, John Willenbecher

(JOHNSON, RAY AND JOHN WILLENBECHER) · 1977 · Ultramarine Books

$75.00 (€67.23 | £56.23 | ¥11,911)

New York, Between Books. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. c. 1977. 20 pages. Modified photos, drawings, notes, commentary, Arts Magazine article. Very Good.

Important Chinese Export Porcelain

1995 · Ultramarine Books

$18.00 (€16.13 | £13.50 | ¥2,859)

New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company. 1995. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition / Sale Catalogue, 69 offerings: jars, plates, figures, bowls, services. Beautiful color photographic plates with full descriptive entries. Bibliography. Price list laid-in. Very Good.

Gericault's Heroic Landscapes: The Times of Day / the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin

TINTEROW, GARY · 1990 · Ultramarine Books

$9.00 (€8.07 | £6.75 | ¥1,429)

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1990. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Art periodical, 76 pages; thoroughly illustrated; endnotes; bibliography. MMA Bulletin Winter 1990/91. Clean and tight. Very Good.

Raphael Soyer, Drawings and Watercolors

FOSTER, JOSEPH K. · 1968 · Ultramarine Books

$200.00 (€179.27 | £149.95 | ¥31,762)

New York, Crown. 1968, First Edition. Cloth, 4to. 26 pages followed by 124 plates: 52 watercolors in color; 72 drawings in b&w. Soyer drew for many years before he turned to painting. The front free endpaper has a full-page original drawing of a nude inscribed by Soyer to frie...

Self-Revealment: A Memoir

SOYER, RAPHAEL · 1969 · Ultramarine Books

$200.00 (€179.27 | £149.95 | ¥31,762)

New York, Maecenas Press / Random House. 1969, First Printing. Cloth, 4to. 120 pages.; color and b&w reproductions of the artist's work. " .. an honest and poignant glimpse into the life, emotions, and artistic philosophy of one of America's foremost and most beloved painters....

Horst

LAWFORD, VALENTINE · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$35.00 (€31.37 | £26.24 | ¥5,558)

Idea Books Edizioni. 1987. (ISBN: 88-7017-046-2). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 76 pages; 60 photographs displayed full-page. An exhibition that toured Germany and Switzerland 1987-1988. English and German text; captions in English, only. Very Good.

Albert Tissandier: Drawings of Nature and Industry in the United States - 1885

FRANCEY, MARY F. · 2001 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.41 | £18.74 | ¥3,970)

Utah Museum of Fine Arts. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-9657215-0-7). Ringbound decorative wrappers, 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 64 pages; 25 illustrations. The artist's illustrations of a tour of the United States from New York west to Arizona (the Grand Canyon), California, n...

Greek Art of the Aegean Islands

VARIOUS · 1979 · Ultramarine Books

$18.00 (€16.13 | £13.50 | ¥2,859)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1979. (ISBN: 0-8076-0947-1). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 238 pages; 191 illustrations, color and b&w. "An exhibition sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Greece complemented by a loan from the Mu...

Eredi, Carlo de Carlo: Parte Quinta

SEMENZATO CASA D'ASTE · 2003 · Ultramarine Books

$85.00 (€76.19 | £63.73 | ¥13,499)

Firenze, Semenzato Casa D'Aste. 2003. Cloth, Slim 4to. Auction Catalogue, 22 lots. 14th-15th century Italian painting on board, altarpieces, sculpture in wood; all are illustrated each in several color photographs. Italian text. Fine/Very Good.

The Visual Dialogue: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Art

KNOBLER, NATHAN · 1971 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€8.96 | £7.50 | ¥1,588)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1971. (ISBN: 0-03-014256-3). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 502 pages; numerous illustrations, color and b&w. Like abstract but want to understand what they see in a Bierstadt landscape? Why do they line-up at The Metropolitan like th...

Masks of the Northwest Coast

MOCHON, MARION JOHNSON; ROBERT RITZENTHALER AND LEE PARSONS (EDITED BY); SAMUEL A. BARRETT (INTRODUCTION AND DOCUMENTATION) · 1968 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€17.93 | £14.99 | ¥3,176)

Milwaukee Public Museum, Publications in Primitive Art 2. 1968. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Museum Handbook, 102 pages; 91 duotone illustrations; color frontispiece. The Samuel A. Barrett Collection. Foredge margin of the first twenty pages is dimpled in a small area, ...

Erté's Costumes & Sets for Der Rosenkavalier in Full Color / Erte's Costumes and Sets for Der Rosenkavalier

COX, JOHN (INTRODUCTION) · 1980 · Ultramarine Books

$12.00 (€10.76 | £9.00 | ¥1,906)

New York, Dover Publications. 1980. (ISBN: 0-486-23998-5). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Slim folio. 41 pages. The 1980 Glyndebourne Festval Production. Covers lightly bumped at the corners; pages are clean and flat; illustrations bright and unmarked. Very Good.

Blue and White in Color: Visual Images of Zionism, 1897-1947

ARBEL, RACHEL (EDITED BY) · 1996 · Ultramarine Books

$115.00 (€103.08 | £86.22 | ¥18,263)

Tel Aviv, Beth Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora. 1996. (ISBN: 965-425-006-3). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 135 pages; 132 color illustrations. Artwork of all kinds that documents the founding, creation and development o...

Observations on the Forgotten Art of Building a Good Fireplace. The Story of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an American Genius, & His Principles of Fireplace Design Which Have Remained Unchanged for 174 Years

ORTON, VREST · 2000 · Ultramarine Books

$13.00 (€11.65 | £9.75 | ¥2,065)

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Alan C. Hood & Company. 2000. (ISBN: 0-911469-17-6). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 64 pages; b&w illustrations. It's all in the title and we can say it works. Very Good.