Kunst

The Print in Germany, 1880-1933 - the Age of Expressionism

CAREY, FRANCES: ANTONY GRIFFITHS; DAVID PAISEY · 1984 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Harper & Row. 1984, 1st U.S Edition. (ISBN: 0064301516). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 272 pages; 274 prints are considered by text; 232 illustrations, 12 in color; works of 47 artists are included. Most prints are from the collection of the British Museum. The...

Käthe Kollwitz, Life in Art

KLEIN, MINA C.; H. ARTHUR KLEIN · 1976 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Schocken Books. 1976. (ISBN: 0805205047). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 183 pages; 110 b&w illustrations. The German artist born 1867, married toung to a doctor; had two sons and lost one in WW I. Her art identified with a cry for social justice. Under Hitler h...

Metropolitan Zoo

BELL, JOSEPH (TEXT); ALVIN GROSSMAN (DESIGN) · 1985 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0810914174). Cloth, 4to. 112 pages; 150 illustrations, 111 in color. The beautiful catalogue of many of the exotic animals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects that might be seen at the museu...

The Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, 1890-1940

GARNER, PHILIPPE · 1988 · Ultramarine Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Secaucus, NJ, Chartwell Books. 1988. (ISBN: 155521276x). 320 pages; numerous illustrations, color and b&w. Organized by country of origin. Damping of the top outside corner, which causes rippling, not discoloration, of many pages, not interfering with text or illustrations. Go...

Joan Miró

MALET, ROSA MARIA · 1984 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, Rizzoli. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0847805247). Cloth, 4to. 128 pages; 135 color plates; 10 b&w illustrations, including photos of Miró at work. The author was curator and director of the Joan Miró Foundation at the time of writing. Very Good/Very Good.

Alt-Peru Und Seine Kunst

ANTON, FERDINAND · 1962 · Ultramarine Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Leipzig, E.A. Seemann. 1962. Cloth, 4to. 127 pages text with illustrations followed by the catalogue illustrating 163 items, including pots, clay figures, textiles, jewelry in b&w and color. Maps. Clean throughout; last three pages, including plate #163 and Contents are crease...

American Folk Painters of Three Centuries

LIPMAN, JEAN; TOM ARMSTRONG (EDITORS) · 1980 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Hudson Hills Press / Whitney Museum of American Art. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0933920067). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Square 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 233 pages; numerous color reproductions arranged by artist. Very Good.

Traesures of American Folk Art from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center

RUMFORD, BEATRIX T. AND CAROLYN J. WEEKLEY · 1989 · Ultramarine Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little, Brown. 1989. (ISBN: 082121733x). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 224 pages; more than 170 color illustrations. Folk art paintings and items of every kind. Very Good.

Sculpture of the Eskimo

SWINTON, GEORGE · 1972 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, New York Graphic Society. 1972. (ISBN: 0821204041). Cloth, 4to. 256 pages; 825 illustrated sculptures with brief catalogue entries. Text comprehensively covers the environment, cultural patterns and the development of art historically and since 1948. Clean throughout; ...

Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830

SUMMERSON, JOHN · 1983 · Ultramarine Books

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Penguin Books. 1983. (ISBN: 014056103x). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 624 pages; 448 illustrations. The Pelican History of Art. Clean, tight copy. Very Good.

Gaugin

THOMSON, BELINDA · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

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London, Thames and Hudson. 1987. (ISBN: 0500202206). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 216 pages; 182 illustrations, including 31 color. Gauguin's painting, sculpture, prints and ceramics. Clean, tight copy. Very Good.

Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period, a Handbook

BOARDMAN, JOHN · 1978 · Ultramarine Books

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New York, Oxford University Press. 1978. (ISBN: 0195200470). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 252 pages; 481 illustrations. Occasional highlighting and pencilled notes, mostly of illustration captions. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy. Very Good.

Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790

WATERHOUSE, ELLIS · 1986 · Ultramarine Books

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New York, Penguin Books. 1986. (ISBN: 0140561013). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 387 pages; 257 illustrations. The Pelican History of Art. Occasional light pencil underlining and notes. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy. Very Good.

Paul Klee, Art for Children

RABOFF, ERNEST · 1968 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Garden City, Doubleday & Co. 1968, Stated first printing. Decorated paper boards, Slim 4to. unpaginated. One of a series, "Art for Children", which present the works of artists with a simple,but insightful analysis of the painting. This volume has 13 full-page color reproducti...

Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market

WEIL, STEPHEN E. · 1983 · Ultramarine Books

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Washiington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution. 1983. (ISBN: 0874749573). Printed Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 256 pages. The author was a lawyer who became an administrator at the Whitney Museum, then moved to the Smithsonian to become Deputy Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Scul...

South Africa in Black and White

KUUS, JUHAN; TREVOR MCDONALD (TEXT BY) · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Mississauga, Ontario, Cupress. 1987, 1st American Edition. (ISBN: 0920691307). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 277 photographs of the people of South Africa on the brink of change. Very Good.

The Art of Rome and Her Empire

KÄHLER, HEINZ · 1965 · Ultramarine Books

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

New York, Greystone Press. 1965. Cloth, 8vo. 256 pages; 61 color illustrations; many b&w illustrations. "A survey of Roman art and culture from the time of the first settlements on the eastern bank of the Tiber to the moment when secular Rome was succeeded by ecclesiastical Ro...

The Art of Crete and Early Greece - the Prelude to Greek Art

MATZ, FRIEDRICH · 1962 · Ultramarine Books

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

New York, Greystone Press. 1962. Cloth, 8vo. 258 pages; 59 color illustrations; many b&w illustrations. The area around the Aegean Sea from the Stone Age to the frist century B.C. The beginning of occidental art and the lead to understand Greek art of the Classical Era. Clean ...

Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market

WEIL, STEPHEN E. · 1983 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Washiington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution. 1983. (ISBN: 0874749581). Cloth, 8vo. 256 pages. The author was a lawyer who became an administrator at the Whitney Museum, then moved to the Smithsonian to become Deputy Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. He was a...

Impressionism - First Volume

LEYMARIE, JEAN · 1959 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Lausanne, Skira. 1959, First Edition. Square 12mo. 120 pages; 51 tipped-in color plates. The eleventh of the collection "The Taste of Our Time". Clean throughout; all plates present. The front board appears to have been washed; the 'S' darkened. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued.