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Philadelphia Museum (PA). 1954. Reprint.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. light shelfwear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 156 p. .

New York: New York University, 1937. Hardcover. Good. MUSEUM OF LIVING ART: A. E. Gellatin Collection. Essays by A. E. Gallatin, George L. K. Morris, James Johnson Sweeney, Jean Helion. Edition of 1200. 132 black and white photographs of the art and the artists. Hardcover. No dustjacket. 9 1/4" x 6 1/2". Spine has small tears at both ends. Bump to lower corner of front cover. Overall good condition.

Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1954. Hardcover. G+ (sticker residue on front cover, some shelf wear, all pages clear and intact). Tan cloth boards with red lettering on cover and spine, 153 pp., illustrations throughout, most in bw, some in color. Lists 164 works by 61 artists, 18 of whom are American. Includes essays by A.E. Gallatin (The Plan of the Gallery of Living Art), James Johnson Sweeney (Painting) and Jean Helion (The Evolution of Abstract Art as Shown in the Gallery of Living Art). A very nice copy of this memorial catalogue. 7 bw plates of artists at rear. It states that 1200 copies of this catalogue were printed in February, 1940, but several of the works in the American section date from 1940-1942, so this may be a 1943 edition (this date is in parentheses next to American Section at the top of the page). An earlier edition is identical but lists only 153 works, including at least one (Composition, by John Xceron) which is absent, as is any other work by this artist,… Read More

NY: New York University, 1936. later. Hardcover. VG+. Orange boards. unpaginated pp. 51 bw repros. Lists 132 works by 48 artists, 10 of whom are American. Includes essays by A.E. Gallatin (The Plan of the Gallery of Living Art), James Johnson Sweeney (Painting) and Jean Helion (The Evolution of Abstract Art as Shown in the Gallery of Living Art). A very nice copy of this memorial catalogue. 7 bw plates of artists at rear. It states that 1200 copies of this catalogue were printed in December 1936. Rare early printing.

NY: New York University, 1940. later. Hardcover. VG, bookplate, stamped library name at base of one early page. Tan boards. unpaginated pp. 4 color, 87 bw repros. Lists 153 works by appx. 60 artists, 15 of whom are American. Includes essays by A.E. Gallatin (The Plan of the Gallery of Living Art), James Johnson Sweeney (Painting) and Jean Helion (The Evolution of Abstract Art as Shown in the Gallery of Living Art). A very nice copy of this memorial catalogue. 7 bw plates of artists at rear. It states that 1200 copies of this catalogue were printed in February, 1940. Lists only one work (Composition) by John Xceron which is absent (as is any other work by this artist) from the later version (1943) of this catalogue.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago, 1954. Cloth, 153 pages, plates (some colour), portraits; 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning.. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

8vo. 113 (2)pp., illus. Paper-covered Boards. Light foxing, sm. tear at top edge of spine; smudge on rear cover, o/w VG
Rare 1st ed. Limited to 1200 copies.