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Geneva: Patrick Cramer, 2006 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). Decorative board. 32.5 x 23.5 cm. 156 pages, 129 color illustrations,...In Switzerland as elsewhere, Art Nouveau transformed the poster. It embodies dreams of Beauty and Justice, in which the poster finds a new dimension. From a vulgar and despised advertising medium, it becomes, overnight, a respected and admired work of art.This book carefully examines this spectacular transformation by integrating it into the great social, intellectual and artistic movements which rocked Europe at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In Switzerland, artists trained in Paris or Munich are becoming the animating artisans of this change. By drawing from French or English Art Nouveau, from German Jugendstil, they create movements that are sometimes different, sometimes converging, which give the 1900 Swiss poster an exceptional level. French-speaking Switzerland is dominated by Geneva, where the pioneers of artistic posters… Read More

San Francisco, Calif.: Wittenborn Art Books, 2009.. Wraps. New Edition. 8vo. 60 pp. Transcripts of the celebrated sessions with Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hoffman, Alfred Barr, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning, Ad Reinhardt, et al. Photographs of the participants. This was a chapter in Modern Artists in America published by Wittenborn in 1951.

Paris: Wildenstein Institute & La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1989 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 4to. Cloth in dust-jacket. 203 pages, 28 x 38 cm. 320 monochrome illustrations. New condition. The first volume of the catalogue raisonné of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) covers the years 1840–1886. Cécile Goldscheider, a former head conservator at the Musée Rodin in Paris and the author of the catalogue’s essay, discusses significant aspects of Rodin’s career such as his training at the École impériale spéciale de dessin et de mathématiques, collaboration with the sculptor Carrier-Belleuse, his first sojourn in Italy, and the sculptor’s challenging beginnings as well as his first successes. The volume ends on Rodin’s encounter with Camille Claudel, and on the elaboration of the Portes de l’enfer, which both announced the radical turns his life and art were about to take.Le premier volume du catalogue raisonné d'Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) couvre les années 1840-1886. Cécile… Read More

Paris: Wildenstein Institute & La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1989 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 4to. Cloth in dust-jacket. 203 pages, 28 x 38 cm. 320 monochrome illustrations. New condition. The first volume of the catalogue raisonné of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) covers the years 1840–1886. Cécile Goldscheider, a former head conservator at the Musée Rodin in Paris and the author of the catalogue’s essay, discusses significant aspects of Rodin’s career such as his training at the École impériale spéciale de dessin et de mathématiques, collaboration with the sculptor Carrier-Belleuse, his first sojourn in Italy, and the sculptor’s challenging beginnings as well as his first successes. The volume ends on Rodin’s encounter with Camille Claudel, and on the elaboration of the Portes de l’enfer, which both announced the radical turns his life and art were about to take.Le premier volume du catalogue raisonné d'Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) couvre les années 1840-1886. Cécile… Read More

Paris: Wildenstein Institute & La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1978-1997. (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 4to. 5 vols. French. 1875 pages. 28,7 x 38,7 cm. 17265 g. Cloth with dust jacket....This is the large format first edition of the catalogue raisonné of the œuvre of Claude Monet (1840–1926) offers a compelling biography of the artist whose life is recounted in as many chapters as there were significant events in his career. For instance, some chapters address Monet’s encounter with Eugène Boudin or Georges Clemenceau, while others examine the successes and the challenges the artist faced over the course of his career, or the personal losses and public honors. In these five volumes, almost 2,000 paintings are inventoried, analyzed, and reproduced in chronological order, from Monet’s early days as an artist, to his acclaimed Nymphéas series. The catalogue also includes previously unpublished letters, and excerpts of correspondence supporting the authors’ attributions and… Read More

Paris: Wildenstein Institute & La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1974-1991. (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 4to. 5 vols. French. 1875 pages. 28,7 x 38,7 cm. 17265 g. Cloth with dust jackets....This is the large format first edition of the catalogue raisonné of the œuvre of Claude Monet (1840–1926) offers a compelling biography of the artist whose life is recounted in as many chapters as there were significant events in his career. For instance, some chapters address Monet’s encounter with Eugène Boudin or Georges Clemenceau, while others examine the successes and the challenges the artist faced over the course of his career, or the personal losses and public honors. In these five volumes, almost 2,000 paintings are inventoried, analyzed, and reproduced in chronological order, from Monet’s early days as an artist, to his acclaimed Nymphéas series. The catalogue also includes previously unpublished letters, and excerpts of correspondence supporting the authors’ attributions and… Read More

Geneva: Patrick Cramer, 2008(Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). Decorative board. 32.5 x 23.5 cm. 160 pages, 160 color illustrations,...The story of the conquest of the air is memorialized one of the great human undertakings. In the nineteenth century, balloon flights were veritable spectacles that attracted crowds and produced remarkable posters, true relics of a daring pioneer era.In Switzerland, from 1909, the meetings multiplied and met with a success difficult to imagine today. Flight is a dream; aviators are celebrated as heroes. The most important events are accompanied by often very spectacular posters. Today they form an exceptional heritage for their quality and rarity.The First World War advanced aviation by leaps and bounds. In 1919, the first airlines were created. Their publicity goes through the poster which bears witness to the beginnings of commercial aviation. The biggest names in Swiss poster art, then at the height of their glory, donate works to celebrate the… Read More

Paris: Tériade, 1944 (Wittenborn Art Books distribution). 4to. 12 x 8 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (30.5 x 21.6 x 3.2 cm) Sheets loose as issued in original illustrated cover and plain cream colored chemise and slipcase. Printed on thick watermarked Arches paper. This is the original edition which had been in storage for many years.Printed by Draeger Frères in August, 1944 during the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation. 94 pages with 28 facsimile drawings laid onto the Arches sheets and 13 manuscript letters printed directly on the Arches paper. Images and text printed in violet or purple. Edition of 1000 numbered copies.... The images retell incidents from Bonnard’s youth and the letters are fictional exchanges between Bonnard, his mother, brother… Read More

Hamburg: Ernst Hauswedell, 1975 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 4to. cloth is cardboard slipcase. 564 pages , 343 illustrations. New condition. The street vendors, who offer their goods and services - often with loud and partly melodious cries - on streets and markets, have shaped the image of the cities into our century; Since about 1470, the subject has employed artists and poets from many countries. The book describes for the first time almost 500 graphic sequences and single sheets with all bibliographic details. The countries China, Denmark, Germany, England, France, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Latin America, the Netherlands, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States of America are represented. Die Straßenhändler, die ihre Waren und Dienste - oft mit lauten und teils melodischen Rufen - auf Straßen und Märkten anbieten, haben bis in unser Jahrhundert hinein das Bild der Städte mitgeprägt; das Thema hat seit etwa dem Jahre 1470 Künstler und Dichter vieler… Read More

Hamburg: Ernst Hauswedell, 1975 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 4to. cloth is cardboard slipcase. 564 pages , 343 illustrations. New condition. The street vendors, who offer their goods and services - often with loud and partly melodious cries - on streets and markets, have shaped the image of the cities into our century; Since about 1470, the subject has employed artists and poets from many countries. The book describes for the first time almost 500 graphic sequences and single sheets with all bibliographic details. The countries China, Denmark, Germany, England, France, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Latin America, the Netherlands, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States of America are represented. Die Straßenhändler, die ihre Waren und Dienste - oft mit lauten und teils melodischen Rufen - auf Straßen und Märkten anbieten, haben bis in unser Jahrhundert hinein das Bild der Städte mitgeprägt; das Thema hat seit etwa dem Jahre 1470 Künstler und Dichter vieler… Read More

Detroit: Gale Research. 1984. (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 2 vols. in slipcase. New condition. Vol. 1 xlvi, 498. Vol. 2 499 to 1029 = 532pp. The essential descriptive and illustrated catalogue for the collector, student and scholar describing 7500 works with numerous illustrations. 2 volumes in a cloth slipcase.

New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, 1950. Wittenborn Arts Books distribution.. The Documents of Modern Art series, edited by Robert Motherwell. 126 pp. + ads. Original wrappers designed by Paul Rand. Illustrated with monochrome and color plates.

San Francisco, Calif.: Wittenborn Art Books, 2010.. 48 leaves on heavy stock (250 gsm matte paper; 48 leaves; 10-3/4 x 15-3/8 inches {27 x 39 cm}) housed in a cloth portfolio, and custom box. This is a limited edition facsimile of the manuscript sketchbook by Frank Lloyd Wright which served as the maquette or layout for the famous Wasmuth portfolio of 1910 entitled "Studies and Executed Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright." It has never been published before and is presented now in a limited edition of 450 numbered copies. The Florence Sketchbook of Frank Lloyd Wright is the freehand maquette or layout for the portfolio entitled Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright (Studies & Executed Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright) which was published by Ernst Wasmuth in Berlin in 1910. The Wasmuth portfolio contains perspectives and plans on 100 plates for 66 of Wright's buildings and projects between 1893 and 1909. Thirty-six of the plates are of floor plans, printed on tissue paper. These… Read More

New York: Arcade, 2013. Wittenborn Art Books, distribution.. Introduction by Martica Sawin. 8vo. 97 pp. illus. Very good in dust jacket.

Paris: Wildenstein Institute, 1994 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 370 pages. 28,7 x 34,2 cm. 3450 g. Cloth with dust jacket. Text in French.Fully illustrated. 369 pages80 color plates, 400 black & white illustrations.This study of the Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) includes recently uncovered archival documents, which allowed the author María Luisa Caturla to examine new aspects of Zurbarán’s life and of the evolution of his work.

Paris: Wildenstein Institute, 1994 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 370 pages. 28,7 x 34,2 cm. 3450 g. Cloth with dust jacket. Text in French.Fully illustrated. 369 pages80 color plates, 400 black & white illustrations.This study of the Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) includes recently uncovered archival documents, which allowed the author María Luisa Caturla to examine new aspects of Zurbarán’s life and of the evolution of his work.

Paris: Wildenstein Institute, 1994 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 370 pages. 28,7 x 34,2 cm. 3450 g. Cloth with dust jacket. Text in French.Fully illustrated. 369 pages80 color plates, 400 black & white illustrations.This study of the Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) includes recently uncovered archival documents, which allowed the author María Luisa Caturla to examine new aspects of Zurbarán’s life and of the evolution of his work.

Geneva: Patrick Cramer, 2009 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). Decorative board.s 32.5 x 23.5 cm. 198 pages, 274 color illustrations,...Geo Dorival (1879-1968) is one of the most important poster artists of French travel at the start of the twentieth century. From 1907, he produced numerous posters and advertising documents for railway companies. He works in the service of the largest seaside resorts on the Ocean and the French Riviera, well-known spa towns and fashionable mountain destinations. A talented colorist, Geo Dorival gives his compositions a pleasant and attractive atmosphere. Particularly fond of twilight and nocturnal atmospheres which allow him to use original and unexpected ranges, he often gives his posters a mysterious appearance.Geo Dorival is very successful and also receives numerous advertising, press, automotive and food orders. Close to Parisian entertainment circles, he produces several representations of Chinese shadows. He adapts the principle to his posters, thus… Read More

London: Stipple Publishing and Sotheby's Publications, 1984. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts Distribution.. 4to. Cloth in dust jacket. This catalogue raisonné is the only single volume to contain all Stubbs's known engravings and provides a complete record of prints made by others after his works. Introductory essays consider Stubbs's relationships with other artists, particularly his engravers, and examine how the prints were originally marketed. Part 1 covers the more important prints issued during Stubbs's lifetime, some of which are published here for the first time. Each of the 218 entries is fully illustrated and accompanied by comparative material. Part 2 comprises 440 supplementary entries and indicates the nature and extent of Stubbs's posthumous reputation. This book also is the first substantial review of the work of a major 18th century British painter by reference to the important, but neglected, medium of reproductive prints.

Paris: Wildenstein Institute & La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1994. (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). 4to. 318 pages, 34 color plates. Cloth in dust-jacket. 318 pages. 28,8 x 34,2 cm. 3370 grams.New edition revised and augmented by Sophie PietriThis new edition of Gustave Caillebotte’s catalogue raisonné brings together all of the 565 paintings and pastels known at the time of publication. Caillebotte (1848–1894) painted diverse subjects such as interior scenes and other snapshots of contemporary working-class life, landscapes, portraits, still lives, and views of Paris. An eclectic and private artist, a friend and patron of the Impressionists, Caillebotte was an important collector whose œuvre defies any strict categorization.