Search Results: Art from Charles Agvent

Honolulu: Amfac, Inc. (American Factors, Ltd.), (1949). First Edition. Prints. The prints are Fine, the portfolio they originally came in is lacking. A series of 10 color plates, 18-3/4" x 14-1/2", loose as issued but lacking the portfolio, ready for framing, from paintings by Peter Hurd, with a 4-page folder, 9-1/4" x 14-1/2", containing descriptions of the scenes depicted. Each print is titled in print at the bottom and, though not issued as such, is SIGNED in pencil at the lower right by the artist. Also laid in is a one-page offprint by Frank Fredericks from THE ART DIGEST titled "Peter Hurd Paints Hawaii for Hawaii." The scenes depict events in the history of Hawaii prior to its annexation by the United States. Fairly scarce.

London: Bickers & Son, n.d. First Edition. 1/2 morocco. Spine rubbed & dry; rear board detached. Contents VG. 19 chromolithographs. 4th thousand.

University of Chicago, (1946). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Folio (9-3/4" x 13") in gilt-lettered cloth. With a chapter by Adolph Dehn and a catalogue raisonee. Illustrated with numerous plates, mostly black-and-white.

Lubbock, TX: Baker Gallery Press, 1953. Prints. Very minor crease at corners, long but not severe vertical creases in image. Still Near Fine, large image. A color print (26" x 19-1/2"; image size 22-1/2" x 16") from an original painting signed in the image and SIGNED in pencil at the lower right by the artist. Peter Hurd (1904-1984) was raised in Roswell, New Mexico, and returned later in life to New Mexico where he drew inspiration from the landscape. In 1929, Hurd married Andrew Wyeth's sister, Henriette, also an artist. Hurd was best known for his use of egg tempera, a medium he introduced to Wyeth.

Boston: Little Brown and Co, 1906 & 1903. New Edition. Hardcover. Fine in close to Fine dustwrappers, an attractive set. Two volumes in publisher's attractively decorated maroon cloth retaining the original maroon cloth dustwrappers. Translated by Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett. With additions to the First Edition and illustrated with photogravures from works of art.

London: Christine Konig Galerie, [1991]. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. An illustrated exhibition catalog with 7 full-page color plates; text in German. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the artist "For Olga/Love/Louise."

London: M. Arnold. Cloth. Spine chipped. Probably lacking a plate or two. VG. Octavo, 256 pages. Articles on the death of Thomas Stothard and the present state of sculpture, among others.

Manchester: Manchester Whitworth Institute, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Light, sporadic foxing; tasteful bookplate on verso of front endpaper. Some wear to spine tips. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the front cover. Most of the text printed on rectos only. Illustrated with 26 reproductions of work by William Blake, J. M. W. Turner, and others.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1925). Revised Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on the front endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. First published in 1906. Includes thirteen new essays on Rembrandt, Millais, Strauss, Wagner, and others.