Art Criticism
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Still Looking
by John Updike
John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the author of more than fifty books, including collections of short stories, poems, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and...
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A London Reverie Fifty-Six Drawings
by Pennell, Joseph
London: Macmillan, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth lettered in gilt. Fine. 28 pages in text. 29 x 23 cm. Introductory essay and notes by J.C. Squire. Plates printed recto only.
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NZ$50.47
The Modern Drawing 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art
by Elderfield, John
New York: MOMA, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige basket weave cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 216 pages. 31 x 24.5 cm. 100 color illustrations. Index of Artists with each plate accompanied by an in depth analysis by Elderfield.
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NZ$126.18
Monet in the `90s; The Series Paintings
by Tucker, Paul Hayes
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 307 pages. 28 x 24 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white. Selected Bibliography. Checklist of the Exhibition. Index.
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NZ$50.47
Poor Richard's: The Almanacs for the Years 1733-1758, by Richard Saunders, Philom
by Franklin, Benjamin
Paddington Press Ltd, New York, 1976. First Edition Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Norman Rockwell. introduction by Van Wyck Brooks, publisher's note, a note on the text, translations of foreign aphorisms and notes. Pale yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with six full-page ( 2 double page ) illustrations by Norman Rockwell and numerous small black-and-white illustrations. 1/4 dark brown cloth spine with silver coloured titles...
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NZ$33.09
Journal of the Taliesin Fellows: Nos. 3-5, 7-11, 15, 19-22, 24. 1990-1999
by Los Angeles. Taliesin Fellows
Los Angeles: Taliesin Fellows, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine black board portfolio. 21.5 x 21.5 cm, and starting with Nos. 19: 8/1/2 x11 inches. Printed in black and red. Illustrated with photographs, plans and diagrams.
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NZ$252.36
Tura Paintings and Drawings Complete Edition
by Ruhmer, Eberhard
London: Phaidon, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Near fine. Tura, Cosimo. 184 pages. Folio, 104 plates, six in color. Index of Places. This catalogue comprises all the works of Tura which have been preserved, together with the lost works ascribed to him. FREITAG 9608. LUCAS p.197.
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NZ$92.53
Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art
by Heller, Nancy G
Princeton University Press, 2002-11-01. Paperback. Good/None as issued. 8x5x0. Clean, solid copy with no writing to text. Front cover and first 13 pages have corner bends and creases. Cover otherwise has very light wear to corner tips. Binding is tight and square; no creases to spine. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with...
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NZ$19.40
Gaston Lachaise The Man and His Work
by Nordland, Gerald
New York: George Braziller, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Lachaise, Gaston. 184 pages. With ninety-five black and white illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Combines a brief biography with a critical examination of the themes that recur throughout his work. FREITAG 5072.
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NZ$42.06
Solstice; The Art of Roy Henry Vickers
by Vickers, Roy Henry
Eagle Dancer Enterprises Ltd, British Colombia, Canada, 1988. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Roy Henry Vickers. impressions by Ed Hill, reflections by Roy Henry Vickers and an index of the images. Illustrated endpapers, being a Native American symbol repeated against a dark blue coloured background. The text is illustrated with numerous full coloured reproductions of Roy Henry Vickers' artwork -- from some of his earlier works and styles through...
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Surrealism
by Julien Levy
Arno / Worldwide, 1968. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Reprint. Bottom boards rubbed from shelf wear and stained from moisture exposure, binding supple at pastedowns and slanted; Price clipped dust jacket has mild edge wear but is chipping at both ends of spine and corners, one closed tear on back, aside from one crease on front cover art is in near fine condition. 60 BW plates, 191 pages printed on multicolored paper which have rippling in bottom margin of second half of text block from above mentioned damp...
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NZ$73.05
Alexis Smith
by Armstrong, Richard
Whitney Museum of American Art/Rizzoli, New York, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Alexis Smith. 244 pp., foreword by David A. Ross, Alexis Smith: a fictional biography or "The Story of the Century" by Amy Gerstler, exhibition history, bibliography, works in the exhibition and acknowledgements. Illustrated endpapers again by Alexis Smith showing a design for a deck of cards. The text is illustrated with black and white photography,...
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NZ$60.16
British Sporting Artists; from Barlow to Herring
by Sparrow, Walter Shaw
Spring Books, London, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. XIV, 250 pages, last blank, contributors of pictures, prints , and information -- to whom grateful thanks are returned by the author, list of illustrations, publisher's note to the 1965 edition and index. Illustrated frontispiece, being a reproduction of " Shooting Plover " by Francis Barlow. The text is illustrated with numerous coloured and black-and-white illustrations of famous ( not so famous ] sporting...
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NZ$77.20
Rembrandt; Selected Paintings
by Borenius, Professor T. (Tancred)
Phaidon Press, London, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Rembrandt. IV, 96 pages of text then 104 pages of plates and four pages following -- index of museums and collections, introduction by author and notes on the plates. Coloured illustrated frontispiece, by Rembrandt, which has been tipped in. The text is illustrated with 104 pages of reproductions of Rembrandt's work of which 7 are in colour and have been tipped in. Beige coloured boards with brown titles...
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NZ$38.61
Le Teinturier Universel Echo Des Applications Des Matieres Colorantes Aux Arts Et A L'Industrie; De la teinture et de l'appret des etoffes, de la production et de la preparation des matieres tincloriales, de l'impression et de la fabrication des papiers peints -- Tannage et coloration des cuirs
by Chevreul, M.E
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal, 1863. First editions. Original Wraps. Original printed wrappers -- yellow, gray and green. Very good. 3 vols. 192, 192, 192 pages in text. Small folio, 30.5 x 22.5 cm. First to third years -- 72 issues in 3 volumes [April 1, 1860 - March 15, 1863]. More than 100 tipped-in or mounted color specimens of various dyes on paper, cotton, silk, metallic paper, felt, plant fibers, and more. One sample titled "Echantillod de Coton vert col de canard san indigo" (Vol. 3 #23, page 177...
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NZ$4,037.76
The Artist's Bible : Essential reference for Artists in All Mediums
by Douglas-Cooper, Helen; Illustrated [Illustrator]
Prospero, 2004-01-01. Hardcover. Good +/None as issued. Solid copy with unmarked text. A few small spots on top edge of text block. Cover has moderate surface and edge wear; corners are square. Covered spiral binding is in excellent condition. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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NZ$14.40
Toward a National Taste America's Quest for Aesthetic Independence
by Neil, J. Meredith
Honolulu: Univ. Press of Hawaii, 1975. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Very good. 402 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library. Early America evinced little interest in aesthetic concerns. Spine sunned.
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NZ$42.06
Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica, And The Masterpiece That Changed The World
by Martin, Russell
New York: Dutton, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good./Very Good.. 274p.
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NZ$20.19
Guy Pene du Bois Painter Of Modern Life
by Fahlman, Betsy
New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 176 pages. 32 x 25 cm. One of America's most stylish painters in the second quarter of the 20th century captured with sophistication. He spent part of his career in France. Host of color plates. Chronology. Selected Bibliography. Index.
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NZ$67.30
Expressing Abstraction: Writings on Art for The Nation
by Faison, Jr., S. Lane
Williamstown, Massachusetts: President and Trustees of Williams College, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.. 96p. Softcover. Anthology. Modern art.
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Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance
by Clark, Kenneth
New York: New York Univ. Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. Rembrandt, H. van Rijn. 225 pages. 181 black and white plates. Bibliography. Index. First volume of The Wrightsman Lectures, New York University Institute of Fine Arts. The author discusses the influences of the great Italians of the 15th and 16th centuries on Rembrandt.
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NZ$67.30
Art Escapes: Daily Exercises & Inspirations for Discovering Greater Creativity & Artistic Con fidence
by Kanter, Dory
Dory Kanter, 2013-09-12. Paperback. Good/None as issued. Ex-library copy with expected stickers and stamps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has moderate wear to surface and corner tips. Binding is tight and square; no creases to spine or cover. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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NZ$23.03
Georges Braque Essay And Bibliography
by Gallatin, A.E
New York: Wittenborn And Company, 1943. First edition. Orig. blue/green cloth, paper labels spine and front cover. Near fine. Braque, Georges. 6 leaves. 26 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 400 stamped "Review Copy" on limitation page. Frontispiece is a color lithograph. 12 full page black and white plates. Bibliography.
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NZ$92.53
Acme Journal, Vol 1. No 1 Spring 1992
by Decter & Miller (ed.)
NY: Acme Journal, 1992. Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faintest of foxing to exterior page edges. "each issue will develop a specific theme, providing a forum for investigations into the heterogeneity of contemporary culture
Our inaugural issue is inspired by contempt for what art criticism has become...an ensemble of writings from art critics in the American and European arena...who responded to a series of questions that we posed..." 26 articles, 105 pages.
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NZ$117.68
The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Ron
by Dine, Jim & Ron Padgett
New York: Grossman, 1970. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Dine, Jim. Approximately 120 pages in text with poems by Ron Padgett and illustrations in black and white by Jim Dine. The first edition of 30 copies published by Cape Galliard Press, London was signed and numbered by Padgett and Dine, and contained an original signed print. Nice copy of an engaging artist's book. Owner inscription.
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NZ$109.36
Art in Australia. First Series Number 6
by [ART IN AUSTRALIA] URE SMITH, Sydney, STEVENS, Bertram & JONES, C. Lloyd (editors)
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1919. Of interest: "Hans Heysen's Later Watercolours" by Lionel Lindsay, tipped colour plate; two tipped colour plates by Percy Leason; the Official Australian War Artists, tipped plates by H.S. Power, Fred Leist, Charles Bryant, M. Napier Waller; article on Frances Hodgkins, colour plate; 'Chrysanthemums', tipped colour plate by Constance L. Mackay; "Will Dyson's War Drawings" by Charles Marriott, five pages text, nine plates; "Norman Lindsay's Etchings" by Ure Smith, three...
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NZ$82.63