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Women Artists Books & Ephemera
Back to Hometown Art-Exhibition: Paintings by Xiaoxing Yu
by Yu, Xiaoxing
2003. unpaginated, colour illustrations, colour portrait; 21 cm. Text in English and Chinese. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.
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NZ$50.77
Ellen Phelan: Encyclopedia of Drawing, 1964-2012
by Phelan, Ellen; Saunders, Matt (Essay by)
New York: Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Inc., 2012. 88 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by artist Ellen Phelan, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.
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NZ$42.16
Suzanne Lacy: Spaces Between
by Irish, Sharon
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010. xvii, 266 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Often controversial and sometimes even shocking to audiences, the work of California-based artist Suzanne Lacy has challenged viewers and participants with personal accounts of traumatic events, settings that require people to assume uncomfortable positions, multisensory productions that evoke emotional as well as intellectual responses, and even flayed...
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NZ$30.12
The Subject of Rape
by Feldman, Hannah J. L., et al. (Curated by)
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1993. 90 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. ISP papers, no. 4. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Whitney Museum of American Art, June 23 to August 29, 1993. This exhibition was organized by the following Helena Rubinstein Fellows in the 1992-93 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program : Monica Chau, Hannah J. L. Feldman, Jennifer Kabat, and Hannah Kruse, who also contributed essays to this publication. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps...
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NZ$119.61
Lotte B. Prechner
by Prechner, Lotte B.; Doede, Werner (Text by)
Recklinghausen: Editions Aurel Bongers, 1966. Cloth, 58 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Text in French/Texte en francais. TRES BON ETAT. Legerement use. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, age toning. Paintings, prints and sculptures are reproduced in this short monograph on German artist Lotte B. Prechner (1877-1967), affiliated with Expressionism and New Objectivity.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
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NZ$33.56
Connie Fox: Recent Paintings
by Richardson, Trevor, and De Salvo, Donna
Greensboro, NC: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, 1994. 24 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Colour plates. A fine copy. Includes two essays and artist's bio. Abstract Expressionist painter, active in the Hamptons. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.
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NZ$24.95
Edwards's Botanical Register, Vol. 30
by John Lindley
Very good copy of Volume XXX (30) of Edwards's Botanical Register, 1844
Complete with all 67 (5 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1-67).
The majority by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake.
Includes 21 exotic species of showy orchids (Cattleya, Laelia, Oncidium, Bulbophyllum, Encyclia, Calanthe, Prosthechea, Anguloa, Diaphananthe, Polystachya, Pinalia, Bromheadia, endangered Aerides odorata, etc.), as well as sacred lotus, hibiscus, lupine, mountain hydrangea, crocus, astiria,... Read more about this item
Complete with all 67 (5 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1-67).
The majority by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake.
Includes 21 exotic species of showy orchids (Cattleya, Laelia, Oncidium, Bulbophyllum, Encyclia, Calanthe, Prosthechea, Anguloa, Diaphananthe, Polystachya, Pinalia, Bromheadia, endangered Aerides odorata, etc.), as well as sacred lotus, hibiscus, lupine, mountain hydrangea, crocus, astiria,... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,065.20NZ$1,755.42
Becoming O'Keeffe: The Early Years
by Peters, Sarah Whitaker
New York: Abbeville Press, 2001. 412 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. First published, 1991. Updated & expanded. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First thus. "This critical biography casts a clear new light on how a fiercely independent young art student became the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Examining the period 1915 to 1930, with flashbacks to O'Keeffe's little-known studies in Chicago and New York, it vividly captures the intensity, courage, and intelligence of the...
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NZ$21.51
Edwards's Botanical Register, Vol. 28
by John Lindley
Very good copy of Volume XXVIII (28) of Edwards's Botanical Register, 1842
Complete with all 69 (3 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1-69).
The majority by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake (67) and the remaining two by William Herbert.
Includes 19 exotic species of showy orchids (Cattleya, Oncidium, Epidendrum, Coelia, Vanda, Laelia, Lycaste, Bulbophyllum, Grammatophyllum, Mormodes, etc.), as well as jasmine, azalea, airplants, pelican flower, indigo, syringa, nasturtium,... Read more about this item
Complete with all 69 (3 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1-69).
The majority by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake (67) and the remaining two by William Herbert.
Includes 19 exotic species of showy orchids (Cattleya, Oncidium, Epidendrum, Coelia, Vanda, Laelia, Lycaste, Bulbophyllum, Grammatophyllum, Mormodes, etc.), as well as jasmine, azalea, airplants, pelican flower, indigo, syringa, nasturtium,... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,065.20NZ$1,755.42
Edwards's Botanical Register, Vol. 29
by John Lindley
Very good copy of Volume XXIX (29) of Edwards's Botanical Register, 1842
Complete with all 66 (6 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1-66).
The majority by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake, with a few by William Herbert and William Beattie Booth.
Includes 22 exotic species of showy orchids (Mormodes, Cuitlauzina, Trichocentrum, Catasetum, Bulbophyllum, Cycnoches, Acineta, Dendrobium, Renanthera, Gomesa, Lycaste, Stanhopea, etc. ), as well as rhododendron, agapanthus, crocus,... Read more about this item
Complete with all 66 (6 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1-66).
The majority by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake, with a few by William Herbert and William Beattie Booth.
Includes 22 exotic species of showy orchids (Mormodes, Cuitlauzina, Trichocentrum, Catasetum, Bulbophyllum, Cycnoches, Acineta, Dendrobium, Renanthera, Gomesa, Lycaste, Stanhopea, etc. ), as well as rhododendron, agapanthus, crocus,... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,065.20NZ$1,755.42
Edwards's Botanical Register, Vol. 18
by John Lindley
Very good copy of Volume XVIII (18) of Edwards's Botanical Register, 1832
Complete with all 88 (8 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1477-1564).
Most by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake (59), the others by J.T. Hart and (his sister?) M. Hart, William Herbert, John Lindley (1) and Charles Morgan Curtis (1).
Includes many new exotic species of showy orchids (13), as well as camellia, aster, acacia, air plant, azalea, fuchsia, delphinium, lotus, cactus, pears, etc. Sarah Drake's... Read more about this item
Complete with all 88 (8 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1477-1564).
Most by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake (59), the others by J.T. Hart and (his sister?) M. Hart, William Herbert, John Lindley (1) and Charles Morgan Curtis (1).
Includes many new exotic species of showy orchids (13), as well as camellia, aster, acacia, air plant, azalea, fuchsia, delphinium, lotus, cactus, pears, etc. Sarah Drake's... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,065.20NZ$1,755.42
The Spirit of the Woods
by [Rebecca Hey, William Clark engraver]
Lovely copy of Rebecca Hey's charming Victorian book of botanical plates and poetry
With all 26 superb botanical illustrations drawn by the author and engraved on steel by William Clark
The botanical illustrations finished to a very high standard with deep, rich handcolour
A companion to Moral of Flowers, this book covers woodland trees and includes plates of mostly European trees such as the oak, elm, ash, beech, lime, birch, holly, willow, yew, hazel, cherry, cedar, etc. The botanical illustrations... Read more about this item
With all 26 superb botanical illustrations drawn by the author and engraved on steel by William Clark
The botanical illustrations finished to a very high standard with deep, rich handcolour
A companion to Moral of Flowers, this book covers woodland trees and includes plates of mostly European trees such as the oak, elm, ash, beech, lime, birch, holly, willow, yew, hazel, cherry, cedar, etc. The botanical illustrations... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,204.70NZ$1,024.00
Viridarium
by Henrietta Maria Moriarty
Lovely copy of this infamous and rare botanical by a woman artist.Henrietta Maria Moriarty turned to botanical illustration to support her four children after being left in debt by her no-good, late husband in 1804.Complete with all 50 hand-coloured copperplate engravings, dedication to Dowager Lady de Clifford, preface, list of subscribers, index.While Moriarty claims to have "delineated" the plants, the "plates are in almost every case adapted with slight alteration and no acknowledgement from Curtis'...
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NZ$3,269.90NZ$2,779.42
Marina Kappos: Fade to Grey
by Kappos, Marina; Nelson, Jeff (Text by)
New York: I-20 Gallery, 1999. [16] pages, colour illustrations; 18 cm. Exhibition held April 30 to June 4, 1999. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo.
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NZ$30.12
The Beauties of Flora
by Eliza Eve Gleadall
Very good copy of a rare privately printed botanical book by a Victorian woman artist
Complete with hand-coloured title and 20 hand-coloured botanical plates, all finely lithographed by Dean and Monday of 40 Threadneedle Street, London.
All plates drawn by talented and mysterious botanical artist E.E. Gleadall.
The flowers include exotic camellias, rhododendron, lady's slipper orchid, passionflower, coral tree, tiger lily, flowering cactus and waterlilies, as well as roses, geraniums, daffodils, pansies... Read more about this item
Complete with hand-coloured title and 20 hand-coloured botanical plates, all finely lithographed by Dean and Monday of 40 Threadneedle Street, London.
All plates drawn by talented and mysterious botanical artist E.E. Gleadall.
The flowers include exotic camellias, rhododendron, lady's slipper orchid, passionflower, coral tree, tiger lily, flowering cactus and waterlilies, as well as roses, geraniums, daffodils, pansies... Read more about this item
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NZ$4,302.50NZ$3,657.12
Laura London
by London, Laura; Gavlak, Sarah (Essay by)
Los Angeles: Works on Paper, Inc., 1998. [24] pages, colour illustrations; 18 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. LA-based photographer. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo.
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NZ$16.35
The Desert is No Lady: Southwestern Landscapes in Women's Writing and Art
by Norwood, Vera, and Monk, Janice (Edited by)
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1997. xii, 281 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First edition thus. "Over the past century, women artists and writers have expressed diverse creative responses to the landscape of the Southwest. The Desert is No Lady provides a cross-cultural perspective on women by examining Anglo, Hispanic, and Native American women's artistic expressions and the effect of their art in defining the southwestern landscape." - Publisher....
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NZ$24.95
Frances Hodgkins
by Evans, Myfanwy
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; Penguin Modern Painters Ser., 1948. 18 pages, 16 leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 18 x 22 cm. Good+. Firm binding, unmarked. Light shelfwear to wraps, light foxing, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Good. Oblong.
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NZ$16.35
From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women's Art
by Lippard, Lucy
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1976. vi, 314 pages, [4] leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. D427. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly faded, expected browning. First printing. Pioneering collection of articles by Lippard, arguably the leading feminist art critic of her era. "Lucy Lippard is both one of our finest critics of contemporary art and one of the most perceptive and strongest supporters of women artists. These thirty essays, written since the...
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NZ$172.10
Georgia O'Keeffe: Painter
by Berry, Michael L.; Horner, Matina S. (Introduction by)
New York and Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers; American Women of Achievement Ser., 1988. Pictorial boards, 111 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo.
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NZ$16.35
Petah Coyne: Vermilion Fog
by Coyne, Petah; Lloyd, Ann Wilson (Essay by), and Scalapino, Leslie (Poem by)
New York and Milan: Galerie Lelong; Charta, 2008. Pictorial boards, 83 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Galerie Lelong, New York, October 24 to December 6, 2008. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "A sculpture by Petah Coyne might include a range of unconventional materials such as chicken wire, wax, sand, silk flowers, pearl-headed hatpins, candles, taxidermy animals, black velvet, feathers and ribbons. In the artist's hands, these disparate items are...
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NZ$33.56
Grandma Moses
by Kallir, Otto
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; New American Library, 1975. 159 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Abridged Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Another copy available.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
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NZ$16.35
Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists
by Moore, Sylvia (Edited by)
New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1989. vi, 376 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean text. Faint stain/title page & facing inside front cover. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Sylvia Moore; Women of the WPA Art Projects: California murals, 1933-1943, by Nancy Acord; Strength, vision and diversity: women's community murals, by Timothy W. Drescher; Artists of the California landscape, 1850-1950, by Heather Anderson; California women artists, 1900-1920, by Merle Schipper; Fragments of a vision, by Rita...
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NZ$24.95
How Georgia Became O'Keeffe: Lessons on the Art of Living
by Karbo, Karen
Guilford, CT: Skirt!; Globe Pequot Press, 2011. 231 pages, colour illustrations; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Most people associate Georgia O'Keeffe with New Mexico, painted cow skulls, and her flower paintings. She was revered for so long--born in 1887, died at age ninety-eight in 1986--that we forget how young, restless, passionate, searching, striking, even fearful she once was--a dazzling, mysterious female force in bohemian New York City during its...
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NZ$21.51
Mary Cassatt: Reflections of Women's Lives
by Cassatt, Mary; Mancoff, Debra N. (Text by)
New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1998. Pictorial boards, 96 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Front free endpaper (blank) removed. Light edgewear to boards. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Mary Cassatt: Reflections of Women's Lives offers an intimate look into the world of women in the late nineteenth century. Using the paintings, prints, and pastels that Cassatt created throughout her career, this book explores the...
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NZ$16.35
