Search Results: Authors starting with H from Howard Karno Books Inc

Punte del Este, Uruguay: Tejería Loppacher Galería, 2001. color plates, bio/chron., bibl., color fldg. pict. wrps.

Montevideo: Alianza Cultural Uruguay - Estados Unidos, 2003. b/w and color plates, bio/chrons., bibl., color fldg. pict. wrps. Exhibition of young publicist and abstract artist Diego Lev (b. Uruguay, 1976) a student from the workshop of de Nelson Ramos, presenting his most recent abstract paintings where he uses cardboard as support media. Texts by Alicia Haber.

Montevideo: Mosca Hnos, 2000. b/w and color plates, draws., bio/chron., ports., cat., ind., bibl., color fldg. pict. wrps. Chronological biography, and documentation on great constructivist Uruguayan master artist (b.Lithuania 1927-1974; immigrated to Uruguay 1931) who was a part of the Taller Torres-García. ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.

Montevideo: Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003. color plates, ports., bio/chron., bibl., color pict. fldg wrps. Major monograph on work of Solari (1918-1993, Uruguay). Carnival, alegory, satire, protest, the game, symbol and myth all are elements of Solari's magic realism. His fantastic archaeology mixes reality with psychological structures. His subjets appear in animal masks representing human weakness and virtue . Author is one of the leading art historians in Uruguay.

Montevideo: Centro Municipal de Exposiciones; Editorial DobleEmme, 2001. b/w and color plates, bio/chrons., bibl., color fldg. pict. wrps. Recompilation of the abstract paintings of Fernando López Lage (b. Uruguay 1964), a multifaceted personality (artist, academic, director of an artistic center and exhibition organizer) and considered a ineludible reference in the art world of Uruguay.

Hamburg: Hamburgisches Museum fur Volkerkunde, 1974. b/w illus., plans, maps, bibl, glos., plus 16p. b/w plates, wrps.

New York: Hastings House, 1946. (worn bindings). b/w plates, illus. boards. Prints and biographies notes about 138 artists from Latin America: Acuña, Bonta, Covarrubias, Leandro Castellanos, Guido, Lasansky, Veroni, Nicasio, Mendez, Orozco, Rivera, Alfaro Siqueiros, Urruchua, Zalec etc. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

México: Impreso por Díaz de León y White, 1875. (Non- sequential pagination. Dog-eared corners; water stain on t.p., o/w clean, Soiled front wrp., lacks rear wrp.). b/w plates, wrps. Contains four fine 19th century style lithographs. Articles include: Literatura / Manuel Acuña -- Los Exploradores del Africa Central -- Un Viaje Arqueológico -- Memphis -- El Arte y los Dioses Egipcios", plus poetry and book reviews. Scarce with 10 holdings in OCLC and many incomplete. It appears that 3 volumes were produced between 1874 and 1875.

Washington, DC..: Smithsonian Institution.., 1978. (chipping on spine, wrps; 9' detached spine, o/w very good condition). b/w and color plates, cat., bibliographical references (pages 205-206), color pict. wrps. "Exhibition itinerary: Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; New York, New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Hammer Galleries; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Monterrey, Mexico, Museo de Monterrey." ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXTS.

Valparaiso: Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaiso, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, 2005. color plates, plan, cat., appens., glos., bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps. OCLC: 123472399. Descriptive catalogue of the 20 stained-glass windows located in the central nave of the parish church of Our Lady of Sorrows, in Viña del Mar, Chile. The early 20th century stain-glass windows were elaborated in Munich, Germany and were donated by local personages to honor family members. LIMITED EDITION OF 750.

Dusseldorf;México DF: Kunsthalle; Dumont, 1995. (First volume only, the second volumbe was in German). color and b/w plates, color frontis., cat., color pict., fldg. wrps. Important and controversial show examines the connection between the two artists. ENGLISH, SPANISH AND GERMAN TEXTS N.B. The following catalogue is a revisionist view of the relationship between the two artists presented as an exhibition at Galería Arvil in Mexico. The text of that catalogue was rejected for inclusion in this show (with some controversy), and then was presented as a separate catalogue along with this when exhibited in Mexico. "OBRAS MAESTRAS DE DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS QUE COLECCIONISTAS PRIVADOS PRESENTAN A LA KUNSTHALLE DE DUSSELDORF, ALEMANIA CONMOTIVO DE LA GRAN EXPOSICION SIQUEIROS/POLLOCK, POLLACK/SIQUEIROS" Méx., Galería Arvil....1995, 24p., wrps.(compt. # 40379).

Santo Domingo, R.D.: Editora Corripio, 2000. color plates, color pict. endpapers, d. j. Detailed descriptions of paintings of Dominican Artists intended to help the visitors to better understand the works of art in an exhibition. The author analyses the composition, pointing out the importance of the drawings and the colors, the meanings of some figures and the style of each artist.

New York; Washington; London: Praeger Pub, 1969. map, cht., tbls., gloss., apen., boards. LoCCCN: 68-55006.

Santa Barbara, CA: Simplemente Maria Press, 2020. The folded flag comes in a be-ribboned white cotton pouch. A Tale of Longing, the wiro-bound 22 page journal, with hand-painted and foil-stamped covers, rests beneath in a paper enclosure. The Tale, also written in cursive, and also printed letterpress from photopolymer plates, recalls a visit to a monk printing prayer flags from carved wooden blocks at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India. Every Prayer Flag and all pages of the Tale of Longing are hand-painted with the 5 colors of each of the elements. Both books are placed in a polished, beveled acrylic sleeve. . This two-sided strand of flags is sewn on a length of bronze satin ribbon. The flags, sewn on satin ribbon, come folded in a cotton pouch. The 5 prayers may be read page by page or may be displayed as a banner of ten double-sided flags suspended along a 15-foot long ribbon. LIMITED EDITION OF 20 COPIES. Commemorative edition on the occasion of the 25th year of Simplemente Maria Press. 1995 -… Read More

México: Grupo Aluminio, 1989. (Light wear on d.j. with moderate wear and chipping at edges of d.j.). color plates and maps, bio., ind., illus. endpapers, pict. d.j. Illustrations by 19th century Swiss artist who visited and sketched and painted Veracruz, México. LIMITED EDITION OF 1800.

Montevideo: UNESCO, 1984. (black ink marks on title p.; o/w readable). illus., plus 6 color slides, wrps. Color slides of Damiani Garica Reino, Martin, Medina, Salcovsky and Paez Vilaro.

Madrid: Editorial Artika, 2021. color plates with five preparatory studies for oil paintings, 13 self-portraits -some show the aftermath of the accident that forever marked their painful daily reality-, three portraits of friends and lovers, 12 originals of fantasies and dreams -without correspondence in their oil paintings-, and a sensual still life that refers to his final stage of landscapes and still lifes. die-cut wooden covers simulating the vegetation present in her works, also collects fragments of the artist's diaries.The work is presented in a case that contains an art book, a study book and a folder with a largefolding sheet of The Nalgón Bird. Techical specifications: https://artikabooks.com/en/works/the-dreams-of-frida-kahlo#technical-specifications. A bilingual Artist's book and an exhaustive study dedicated to the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, which includes analysis and research on her career and a selection of 34 works in pencil, ink, sepia or watercolor, made in notebooks, journal… Read More

Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Univ. Press, 1981. frontis, b/w plates, illus., maps, plans, plus 8 color plates, ind., d.j. Good overview.

Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil; Gilbert and Lila Fluxus Collection Foundation, 2002. b/w and color plates, facs., draw., tbls., black cloth boards, d.j. in b/w pict. slipcase. Handsome catalogue of the exhibition presented in Brazil of the Fluxus art movement, an avant-garde multimedia art movement that flourished in Europe, the United States and Japan during the 1960s and 70s until the death of its creator George Maciunas, a Lithuanian artist trained in New York. Fluxus artists like Joe Jones, George Maciunas, Shigeko Kubota, Dick Higgins, Lette Eisenhauer, Ay-O, Alison Knowles and Daniel Spoerri among others were known for their environments, performance art and mass-producible objects and were pioneers of Conceptual and Minimalism Art. Great reference study on Flexus art. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT.

Santiago de Chile: Griffo Ediciones, 2019. color pict. staple bound wrps. LIMITED EDITION OF 15 COPIES. Third volume dedicated to those who enjoy horror and short stories with gloomy atmospheres. This volume will cover the country's awakening and social revolution, which will be depicted in somber and perverse short stories. "In May 2016 the publishing house "Griffo Ediciones" was founded by Luna Henríquez. The publisher of comics and graphic novels is oriented to make visible through its publications, the artistic expressions linked to mental health." --Colophon. CONTENTS: ¿Porqué lo has hecho, Oriana? -- ¿Va está micro al Mall Plaza Norte? -- 20/10/2019 -- La espera -- La ley del Talión -- Lo que quedo de ella -- Y la culpa no era suya -- Reseña -- La Editorial.