624 pp. Off-white softcover with red and black lettering on the front, back, and spine. Black leaf imagery on the front cover. Minor wear to the extremities and a slight crease to the upper-left corner of the back cover. Front endpaper is signed and dated by previous owner, otherwise no marks. Pages are clean and bright. Tight binding, square textblock. Black and white images throughout the book, with a frontispiece, "Bamboo," reproducing an ink on silk painting c. 14th century. Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese... View More...
Publisher:
Washington, Published By the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Association with the Smithsonian Institution Press : 1998
240pgs. 100's of color illustrations throughout. Brown cloth, Gilt lettering on the spine. As new copy with like new jacket that has a touch of edgewear. in mylar sleeve. The painting style Botero is best known for emerged around 1964. It was, and is, characterized by inflated, rounded forms, painted with smooth, almost invisible brushstrokes, puffing up to an exaggerated size human figures, natural features, and objects of all kinds, celebrating the life within them while mocking their role in the world. The subjects of his paintings often appear to be posed for a photograph, perhaps to captu... View More...
306pgs. Black boards, gilt lettering. Signed and Inscribed by Hirschfeld on half-title page., along with a small drawing of Hirschfeld from another publication taped in. Lignt fading to the extremities, minor toning to the pages. 330 black and white line drawings and lithographs as well as nine color plates. Unclipped pictoiral jacket has toning to the extremities. The best collection of his work from the 1920's to the 1990's. in mylar sleeve View More...
306pgs. Black boards, gilt lettering. Signed and Inscribed by Hirschfeld on half-title page, "For Doug, HIRSCHFELD 11/9/91". The slightest hint of toning to the pages, otherwise as new, unmarked. 330 black and white line drawings and lithographs as well as nine color plates. Unclipped pictoiral jacket has toning to the extremities. In mylar. The best collection of his work from the 1920's to the 1990's. in mylar sleeve/ View More...
xviii, 71p., with a color plate. A near fine copy, with slight rubbing on the bottom of the spine and the forecorners of the front cover. Coloritto text is in English and French on facing pages. View More...
Paperbound with Stiff Covers. First Edition. 8 5/8" x 10 7/8" (Oblong). 166p. A near fine copy. Inscribed and signed by the author. Both the author and the person to whom he inscribed the book appear to have been born in Unity, Saskatchewan. View More...
128p. A near fine copy, with a very slight blemish of one inch on the lower edge of the front cover and the former owner's signature is on the front free endpaper, in a fine d.j. View More...
104pp. Black Cloth, Purple lettering on the spine. Charles Fazzino's signature and smile drawing in black sharpie on the front free endpaper. Two 3-D color plates as well as scores of color plates of New York, Las Vegas, Boston, Cleveland, etc. Book is as new, jacket has a small nick on the rear panel. in protective clear sleeve. This is one of 500 signed, numbered copies, this being #76. View More...
182pgs. illustrated endpapers. Blind stamped lettering, black cloth, 100's of black and white, color illustrations exemplifying his whimsical designs, layouts and cover photographs. The book is in excellent condition, unmarked. Unclipped pictorial jacket has a couple of closed tears, superficial wear. In mylar sleeve. Henry Wolf was an American graphic designer, photographer and art director. He influenced and energized magazine design during the 1950s and 1960s with his bold layouts and elegant typography, while serving as art director at Esquire, Bazaar, and Show magazines. View More...
