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MURILLO: SCENES OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Xanthe Brooke; Peter Cherry.
Illustrated by Bartolome Esteban Murillo.
Stock no. 1826993
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Produced to accompany the exhibition of the same title. Murillo's pictures of childhood are collected together, demonstrating how the artist's own experiences as a member of the Brotherhood of Charity, which distributed bread to the starving of Seville, invested his paintings of street children with first-hand knowledge of their lives and genuine compassion for their plight. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 185894130X. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded to rear panel and is edge-rubbed with laminate covering peeling a little to top rear edge.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PORTRAITURE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
THE NELSON PORTRAITS
Written by Richard Walker.
Stock no. 1826869
Published by Royal Naval Museum.
1st
1998.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An iconography of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B. Vice Admiral of the White. Every known contemporary image of Nelson is collated here, along with a detailed and scholarly catalogue listing the history, provenance and present whereabouts of each image - 238 in all. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952637758. Scuff marks to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PORTRAITURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LANDSCAPE AND WESTERN ART
Written by Malcolm Andrews.
Stock no. 1326183
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1999.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Exploring the fascinating issues raised by the great range of ideas and images of the natural world in Western art since the Renaissance. Oxford History Art series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 248 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0192100467. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
KALIGHAT PAINTING: IMAGES FROM A CHANGING WORLD
Written by Jyotindra Jain.
Stock no. 1826774
Published by Mapin Publishing.
1st
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Kalighat Painting emerged from the changing world of nineteenth century Calcutta, with old and new images seemingly layered one upon another on a transparent plane... Large format. Terracotta cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 8185822646. Corners of boards, lightly bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- INDIA
- ART HISTORY
DRAWINGS: VINCENT VAN GOGH
Written by Johannes Van Der Wolk; Ronald Pickvance; E.B.F. Pey.
Illustrated by Vincent Van Gogh.
Stock no. 1826768
Published by Arnoldo Mondadori.
1st
1990.
Very good condition.
Produced in conjunction with the exhibition on the centenary of Van Gogh's death, an attempt to bring together that part of his work which the artist himself considerd most important. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 8824200222. Title to spine has faded. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Covers browned, rear cover scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Previous owner's name & address rubber stamped to inside front cover. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- POST-IMPRESSIONISM
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- BIOGRAPHY
NICK SCHLEE: PAINTINGS FROM 1987-2008
Written by Nick Schlee.
Illustrated by Nick Schlee.
Stock no. 1826755
Published by Academy Press.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Landscape paintings. White cardwraps, no titles. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780955892301. A lovely copy.
DAVID MYNETT: THE SKETCHBOOKS
Written by Sheila Peczenik.
Illustrated by David Mynett.
Stock no. 1826754
Published by Shiela Peczenik.
1st
2014.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A selection of colour sketches by David Mynett, selected by Sheila Peczenik. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour sketches throughout. ISBN: 9780993078101. A nice copy.
KUWAIT ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
Written by Arlene Fullerton; Geza Fehervari; et al.
Stock no. 1826752
Published by Oriental Press.
1st
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An attempt to reflect significant aspects of the cultural life of Kuwait five years after the Gulf War. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Some light foxing present. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to front panel and spine, is grubby and scuffed, laminate covering is creased on rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- KUWAIT
PETRO MAGRO
Written by Tetyana Honcharenko.
Illustrated by Petro Magro.
Stock no. 1826750
Published by Alpine Fine Art Books Ltd..
1st
1999.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Petro Magro is a Ukrainian artist, this exhibition is a representative of the traditional landscape painting of Ukraine. Text in English and Ukrainian. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to front. Colour photos and paintings. ISBN: 0881682896. A nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, lightly scuffed and a few small nicks to edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- UKRAINE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- LANDSCAPE
ARTS AND CRAFTS ARCHITECTURE
Written by Peter Davey.
Stock no. 1826741
Published by Phaidon Press Limited.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
For about three decades at the turn of the century, Arts and Crafts architecture and the theories behind it caught the attention of the Western world. This book gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and America. Large format. White cardwraps, black title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0714837113. Reprint. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge, lightly rubbed at edges, and scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
- HISTORY
MAKING IT NEW: THE ART AND STYLE OF SARA AND GERALD MURPHY
Written by Deborah Rothschild.
Illustrated by Gerald Murphy.
Stock no. 1826739
Published by University of California Press.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Published as the catalogue for the exhibition of the same name which ran from 2007 to 2008. This is a captivating and absorbing collection of essays examining through images and text the Murphys' influence on a remarkable constellation of artists. The Murphys, who endeavored to make art of their own lives, embodied a predominant theme of the 1920s: life as one would like it to be versus life as it is. Featuring art by Gerald Murphy, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Man Ray, and many others in addition to numerous documentary photos. Red cloth boards, yellow title to spine, blind title to front. ISBN: 9780520252387. Frontis is slightly grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- CATALOGUE (ART)
ROMAN CIESLEWICZ
Written by Margo Rouard-Snowman.
Illustrated by Roman Cieslewicz.
Stock no. 1826736
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
1993.
Very good condition.
Master of Graphic Design. Roman Cieslewicz is one of a handful of graphic artists who have attained worldwide recognition. Best known for a number of unforgettable images, as this book so splendidly demonstrates, Cieslewicz continues to set the pace in an extremely competitive field. Published to accompany a retrospective exhibition at the Pompidou Centre, Paris. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 050027729X. Covers a little scuffed and grubby, edges lightly rubbed. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- GRAPHIC DESIGN
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- BIOGRAPHY