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FRANCO GRIGNANI: ART AS DESIGN 1950-1990
Written by Marco Meneguzzo; et al. Illustrated by Franco Grignani.
Stock no. 1826897
Published by Silvana Editoriale. 1st 2017. Almost very good condition.

Best known for his iconic Woolmark logo, Franco Grignani (1908-1999) was an influential artist and graphic designer whose dazzling works anticipated Op Art. This striking exhibition of the same name will introduce British audiences to the work of a truly pioneering figure whose bold and rigorously precise imagery blurred the boundaries betwween art and design. B/w cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. Card covers are scuffed and a little marked, rubbed at edges, previous bookseller's price label to rear. A few finger marks and print marks to contents, a couple of top corner creases. Strong sweet odour present, unsure of origin.

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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.

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BEATRIX POTTER: ARTIST & ILLUSTRATOR
Written by Anne Stevenson Hobbs. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1826766
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Produced to accompany an exhibition held at Dulwich Picture Gallery in 2005 and offers a broad survey of the creator of Peter Rabbit's art in all its variety: early sketches, unfinished and variant designs, finished watercolours, including some less familiar material. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Paintings and drawing selected and introduced by Anne Stevenson Hobbs. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0723257000. Light scuffing to rear cover. Lower front corner lightly creased. A few minor grubby marks to covers. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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L S LOWRY THE MAN AND HIS ART
Written by Judith Sandling; Michael Leber. Illustrated by L.S. Lowry.
Stock no. 1826763
Published by City Of Salford Art Gallery And Museums. Circa 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Produced to accompany an exhibition of Lowry's paintings and drawings. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. 32 pages. ISBN: 0901952206. Covers lightly scuffed. Includes loosely inserted list of paintings and drawings. A few foxspots to top margin of first page.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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PIERRE-PAUL PRUD'HON
Written by Sylvain Laveissiere. Illustrated by Pierre-Paul Prud'Hon.
Stock no. 1826733
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The French artist Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823). A fresh and authoritative look at Prud'hon's life and work, and the fascinating era in which he lived. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1998. Large, format. Light brown cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0870998447. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ARCHITECTURE DE PAPIER D'URSS
Written by Helene Larroche.
Stock no. 1826731
Published by Seeri Sari. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Text in French. Catalogue de L'exposition de la Grande Halle de la Villette du 20 Juin au 29 Juillet 1988. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Rear cover scuffed. Foxing throughout to endpapers, text block and margins. Some hinges pulled.

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RAFFLES' ARK REDRAWN
Written by Henry J. Noltie.
Stock no. 1826561
Published by The British Library. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Natural History Drawings from the collection of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. An illustrated catalogue of the 123 colourful natural history drawings of the Raffles Family Collection. Oblong format. Cardwraps. ISBN: 9780712350846. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Written by Graham Reynolds.
Stock no. 1826002
Published by Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Collection contains one of the largest and most comprehensive groups of miniatures in existence. This catalogue describes the portrait miniatures dating from the origins of the art in the 1520s up to the end of the seventeenth century. Large format, heavy. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902163451. Minor white mark to lower edge of front board. Text block slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and slightly scuffed.

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THE LIMBOURG BROTHERS: NIJMEGEN MASTERS AT THE FRENCH COURT 1400-1416
Written by Rob Duckers; Pieter Roelofs.
Stock no. 1825613
Published by Ludion, Museum. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which ran from 28 August - 20 November 2005. The Limbourg brothers were famous for their miniature paintings and late Gothic manuscript illuminators. Large format, very heavy! Dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations throughout. 447 numbered pages. ISBN: 9055445967. A few minor marks to boards. Text block lightly browned else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear to top edge and is unevenly faded.

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