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THOMAS SMITH OF DERBY, 1721-1767: PIONEER OF THE PICTURESQUE
Written by Trevor Brighton.
Illustrated by Thomas Smith.
Stock no. 1829659
Published by Bakewell And District Historical Society.
1st
2013.
Very good condition.
Thomas Smith was a topographical and picturesque landscape painter. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. 207 pages including index. A few minor marks to covers, lower rear corner of cover is creased. Top margin corner of first few pages is lightly creased. Contents clean.
LEONORA CARRINGTON: SURREALISM, ALCHEMY AND ART
Written by Susan L. Aberth.
Illustrated by Mary Leonora Carrington.
Stock no. 1829656
Published by Lund Humphries.
Circa
2010.
Nearly fine condition.
Mary Leonora Carrington OBE was a British-born, naturalized Mexican surrealist painter and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781848220560. Still in original shrinkwrap and thus unread!
- Categorised in:
- ART
- SURREALISM
HENRY MOORE: SCULPTING THE 20TH CENTURY
Written by Dorothy M. Kosinski; et al.
Illustrated by Henry Moore.
Stock no. 1829647
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
This catalogue accompanies a major exhibition organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, collaborating with the Henry Moore Foundation. The exhibition ran from 2001-2002. Edited by Dorothy M. Kosinski. Large format, heavy. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. 323 pages including index. ISBN: 0300089929. Spine is slightly cocked else this is a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- SCULPTURE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
ART & MADNESS
Written by Sophie De Sivry; Philippe Meyer.
Stock no. 1829638
Published by Editions Du Sectant Bleu.
1st
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
'Two studies that help us understand that madness is the unfurling of a consciousness which has been prevented, either by malformation or cerebral injury, from tasting the creative freedom engendered by a brain in full possession of all its powers.' Large format. Black cloth boards, red titles. Colour illustrations. 123 pages. Board corners lightly bumped. Fingermarks to black endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
MASTERPIECES FROM THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
Written by Thomas Krens; Philip Rylands.
Stock no. 1829633
Published by Guggenheim Museum.
1st thus
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Foreword by Thomas Krens; The Story of a Museum-Collection by Philip Rylands. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and colour illustrations. Includes biographies of the artists featured. 256 pages. ISBN: 0892071818. Spine cocked, covers lightly scuffed. Else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- MODERN ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- MUSEUMS
THE VORTICISTS: MANIFESTO FOR A MODERN WORLD
Written by Mark Antliff; Vivien Greene; et al.
Stock no. 1829628
Published by Tate Publishing.
1st
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The history of Vorticism, born in London during the summer of 1914. The Vorticists set out to break decisively with the past and to forge an art that expressed the dynamism of the moder age. Published to accompany a major, touring exhibition of the same name. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 9781854378859. Light rubbing to cover corners. Rear cover scuffed with a small mark. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- SCULPTURE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- ART HISTORY
PAUL NASH: MODERN ARTIST, ANCIENT LANDSCAPE
Written by Jemima Montagu; Andrew Causey; Simon Grant; Paul Nash.
Illustrated by Paul Nash.
Stock no. 1829627
Published by Tate Publishing.
1st
2003.
Nearly fine condition.
Published on occasion of the exhibition of the same name 23rd July to October 19th 2003 at Tate Liverpool. Large format. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. 127 pages. ISBN: 1854374680. Light rubbing to base of spine and corners, light scuffing to covers. Else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- LANDSCAPE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
SIDNEY NOLAN: A LIFE
Written by Nancy Underhill.
Illustrated by Sidney Nolan.
Stock no. 1829602
Published by NewSouth Publishing.
1st
2015.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Sir Sidney Nolan was one of Australia's most significant modernist artists, best known for his depictions of the history and mythology of bush life in Australia. A biography written by someone who knew him... Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos, colour illustsrations. xiv and 416 pages including index. ISBN: 9781921410888. Light bumping to corners. Couple of minor marks to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, grubby bar-code label to rear panel.
CARAVAGGIO: A LIFE
Written by Helen Langdon.
Illustrated by Caravaggio.
Stock no. 1829600
Published by Pimlico.
1st thus
1999.
Very good condition.
A critical biography of an Old Master painter. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. xii and 436 pages. ISBN: 071266582X. Covers ligthly scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BAROQUE
- RENAISSANCE
- BIOGRAPHY
GRAHAM SUTHERLAND: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Roger Berthoud.
Illustrated by Graham Sutherland.
Stock no. 1829595
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1982.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An authorised biography, showing the artist, Graham Sutherland, to be no less complex and fascinating as a man than as an artist. Green cloth boards, brown title block with gilt title to spine, brown title to front. B/w and a few colour photos and illustrations. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 0571118828. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Text block very slightly browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is grubby.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- MODERN ART
- BIOGRAPHY
DE LEMPICKA
Written by Gilles Neret.
Illustrated by Tamara De Lempicka.
Stock no. 1829584
Published by Taschen.
Nearly fine condition.
Tamara De Lempicka was a Polish painter best known for her polished Art Deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly stylized paintings of nudes. ISBN: 9783836532273. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ART DECO
- BIOGRAPHY
- PORTRAITURE
GIOTTO DI BONDONE 1267-1337: THE RENEWAL OF PAINTING
Written by Norbert Wolf.
Illustrated by Giotto.
Stock no. 1829579
Published by Taschen.
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition.
"Back to Visual Basics" series. Giotto was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 9783822851609. A nice, clean copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ART HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE
- RENAISSANCE
- GOTHIC
- BIOGRAPHY