Art Reference from Cole & Contreras

Copenhagen and London: Borgens Forlag and Lund Humphries (Asger Jorn Foundation), 1968-1986. Four volumes, complete with the supplement. The catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings from 1930 (his first paintings) to 1973 (when the artist died), with the supplement covering 1930 to 1973. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white, with many full-page color plates. … Read more about this item

Bruxelles (Brussels): Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire / G. van Oest & Cie., 1908. Emile Claus. AN ELEGANTLY-BOUND LARGE-PAPER COPY ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, WITH AN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH BY EMILE CLAUS. The first monograph on Belgian impressionist Emile Claus (1849-1924). ONE OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON EXTREMELY FINE IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Only these 50 copies… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby´s Publications, 1987-1990. Emil Nolde. Two volumes, complete. The massive catalogue raisonné of Nolde's paintings. 604; 644 pp. 1363 items reproduced and exhaustively described. Dozens of color plates. Large, thick 4tos. Publisher's cloth and dustjackets. Dustjacket of Volume One a bit worn, otherwise FINE AND BRIGHT, inside and out.

Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2007. Two volumes, complete. The monumental catalogue raisonné of the drawings of Parmigianino. Over 1000 items exhaustively described and beautifully reproduced. Dozens of full-page color plates. Folio. Publisher's cloth and dustjackets. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.

Paris - Genève (Geneva): Editions Motte, 1961. A DELUXE COPY of the only monograph on Roger Lersy (1920-2004), an unfairly neglected young affiliate of the School of Paris. Text by Chabrun followed by 33 finely-produced tipped-in color plates. From a total edition of 1000 copies offered for sale, this is ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES WITH A… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Galerie Han, 2005. Mikio Watanabé. WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING. The catalogue raisonné of Watanabé's mezzontints from 1998 to 2005. Items 143 to 251 reproduced and thoroughly described. THIS COPY BELONGED TO THE AUTHOR, GILBERT LASCAULT, and has two dedications on the front flyleaf: a dedication from Watanabé to Lascault, SIGNED by Watanabé and dated… Read more about this item

Milano (Milan): Autografia G. Daelli (lithography by G. Baroffio), 1865. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this lithographed compilation of 46 PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED notes and letters by, to, and about Michelangelo. IV, 84 pp. Printed on good wove paper. Léon Dorez, author of "Nouvelles recherches sur Michel-Ange et son entourage" (1918) complained that while researching his book,… Read more about this item

Paris: Paul Prouté et ses fils, 1950. Jacques Villon. First and only edition of the first catalogue raisonné of Villon's prints. 75 leaves printed rectos only, plus AN ORIGINAL ETCHING BY VILLON PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL AND JUSTIFIED 71/150 ("Petit vase de fleurs", Ginestet & Pouillon E 514). Edition limited… Read more about this item

Montpellier: Imprimerie Louis Grollier, père, for the Bibliothèque de Montpellier, 1896. THE ONLY COPY PRINTED ON CHINESE PAPER of this extremely rare catalogue of artworks and curiosities left by Dr. Cavalier to the City of Montpellier. 3, VIII, 75 pp. plus frontispiece portrait in heliogravure. 306 items fully described. This copy was printed for Georges d'Aubénas, the… Read more about this item

Berne (Bern): (the author) / Kornfeld & Klipstein, 1933-1968. Pablo Picasso. Two volumes, complete. FIRST EDITION OF THE STANDARD CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF PICASSO'S PRINTS. All published of Geiser's catalogue raisonne of Picasso's prints (after Geiser's death, Brigitte Baer published an 8-volume catalogue largely based on Geiser's work). 572 items illustrated (often in several states) and exhaustively… Read more about this item

Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1988. Georges Rouault. Two volumes, complete. The catalogue raisonné of Rouault's paintings. 2, 359; 311 pp. 2579 illustrations, including some full-page color plates. Folios. Publisher's cloth. Dustjackets. Dustjackets with a tiny wisp of wear to eges, else FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.

Paris, c. 1925. THE FIRST DRAFT OF ROUAULT'S POETIC ASSESSMENT OF RENOIR, written shortly after Renoir's death. Autograph manuscript on seven sheets of thin wove writing paper (rectos only), neatly written in ink with countless corrections (often entire paragraphs crossed out)--but the eliminated text remains perfectly legible! 27 x 21.5 cm. By the time Rouault published… Read more about this item

New York, Provincetown, and Paris: unpublished, 1966-1969. AN OUTSTANDING AND VERY SUBSTANTIAL ARCHIVE OF UNPUBLISHED LETTERS RELATING TO ROBERT MOTHERWELL'S PRODUCTION OF PRINTS FOR ODETTE LAZAR-VERNET (publisher of "Paroles Peintes", among other things), dating from March 25, 1966 to May 6, 1969. In this correspondence we discover that Motherwell had no compunctions about having others retouch and even… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema, 1973. Hercules Seghers. AN ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE COPY of the beautifully-produced standard catalogue raisonné of Seghers' etchings. Includes a clothbound folio text volume (vii, 136 pp) with the catalogue raisonné itself (and the catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Johannes Ruischer); 6 very large loose color plates; 104 smaller (but still quite large) loose… Read more about this item

Genève (Geneva): Editions Motte, 1972. FIRST VOLUME of the 4-volume catalogue raisonné of the paintings. 382 pp. 417 items reproduced and thoroughly described. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies. 4to. Publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Paris: Les Beaux Arts, 1964. The first catalogue raisonne of Gauguin's paintings. 638 items described and illustrated. Edition limited to 3000 copies. Folio. Bound in publisher's leather. With dustjacket and slipcase. Fine and bright.

Pontedera and Colognola ai Colli: Bandecchi & Vivaldi and Parise Adriano, 2005-2010. Two volumes, complete. Them catalogue raisonné. 554 items reproduced in color, mostly as full-page plates, and described. Folio. Publisher's laminated boards. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. Like new.

Paris: Marcel Guiot, 1928. Two volumes, complete. A PRISTINE COPY WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING BY HEINTZELMAN LAID IN. Includes exhaustive descriptions of all 132 of Heintzelman's etchings, and BEAUTIFULLY-PRODUCED REPRODUCTIONS OF EACH STATE OF EVERY ETCHING (except for three extremely rare etchings that couldn't be located.) Edition limited to 325 numbered copies printed on very… Read more about this item

Genève (Geneva): Pierre Cailler, 1959-2001. Four volumes, complete. THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF THE PRINTS OF ABRAM KROL, IN FOUR VOLUMES, published over the course of 42 years. THE FIRST VOLUME IS INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY KROL FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND INTELLECTUALS LEON AND HELENA LENEMAN. Printed on excellent paper. 8vo and 4to. Fine… Read more about this item

Paris: Lelong, 1984-2001. FOUR VOLUMES, COMPLETE. The monumental catalogue raisonné of Miró´s intagio and relief prints (and pochoirs). Folio. Dustjackets. FINE AND BRIGHT, in the original board slipcases. AS NEW.