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De la plante ŕ l'ornement. Ouvrage publié par Gustave Kolb et Charles Gmelich.
by Gustav Kolb / Gmelich, Karl
Göppingen, Illig & Müller, [ 1903]. . [Von der Pflanze zum Ornament, frz.].- Gustav Kolb (1867-1943). - Bildvorlagen für Kacheln, Tapeten, Innendekoration, Buschmuck, Kunstgewerbe etc. Beschriftung der num. Tafeln in deutscher Sprache, das Erläuterungsblatt in Französisch. - Schwach randgebräunt, unt. Flügelfalz angebrochen. Erste Tafel mit unauffälligem Strich. Erfreulich gut erhaltenes Exemplar
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€880.00
Nicht nur für den Tag. Vier Jahrhunderte Zeitung in der Kunst.
by Laabs, Rainer (Hrsg.)
(Ffm.), Propyläen, (1987). . Gemälde, Plastiken und Graphiken zum Thema Zeitungswesen. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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€16.00
Artforum vol. IX, no. 8, April 1971
by Philip Leider (editor)
New York: Charles Cowles, 1971. Soft cover. Good. Iconic American art magazine, this issue includes Rosenberg on cubism, Davidson on Marin, and Jack Burnham on 'Unveiling the Consort part II'. 94 pages, illustrations (some colour). Slight shelf wear to cover and edges, small closed tear bottom edge of front cover, staples starting to rust, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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€15.31
About Bridget Riley: Selected Writings 1999-2016
by Chalbi, Nadia ; Chassey, Eric De ; Cooke, Lynne ; Crary, Jonathan ; Elderfield, John ; Grisebach, Lucius ; Hentschel, Martin ; Hickey, Dave ; Kudielka, Robert
London: Ridinghouse, 2017. Soft cover. Fine. The present volume includes the vast majority of significant essays on Bridget Riley written since 1999. This was a particularly fruitful period in the reception of her work, as the discourse broadened and her reputation as one of the most important painters of her generation solidified. The essays range from biographical and career overviews to detailed analysis of specific aspects or themes that occur throughout Rileys career. 599 p. : col. ill ; 23 cm....
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€14.13
The Home, Industrial Art : The Stockholm Exhibition 1930
by The Stockholm Exhibition 1930
Stockholm: The Stockholm Exhibition 1930, 1930. Soft cover. Very Good. Pamphlet in English setting out the main ideas behind the important Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 which did so much in promoting functionalism and modernism in architecture and design. 22 pages, illustrations ; 175 mm. Printed in Sweden by Nordisk Rotogravyr, Stockholm, 1930. Slight shelf wear to cover, staples starting to rust, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust...
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€88.62
Creative Camera, February 1974, number 116
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Lewis Carroll ; David Grey ; John Benton-Harris ; Russ Anderson
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Lewis Carroll ; David Grey ; John Benton-Harris ; Russ Anderson. Paginated pages 37-72, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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€12.95
On trust: Art and the Temptations of Suspicion
by (Gabriel) Josipovici
New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardback. Almost as New/As New. Black cloth with dustwrapper. Slight wear/creasing to top of wrapper.In this book, the author explores the question that has troubled artists and philosophers (though not critics) since the time of the Romantics - is it possible to create art today with the freedom of earlier ages and yet produce works that are more than merely decorative or commercial? ... Size: Octavo. 314 pages. Category: Archaeology;...
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€26.01
Monet, Narcissus, and Self-Reflection: The Modernist Myth of the Self
by Levine, Steven Z
University of Chicago Press, 1995-02-07. Paperback. Clean pages, discoloration from . 6x1x9. Clean pages, discoloration from paper pressed to inside of front board, tight binding, light curve to lower front soft cover
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€13.70
Art Revolution: Alternative Approaches for Fine Artists and Illustrators
by Cyr, Lisa
North Light Books, 2009-07-28. Paperback. Clean pages, tight binding, clea. 8x0x10. Clean pages, tight binding, clean gloss soft boards
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€13.70
Debating American Modernism: Stieglitz, Duchamp, and the New York Avant-Garde
by Balken, Debra Bricker; Bochner, Jay; O'Keeffe, Georgia; Des Moines Art Center; Terra Museum of American Art; Stieglitz, Alfred; Duchamp, Marcel
Amer Federation of Arts, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Clean pages, tight binding, clea. 9x6x0. Clean pages, tight binding, clean crisp soft covers
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€21.07
Beauty
by Scruton, Roger
Oxford University Press, 2009. Early Edition. Hardcover. Collectable - Good Condition/Near Fine. ~~Some occasional pencil underlining and marginal marks~~VG-/VG+ 2nd print 2009 Oxford hardback, unclipped DJ. Some occasional pencil underlining to early pages of the book, which could be erased easily. A little edge-rubbing to jacket, no tears to jacket. Size: 5 x 0.75 x 7 inches. 223 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design; Art Theory; ISBN:...
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€96.37€77.09
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
by Barnes, Julian
Knopf, 2015-10-05. First Edition. Hardcover. clean pages, tight binding, clea/Illustrated dust jacket over clo. 7x1x8. Stated first editionclean pages, tight binding, clean boards, original dust jacket, Illustrated dust jacket over cloth boards
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€17.85
Camerawork, no. 19, July 1980
by Half Moon Photography Workshop ; Edith Tudor-Hart ; John A. Walker ; Jenny Matthews ; E.P. Thompson ; Peter Kennard ; Gen Doy
London: Half Moon Photography Workshop, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Radical British photography magazine. Contents include: Edith Tudor-Hart ; Context by John A. Walker ; Observers of Man by Jenny Matthews ; State of the Nation by E.P. Thompson and Peter Kennard ; Women, History and Photographic Imagery by Gen Doy. 15 pages, illustrations. Stapled binding, size A3 folded to A4. First edition, first printing. Slight shelf wear to edges, no...
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€25.95
Male desire. The homoerotic in American art.
by Weinberg, Jonathan
New York, Harry N. Abrams, (2004). . Homosexualität in der amerikanischen Kunst seit dem späten 19. Jahrhundert, mit Arbeiten von Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Tom of Finland, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, den Boxkampfbildern von George Bellows u.v.a - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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€45.00
Form and Colour
by Phillipps, Lisle March
Duckworth, London, 1925. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. introduction by author. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the front panel edge; with embossed gilt coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Plain text dustwrapper dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the introduction page XV " ... the aim of what I have written is to treat art as a language on which the two main dialects...
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€18.55
Kungl. Akademiens för de Fria Konsterna samlingar af mĺlning och skulptur. Pĺ Kungl. Akademiens uppdrag utgifna af Ludvig Looström (= so komplett).
by Looström, Ludvig (Hrsg.)
Stockholm, Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1915. . Das bebilderte Sammlungsverzeichnis erschien 1913 bis 1915 in zwölf Lieferungen; es zeigt und beschreibt überwiegend Porträt-Bildnisse. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar
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€50.00
Camerawork, no. 32, Summer 1985 : Science and Technology
by Wells, Liz (editor)
London: Camerawork, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Radical British photography magazine. Special issue, includes Foucault, Jo Spence, scientific frameworks, technology at work, post modernism and women behind the lens. the politics of food. 35 pages, illustrations. First edition, first printing. Slight shelf wear to cover, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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€17.68
Künstler, Clowns und Akrobaten. Der Zirkus in der bildenden Kunst. (Lizenzausgabe).
by Berger, Roland / Winkler, Dietmar
(Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer, 1983). . Darstellungen aus der Welt des Zirkus von der Antike bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Mit Künstler- u. Abbildungs-Verzeichnis. - Gutes Exemplar
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€20.00
Wunderblock. Eine Geschichte der modernen Seele. Hrsg. von den Wiener Festwochen (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Historischen Museum der Stadt Wien).
by Clair, Jean / Cathrin Pichler / Wolfgang Pircher
(Wien), Löcker, 1989). . Begleitbuch zur Ausstellung in der Reithalle in den ehemaligen Hofstallungen, Messepalast Wien. Mit 20 S. Beilage: Kunstwerke und Objekte der Ausstellung. - Textbeiträge von Susanne Neuburger, Jeannot Simmen, Barbara Bücherl u.a. über Mesmerismus, die Seele als Kosmos, Physiognomik, Lokalisationstheorie u. Hirnforschung, Psychiatrie u. Psychoanalyse, Kriminalanthropologie u.a.m. Mit Kurzbiographien der Künstler von Peder Balke bis Janus de Winter u. Personenregister. -...
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€40.00
Problemy Teorii I Praktiki Russkoj Sovetskoi Rezhissury 1917-1925 = Problems in the Theory and Practice of Russian Soviet Directors 1917-1925.
by Alekseeva, E
Leningrad, Russia: Leningradskij Gosudarstvennyj Institut Teatra Muzyki I Kinematografij 1978. . 8vo. 160pp. Decorative Hard Covers. Good. Some Yellowing. Text in Russian.
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€47.26
Das Stilleben und sein Gegenstand. Eine Gemeinschaftsausstellung von Museen aus der UdSSR, der CSSR und der DDR im Albertinum Dresden. (Hrsg. von den Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden).
Dresden, 1983. . Die Ausstellung zeigte neben 183 Gemälden auch Möbel u. Glas, Metall-Gefäße, Jagdwaffen u. Zubehör, chinesisches u. Berliner Porzellan, Keramik, Uhren, Erd- u. Himmelsgloben u.a. Mit Textbeiträgen zum Sozialgehalt des Stillebens, zum Stilleben in Sachsen, zum russischen Stilleben vom 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert, zum westeuropäischen Stilleben des 19. u. frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit Kurzbiographien der Künstler u. Bibliographie. - Gutes Exemplar
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€19.00
The Architectural Review, volume 118, number 708, December 1955
by J.M. Richards ; Nikolaus Pevsner ; H. de C. Hastings ; Hugh Casson (editors) ; Gordon Cullen (art editor) ; Reyner Banham ; Peter Womersley ; Luccichenti and Monaco
London: The Architectural Press, 1955. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Modern architecture magazine, this issue includes the seminal 'The New Brutalism' by Reyner Banham, house in Yorkshire by Peter Womersley, Horta, brewers' house styles, Luccichenti and Monaco, lettering by Nicolette Gray, Nigel Henderson mural at showrooms of William Mallinson & Sons, Hackney Road, London, plus many fascinating trade advertisements. Shelf wear to cover and edges, no...
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€88.62
Kacho: Bird and Flower Motifs. Photographs by Bin Takahashi. Translated by Alan Turney.
by Arakawa, Hirokazu
Tokio [Tokyo], Kodansha International, (1967). . Rücketitel: Traditions in Japanese Design. - Gutes Exemplar
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€30.00
Creative Camera, July 1973, number 109
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Erich Auerbach ; Hugo Erfurth ; Josef Sudek ; Valerie Wilmer ; Edwin Smith
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Erich Auerbach ; Hugo Erfurth ; Josef Sudek ; Valerie Wilmer ; Edwin Smith. Paginated pages 217-252, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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€12.95
Inner Worlds Outside
by Cardinal, Roger ; Elkins, James ; Gonzalez, Angel ; Thompson, Jon
Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. This volume investigates the parallels between insider and outsider art, and the impact of unknown outsiders on some of the greatest names of 20th century art. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundacion "La Caixa," Madrid, Jan. 27-Apr. 2, 2006 and the Whitechapel Gallery, London, Apr. 26-July 2, 2006 and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, July 25-Oct. 15, 2006. 239 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm....
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