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New Mexico: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2009. Hardcover book. Very good condition. '[Beginning] in 1918... the principles of progressive education became widely accepted and incorporated into Indian education, students attending the [Santa Fe Indian School] began to express Native identity freely... Finally, in 1932 instructor Dorothy Dunn introduced the program that won renown as the Santa… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Grand Rapids Art Museum; Merrell Publishers, 2006. Hardcover book. Fine condition. New in original shrink wrap. The Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman is a lounge chair and ottoman combination manufactured and sold by American furniture company Herman Miller. Introduced in 1956, the Eames Lounge Chair was designed by Charles and Ray Eames and is made of molded… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover book. Very good condition. An illustrated historical tour through the French Loire and ancient province of Touraine. Limited to 100 copies, this copy #32. SIGNED, with 13 original engravings signed in pencil by the author. Aulton [1871 -1962] was an English illustrator and printmaker. 4to,… Ler mais sobre este item

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1972. Hardcover book. Willem de Kooning [1904 - 1997] was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. "This volume surveys fifty years of de Kooning's drawings...[and shifts in style]. .. Hess discusses de Kooning's drawings, his sources, methods and concepts as well as the implications of the work...for the development of modern art." … Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1979. Hardcover book. Otherwise very good condition. Jacques Villon [1875 - 1963], also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker (wikipedia dot com) Folio, 511pp, black cloth, gilt title on spine, cream dj with black text, housed in plain black cloth slipcase. Slipcase dusty and marked,… Ler mais sobre este item

Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1998. Revised Edition. Hardcover book. Otherwise very good condition. Maynard Dixon was known for his paintings primarily of the American West. 4to, 296pp, brown cloth with copper gilt titles on spine and front. Original dj in gray with white and orange titles on spine, illustration on front. Dj ruffled at spine foot… Ler mais sobre este item

Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1996. Ana Mendieta [1948 - 1985] was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist. This book is an 'anthological exhibition on Ana Mendieta... [Her] work combined both tragedy and joy, solitude and communion with all things, nostalgia for the past and an optimistic affirmation of the future.' from the foreword by Gloria Moure. … Ler mais sobre este item

Milan: Gabriele Mazzotta, 1990. Fine condition. 1st ed: May 1990. Catalogue of the exhibition Venice, Ex Granai della Repubblica alle Zitelle (Giudecca), 26 May - 30 September 1990; exhibition held as part of the International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia XLIV International Art Exhibition. (1990). Features more than 100 artists 'who figure greatly in the story of… Ler mais sobre este item

Turin: Umberto Allemandi & C., 2004. Hardcover book. Fine condition. Lamps stand out among every day object by nature of their dual personality: when lit, they are transformed by the supernatural effect of light; when not, they are beautiful decorative objects... Ferrari has selected 178 memorable lamps... manufactured by 56 different companies, ... designed by more than 120… Ler mais sobre este item

Belgium: Musee departemental de Rochechouart, 1996. Hardcover book. Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with a show held at Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain Chateau de Rochechouart, France, in 1996. Published front to back in two parts: Oeuvres Wagneriennes and Oeuvres Freudiennes. Translated by Thierry Dubois. William Rodney Graham [1949 - 2022] was a Canadian visual artist and musician. … Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. Limited edition. Hardcover book. Fine condition. SIGNED in pencil on colophon page by the artist. This is number 176 of 500 numbered copies. 4to, unpaginated (10pp text, approx. 68pp), full page watercolor illustrations, brown and tan covers, gilt title on spine, title label on front, housed in plain card slipcase.

New York: Leo Castelli Gallery/Rizzoli, 1994. First edition. Paperback book. Otherwise G+. Photographs and articles celebrating the artist Bruce Nauman, his one man exhibitions, group exhibitions, installation photos, color plates, and articles dating from 1967 - 1990s. Nauman [1941 - ] is an American artist who uses a large range of media for his multi faceted… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. Limited edition. Hardcover book. Fine condition. SIGNED Presentation copy. Signed in pen on title page and in pencil on colophon page by the artist. This is number 336 of 500 numbered copies. 4to, unpaginated (10pp text, approx. 68pp), full page watercolor illustrations, brown and tan covers, gilt title on spine, title… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1938. Hardcover book. Good + overall. Bauhaus was a German art school from 1919-1928, originally designed to bring fine arts, crafts and design together. "The Bauhaus style later became one of the most influential currents in modern design, modernist architecture, and architectural education." (wikipedia dot com) Small 4to, 10 1/4 x… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1991. First edition. Hardcover book. Good + overall. SIGNED by Warren MacKenzie in 1998 on ffep. MacKenzie [1924 - 2018] was an American craft potter who studied with Bernard Leach, and created his own style with influence from Leach, Shoji Hamada and Korean ceramics. 4to, 191pp, green cloth, gilt title on spine, pictorial light… Ler mais sobre este item

American University in Cairo Press, 2001. Fine condition. David Roberts [1796 - 1864] was a talented Scottish landscape artist and Orientalist painter. He spent considerable time in Egypt and the Holy Land from 1838 to 1840. His paintings of this period resulted in magnificent lithographs. The set includes 6 portfolios, with 10 art prints in each. Each… Ler mais sobre este item

Columbia: Villegas Editores, 2004. First edition. Hardcover book. Book as new; dj in vg+ condition. Edgar Negret [1920 - 2012] was an abstract sculptor from Columbia. "This book takes us... through almost six decades of ,,, [his] creative development." 4to, 343pp, blue cloth embossed covers, with red title on spine, original black and red dj with lavender and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960. Hardcover book. Good + overall. The author discusses his artistic development over his career. Le Corbusier (aka Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) [1887 - 1965] was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer and is considered a pioneer of modern architecture, as well as a controversial person for his ties to fascism. 4to,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Leon Amiel, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Joan Miró [1893 - 1983] was a Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramist. One of 5000 copies of the English language edition, of which this copy is #1503. This volume is the second of six published as a catalogue raisonné of Miro's lithographs. With 11 original lithographs and a… Ler mais sobre este item

Kyoto Shoin Inc., 1984. Hardcover book. Fine condition. Beautiful illustrations of Japanese scroll and screen paintings created during the Edo era. Folio, 350pp, 33pp, green cloth, gilt title in Japanese on spine, English on front, color and b&w illustrations throughout. In blue cloth slipcase with gilt titles and original cardboard shipping box with green label on 3 sides.… Ler mais sobre este item