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Home   Search | Page: <prev  1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 next> (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Zervos, Christian. Pablo PICASSO: Catalogue de l'Oeuvre volume XIV (1944-1946). Paris: Cahiers d'Arts, 1982-86, 13 x 10 in., text in French, circa 200 pages, 164 monochrome plates and 352 illustrations; stiff paper wrappers in original glassine wrappers; as new. Freitag 7505. Volume 14 of Pablo Picasso's catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels and drawings. $195   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Zervos, Christian. Pablo PICASSO: Catalogue de l'Oeuvre volume XV (1946-1953). Paris: Cahiers d'Arts, 1982-86, 13 x 10 in., text in French, circa 200 pages, 160 monochrome plates and 292 illustrations; stiff paper wrappers in original glassine wrappers; as new. Freitag 7505. Volume 15 of Pablo Picasso's catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels and drawings. $195   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Mourlot, Fernand. Pablo PICASSO Lithographe I-IV. Complete set in 4 volumes. Monte-Carlo: André Sauret, 1949-1964, the complete set in 4 volumes, first editions, one of 2500 copies, each volume with 2 original lithographs by Pablo Picasso, the frontispiece and the double-spread wrapper; 12.5 x 9.5 in. Volume I, 1919-1947: 1949, 157 pages, 74 plates + many illustrations of various states + 2 original lithographs (”La Petite Colombe”, Mourlot 159-160; Bloch 591 & 600). Volume II, 1947-1949: 1950, 209 pages, 105 color and b&w plates + 2 original lithographs (”Fleurs dans un Verre” and ”Palome et Claude”, Mourlot 98 & 186). Volume III, 1949-1956: 1957, 93 color and b&w plates + 2 original lithographs, one in colors (Mourlot 280-281; Bloch 795-796). Volume IV, 1956-1963: 1964, 85 color and b&w plates + 2 original lithographs (Mourlot 388 & 399). Other references: Freitag 7469; Goeppert & Cramer 55, 60, 77 and 125. The complete set in excellent condition; no chipping, no tears, no foxing, bright and clean. Pictures $3950   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Kochno, Boris. Le Ballet. With lithograph by Pablo PICASSO. Paris: Arts du Monde/Hachette, 1954, first edition, one of 1000 copies, 12.75 x 9.25 in., 383 pages, text in French; 415 plates, most printed in heliogravure, and about 20 hand-mounted photo-engravings after Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Joan Miro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Leon Bakst, et al. The frontispiece of the book is a tipped-in original 4-color lithograph by Picasso, ”La Danseuse” (B.767; M.259), signed by the artist in the plate, printed by Mourlot. Bound in red cloth, with a drawing after Henri Matisse on the front cover; with the original acetate dust jacket; book in very close to fine condition, acetate dust jacket with just a few minor tears and chips at edges. ”In the book, Kochno traces the history of ballet... The book is lavishly illustrated with excellent reproductions in photogravure” - Goeppert/Cramer 68. Also Mourlot 259; Matarasso 64; Kibbey 1430; Bloch 767. Of note: there was also a 1986 reprint of this book's lithograph, with deckle edges, sheet approximately 14.5 x 10.5 in (36.5 x 26.5 cm), which is just a reproduction. Pictures $1400   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Kochno, Boris. Le Ballet. With lithograph by Pablo PICASSO. Paris: Arts du Monde/Hachette, 1954, first edition, one of 1000 copies, 12.75 x 9.25 in., 383 pages, text in French; 415 plates, most printed in heliogravure, and about 20 hand-mounted photo-engravings after Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Joan Miro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Leon Bakst, et al. The frontispiece of the book is a tipped-in original 4-color lithograph by Picasso, ”La Danseuse” (B.767; M.259), signed by the artist in the plate, printed by Mourlot. In red cloth binding with a drawing after Henri Matisse on the front cover and publisher's acetate dust jacket; in new condition, thus very rare. ”In the book, Kochno traces the history of ballet... The book is lavishly illustrated with excellent reproductions in photogravure” - Goeppert/Cramer 68. Also Mourlot 259; Matarasso 64; Kibbey 1430; Bloch 767. Of note: there was also a 1986 (offset?) reprint of this book's lithograph, sheet approximately 14.5 x 10.5 in (36.5 x 26.5 cm). Pictures $1650   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Salles, Georges. Pablo PICASSO: Mes dessins d'Antibes. Paris / NY: Au Pont des Arts / Galerie Chalette, 1958, first edition, limited to 350 examples (total edition). Complete portfolio with two title leaves (one of them a lithographic facsimile of Picasso's manuscript in red), 2 leaves with text in English and French, the justification leaf and 16 lithographic facsimiles (2 in colors) by Daniel Jacomet after drawings by Pablo Picasso created at Antibes in 1946. This impression is from the issue of 50 hors-commerce, numbered ""H.C. 1"" in red crayon (probably publisher's or Picasso's copy), it contains an additional plate with a very beautiful lithograph after Picasso painted by Jacomet in brilliant pochoir colors (of the entire edition, only 45 copies had this extra pochoir). All leaves with deckle edges on 4 sides, printed on Arches, loose in the original portfolio case with ties, overall 20 x 26 in. (50 x 65 cm); in excellent condition; very rare in this deluxe issue. Pictures $7500   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Boudaille, Georges, intro. Pablo PICASSO. Carnet de la Californie. Paris / Köln: Cercle d'Art / Dumont, 1959, 1st edition, one of 500 numbered copies printed for Germany; sketchbook of 25 lithographic leaves with 39 full-page facsimiles of Pablo Picasso drawings (11 single-sided and 14 double-sided), mainly in colors, spiral bound carton wrappers in the original portfolio box. A brochure with text in German laid-in. Size about 17 x 11 inches. Internally excellent, with no faults, the portfolio case with insignificant imperfections. Not to confuse this original edition with the 1999 reprint. Pictures $2250   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Dominguin, Luis Miguel & Georges Boudaille. Toros y Toreros. The Deluxe edition with signed lithograph & suite by Pablo PICASSO. Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art, 1961, first edition, one of 150 copies of the deluxe edition (there also was a regular edition, without the signed print and suite). The complete book and the folding portfolio case, containing the extra suite. Book: 32 pp of text, followed by circa 140 leaves in offset lithography on heavy stock, reproducing 3 Picasso sketchbooks; bound in cloth with a design by the artist. The suite contains a full-page original b&w lithograph on Arches wove paper, dated in the plate and hand-signed by Pablo Picasso in pencil + 16 loose very handsome color lithographs by Mourlot after Picasso; all in new condition, housed in the original cloth folding box, in excellent condition. References: Monod 3822; Mourlot 345; Bloch 1012; Goeppert/Cramer 112. Pictures $12000   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Dominguin, Luis Miguel & Boudaille, Georges. Pablo PICASSO: Toros y Toreros. Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art, 1961, original French first edition, 15 x 11 in., 32 pp of text, followed by circa 140 pages in offset lithography on heavy stock, reproducing 3 Picasso sketchbooks; binding and title page specifically designed by Pablo Picasso for this book. Internally clean and bright, no defects; spine of book and slipcase suntanned. This edition is significantly superior to the Alpine 1980 reprint. References: Monod 3822. $700   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Sabartes, J. Toreros (A Los Toros). With lithographs by Pablo PICASSO. NY: Braziller, 1961, 1st American edition, 10 x 13 in., 154 pages, numerous plates, including 4 original lithos (1 in color), by Pablo Picasso, printed by Fernand Mourlot. The four lithographs are: ”La Pique”, ”Jeu de la Cape”, ”Les Banderilles” and ”Le Picador” (in color); cloth in dust jacket; practically as new, with perfect lithographs. References: Bloch 1014-1017; Freitag no. 7495; Goeppert & Cramer 113. Pictures $2750   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Sabartes, J. Toreros (A Los Toros). With lithographs by Pablo PICASSO (one missing). Monte-Carlo: A. Sauret, 1961, 1st German edition, 10 x 13 in., 154 pages, numerous plates, including 3 (of 4) original lithos (lacking the color litho), by Pablo Picasso, printed by Fernand Mourlot. Apart from missing the color litho, a fine copy in slipcase, the lithographs in excellent condition. References: Bloch 1014-1017; Freitag no. 7495; Goeppert & Cramer 113. Pictures $1600   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Boeck, W. Pablo PICASSO Linogravures (Linoleum Cuts: Bacchanals, Women, Bulls and Bullfighters; Linolschnitte). Paris, 1962, true first edition, 13 x 15.5 in., intro text in French and 45 outstanding color linocuts printed one to a page in facsimile, a very close to excellent copy in slipcase. The plates in this book have the same look and feel as the original linocuts. This edition is far superior to later reprints. Pictures $2200   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Boeck, W. Pablo PICASSO Linoleum Cuts: Bacchanals, Women, Bulls and Bullfighters. NY: Abrams, 1962, first edition, oblong folio (13.5 x 15.5 in.), short intro text followed by 45 outstanding facsimile color linocuts printed one to a page; cloth in slipcase; book with very minor discoloration at margins, otherwise in fine condition; the slipcase with light scuffing and soiling, otherwise very good. The plates in this book have the same look and feel as the original linocuts. This edition is far superior to later reprints. Pictures $2000   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Parmelin, Hélène. Pablo PICASSO: Women. Cannes and Mougins 1954-1963. NY: Abrams, (1965), 1st American edition (French title 'Les Dames de Mougins'), 12 x 11.25 inches, 204 pages, over 200 hand-mounted color plates, one of which is a lithograph after Picasso; fine book (with small bookplate) in dust jacket with a short closed tear (repaired) and a short crease; overall near-fine. Freitag 7481. The 1st volume of the 3-volume series ”Secrets d'alcove d'un atelier” written by Hélène Parmelin. $150   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Parmelin, Hélène. Pablo PICASSO: Intimate Secrets of a Studio at Notre Dame de Vie. NY: Abrams, 1966, 1st American edition, 12 x 11.25 in., 189 pages, 166 plates, 131 hand-mounted color plates; cloth in dust jacket (the latter with minor imperfections, i.e. couple of repaired edge tears), overall a superior copy. Cramer 134. The final volume of the 3-volume series ”Secrets d'alcove d'un atelier”, the important Pablo Picasso monographs by Hélène Parmelin. The series also includes ”Women” and ”The Artist and His Model”. $200   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Czwiklitzer, C. Werkverzeichnis der (Pablo) PICASSO Plakate. Paris: Art C.C., 1970, 1st German edition, 13.75 x 10.5 in., 247 color plates + 53 mounted plates + 314 b&w illustrations. Clothbound in dust jacket, the latter with some wear at edges, otherwise very good. Freitag 7430. A catalogue raisonne of Pablo Picasso's posters. $70   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Marcenac, Jean, intro. Le Gout du Bonheur: A Suite of Happy, Playful, and Erotic Drawings. With plates by Pablo PICASSO. Paris: Cercle d'Art, 1970, one of 666 copies in French, illustrated with 71 facsimile lithographic prints after drawings by Pablo Picasso, many in color; circa 13 x 10 inches (327 x 258 mm), printed on Arches wove paper; 88 loose double leaves with deckled edges, in the original folding box; this copy is in excellent condition. Picasso personally participated in the design of this livre d'artiste. References: Goeppert / Cramer 148 for the deluxe edition. Pictures $3000   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Marcenac, Jean, intro. Le Gout du Bonheur: A Suite of Happy, Playful, and Erotic Drawings. With plates by Pablo PICASSO. NY: Abrams, 1970, one of 666 copies in English, illustrated with 71 lithographic plates after drawings by Pablo Picasso, many in color; circa 13 x 10 inches (327 x 258 mm), printed on Arches wove paper; 88 loose double leaves with deckled edges, in the original linen folder and matching folding box; a pristine copy of this handsome production. Picasso personally participated in the design of this livre d'artiste. Reference: Goeppert / Cramer 148 for the deluxe edition. Pictures $3900   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Bloch, Georges. Pablo PICASSO: Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1904-1967. Volume I. Bern: Kornfeld & Klipstein, 1998, large 4to, circa 300 pages, numerous color and b&w plates, text in French, English and German; cloth, dust jacket, in new condition. The most up-to-date issue of volume 1 of Pablo Picasso's catalogue raisonné of prints. Freitag 7416. $125   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Bloch, Georges, and The Picasso Project. Pablo PICASSO: Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1966-1969. Volume 2. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy/The Picasso Project, 2004, revised edition in English, 12.5 x 9.5 in., 296 pages with 455 prints illustrated and described; cloth in dust jacket, in new condition. The most up-to-date issue of volume 2 of Pablo Picasso's catalogue raisonné of prints, a revision of the Kornfeld French language edition with titles and descriptions in English, reproductions of multiple states, a chronology and concordances to Baer, Geiser, Mourlot and Cramer. $150   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Bloch, Georges, and The Picasso Project. Pablo PICASSO: Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1970-1972 and Supplements (to prior years). Volume 4. San Francisco: A. Wofsy/The Picasso Project, 2004, revised edition in English, 12.5 x 9.5 in., 240 pages with 270 prints illustrated and described; cloth in dust jacket, as new. The most up-to-date issue of volume 4 of Pablo Picasso's catalogue raisonné of prints, a revision of the Kornfeld French language edition with titles and descriptions in English, reproductions of multiple states, a chronology and concordances to Baer, Geiser, Mourlot and Cramer. $150   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Goeppert, S. & Cramer, P. Pablo PICASSO The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonne. Geneva: P. Cramer, 1983, first edition, large 4to, 429 pages, some 700 b&w and color illustrations; cloth, dust jacket and cloth slipcase, as new. The complete catalogue of books illustrated with original graphics by Pablo Picasso. $285   (Picasso, Pablo: 1881-1973) Bernadac, Marie-Laure, intro. Pablo PICASSO: Guernica. NY: Abrams, 1990, first American facsimile edition of 1000 copies, with an illustrated brochure by Marie-Laure Bernadac in English and 31 frameable loose carton mats containing 42 (mostly color) lithographic plates after drawings by Pablo Picasso, each dated in the plate; all mats in the publisher's cloth box; overall size 24 x 14.5 in. (60 x 36 cm). An excellent copy. Pictures $2000   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Rodrigo, L. C. Pablo PICASSO In His Posters: Image and Work. 4 volumes. Madrid: Arte Ediciones, 1992, 4 volumes in English, first edition, folios, 2427 pages, 630 color plates + 630 color catalogue illustrations of Pablo Picasso posters; cloth in dust jackets; as new. Catalogue raisonné. A massive set, nicely printed on heavy paper. $550   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Mourlot, Fernand. Revised by The Picasso Project. The (Pablo) PICASSO Project. The (complete) Lithographic Work 1919-1969. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy/The Picasso Project, 2009, 2 volumes (vol.1: 1919-1949; vol.2: 1949-1969), describing all known lithographic works by Pablo Picasso. Based on Mourlot's 4 volumes set and the catalogue of the Huizinga collection, it also incorporates the latest scholarship on the subject; it includes a concordance to Bloch, Mourlot, Reuse and other major reference books on the lithographs. The 2 volumes contain 618 pages and a large number of illustrations in black and color, most printed one per page; text in English. 12.5 x 9.5 in., cloth in dust jackets, in new condition. An excellent supplement to the Bloch and Geiser/Baer catalogues. $290   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973). The (Pablo) PICASSO Project. Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: A Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue 1885-1973. 17 volumes. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy/The Picasso Project, 1995-2008, 17 volumes, covering the years 1889-1973, all published to-date. About 6000 pages with over 22000 illustrations. 12.5 x 9.5 in., cloth in dust jackets, in new condition. Based on the legendary Zervos set, this collection contains a number of works that were not included in the Zervos, with titles in French and English and concordances to Zervos. This set includes: 1) Youth in Spain I 1889-1897; 2) Youth in Spain II 1897-1900; 3) From Cubism to Neoclassicism 1917-1919; 4-5) Neoclassicism 1920-1924 (2 vols); 6) Toward Surrealism 1925-1929; 7) Surrealism 1930-1936; 8) Spanish Civil War 1937-1939; 9) Europe at War 1939-1940; 10) Nazi Occupation 1940-1944; 11) Liberation and Post-War Years 1944-1949; 12-13) The Fifties 1950-1959 (2 vols); 14-16) The Sixties 1960-1969 (3 vols); 17) The Final Years 1970-1973. $2400   (Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973) Reusse, F., Gauss, U., et al. Pablo PICASSO Lithographs. The Huizinga Collection. Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2000, first edition, 13 x 10 in., 304 pp., 870 color and b&w illustrations; cloth, dust jacket; as new. All the lithographs of Pablo Picasso in the Huizinga Collection. $135   (Pignon, Edouard: 1905-1993) Scéve Maurice. Blasons. Lithographs by Edouard PIGNON. Paris: Jean Delmas / Raoul Mortier, 1945, first Pignon edition, number 138 of 225 copies on velin d'Arches (total edition), 36 leaves with poems by Maurice Scéve, ill'd by Edouard Pignon with 6 original b&w lithographs, including 5 hors-texte; printed by Mourlot; all leaves loose in the original wrappers and slipcase; the latter with a repair and missing a 6 cm piece on spine; internally as new. Overall size 17.5 x 13.25 inches (44 x 33 cm). References: Monod 10195; Skira 302. These beautiful images by Pignon reminisce of Matisse. Pictures $400   Chalumeau, J. L. Vicente PLIMENTEL. Paris: Editions G. Nocera, 1992, large 4to, 48 pages, text in French, circa 50 color plates; glossy boards in cloth slipcase, as new. This copy is number 5 of 50 with a laid-in color lithograph, signed and numbered by the contemporary French abstract artist. $130   (Poliakoff, Serge: 1900-1969) Poliakoff, Alexis & Schneider, Gerard. Serge POLIAKOFF. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik. Catalogue raisonné des estampes. Catalogue raisonne of the prints. Munich: Galerie Francaise, 1998, first edition, one of 5000 numbered copies, large 4to, 275 pages, 118 full page plates, almost all in color + several b&w illustrations, text in French, German and English; cloth, dust jacket, as new. The complete prints of Serge Poliakoff, the important Russian-French abstract artist. $250   (Poliakoff, Serge: 1900-1969) Durozoi, Gerard. Serge POLIAKOFF. Volume I: Monographie 1900-1954. Volume II: Catalogue Raisonne 1922-1954. Paris: Acatos, 2004, first edition, 885 pp with text in French and English and 1815 illustrations, most in color; 2 hardcover volumes with dust jackets, in one slipcase, overall size 13 x 10 x 4 in (33 x 25 x 10 cm); in excellent condition. The life and complete works of Serge Poliakoff, the important Russian-French abstract artist. $225   (Polke, Sigmar: b.1941) Gachnang, J. Sigmar POLKE: Zeichnungen 1963-1969 (The Early Drawings). Bern/Berlin: Gachnang & Springer, 1987, first edition, text in German, folio, 216 pages, 100 color and b&w plates printed on fine, heavy paper. Cloth, dust jacket and slipcase; as new. $250   (Polke, Sigmar: b.1941) Rowell, Margit. Sigmar POLKE: Works on Paper 1963-1974. NY: Abrams, 1999, first edition, 4to, 200 pages, 299 color + 27 &w illustrations; cloth, dust jacket, as new. The MoMA exhibition catalogue of artist's early drawings. A nicely designed book. $50   (Polke, Sigmar: b.1941) Becker, J., Osten, C. von der, Hentschel, M. Sigmar POLKE: The Editioned Works 1963-2000. Catalogue Raisonne. Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2000, first edition, 12 x 9.5 in., 424 pp., with hundreds of color and b&w illustrations; cloth, dust jacket; as new. Catalogue raisonné of prints, photographs and editioned drawings. $175   (Pomodoro, Gio: b.1930) Ballo, Guido. Gio POMODORO: Per Una Storia Della Scultura Contemporanea. Milano: Edizioni L'Agrifoglio, 1987, first edition, 10.75 x 9.75 in., 291 pp with text in Italian and 470 color and b&w illustrations; cloth in dust jacket and slipcase; a fine copy. With a full double-page ink drawing on the adjacent blank leaf and title page, inscribed and signed by the artist ”hand-made for / Bronka and / Jacob / da Gio' Pomodoro”; the drawing is in black ink with additions in purple crayon(?). Provenance: 1) The Weintraub Estate; 2) Sotheby's. An interesting association between the prominent patrons and art collectors Bronka and Jacob Weintraub and the important contemporary sculptor Gio' Pomodoro, brother of Arnaldo Pomodoro, also a sculptor. Pictures $600   (Centre Georges Pompidou). FEMINIMASCULIN: Le Sexe de l'Art. Paris: Centre G. Pompidou, 1995, first edition, folio, 400 pages, more than 500 color and b&w illustrations. Numerous essays with illustrations by Picasso, O'Keeffe, Duchamp, Bourgeois, Fontana, Ernst, Masson, Warhol, Cunningham, Mapplethorpe, Man Ray, Weston, Dali, Dubuffet, Tanguy, Picabia, many others. Text in French. Cloth, not issued in a dust jacket, as new. $100   (Portfolio) Parmelin, Hélène. Cinq Peintres et le Theatre. Decors et Costumes de Leger, Coutaud, Gischia, Labisse, Pignon. Paris: Cercle d'Art, 1956, first edition, number 34 of 150 deluxe examples on Arches paper with bound book and portfolio of 4 loose original color lithographs, one each by Lucien Coutaud, Leon Gischia, Felix Labisse & Edouard Pignon; each litho is hors-texte, signed in pencil by the respective artist; printed by Mourlot. Book: 152 pages with text in French and about 200 illustrations by the 4 artists + Fernand Leger; many color plates, enhanced with pochoir; book and suite housed in cloth chemise and matching slipcase; overall size 11 x 8.5 in. (28 x 21 cm); in almost new condition (4 insignificant tears on the book's dust jacket, which is an original pochoir-painted design by Gischia), with two small private bookplate woodcuts. The deluxe edition in such condition is quite rare. Costumes and stage designs for a number of ballets by the 5 painters; Leger could not contribute the planned lithograph for his death a few months before the publication. Pictures $700   (Portfolio) Ting, Walasse. ONE CENT LIFE. Bern, 1964, first edition, one of 2000 copies. The complete portfolio with 62 original lithographs by the following artists: Pierre Alechinsky (5 lithos, Rivière 234-238); Karel Appel (5 lithos); Enrico Baj (2 lithos, Petit 102-103); Alan Davie (2 lithos), Jim Dine; Sam Francis (”Pink Venus Kiki”, Lembark L82, + 5 other lithos: L78-81 & L83); Robert Indiana (2 lithos, Sheehan 31-32); Asger Jorn (2 lithos, Van de Loo 266); Roy Lichtenstein (Bianchini 3 A&B); Joan Mitchell; Claes Oldenburg (3 lithos: ”Parade of Women” + ”All Kinds of Love 1 & 2” (Baro 5; Axsom 28.1-28.3); Mel Ramos (2 lithos), Robert Rauschenberg (2 lithos, Walsmann 3a & b); Jean-Paul Riopelle, James Rosenquist; Antonio Saura, Bram Van Velde; Andy Warhol (”Marilyn Monroe I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever” (12 x 21 inches, F&S 5); Tom Wesselmann (2 lithos) and other American and European POP artists. 17 x 12 in. (41 x 28 cm); loose leaves as issued, 176 pages with text in English, in silkscreened cloth boards with dust jacket, in publisher's cloth slipcase. In excellent condition, the colors are very fresh and bright. A unique combination of quintessential American Pop Art and European Expressionism with 62 lithographs, ”almost all in brilliant color … a vibrantly fresh addition to the library of modern artists' books… This undertaking is the simple instance in which artists of two essentially contradictory philosophies of art were brought together in one unexpectedly cohesive book” - Riva Castleman, ”A Century of Artists Books”, pp. 40-41 and 208-209. Other references: Monod 10692; ”From Manet to Hockney” 135; Feldman/Schellmann 5; Lembark 82; Johnson/Stein 155. ”(Ting) wanted to publish the most international illustrated book, intended to illustrate his text, uniting tachism, neo-dadaism, pop art, and all other artistic movements. The idea was born from global experience, close contact with culture, pseudo-culture, primitive existential worries, urban erotic and eastern wisdom... It was a Herculean task, for which only a Chinese would have been able to muster the perseverance” - E. W. Kornfeld. Pictures $4500   (Portfolio) Koschatzky, Walter. Die Kunst Der Graphik. With lithographs by Antes, Fekete, Fuchs et al. Offenbach am Main: Voker Huber, 1975, first edition, number 8791 of 10000 copies. Book in wrappers, 7.5 x 5 in. (19 x 12 cm), 263 pages with text in German by Walter Koschatzky, well ill'd with b&w and color reproductions + one original offset lithograph in 6 colors by Horst Antes (”Figur 31.10.1975”, Lutze no.779), signed by the artist in pencil, bound-in. In addition, there are 6 original prints, one by each artist: Esteban Fekete (”La Poule”, color woodcut, Paschke 349); Ernst Fuchs (”Flora Okuli”, aquatint etching printed in red, Weis 224/IIIa); Rudolf Hausner (”Adams Lebensbaum”, serigraph in 12 colors, Huber no.49/II); Horst Jansen (”Selbst am 1.10.1975”, etching, Frielinghaus 1974-75/127); Karl Rossing (”Toskanische Landschaft”, color linocut, Rucker 310); and Paul Wunderlich (”Kleiner Steindruck”, color lithograph from 8 stones, Riediger no.509c). Each of the 6 separate prints is numbered and signed in pencil by the respective artist; sheet size of these is 16.5 x 11.75 in. (41 x 29 cm). The book and the separate prints are housed in a plastic protective case; internally as new, the case is broken. Although the edition of this item is very large, complete copies like this one are not common. Pictures $650   (Pozzatti, Rudy: b. 1925) Barnstone, Willis, translation. Physiologus Theobaldi Episcopi De Naturis Duodecim Animalium. Woodcuts and lithographs by Rudy POZZATTI. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1964, first Pozzatti edition, number 238 of 305 copies (total edition 360) signed by Rudy Pozzatti and illustrated with 10 in-texte woodcuts and 12 original hors-texte lithographs, 10 of which are double-page, printed in black on Cartiere Enrico Magnani Pescia paper. 46 additional leaves with text printed on Rives paper, loose in publisher's folding box; overall size 22 x 15 inches; in new condition. An interesting bestiary by the contemporary American master printmaker. Pozzatti's works are in the collections of many museums world wide. Pictures $700   Bardon, Annie. Norbert PRANGENBERG: Linolschnitte 1978-1988. Reutlingen/Koln: Rathaus/Greve, 1988, first edition, large 4to, text in German and English, 112 pages, 16 color plates + over 100 b&w illustrations; a fine copy in wrappers. The covers with an original color lithograph. A catalogue raisonné of linocuts. $60   Scott, J. The Prints of Christopher PRATT 1958-1991: A Catalogue Raisonne. Tor., 1991, first edition, oblong folio, 116 pages, numerous color and b&w plates; cloth in dust jacket; the green lettering of the dust jacket slightly faded, otherwise as new. Signed by the artist. $60   Jochimsen, M. & Zehnder, F. G. Lotte B. PRECHNER: Monographie und Werkverzeichnis. Cologne: Wienand, 1998, first edition, large 4to, 192 pages, text in German, 16 color plates + 311 b&w illustrations; cloth, dust jacket (with a woodcut illustration), as new. The catalogue raisonné and museum exhibition catalogue of the artist, including prints (1877-1967). $55   Clark, C., et al. Maurice Brazil / Charles PRENDERGAST: A Catalogue Raisonne. Williams College Museum of Art/Prestel, 1989, first edition, folio, 812 pages, 2195 illustrations, 100 in color; cloth in dust jacket and slipcase; in new condition. $125   Wechsler, Herman. Great Prints & Printmakers. NY: Abrams, 1967, first edition, 13 x 10 inches, 244 pp. with 37 text ill's and 100 plates, some in color and hand-mounted on black stock; cloth in the rare original dust jacket, as new. $60   Marini, G. L. Giovanni Battista QUADRONI. La Vita, I Documenti, le Opere: Catalogo Ragionato. 3 volumes. Torino: Umberto Allemandi, 1998, first edition, folio, 768 pages with numerous color plates and b&w photographs in the first 2 volumes + 939 b&w illustrations (average 2 per page) in volume 3. Cloth, dust jackets, pictorial cloth slipcase and publisher's mailing box, as new. Text in Italian. The life and catalogue raisonné of this late-19th century very important Italian painter. $395   (Rackham, Arthur: 1867-1939) Shakespeare, William. Le Songe d'une nuit d’ete (A Midsummer-Night's Dream) illustré par RACKHAM, Arthur. Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1909, first French Rackham edition, one of 300 numbered copies (total this edition 330; there also was a 1908 UK edition), printed on ”vélin à la forme” watermarked paper; 134 leaves with text by Shakespeare in French ill'd by Arthur Rackham with 40 mounted color plates with imprinted tissue guards and 30 b/w reproductions of drawings. Bound in the original full vellum with gilt illustration and lettering on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Leaves and plates generally clean; binding tight, covers with slight soiling/spotting, the gilt is still very bright; spine slightly toned; ties renewed; still a superb copy of this deluxe edition. Pictures $700   (Rackham, Arthur: 1867-1939) Phillpots, Eden. Arthur RACKHAM. A Dish of Apples. London / NY: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921; 1st Rackham deluxe edition, number 415 of 500 copies, signed by author and Arthur Rackham; 10-1/4 x 8 in., 78 pages; 3 mounted color plates with tissue guards + 7 b&w full page plates + several b&w ill's; original vellum over boards, with the gilt design and lettering quite fresh, not faded; covers with very slight soiling, in better condition than usual; overall an almost excellent copy. Latimore page 54. Pictures $600   (Raffaelli, Jean-Francois: 1850-1924) Delteil, Loys. Le Peintre Graveur Illustre. Tome 16: Jean-Francois RAFFAELLI. Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1923, the complete book, first edition, one of 100 deluxe examples on Japon paper with the original etching by Raffaelli ”Le Petit Oiseau”, (Delteil 104/II, final State) printed on Japon, hand-colored and signed in pencil by the artist. There were 470 additional copies, unsigned. 12.5 x 10 in. (32 x 25 cm); circa 200 pages with 184 monochrome illustrations; in the original wrappers. Very minor sunning to covers, otherwise in excellent condition. The catalogue raisonné of prints of Jean-François Raffaelli. Pictures $900   (Raffaelli, Michel: b.1929) Poe, Edgar. Histoires Extraordinaires. Gravures originales des Michel RAFFAELLI (with original drawing). Marseille, 1951, first Raffaelli edition, number 57 from a total edition of 250 copies on wove Arches paper, signed on the justification page by Michel Raffaelli, illustrating Edgar Poe's text (in French) with 16 original b&w lithographs, of which 10 are hors-texte + the suite of 9 supplemental full-page lithographs, as issued. Although not called for, this example also includes an original full-page ink drawing in black and brown, signed by Raffaelli (only the first 20 copies included similar drawings). Circa 90 leaves, loose in publisher's wrappers, chemise and slipcase, both with minor repairs; internally almost as new. Overall size 11.5 x 9.25 in. (29 x 23 cm). Interesting figurative images by this French artist. Documented in Monod 9171. Pictures $650   Home Search | Page: <prev  1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 next>