Native Americans (TASCHEN Icons Series)
Taschen, March 2001. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Art
Chagall (Midsize)
Taschen, June 2003. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Marc Chagall, who died in 1985 at the age of 97, is regarded as one of the greatest artist in modern art. He used his great talent to create a unique world full of magic, poetry, enchantment and fantasy. His.....
Eyewitness Art: Watercolor
DK ADULT, March 1993. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Step through the canvas with the Eyewitness approach to the world's greatest artists and movements. Each volume is filled with wonderful full-color reproductions, and packed with background information on the lives of artists, their times.....
Obata's Yosemite
Yosemite Association, 1993. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
5-Minute Sketching -- Landscapes: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
Firefly Books, September 2017. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A comprehensive guide to quick sketching of landscapes. The interest in quick sketching is evident in the popularity of tutorial videos on YouTube. Some of the most popular are Tips to Draw Better in 6 Minutes (1.4 million views) and How.....
Russian Fine Art (sheet of 33 stamps with perforated edges) (text in Japanese)
Mountain Art Culture and Education Foundation; United World Chinese Commercial Bank; Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, n.d., 1956(?). Poster. Sheet of perforated stamps titled Russian Fine Art, with sponsoring companies in English, remainder of text in Japanese. 11.5 x 16.4 inches. With illustrated poster printed in black on white. Text in Japanese.....
Creative Doodling & Beyond: Inspiring exercises, prompts, and projects for turning simple doodles into beautiful works of art
Walter Foster, December 2011. Trade Paperback. Creative Doodling & Beyond features a fun variety of projects, prompts, exercises, and ideas to get your doodling juices flowing--and you can practice directly in the book! Who among us doesn't simply love to doodle--or, at the very least, doodle to pass the time.....
Grammar of Ornament: A Monumental Work of Art: Illustrated by Examples from Various Styles of Ornament (one hundred and twelve plates)
Studio Editions, 1986. Hardcover. 157 pages plus 100 color plates. 9.75 by 13 inches. A nice facsimile of the 1856 original. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Drawing Fashion
Chartwell Books, Inc., September 2011. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. This stylish full-color book is the ultimate introduction to fashion drawing. Learn how to draw eighteen stunning outfits, including gorgeous party clothes, beautiful beachwear and glamorous red carpet dresses. Further develop your artistic skill.....
How to Draw the Human Figure: An Anatomical Approach
Penguin Books, September 1980. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Views of the Royal Pavilion
Abbeville Pr, January 1992. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Poetica da resistencia: Aspectos da gravura brasileira
Museu de Arte Moderna, 1994. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 63 pages. 9-1/ by 11-3/4 inches. Catalog of an exhibition from the Gilberto Chateaubriand collection showcasing significant works of modernism in Brazil. Held at the Galeria de Arte do SESI, November 7, 1994 - May 28, 1995. Text in Portuguese. With.....
Masks: Faces of Culture
Harry N. Abrams, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. The catalogue of an exhibition at the St. Louis Museum of Art. 400 illustrations, 200 in color. From Darth Vader to African shamen. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A large, heavy book. From Palaeothic times to.....
Sign Painters
Princeton Architectural Press, November 2012. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). There was a time-as recently as the 1980s-when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the.....
The Masks of Prof. Agostino Dessi
B. Dutton Publishing Limited, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. 9-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches. 'For the first time, Professor Dessi's amazing masks are brought together in one remarkable collection' -- from the front flap. Illustrated with more than 140 color photo reproductions of the Italian mask-maker's work. First edition (first.....
Teaterfigurer: Den locherske statuettesamling
Skagens Museum, 1985. Unknown. 47 pages. 6-1/2 by 8-3/4 inches. Images of figures from the Locher Statuette Collection, with short bios of the artists. Text in Danish. Photos reproduced in black-and-white. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Some edge wear.
The Recurrent Actuality of The Baroque
Controluce, 2017. Hardcover. 259 pages. 8-3/4 by 9 inches. 'The Recurrent Actuality of the Baroque is a book about visual art. It deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical Baroque to the contemporary one. The text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in.....
E. L. Kirchner
Arts Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 163 pages. 8-1/2 by 11-3/4 inches. Illustrated with 128 reproductions, 57 in color. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with light tanning to the edges. In the plain.....
Morris Graves: Flower Paintings
University of Washington Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 57 color plates. Probably the best monograph on Graves. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). This visually stunning book will be a revelation to admirers of Northwest visionary artist Morris Graves (b. 1910) who know.....
Vermeer
Taschen, January 1999. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Hieronymus Bosch
Tiger Books Intl, January 1988. Trade Paperback.
Carnivalesque
Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2000. Trade Paperback. 107 pages. 8-3/4 by 8-3/4 inches. Exhibition catalog. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Carnivalesque explores the history of humor and the grotesque imagination in Western art from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is structured around four themes: the Tumultuous.....
Fantasy Worlds
Taschen, 1999. Hardcover. 335 pages. 9-7/8 by 12-7/8 inches. Illustrated in color. Text in English, German, and French. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A large, heavy book.
The Fables of La Fontaine
The New Press, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 141 pages. 8-1/2 by 9-3/4 inches. Fables printed in different colored inks in stylish ways; illustrated in color. First American edition (first printing). A fine copy; no dust jacket. In the publisher's illustrated slipcase with bumps and wear to the corners. First.....
Sculpture By the River: A Museum Without Walls
Parklane Productions Ltd., 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 93 pages. 9-3/8 by 12-1/4 inches. Color photo reproductions of The Odette Sculpture Park in Windsor, Canada, with short bios of the artists. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with a small 'special edition' sticker on the cover.....