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Nonconformist Art: The Soviet Experience 1956-1986
by Rosenfeld, Alla; Dodge, Norton T.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780500237090
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Thames & Hudson, 1995. Magazine. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize hardcover, 560 pp. w/ 126 color and c. 400 b&w photos. Presumed 1st Edition. Issued in conjunction with "From Gulag to Glasnost: Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union" 1995 exhibit at Rutgers University.17 essays are accompanied by color and b&w plates.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Matisse: Lithographs
by Lambert, Susan
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- Used - Good
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- 1981
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- Paperback
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- 9780112903567
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London, England: The Stationery Office Books, 1981. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 72 pp. An introductory essay is followed by a catalog of b&w plates of lithographs from an exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Book Condition : Good, Library of Congress duplicate (rubber stamp to rear of title page);… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Earlier Work of Titian
by Claude Phillips
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1897
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- Hardcover
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London, England and New York NY: Seeley & Co./ MacMillan, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, 104 pp. w/ 4 b& w plates, 2 color illustrations, and 27 b&w illustrations in the text. Significant survey of the 16th century Venetian school painter. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light rubbing to… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Masculinities in Victorian Painting (The Nineteenth Century Series)
by Kestner, Joseph A.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9781859281086
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$65.00
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Routledge, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 316 pp. w/ b&w plates throughout. "Powerful images from dozens of Victorian artists...are used to illustrate the five key paradigms of masculinity...The author concludes that maleness was, and is, learned and that 19th century ideas still influence the construction of manhood..." … Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art (5 Volume Set)
by Joan Marter, editor in chief
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- 2011
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- Hardcover
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$225.00
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Oxford University Press, 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 5 volume hardcover set, 2984 pp. with b&w photos throughout. Contains entries on artists, movements and schools, historical exhibits, and more. Vol. 5 includes a topical outline of articles, directory of contributors, and comprehensive index. Book Conditions : Very Good, Ex-College Library; minimal use; no… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bonnard at Le Cannet
by Michel Terrasse
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- Used - Good Plus
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- Good Plus
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- 1st Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394571669
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New York NY: Pantheon, 1988. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st American Edition. Hardcover, 126 pp. w/ color and b& w plates and photographs throughout. Examines the work of Bonnard, an important transitional figure between Impressionism and Modernism, at his home on the Cote d'Azur where he produced many of his… Read more about this item Item Price
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Concerning Expressionism: American Modernism and the German Avant-Garde
by Patricia McDonnell et al.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1998
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- Paperback
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New York NY: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover catalog, 112 pp., published to accompany a1998 exhibit at Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York. Multiple essays precede 59 color and b&w plates arranged alphabetically by artist with additional text. Artists include : Albert Bloch, Oscar Bluemner, Edward Hagedorn,… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Reflections on the Nude
by Adrian Stokes
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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London, England: Tavistock Publications, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1967 1st Edition. Hardcover, 64 pp. Contains Reflections on the Nude (Reflections on the Nude, Michelangelo's Giorno, Collages, Art and Embodiment) and The Image in Form - A Lecture. Book Condition: Near Fine; no text marks. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; some… Read more about this item Item Price
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L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris 1918-1925
by Eliel, Carol S.; Ducros, Francoise
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- New
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- New
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- 1st Edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9780810967274
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NewYork NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition hardcover, 192 pp. w/ color and b&w plates throughout. Issued to accompany 2001 exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum, this work examines the rise of Cubism as a purist movement in post World War I Paris led by Amédée… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pierre Bonnard
by John Rewald
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- Used - Good Plus
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- Good Plus
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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New York NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1948. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, 151 pp. w/ 5 color plates and 109 b&w plates and illustrations. Extensive introduction, complemented by c.90 pages of plates examines the work of Bonnard, an important transitional figure between Impressionism and Modernism. Book Condition : Good+; no text marks;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Painting in the Grand Manner: The art of Peter Drederick Rothermel (1812-1895)
by Mark Edward Thistlethwaite
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- Used - Good Plus
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- First Edition
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- 1995
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- Paperback
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$30.00
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Chadds Ford PA: Brandywine River Museum, 1995. Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize softcover, 156 pp, published to accompany major 1995 retrospective exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum. Includes 74 catalogued color and b&w plates accompanied by an introductory essay, chronology, and list of all known oil paintings by the Philadelphia… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
Dan Namingha: Reflections on the Natural Way
by Robert P. Metzger
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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Reading PA: Reading Public Museum, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stated 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Oversize softcover, 63 pp. w/ numerous full page color plates. Catalog to accompany 2000-01 exhibit at Reading Public Museum and Carngegie-Mellon. Relatively abstract painter (and sculptor) uses form and color to pay homage to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arthur Edwaine Beaumont Naval Artist 1890-1978
by Alison Barrett Beaumont
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1978
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- Paperback
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- 9780962318900
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The Beaumont Publishing Company, 1978. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1989 likely 2nd Printing. Oversize softcover, 64 pp. w/ several dozen color plates. Two essays accompany this posthumous survey of Beaumont's naval paintings including a National Geographic series and Arctic pieces. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; slight curling to… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
Victorian Narrative Paintings
by Raymond Lister
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good Minus
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- 1st Edition
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$15.00
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New York NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed 1st Edition. Hardcover, 159 pp. w/ 58 b&w and 3 color plates. Following an introduction, 60 Victorian paintings are presented with descriptive and critical commentary on the facing page. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Artists of the Commonwealth: realism and its response in Pennsylvania painting 1900-1950
by Betsy Fahlman; Barbara L Jones
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 2006
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- Paperback
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- 9780931241307
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Greensburg PA: Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 2006. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize softcover, 72 pp. w/ 38 color plates. Catalog for 2006-07 traveling exhibit includes a lengthy essay "Realist Variations: Pennsylvania Painters and Modernism". Contains works by both well-known painters (Mary Cassatt, Henry Tanner, John Sloan, Maxfield Parrish) as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Painting Pennsylvania: The Art of Charles W. Ward
by Frank Bianco
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- Used - Good Plus
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- 1998
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- Paperback
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Buckingham PA: Bianco Gallery, 1998. Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize side-stapled softcover, 14 pp. w/ 8 color plates. Catalog for 1998 gallery exhibit featuring works by this Bucks County artist who was influenced both by the Pennsylvania Impressionists but also by the emerging Modernists. Book Condition : Good+; no text marks;… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Woodstock Guild and Its Byrdcliffe Arts Colony: A Brief Guide
by Michael Perkins
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1991
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- Paperback
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$110.00
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Woodstock NY: Woodstock Guild, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce softcover, 63 pp/ w/ b&w photos throughout. Details the chronology of the Woodstock Guild, the founding and growth of the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, its hiking trails, and the 1990-2002 ten year plan. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; light bend… Read more about this item Item Price
$110.00
Turner's Colour Sketches, 1820-34
by Gerald Wilkinson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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- 9780214200663
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$35.00
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London, England: Barrie and Jenkins, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize hardcover, 1st edition, 160 pp. w/color and b&w plates throughout of Turner's watercolors, sketches, and studies. "The range, power, and brilliance of these watercolours will astonish even those who know Turner well through his oil paintings." Book Condition : Near… Read more about this item Item Price
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African Art from the Han Coray Collection 1916-1928
by Miklos Szalay
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1998
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- Hardcover
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- 9783791319049
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$42.00
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Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversized HARDCOVER. 224 pp. w/ 202 color and b&w plates. Highlights one of the first and most important European collections of African Art, now held by the University of Zurich at its Volkerkundemuseum. 15 very short essays explore the collection and are followed by the plates.… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.00
Lasting Impressions: The Artists of Currier & Ives
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- New
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- 2016
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- Paperback
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Winterthur DE: Winterthur Museum, 2016. Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong softcover, 40 pp. w/ color plates throughout. Catalog for 2016-17 exhibit at Winterthur. Drawings, paintings, and prints from two of the Currier & Ives' firm's best artists - Frances Flora Bond Palmer and Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait. They reveal the artists' accomplishments with… Read more about this item Item Price
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