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RETHINKING THE MUSEUM And Other Meditations

By: Weil, Stephen E

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, DC and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1990).: (1990).

Seller ID: 29805

ISBN: 0874749484

Condition: Fine

Washington, DC and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1990).. (1990).. Fine. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed. xviii & 173 pages. Near fine.

First edition.

Essays that will interest "those concerned with the intricate workings of museums and the philosophy behind the operation of these valuable centers of art, history and knowledge" [from the dust wrapper copy]. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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COLLAGE

By: Wescher, Herta

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1968).: (1968).

Seller ID: 23928

Condition: Good

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1968).. (1968).. Good. - Quarto [approximately 12 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], yellow cloth in a dust wrapper. The head & tail of the spine are slightly darkened. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled. There is some yellow staining to the edges of the rear panel & flaps, possibly created in the printing of the wrapper. There are some small, light stains to the tail of the jacket spine. 417 pages. Illustrated with numerous tipped-in color plates & black-and-white illustrations. There is a very small area of soiling to the bottom edge. There ...
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BRITISH SCULPTOR SIR RICHARD WESTMACOTT ABOUT ADMISSION TO HIS ROYAL ACADEMY LECTURES.

By: Westmacott, Sir Richard. (1775-1856). British sculptor.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Circa [1850].: [1850].

Seller ID: 34743

Condition: Good

Circa [1850].. [1850].. Good. - Letter penned in black ink filling 2 sides of a sheet of paper folded to form 4 sides, each 7 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Signed "Rich Westmacott". The recipient's address is penned on the 4th side & there is a piece out of the left edge where the seal has been broken. There is also a piece out of the top corner of the 4th side, not affecting the text. Folded 3 times for mailing.

The letter is addressed to a Mr. Smith at the British Museum, apparently a friend of Westmacott since he adds a postscript: "I am sorry to say Richard [probably his...
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THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES. Edited by Sheridan Ford.

By: Whistler, James McNeill.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Paris: Delabrosse & Cie., 1890.: 1890.

Seller ID: 33702

Condition: Fair

THE RARE SECOND PARIS "PIRATED" EDITION PRINTED BY SHERIDAN FORD - Octavo, 6-1/4 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Disbound, lacking the covers and spine. [6] pages, pages xi-xvii, [i] leaf, and pages 21-256. The title page is darkened and soiled and the edges of the title page and of the first several pages are slightly chipped. The pages are toned, text block is fragile and pages 241/242 and 255/256 are detached, but present. A complete copy which collates with the copy held by the Library of the University of Michigan.

The rare second Paris "Pirated" edition printed by Sh...
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Image for 3 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED by the American painter & Illustrator HARRY WICKEY, including 2 addressed to Fridolf Johnson regarding the Storm King Art Center's "Animals in Art" exhibition.

3 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED by the American painter & Illustrator HARRY WICKEY, including 2 addressed to Fridolf Johnson regarding the Storm King Art Center's "Animals in Art" exhibition.

By: Wickey, Harry (1892-1968). American painter, illustrator, printmaker and sculptor.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Mountainville & Cornwall, NY, July 21, 1964 through May 25, 1965. [1964].: [1964].

Seller ID: 95772

Condition: Very good

- Three autograph letters penned on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper. The letters, two of which were addressed to Fridolf Johnson and the third to American Artist Magazine editor Norman Kent, regard the periodical's review of the "Animals in Art" exhibition held at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York. The letters are as follows: 1. A one page autograph letter signed by Harry Wickey, as curator of the exhibition, penned on Storm King Art Center stationery. In his letter dated July 21, 1964, Wickey writes to Fridolf Johnson, then executive director of A...
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THE STUDY OF ART

By: Wilenski, R. H

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London: Faber & Faber Limited, (1934).: (1934).

Seller ID: 1008

Condition: Good

London: Faber & Faber Limited, (1934).. (1934).. Good. - 8vo, (bumped & faded; lightly rubbed) titled in gilt on spine, in dw (chipped & lightly soiled; dw spine & extremities darkened with tear to mid-section of spine & piece out of tail). 236 pp. (ink name & date on front pastedown; small stains to 2 pages of text). Good.

First edition.

Wilenksi's classic book on different ways of looking at and studying art "distinguishes...between the freedom of approach open to the lay spectator and the obligations binding on the professional student. He shows where and how the functions of art h...
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MIKE WILKS: PAINTINGS/DRAWINGS/ILLUSTRATIONS 1977-1997. The Gekoski Gallery , November 13 - December 5, 1997. [Exhibition Catalog].

By: Wilks, Mike.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London: The Gekoski Gallery, 1997.: 1997.

Seller ID: 95703

Condition: Very good

- Small quarto, 9-1/2 inches high by 7-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in black wraps titled in white and illustrated in color on the front cover. 48 pages, illustrated in color and black & white throughout. Very good. Includes an introduction by Sir Tim Rice and an essay entitled "The Ultimate Fantasist" by Michael Heseltine. A price list is laid in at the front. The author, artist and illustrator Mike Wilks was born in London in 1947. The subject of an award-winning documentary, Wilks won a scholarship to art school at the age of 13 and went on to run a design consultancy. Both his...
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ASIAN WORKS OF ART.

By: William Doyle Galleries.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (New York): William Doyle Galleries, 1997.: 1997.

Seller ID: 33642

Condition: Very good

(New York): William Doyle Galleries, 1997.. 1997.. Very good. - Quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The rear wrap is slightly rubbed. 132 & [4] pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Near fine.

Auction catalog for a sale held by William Doyle Galleries in New York on October 23, 1997. 461 items are catalogued.
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PAPERWORK: The Potential of Paper in Graphic Design

By: Williams, Nancy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (London/New York): Phaidon, (2001).: (2001).

Seller ID: 30937

ISBN: 0714834610

Condition: Very good

(London/New York): Phaidon, (2001).. (2001).. Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 9-3/4 inches square], softcover bound in printed white wrappers. in a tan dust wrapper. There is a tiny area of light soiling to the front wrap & the bottom edges of the wraps are slightly rubbed near the tail of the spine. The dust jacket is very slightly soiled with a price-sticker on its rear panel. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated in color with examples of graphic design. Near fine. Dust jacket present.
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LIMITED EDITION: HAROLD HITCHCOCK: A Romantic Symbol in Surrealism.

By: Williamson, Ian.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Walker and Company, (1982).: (1982).

Seller ID: 35390

Condition: Very good

- Quarto [11-1/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], boards, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped. The top edge of the dust jacket is lightly creased with 2 short tears to the top edge of the front panel. 124 pages plus a colophon tipped onto a rear blank. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.

Copy number 26 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Foreword by Christopher Wright. Dust jacket present.
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THE SCULPTURE OF NEGRO AFRICA.

By: Wingert, Paul S.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press, 1950.: 1950.

Seller ID: 36398

Condition: Fair

- Octavo, reddish brown cloth with a line drawing of an African sculpture on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. The corners are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed, chipped & faded with tears & pieces out. The jacket's spine is darkened. x, [i] & 96 pages plus 118 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Also with numerous black & white vignettes in the margins of the text pages. The book is lightly cracked at illustration 102. A previous owner's name & date is penned on the front endpaper with a notation in green ink on the rear endpaper. There is offsetting to the front endpaper. There...
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OCEANIC ART. The University Prints, Series N, Section II

By: Wingert, Paul; editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Winchester, MA: The University Prints, 1983.: 1983.

Seller ID: 24634

Condition: Very good

Winchester, MA: The University Prints, 1983.. 1983.. Very good. - Oblong octavo, softcover. The contents are bound between dark blue cover sheets with a black plastic ring binder. There is a rectangular keyhole in the front cover sheet revealing a section of the title page. Title & 124 black-and-white plates, including a map, with an "Outline Index" of the series in an envelope bound in at the rear. The edges of the plates are darkened & the envelope has been opened. Very good.

The University Prints is "A scholarly visual archive of 7400 basic art history subjects available both...
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JAVA: Buddhistische und Brahmanische Architektur und Plastik auf Java

By: With, Karl

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Hagen I. W.: Folkwang Verlag, 1922.: 1922.

Seller ID: 27982

Condition: Fair

Hagen I. W.: Folkwang Verlag, 1922.. 1922.. Fair. - Quarto [approximately 11-3/8 inches high by 9 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards. The spine is perished & the top half inch of the rear board is detached. The boards are rubbed & bumped with some light pink staining to the front board & light soiling to the rear board. 44 pages, [2] leaves & 112 full-page black-and-white illustrations. The top edges of the leaves are slightly rippled & there is occasional light soiling. Good working copy.

Neue Gekurtze Ausgabe.

Volume 1 in the series Geist, Kunst und Leben Asiens, edited by Kar...
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CESKA SECESE

By: Wittlich, Petr

Price: $45.00

Publisher: (Praha): Odeon, (1982).: (1982).

Seller ID: 28816

Condition: Very good

(Praha): Odeon, (1982).. (1982).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 12 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], blue cloth titled & decorated in gilt in a dust wrapper. There are a few light score marks to the binding & its top edge is very slightly faded. The edges of the dust jacket's flaps are slightly darkened & there is a tiny chip to the film surface of its front panel at the head of the spine. 379 & [1] pages plus indexes. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. The fore-edge is lightly foxed. Very good.

A book about Czech Art Nouveau. Dust jacket present.
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MORTON LIVINGSTON SCHAMBERG: A Monograph.

By: Wolf, Ben.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, (1963).: (1963).

Seller ID: 36082

Condition: Good

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BEN WOLF - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], off-white buckram titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The binding is foxed with the top edges of the covers darkened. The dust jacket is foxed with the top corner of the rear flap creased. There is a short tear to the bottom edge of the front panel & another to the top edge of the rear panel. 125 pages. Illustrated in black & white with profuse reproductions of works by Morton Livingston Schamberg. The pastedowns are foxed with very light foxing to the top edge & fore-edge. Good.

Inscri...
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LAURENT WOLF: MULTITUDES. Espace Art et Culture Ebel, Hardhof, Basel. Janvier - Fevrier 1991.

By: Wolf, Laurent. (b. 1944).

Price: $125.00

Publisher: (Basel: Editions Glasnost, 1990).: 1990).

Seller ID: 95662

Condition: Fine

- Quarto [11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The binding is very slightly soiled. 31 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with 11 color plates. Near fine. Limited edition of 700 copies. Laid in are a price-list for the exhibited paintings and a card advertising another of the center's exhibitions. The one-page introduction by Paul Nizon is printed in the original German with a French translation. The work of Laurent Wolf, an artist and sociologist, is centered on the use and creation of space in society in general, and in art in particular. Nizon writes ...
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CASTELLI E PAESAGGI TRENTINI. Testi di Aldo Gorfer

By: Wolf, Remo

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Roncafort di Trento: Arti Grafiche Saturnia, (1985).: (1985).

Seller ID: 709

Condition: Very good

Roncafort di Trento: Arti Grafiche Saturnia, (1985).. (1985).. Very good. - 4to, brown cloth (top corner of front cover bumped; small, light stain to rear cover) titled in gilt, in dw (rubbed). 120 & [11] pp. plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in B&W & sepia with 2 plates & full-page & textual illustrations. Fine internally.

Engravings and acquatints of castles and landscapes from the province of Trento by Italian painter and engraver Remo Wolf, with commentary by Aldo Gorfer. Dust jacket present.
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ADOLF WOLFLI: Schreiber, Dichter, Zeichner, Componist. (German edition)

By: Wolfli, Adolf. (1864-1930)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Basel [Switzerland]: Wiese Verlag, (1996).: (1996).

Seller ID: 28623

Condition: Very good

Basel [Switzerland]: Wiese Verlag, (1996).. (1996).. Very good. - Quarto [11-7/8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped. The edges of the dust jacket panels are slightly darkened & their corners are lightly creased. viii & 259 pages. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. There is an ink number on the rear pastedown. Very good.

German edition.

Produced by the Adolf-Wolfli-Stiftung Kunstmuseum Bern. The text, which is in German, includes contributions from Daniel Baumann, Marie-Francoise Chanfrault-Duchet, Josef Helfenstein, Lo...
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DESIGNING FOR THE TABLE: Decorative and Functional Productions.

By: Wolk, Michael.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Library of Applied Design, (1992).: (1992).

Seller ID: 96254

Condition: Very good

- Quarto [approximately 12 inches high by 9 inches wide], blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The bottom corners of the covers & the tail of the spine are slightly rubbed. The head of the dust jacket's spine is creased. 234 & [5] pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Near fine.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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TWENTIETH-CENTURY ORNAMENT

By: Woodham, Jonathan M

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: Rizzoli, (1990).: (1990).

Seller ID: 28215

ISBN: 0847812219

Condition: Very good

New York: Rizzoli, (1990).. (1990).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide]. There are tiny areas of rubbing to the corners with a small white stain to the front cover. There is a price-sticker on the rear panel of the dust wrapper & the tops of the folds are rubbed. 335 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.

First American edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Category: Art