"American Ancestors" 2nd Exhibition.

Downtown Gallery, NY: Oct. 3-14, 1933.

1933 White folded sheet. [2] pp. 1 bw illus Masterpieces by Little Known and Anonymous American Artists, 1720-1870. Loaned by the American Folk Art Gallery. Includes works by Pieter Vanderlyn (2), Edward Hicks, S.D. Johnson and many anonymous artists. Lists 22 works. VG.

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"American Ancestors" Exhibition.

Downtown Gallery, NY: Dec. 14-31, 1931.

1931 White folded sheet. [2] pp. 1 bw illus Masterpieces by Little Known and Anonymous American Artists, 1790-1890. Loaned by the American Folk Art Gallery. Includes works by Joseph Pickett, Edward Hicks, Raphaelle Peale, and many anonymous artists. Lists 20 works. VG.

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"Grands" Surrealistes.

Goutier, Jean-Michel.

Paris: Malingue, 2008 Black cloth with blue ink embossed title. 55 pp., 16 large, crisp color plates Text is mostly in French, with some English translations of the essays only (not the chronology or annotations). A terrific presentation of these beautiful, evocative paintings by Hand Bellmer, Victor Brauner, Salvador Dali, Paul Delvaux, Oscar Dominguez, Max Ernst, Jacques Herold, Wilfredo Lam, Rene Magritte, Andre Mason, Roberto S.A.M. Echaurren, Joan Miro, Wolfgang Paalen, Francis Picabia, Yves Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, As New.

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"La Nature Morte": An Exhibition of European Still-Life Painting of Flowers, Fruit and Game From 1600 to 1900.

(No Author Listed)

London: Rafael Valls Limited, 1997 Red illus. trifold pamphlet; Six panels; 12 color plates Includes plates of works by Benito Espinos, Anton Weiss, Cornelis Biltius, Cornelis de Heem, Alexandre-Francois Desportes, and others VG- (Very minor wear to extremities).

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"The Maynard Walker Gallery"

Walker (Maynard) Gallery, NY: 1946.

1946 Blue wraps. 20 pp. 31 bw plates. Includes an introduction that outlines Maynard Walker's idea of a gallery without exhibitions, which only offers specialized assistance to collectors, museums, and others interested in art of real quality. Also contains plates that illustrate a few of the pictures placed by Maynard Walker in public and private collections during his 20 years experience as dealer and artist's agent, and brief summaries of the careers of artists Kenneth Callahan, Richard Taylor, and Frede Vidar, who are exclusively represented by this gallery, with examples of their work. On front cover is a tipped-in bw plate of Thomas Eakins' watercolor, "Starting Out After Rail." VG, corner cover bent, cover faded.

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'Drawn and Colored by a Lady': Four Centuries of Female Artists.

Nestor, Dr. Sara.

New York, New York: Arader Galleries, 2007 Color illus. wraps; 107 pp.; 79 color plates Accompanied an exhibition of works by female artists, mostly from the 1600s-1800s, and mostly still lifes and nature scenes, the subjects women were long confined to; Includes works by Barbara Regina Dietzsch, Maria Sybilla Merian, Elizabeth Coxen Gould, Jane Wells Loudon, Bertha Hoola Van Nooten, Johanna Helena Graffe, Lady Edward Fitzgerald, and others; Extensive annotations; Beautiful plates; Price list laid in VG.

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...One By One...18th, 19th and 20th Century Marine Paintings.

Oliphant, NY: no date.

1992, circa Wraps. 24 pp. 23 color plates. Catalogue lists appx. 23 paintings by such artists as Salmon (2), T. Buttersworth , Carmichael, J.E. Buttersworth (6), Nam Cheong, J.B. Smith, J.E.C. Petersen, C. Waldron, A.C. Smith, E.T. Baker, W.C. Knell, F.J. Aldridge, J.G. Tyler, C.R. Patterson, E. Lewandowski (2). All works are annotated. Small rip in rear cover, and writing on it (no on image though). VG.

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10 Jahre RHE Galerie.

Hollaus. Roman.

Zell am See: RHE Kunst- & Anituitaten, 2008 White cloth; black dj with black and gold lettering; 122 pp. with profuse illustrations, mostly in color. With works by Christian Attersee, Manfred Bockelmann, Marc Chagall, Lisl Engles, Anthony Eyton, Anton Faistauer, Evi Fersterer, and Paul Flora. VG/good-, with one tear and some other wear to dj.

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100 Years of Western Art.

Parsons, James.

Denver, Colorado: Fred Rosenstock / James Parsons and the Gallery West, Inc., 1969 White illus. stapled wraps; 24 pp.; 42 bw figures Includes works by Thomas Moran, Edward Borein, Will James, Joseph Sharp, O.E. Berninghaus, and others; Extensive annotations; Inscribed by art collector and bookseller Fred Rosenstock VG (Some discoloration to covers).

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101 American Paintings: Historical - Genre - Primitive.

Argosy Gallery, NY: no date.

No date Yellow wraps. 48 pp. 101 bw plates. Minimal information for each painting; does include prices ("Montana" by Albert Bierstadt for $450!). Works by many Hudson River and Western landscape and scene artists at such low prices! VG-, cover slightly faded in spots.

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110 Years of American Art: 1830-1940.

Spanierman Gallery, NY: Oct. 15 to Dec. 31, 2001.

2001 Pictorial boards. 136 pp. 85 color plates This catalogue is filled with gorgeous full-page illustrations, complemented by biographies of the artists, who includeCecilia Beaux, Ben Benn, Frank Benson, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Birch, Alfred Thompson Bricher, John George Brown, Charles Francis Brown, William Blair Bruce, Karl Buehr, Conrad Buff, Theodore Earl Butler, William Merritt Chase, Walter Clark, Jay Hall Connaway, Paul Cornoyer, Hyman Francis Criss, Jasper Cropsey, Arthur B. Davies, Mauritz F.H. deHaas, Paul de Longpre, Raol de Longpre, many many others. VG.

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150 Years of Philadelphia Still Life Painting (Philadelphia Collection 62).

Schwarz Galleries, Philadelphia, PA: 1997.

1997 Blue wraps. 128 pp. 76 color plates. Includes 5-page introduction by Robert Devlin Schwarz and many essays with notes by various authors divided into the following sections: "The Peales and Their Circle," "Mid-Century Elaborations," "Trompe L'Oeil Paintings," "Late-Century Variations," and "Twentieth-Century Innovations," and biographies of the contributing authors. Also includes annotated catalogue of 76 works by 59 artists, with reference and provenance. Contains 76 beautiful color plates. VG-, front cover with small tear.

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1789: French Art During the Revolution.

Colnaghi, NY: Oct. 10 to Nov. 22, 1989.

1989 Color wraps. 298 pp. Color and bw plates. Edited by Alan Wintermute. Includes essays by Colin J. Bailey, William Olander, and Carol S. Eliel. A most comprehensive and inclusive exhibition catalogue, with much fresh scholarship. VG.

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17th Century Netherlands Painting.

Ertz, Klaus.

Paris: Galerie D'Art St Honore, 1985 Black illus. wraps; 62 pp.; 25 color plates, numerous bw figures Text in English; Contains 25 works, with extensive annotations, by artists such as Jacob Grimmer, Abel Grimmer, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Esaias van de Velde, Jan Brueghel the Younger and Elder, Balthasar van der Ast, Jan van Os, and others Good (Ex-lib., sticker at top of front cover; Scratches to wraps; Bottom outer corners slightly bent).

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1937: American Abstract Art.

Snyder Fine Art, NY: Sept. 8 to Oct. 28, 1995.

1995 White wraps. 28 pp. 2 bw, 16 color plates. Artists featured: Charles Biederman, Emil Bisttram, Giorgio Cavallon, Burgoyne Diller, Werner Drewes, John Ferren, Balcomb Greene, Gertrude Greene, Jean Helion, Carl Holty, George McNeil, George L.K. Morris, Charles Shaw, Esphyr Slobodkina, Frederic Whiteman, Jean Xceron and others. VG.

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1957.

Tessmer, Jeremy.

Santa Barbara, California: Sullivan Goss, 2007 Color illus. stapled wraps; Unpaginated, 12 pp.; 6 color figures; 11 color plates Accompanied the exhibition of the same name, which included works by Max Weber, Richard Haines, Anya Fisher, John Altoon, Howard Warshaw, Channing Peake, Betty Lane, Bentley Schaad, Ed Kienholz, Sidney Gordin, and others VG.

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1969 Autumn Exhibition of Flemish, Dutch and Italian Old Masters.

(No Author Listed)

London: Leonard Koetser, 1969 Moss green spiral-bound card with gold lettering and decoration; 40 pp. with 37 color and bw plates; With descriptions of each work on page opposite. Good, clean and tight but with fading to covers and ex-lib. marks to front cover.

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19th & 20th Century American Sculpture.

Berman, Avis et al.

New York: Conner-Rosenkranz, 2007 Black, white, grey glossy illus. wraps; 63 pp. with 67 bw images. With extensive text about each piece and its sculptor, 26 artists total. VG (as new).

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19th & 20th Century European & American Masters: Recent Acquisitions.

Walstedt, Eric.

New York: Hammer Galleries, 2008 Dark rose illus. wraps with gold lettering; 47 pp. with color plates every other page. Divided into sections of American and European artists; each piece includes information about the artist and the work; the catalogue includes artists such as Morisot, Chagall, Picasso, Grandma Moses, N.C. and Andrew Wyeth, and numerous others. VG (as new).

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19th and 20th Century American Paintings: Recent Aquisitions.

Hammer Galleries: NY, Summer, 1990.

1990 Green stapled wraps. 11 pp. 6 color plates VG-, exlib including small sticker to cover near tail.

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