Richard Press Art Books
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New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1967 fine. 4to. 26 pp. illus. in b/w. .... more information
Price: 45.00 USD
Richard Press Art Books
1831 F Street, Suite A
Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone: (916) 447-3413
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Selected Works From 2 Generations of European and American Artists.
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1967 very good+. 4to. 28 pp. illus. in b/w. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
MIKOS POGANY: COLLAGE MONOTYPES 1980-1989, DECEMBER 5 TO 30, 1989
New York: Associated American Artists, 1989, Illus. with color reproductions. 4to. Wraps. Unpaginated . Fine. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
TRADITIONS TRANSFORMED: CONTEMPORARY WORKS BY ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS IN CALIFORNIA
Oakland: The Oakland Museum, Art Department, 1984, Preface by Miles Kubo. Essay by Terrie Sultan. Illus. with color reproductions. Small 4to. Wraps. 16 p . About fine. .... more information
Price: 17.50 USD
Vol. 71, No. 5 (November, 1939) . Spiralbound. Previous owner's name on front cover; else very good. .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
ITALIAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS IN CALIFORNIA 1850 TO 1925
San Francisco: Museo Italo Americano, [1980], Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. Wraps. [28] p . Addresssed on rear cover, a couple of notations on front cover; else very good. .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Libros Latinos
2141 Mission Street, Suite 301
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 503-1800
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100 ARTISTAS LATINOAMERICANOS=100 LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS.
Madrid:: Exit Publicaciones/Olivares y Asociados,, 2006. New. 454p., color photo plates, illus., wrps, 4to .... more information
Price: 127.30 USD
New York:: American Artists Group,, 1945. 6.25" x 4.5". 62pp., with plates. Blue illustrated paper covered boards with a dark blue cloth spine. Light rubbing, generally near fine condition. Number 2 in the American Artists Group monograph series. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Water Colors and Drawings (2 Vols.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1962 A lovely copy of the 1962 1st edition of this 2 vol. set. Each volume is bright and Near Fine. Quartos, 689 pgs. all told.The original slipcase -- and its paper spine label-- is VG+ with a minor amount of scuffing. Vol. 1 features the catalogue of academic artists and Vol. 2 the catalogue of visiting foreign artists, art from the civil war and folk artists. .... more information
Price: 100.00 USD
G.H. Buek & Co., New York, 1894 Flowers of Every State in the American Union: By a Corps of Special Artists and Botanists. A nice copy of the 1894 1st edition. Bright and VG+ in its original beige cloth with gilt lettering on the front panel. Oblong octavo, 288 beautifully rendered color plates. .... more information
Price: 100.00 USD
Oakland: Oakland Museum, 1991 Paul Tomidy, curator of exhibition. 103p., colored and b/w illus., quarto format, original stiff wrappers. An exhibition of the work of 25 significant American artists. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the Oakland Museum, May 18-September 22, 1991. .... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Jewish Themes/Contemporary American Artists
NY: Jewish Museum, 1982 Very good-. Wraps ExLib.
Price: 19.00 USD
THE VALUABLE PAINTINGS COLLECTED BY THE LATE DR. LESLIE D. WARD OF NEWARK, N.J.
New York:: American Art Galleries,, 1911. Forst ed. Quarto. The subtitle is "Barbizon Masters and Their Contemporaries". It is the catalogue of a sale at Mendelssohn Hall, New York, on January 13, 1911. This is a copy of the subscriber's edition, # 43 of 175 copies, unpaged, but with 72 catalogue entries, many of them being full-page photogravures with facing text. Scattered foxing but mainly very good in vellum paper, also slightly foxed but otherwise fine, in a darkened and soiled box with a drop-down panel. Artists include Toyon, Daubigny, Fromentin, Corot, Bougereau and others. .... more information
Price: 100.00 USD
New York:: Owen Gallery,, 1994. First edition. Square octavo, (58pp). The catalogue for an exhibit from November 1 through December 17, 1994, with 30 pictures in color, and including artists such as Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, J.H. Twachtman, J. Alden Weit and many others. There is an introductory essay by Michael Owen. Fine in very slightly edge-rubbed wrappers. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
AMERICAN ART ANNUAL, VOLUME XVI, 1919.
Washington:: Am. Federation of Arts,, 1919. First ed. thus. Large octavo, x, 660pp. Packed with information on galleries and artists, and with several checkmarks next to artists' names and one inked correction. There are 23 b/w illustrations.This copy was the property of James D. Gill, (1849-1937), who issued " The Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists", with his signature on the front free endpaper. Paper cracks at hinges, slight loosening between signatures, but a sound copy in rubbed and edgeworn green cloth. .... more information
Price: 85.00 USD
PRINT / A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS / VOLUME 5, 1948, NUMBER 4.
Woodstock, Vermont:: William Edwin Rudge,, 1948. Large octavo, 72pp. This issue has a cover design by Imre Reiner, an article by Carl Purington Rollins on American type designers and their work, two articles on hay prints, John Taylor Arms commenting on van Leyden's "David Playing Before Saul", a listing of artists and works in the traveling exhibition " American Printmaking, 1913-1947" and numerous illustrations, two of which are tipped in. Very good in pumpkin paper, mildly darkened, particularly on the spine. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
New York: Tatistcheff Gallery, 1990 Fine. Peach matte wraps. appx. 18 pp. 8 color repros. Contains biographical information, but no checklist of works. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1988 VG. Wraps. 132 pp. 39 bw, 48 color repros. Essays by Linda Bantel, Nicolai Cikovsky Jr. and John Wilmerding. 80 works listed. Terrific plates. Exhibition held Oct. 16, 1988 to Jan. 29, 1989 and one other time period/location. .... more information
Price: 17.50 USD
European and American Paintings: Philadelphia Collection 53.
Schwarz , Philadelphia, 1993 VG. Color wraps. [48] pp. 50 color repros. Catalogue lists 50 works by about 40 artists. Wonderful annotations and vivid reproductions. .... more information
Price: 12.00 USD
Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865.
Cambridge, MA.: Harvard Univ. Press, 1949 VG. Red cloth. lx, 544 pp. 233 bw repros. A massive, seminal collection donated en masse to the MFA in Boston by Maxim Karolik. A standard reference which only gets more difficult to locate. A cornerstone to any library on American Landscape Painting, filled with biographical information on numerous artists who were active in this period, including MANY lesser known names. .... more information
Price: 140.00 USD
1935 VG. Green wraps. appx. 70 pp. 23 bw repros. Includes an annual exhibition of 414 works by appx. 200 mostly California artists. Also includes exhibits of Modern French Painting, and an exhibition of Chinese Art. Edition of 2000 copies. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
1916 VG. Brown wraps. 118 pp. 37 bw repros. Appx. 179 artists represented by 802 works. A monumental exhibition and an important catalogue. Biographical information provided on many of the sculptors, including important works and awards. This is the real deal, not print on demand. .... more information
Price: 75.00 USD
25th Annual International Exhibition of Paintings at The Carnegie Institute.
1926 VG. Cream boards. appx. 110 pp. 54 bw repros. Catalogue lists 372 works, including 172 by American artists. .... more information
Price: 60.00 USD
26th Annual International Exhibition of Paintings at The Carnegie Institute.
1927 VG. Cream boards. appx. 110 pp. 57 bw repros. Catalogue lists 400 works, including 120 by American artists. Essays before each country assessing the art situation. .... more information
Price: 60.00 USD
58th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture (Abstract and Surrealist American Art).
1947 Good, some wear, chipping at top of spine. Stiff wraps. 64 pp. 50 bw repros. Catalogue lists 256 works by 252 artists. All the works in this exhibit were selected by the curators by visitation, rather than submission, and all were produced within five years of the exhibit, and none had been previously shown in a major exhibit. Prices noted next to descriptions. Important catalogue. Prize-winners list laid in. .... more information
Price: 55.00 USD
Who's Who in American Art 1980.
NY: R.R. Bowker Company, 1980 VG-, ExLib with markings. White cloth. xi, 977 pp. Includes a necrology covering the period of 1953 to 1980. Profiles over 10,500 artists. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
New York: MMA, 1913 Poor. Front cover off, but internally VG. 1/2 leather. 119 pp. 134 bw plates. A superb collection of European Masters and contemporary Americans. 85 works by 59 American artists. A superb collection, with great plates. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
New York: Metropolitan Museum of, 1906 Front cover off, internally VG. Original wraps. xiv, 220 pp. 63 bw plates. [[front cover off]] Of the 63 works illustrated, 18 are by contemporary or 19th Century American artists. Artists listed alphabetically at the front, with page numbers. Includes a tipped-in pamphlet with an additional seven paintings by living American artists which were presented by Hearn, or purchased with monies from the Hearn Fund. Scarce. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
40th Western New York Exhibition.
1984 VG. Black wraps. 44 pp. 24 bw plates. Catalogue lists 144 works by 128 artists. 1500 copies printed. Nice sized plates. .... more information
Price: 17.00 USD
Artists USA, 1972-73: A Guide to Contemporary Art.
Philadelphia: Artists/USA, 1972 VG, ex art library copy with minimal marks. Blue cloth. 216 pp. 100's of bw and color repros. An enormous work listing hundreds of artists, with bw and color illustrations of work by each. Lists exhibitions and awards, representing galleries (if any), collections and, sometimes, prices. Most repros are color, this is a very valuable reference for contemporary 20th cent. American art. Also has a geographical listing in the rear. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
NY: Harry C. Jones, 1893-1895, September VG. Leather and cloth in 5 volumes A complete run of this periodical in five volumes. The first volume in in 3/4 brown leather, and is titled "The Years Art", as recorded in The Quarterly Illustrator; 328 pp. Volume 2 is in 3/4 dark leather; 456 pp. Vol. 3 in original publishers green cloth; 384 pp. Volume 4 is in original publishers green cloth; 384 pp. Volume 5 is in original publishers green cloth; 368 pp. The final three volume are titled "The Monthly Illustrator." Mott says:"Harry C. Jones began the Quarterly Illustrator in NY in 1893 to review the illustration.... more information
Price: 400.00 USD
American Art In The Newark Museum: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture.
Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum, 1981 VG (Minor wear to extremities; Pages tight and clean). Wraps. 432 pp. 42 color, over 400 bw plates. The first half of this massive volume contains the photographs of works. The second half is an alphabetical listing of artists in the collection and their works. Index to reproductions in rear. An enormous collection. Catalogue lists artist, work, date, dimensions, provenance, any notes. .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
American Academy of Fine Arts and American Art-Union: Introduction and Exhibition Record.
NY: New York Hist. Society, 1953 VG, ex library with small bookplate, old label at base of spine, otherwise tight clean and unused. Green cloth. 18 bw plates. Volume 1 (xiv, 311 p.): Introduction. Contains a History of The American Academy by Theodore Sizer and a Foreword by James Thomas Flexner. Essay on the American Art Union by Charles E. Baker; Publications of The Art-Union by Mary Bartlett Cowdrey; Sale of Art-Union Holdings by Malcolm Steams Jr. Includes Table of Art Works purchased, with buyers and prices (aplphabetically by artist) and list of buyers, with artists whose work they purchased. Vol. 2 (v, 504 p.) lists the Exhibition Records. Extremely rare. .... more information
Price: 275.00 USD
New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, c. 1965 Good; clean interior but with foxing to front cover. Wraps. 10 pp. 1 color, 7 bw plates. Lists 40 works by this artist. Short biographical statement. .... more information
Price: 10.00 USD
6th International Water Color Exhibition.
1926 Good. Wraps. appx. 44 pp. 16 bw plates. Catalogue lists at total of 450 works. 303 of these are contributed by appx. 128 American artists. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
11th International Water Color Exhibition.
1931 VG. Wraps. appx. 64 pp. 25 bw plates. Catalogue lists at total of 450 works. 339 of these are contributed by appx. 135 American artists. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
13th International Water Color Exhibition.
1934 VG. Wraps. appx. 64 pp. 11 bw plates. Catalogue lists at total of 529 works. 364 of these are contributed by appx. 205 American artists. .... more information
Price: 37.00 USD
Richard Earl Thompson, American Impressionist: Spring and Garden Paintings.
San Francisco: Richard Thompson Gallery, 1990 VG, small label on front cover. Wraps. 32 pp. 4 bw, 24 color plates. Brief essay, listing of prof. attributes. Nice size plates. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
Who's Who In American Art, Volume III.
Washington, DC: Amer. Fed. of the Arts, 1940 VG, Ex Art library copy with label, bookplate, a few stamps,otherwise very clean hardly used. Red cloth. 790 pp. This is volume 3, for the years 1940-1941. This biographical directory of 10,095 American artists includes a preface, a list of abbreviations used, obituaries, and a geographical index grouped alphabetically by state. .... more information
Price: 75.00 USD
12th Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture.
1952 VG. Folded sheet. Lists 108 paintings and 12 sculptures included in the exhibition. Artists names and prices, no illustrations. Not Returnable. .... more information
Price: 17.00 USD
National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1861-1900.
NY: Kennedy Galleries, 1973 VG, ex art library never used with stamps on page edges, title page. Blue cloth. 602, 473 pp. Lists the artists alphabetically and the works chronologically. Gives the artist's address for each year exhibiting. In two volumes, and very useful. .... more information
Price: 75.00 USD
20th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings.
1947 VG. Wraps. 48 pp. 7 bw plates. Lists 313 works by as many artists. .... more information
Price: 30.00 USD
20th Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists.
1926 VG. Greyish Wraps. 43 pp. 25 bw plates. Catalogue lists 134 works by 113 artists. Early works by many big names illustrated. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
40th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity.
1936 VG. Blue wraps. appx. 32 pp. 14 bw plates. Lists 211 paintings and 38 sculptures. .... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860 (in two volumes).
NY: New York Historical Society, 1943 VG, ex art library set with faint stain where labels used to be on lower spines, inexplicable rip to the spine cloth through the title on one volume (could esily be glued). Red cloth A two volume set which was published in a limited edition of 300 copies. Includes the names of almost 1300 artists. Quite scarce. .... more information
Price: 375.00 USD
Who's Who In American Art: Vol. 1.
Washington, DC: American Federation of Arts, 1935 Fair, Ex Art library copy with label, bookplate, a few stamps,otherwise very clean but inner front hinge near broken. Red cloth. x, 565 pp. This is a biographical directory of selected artists in the U.S. working in the media of painting, sculpture, graphic arts, illustration, design, and handicrafts. Includes a preface, list of abbreviations used, a biographical directory, a list of art lecturers, and obituaries of artists who died between Jan. 1934 to Oct. 1935. .... more information
Price: 65.00 USD
Who's Who In American Art 1973.
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1973 VG-, Ex Art library copy with label, bookplate, a few stamps, otherwise very clean hardly used. Blue cloth. x, 927 pp. Contains information on over 6500 artists and others associated with the fine arts. Also lists exhibitions, associations, etc. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
Who's Who In American Art 1982.
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1982 VG, ExLib. Green cloth. xi,1204 pp. Contains information on over 10,650 artists and others associated with the fine arts. Also lists exhibitions, associations, etc. Necrology, which is cummulative from 1953. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
18th Annual Exhibition of The Society of Western Artists.
1913 VG. Wraps. 36 pp. 15 bw plates. Catalogue lists 109 works. Each artist given a brief biography consisting mostly of instructors, prizes, collections. Quite nice. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
41st Western New York Exhibition.
1986 Wraps. 39 pp. 21 bw plates. Lists 120 works by more than 100 artists. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
