James johnson sweeney essay (10 risultati)

2002, Art, Catalog, Alexander Gallery, 31 color plates. Very good museum ex-library. Paperback.

134 pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 21.25cm. White dust jacket lightly soiled, some nicks and a few short closed tears at edges, 2cm deep chip at spine head shallowly extending into adjacent panel corners, slight residue from removed price sticker at front flap's top right corner; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Black cloth with dark orange stamped lettering, tearing and slight curling at spine head. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good- copy in a good+ dust jacket. With b/w illustrations and color plates, essay "Calder" by James Johnson Sweeney (pages 5-10), biographical chronology titled "The Artist, The Work" by Daniel Lelong (pages 11-28), "Sculptures, Mobiles, Stabiles, Gouaches" (pages 29-131). Sweeney was curator of the Museum of Modern Art from 1935 to 1946 and director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from 1952 to 1960. ISBN 084352023X.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: None as Issued. C. 1959. Soft Cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Unstated; c. 1959. Text/BRAND NEW & bright. Softcover (photograph of the permanent home of the Musem by Ezra Stoller)/NF w/trace shelfwear. The museum was established by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1939. Initially housed in a rental property, in 1959, the museum moved to its current building --- the landmark cylindrical building wider at the top than at the bottom by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959); its contruction completed on the same year of his passing. Introduction (in English, French & German) from James Johnson Sweeney (1900 - 1986), Director of the Museum from 1952 to 1960. Unpaginated, b/w catalogue of some 70 prize works of paintings, sculptures & drawings held by the Museum on its move to its permanent home. A celebratory catalogue of a historical year. Archival Photographs (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 2nd Edition. FINE, second edition revised of 1941 catalog which accompanied Klee's memorial exhibit which toured major US museums. This revised edition is enlarged and includes 64 pps, 54 plates (several in full color), statements by Barr, Julia and Lyonnel Feininger, James Johnson Sweeney, extracts from Klee's journal, Klee statement of his work translated from the French for the first time, chronology, list of plates, biblio, works by Klee in American Museum at this time. Russet cloth cover with gray Klee signature on cover and gray font on spine, without writing or marks, tight binding, only noted flaw is light age toning of this 71 year old book. Dust jacket is good, not price clipped (shows original $2.25 price), chips along spine ends and top edge, several closed tears and is now mylar protected. See our photo and/or request additional informaiton. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 16 pp catalogue in stapled cover of Van Doesburg retrospective at Peggy Guggenheim's New York gallery, 29 April-31 May 1947. Photos of artist and six of his works; C essay by Sweeney; Chronology; List of museums; Catalogue of 32 works exhibited. A little wear on front cover but interior clean. Theo van Doesburg (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Limited ed. Paper, staple-bound exhibition catalog, limited to 2500 copies. Errata laid in at front. A good copy, with general wear to the cover edges, and scuffing to the white rear cover. Bending at the corners. Ghost of a previous bookstore price ot the top of the front free-endpaper appears to be the only marking in the catalog. Interioir is clean and the staples a firm and tight. Unpaginated, roughly 30 pages, with black and white representations of 16 of the artist's works.…

Hardcover. White stiff wraps with color illustration and mylar cover. Unpaginated. [32] pp. 11 tipped-in color plates 17 bw images. Comprised of an essay by Sweeney, a statement by the artist, and illustrations.

Stapled, Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. Stapled small exhibition catalogue. Very Good w/ some minute wears on cover. The catalogue for the artist's first retrospective in US.

Condizione: Good. 8vo. 14 pp. Soft Cover. Stapled Wraps. Black and white plates. Very Good. Minor wear to cover. Scarce.Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author.Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA) (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-1977). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New.