Rigan james hubbell (6 risultati)

First edition, first printing Becoming scarce and an interesting title by this painter, sculptor, stained glass artist, poet and visionary architect, who at one time and still may be enriching the environment of San Diego. With color and black and white photographs and text to allow the reader to experience as directly as possible his world. Fine bright in close to fine pictorial dustjacket. Just a light closed mend to the back cover and quite handsome all around. Profusely illustrated.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. xii, 113 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm ; LC: N6537.H72; Dewey: 700/.92/4; B ; ISBN: 0070528357; 9780070528352 LCCN: 79-835 ; OCLC: 4638359 ; xerographic reproduction in black and white, bound in blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; spot on spine ; This is the house built by James Hubbell that garnered so much attention in the 1970's, and which later succumbed to a firestorm that raged throughout the area. Hubbell's imagery suggests the plastic, naturalistic forms of Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum in Dornach Switzerland and the floating concrete shapes of Gaudi. Here in this one-off copy, reproducing the photographs in stark black and white rather than in the color of the original, but in tandem, remains the only complete record of the structure ; scarce in the original edition, and this one is unique ; VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good + Jacket. 1st Edition. 122 Pp. Black Pebbled Cloth. Spine Lettered In Gilt, Black Textured Endpapers; Color Plates Throughout. First Printing, Hardcover. Fine. Dust Jacket With Wear At Corners. Signed By Hubbell On The Title Page. Per Wikipedia, James Hubbell (Born 1931) Is A Visual Artist, Architect, Sculptor, Stained-Glass Designer And Founder Of The Ilan-Lael Foundation Living In Santa Ysabel, California. He Is Best Known For Designing And Building Organic-Style Structures That Have Been Referred To As "Hobbit Houses", With One Such Example Being His Collaboration With Kendrick Bangs Kellogg On The Onion House In Holualoa, Hawaii. He Studied Design And Painting In 1951 For A Year At The Whitney Art School In New Haven, Connecticut Until He Was Drafted Into The U.S. Army, Where He Served In Korea In Headquarters Company And Troop Information Education, Making Posters And Charts. After Returning From The Army, He Studied Painting And Sculpture At The Cranbrook Academy Of Art In Michigan, But He Did Not Graduate. Hubbell Has Produced Hand-Crafted Doors, Stained-Glass Windows, Gates, And Sculpture Using Wood, Stone, Metal, Glass And Clay. His Art And Architecture Have Been Installed In Homes, Schools, Gardens, Pavilions, Nature Centers, Monasteries, Museums And Peace Parks In California And Worldwide. His Art Studio Sits On A 40-Acre Ranch In Wynola, A Community In Julian, California. During The 1950S And 1960S, Hubbell Used Natural, Local Materials To Design Hobbit-Like Structures That Became His Family's Compound. In 2003 As A Result Of The Cedar Fire, He And His Family Lost Their Home And Hubbell's Studio, And Other Outbuildings Located On The Property. All Have Been Rebuilt, And They Have Continued To Expand In The Years Following. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition First Printing. Lot containing several clippings & articles from local newspapers, 2 exhibition catalogues from 1980 (by Otto Rigan) & c. 1989 (by Anne Hubbell), & a 2004 booklet, "The Shadow Side of the Moon: The Cedar Fire,'' with watercolors by Hubbell complemented by photographs by Tom Lamb. The showpiece is the hardcover book: a lavishly illustrated introduction to the philosophy & artistic visions of the late southern California artist James Hubbell (1931-2024), in 114 pages, with both black-and-white & full color photographs by the author taken at Hubbell's mountain home (where they first met) in Santa Ysabel (east San Diego County). A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1979, SIGNED by the ARTIST with a personalized inscription to the half-title page. Small quarto (8.50" x 10.50") has chocolate brown cloth over quarter cream-colored cloth-covered boards, lettering in bright black to spine. Condition is VG+, with mild tanning/offsetting to endpapers + insect damage to edges of front- & rear free endpapers only. Else, completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Good, with some small & larger chips, light soil, unclosed tears; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! all items ship as 1 book. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Hubbell, James; Lamb, Tom (illustratore). Inscribed by Illustrator(s).…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing (full # lines) in price-clipped dust jacket SIGNED by artist James Hubbell with personalized insricption direct to title page, no markings, NOT ex-lib, boards excellent, binding tight pages clean & unfoxed, jacket shows a few small closed tears and a little quiet staining top panel edge & rear panel, mild offsetting to front endpaper & small discolored crease to dj front flap, else clean tight excellent copy, uniquely signed by this visionary multi-faceted artist & architect (dj in mylar protector); 4to; (xiv) 114pp illus. Signed by Artist. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. [122] pp ; full color pictorial, thick wrappers ; filled with color plates of the marvelous arabic palace doors constructed by James Hubbell and crew at the request of an anonymous emir from Abu Dhabi ; photos accompanied by lines from Arabic poems in English translation ; with a description of the construction process ; creasing to back wrapper, else FINE. Book.…