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Buck Schiwetz' Memories - Paintings and drawings by E.M. Schiwetz Buck Schiwetz Texas A&M Uiniversity Press 1978 First edition, stated This copy is inscribed by Buck Shiwetz to Joe and Betty Moore, the patrons of Texas A&M Art who sponsored this, their third book in their Texas Art Series. First edition, first printing. Hard cover, maroon cloth, gilt spine lettering, 112 pages, landcspe (oblong) orientation, 9 1/4" X 12 1/4", color frontis, full color plates and b&w sketch....]]> Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:26:27 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/albert-eckhout-dutch-painter-of-early-17th-century-scenes-in-brazil $40.00
Albert Eckhout: Pintor de Maurício de Nassau no Brasil 1637/1644 Clarival do Prado Valladares, revisão crítica e actualidade (artistic critique) Luis Emygdio de Mello Filho, verbetes scientífico (commentary on scientific representations) Livroarte Editora, 1981 Here is a link to an excellent Wikipedia article on Albert Eckhout. Portuguese with interlinear English translations. Hard cover, white gloss boards, black lettering on spine, repro. of artist's signature on front in graphic du....]]> Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:40:57 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/art-today-by-edward-lucie-smith $20.00
Art Today Edward Lucie-Smith Phaidon First paperback edition, 1999 An ambitious survey of what is described as "perhaps the most thoroughly confusing epoch in the whole history of the visual arts - the period from 1960 to the present" The Modern Movement loses its dominance without being replaced by any single new orthodoxy. Artists, critics, and the public alike are now confronted by unprecedented variety and complexity. Into this confusing array comes Edward Lucie-Smith's work, com....]]> Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:48:58 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/texas-homes-of-the-nineteenth-century-by-drury-b-alexander $32.50
Texas Homes of the Nineteenth Century Alexander, Drury Blakeley Photographs by Todd Webb University of Texas Press 1966 First edition.  Publication number one of the Texas Architectural Survey, sponsored by the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art and the School of Architecture, University of Texas. Hard cover Hardcover, green cloth, black title block on spine, in dust jacket, 32 cm; xiv, 276p. illustrations: 200 plates, 14 figures. Very good in poor dust jacket. Near fine copy in....]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:10:14 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/alberto-brambilla-catlogue-raisonne-milan-italy $35.00
Alberto Brambilla Galleria D'arte Cortina, Milano, Italy 1972 Hard cover Square format, 8 3/4", red cloth with paste down color illustration on front board. Not paginated, Text section front, with illustrations, part in color, printed recto only. Appx 120 pages. Language: Italian (no English translation). Very good. Clean, unmarked, square and tight, no significant defects, just mild signs of handling. sku X05003 ....]]> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:45:45 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/henry-moore-complete-drawings-1916-29 $75.00
Henry Moore: Volume I-Complete Drawings 1916-29 Ann Garrould (Editor), and Henry Moore Lund Humphries Publishers London 1996 Hard cover xi, 244 p, 30 cm folio. Sewn binding navy blue cloth over boards graphic dust jacket. Color and b&w illustrations throughout.   A very tight and clean ex-library with very minimal library markings consisting of a small label on lower spine of dust jacket and a stamp mark on the copyright page and a stamp mark on the page edges.  There are ....]]> Sat, 29 May 2010 10:36:00 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/murano-glass-from-the-olnick-spanu-collection $40.00
Murano: Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection The book was published in conjunction with the North American Tour of the exhibition of Murano glass from the Olnick-Spanu collection. Softcover, French wrap covers, 311 pages, square format, 10".  Color illustrations mostly with 25 pages of articles and commentaries.  The text section contains highlighting and a couple of marginal notes, else the book is clean throughout.  Binding is tight with one opening crease along spine. ....]]> Tue, 25 May 2010 16:29:21 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/d-howard-hitchcock-islander-by-helen-hitchcock-maxon-signed-1st-ed $325.00
D. Howard Hitchcock - Islander  by Helen Hitchcock Maxon  Signed by the author on first free endpaper.  First edition, first printing (stated)  Topgallant Publishing, Inc., 1987  David Howard Hitchcock (1861-1942).  Regarded as one of the most important painters of Hawaiian landscapes.  Born in 1861 on Hilo, studied art in Honolulu and Oberlin College in Ohio before meeting Jules Tavernier, becoming his disciple and student.  After Tavernier's death,....]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:18:23 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/the-art-of-sali-herman-by-daniel-thomas $50.00
Sali Herman  Text by  Daniel Thomas  William Collins 1971  Sydney, Australia  First edition  Sali Herman (1898-1993).  Swiss-born Australian artist.  Known for his paintings of inner streets and slums of Sydney.  During WW II he was appointed as an Official War Artist and painted at several locations around the Pacific.  26 of his paintings were submitted to the Australian War Memorial.  Hardcover, tweed cloth, graphic dust jacket. ....]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:13:42 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/selections-the-san-jose-museum-of-art-permanent-collection $50.00
Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent CollectionEdited and with an introduction by Susan Landauer.Published in conjunction with a 35th anniversary exhibition, "It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years" at the San Jose Museum of Art from October, 2004 through February, 2005.  ISBN: 0938175335Hardcover, Black cloth over boards, copper spine lettering, graphic dust jacket.262 pages, folio (12 1/4" X 9 3/4").  Color illustrations throughout.Fine in fine dust jacket, as new througho....]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:46:53 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/giovanni-battista-moroni--renaissance-portraitist $47.50
Giovanni Battista Moroni - Renaissance Portraitistby Peter Humphrey with contributions by Jane Bridgeman, Nancy E. Edwards, Creighton Gilbert, Mina GregoriKimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tx, 2000Catalog of exhibition organized by the Kimbell Art Museum, 26 Feb. 1999 - 28 May, 2000.Softcover, 80 pages, quarto (11" X 8 1/2"), illustrated with b&w and color reproductions, includes bibliography. ?Condition: fine, like new.....]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:35:51 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/the-art-of-bev-doolittle-text-by-elise-maclay-1st1st $85.00
The Art of Bev Doolittle Text and Poems by Elise Maclay First edition, first printing, The Greenwich Workshop, 1990 Bev Doolittle is one of the most astonishing artists of our time.  Her unique vision and talent combine to create images that evoke a desire to enter her world, to look beyond what the viewer immediately sees.  It is, in fact, almost impossible to view a Doolittle painting passively.  One is drawn in -- to speculate, to wonder, to explore the power of myth and m....]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:25:04 GMT