Unmarked. Two items: the Gallery Brochure and the Announcement Poster for exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum August 3-November 27, 2011. 1. The folded gallery brochure measures 23x8.5 inches unfolded and has 10-sides and 6 color reproductions and a B/W image of the Hanover Merzbau "Blue Window" 1933 (destroyed 1943). 2. The announcement poster is six-sided, folded and retains shadows of the plastic tabs on edge used to close the item for mailing. It measures 12x10.5 inches unfolded and has two Schwitters images. and four thumbnails of other work on view at the museum. Born in Hanover, Germ... View More...
Unmarked. Four postcards, 5x7 inches each. Artists: Julie Mehretu, Carrie Mae Weems, Margo Humphrey, and Erica Deeman.
Accompanied an exhibition (May 17-July 21, 2019) at the Berkeley Art Museum that was developed in collaboration with a UC Berkeley class. The show centered on an array of Black art.
Information about the show is on the back of each card. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Signed by artist, with an inscription to previous owner. Exhibition catalog (September 20- October 20, 1984). 20p. Color plates. Bio. Measures 8.25x10.5 inches.Photo of artist in his studio inside cover. Bio.
Berlant is a California artist known for his collages and assemblages composed of colored metal pieces that have been nailed together to form a single image, • • • View More...
Factory sealed. Unmarked. Color illustrations. 79p. Measures 10x12 inches. Text in English and French. As guest artist at the Louvre, Belgian conceptual artist Wim Delvoye (b. 1965) created new, site-specific art for the museum that responded to the Louvre's collections with subversive and ironic reinterpretations of older styles, including Baroque crucifixes and Gothic motifs. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Color and B/W illustrations. 288p. Surveys Rembrandt's entire graphic oeuvre, relating his works to those of his students, who learned by copying his drawings and etchings.
There are essays on Rembrandt's development and technique as a graphic artist and a detailed study of 40 drawings and 40 etchings by Rembrandt. There are also drawings by members of Rembrandt's workshop.
Accompanied exhibition at the Altes Museum in Berlin and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in 1991. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. Text in English and Italian. Color reproductions. Biography. Genn is considered to be part of the Berkeley School (1930s-1950) of artists whose work emphasizes formal values. 38p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Beautifully illustrated. French flaps. Measures 8.5x10.75 inches. 168p. References. Index. Exhibition catalog. Contributions from Mark Billis, Peter Funnell, Jane Sellars, Barbara Bryant, and others. Francis 'Frank' Montague Holl (1845-1888) was one of the great painters of the Victorian era, notable for his tragic social realism as well as his penetrating portraits. This book represents the first retrospective of this significant artist. Exploring in parallel the subject paintings and the portraits, it considers the importance of Holl's output and his continued relevance today.• • ... View More...
Unmarked. French flaps. Over 115 works. First comprehensive view of the Djerassi Collection. 75pp. Contributors include Janet Bishop, Kelly Purrcell, John S. Weber. Preface by Dr. Carl Djerassi. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. Black-and-white illustrations, with more than 40 of Gordine's finest drawings, as well as a selection of works by famous contemporaries such as Aristide Maillol, Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore. Measures 9.5x11.25 inches. 94p. Dora Gordine (1895-1991) was an Estonian Jewish Modernist figurative and portraitist sculptor, architect, designer and lecturer. Recognized in her lifetime as one of Britain's few leading females in her field, Gordine was a sculptor in bronze, architect, interior designer and lecturer who was widely identified between the late 1930s and early ... View More...
Unmarked. Illustrated throughout. The book includes a brief introduction to the artist's life, followed by a series of activities that explore prominent themes and ideas in Blake's work.
Featuring beautiful reproductions of key artwork and illustrated by a leading contemporary illustrator, the artist's daughter, Rose Blake. Age range: 5-7 years. 32p.
Peter Blake (1932) is an English pop artist, best known for co-creating the sleeve design for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and for two of the Who's albums. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Index. Illustrated in B/W. Bibliography. A sympathetic portrait of one of Canada's gifted writers and visual artists. 331p. • • • View More...
Factory sealed. 35 color plates. Measures 9.5x11 inches. 71p. Introduction by Norman Rosenthal.
Presenting an exceptional overview of Freud's works on paper over his more than six-decade career, this oversized volume highlights the artist's unconventional approach to etching. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Some rubbing on dust jacket, under archival, clear mylar cover. Includes 20 excellent B/W images. Published on the occasion of Bloch's seventieth birthday. Introductions by Francesco Arcangeli and Benedict Nicolson. Bibliography of Bloch's writings.
Five hundred copies of this book were printed, one hundred and fifty of which were not for sale and intended for the author and his friends. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Catalog for September 30-October 25, 1997 exhibition. Introduction by Charles Riley II. 6 color reproductions. Measures 8.5x7 inches.
This catalog was published on the occasion of Willard Boepple's first one-person show at Tricia Collins, Grand Salon.
Boepple's (b. 1945) sculptures--usually constructed out of wood and metal--are geometric, abstract, and minimally colored. His practice is influenced by Minimalism, as well as the geometric sculpture of David Smith and Anthony Caro. 19p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Paper clip impression on cover. Catalog for April 12-April 23, 2000 exhibition. Color plates. 24p. One page artist statement. Frank Born (b. 1948) is an American artist. • •• View More...
Factory sealed. Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was a French rococo artist whose charming and graceful paintings show his interest in theater and ballet,
This volume showcases the artist's oeuvre, and authoritative texts illustrate the decisive stages in the artist's life and in the development of his work. Measures 8.75x10.25 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked. 10 large color plates of Vinkovetsky's work. Booklet measures 12 inches square. 13p. Russian artist Short introduction by John E. Bowlt. Photoportrait of the artist by Alexander Kogan (Houston, 1982).
Yakov Vinkovetsky (1938-84) eventually emigrated to the US where he worked as a geologist. As an artist he participated in the famous exhibition of unofficial art in Gaza Cultural Center (1974) and took part in a struggle for artistic freedom in the former Soviet Union. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Previous owner's name inside cover. Sun line on back cover. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. 48p. Measures 8.25 inches square.
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in St Ives during the Second World War. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Wear on spine. Exhibition catalogue. Chronology. 49 illustrations, many in color.
Mary Cassatt was an excellent printmaker. After experimenting with different printmaking techniques like etching and aquatint she finally discovered drypoint combined with aquatint as her favorite intaglio process. Her prints show a strong influence of Japanese prints and later of Renaissance paintings. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Bump on back cover. Beautifully illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Chihuly Courtyards, organized by the Honolulu Academy of Art, October 8-November 22, 1992. 14p. Measures 8.5x11 inches. 16p. Photography by David Cornwell, Tibor Franyo, Russell Johnson, Michael Seidl and Roger Schreiber.
Dale Chihuly (b. 1941), is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. Chihuly's works are considered unique to the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture. • • • View More...
