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B285167-1Paris Ludovic Baschet Éditeur 1887. 104pp. 100 photogravure plates printed by Goupil & Cie. Sm. folio. Marbled boards 3/4 morocco gilt. Spine banded and gilt in compartments. Uncut. T.e.g. Paris (Ludovic Baschet, Éditeur), 1887. hardcover
200560703Tucson AZ: Nazraeli Press JGS Blue Sky Gallery 2005. Atlas Folio. 13.25 x 16 in. 34 pp unpaginated. Colour-photo illustrated throughout 2 large centerfold folding plates which create panorama measuring 55 in. when unfolded. Burgundy-coloured cloth embossed in blind w/ dustjacket minor dustsoiling very minor toning to upper fore-edge still NF/NF copy from the library of noted Portland colour photographer Russell Lamb 1929-2009. First edition 1 of 2500 copies printed of this monograph issued originally in conjunction with the launching in 2005 of his exhibition in Portland featuring his installations of intimate and dreamlike snapshot style images offering vignettes of nudes and natural history emulating the passage of time and evoking vintage photographs. Nazraeli Press, JGS Blue Sky Gallery, hardcover
1378201Paris: L'Art et les artistes, 1917 in-4, (2)-52-(2) pages, 84 illustrations. Broché, couverture illustrée par J. MOSSO, petits manques et usures sur les bords, autrement bon état. Sommaire: Une lettre du Général Lyautey. L'art marocain par Raymond Koechlin. L'avenir de l'art marocain par Alfred de Tarde. Les arts indigènes au Maroc par A.-R. de Lens. Notre protectorat sur l'art marocain par J. de la Nézière.
192581687Amsterdam: Algem. Nederl. Metaalbewerkersbond n.d. ca. 1925. First Edition. Octavo 24.5cm.; publisher's woodcut illustrated staplebound self-wrappers; 14pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers rather fragile from poor paper stock with a few tiny chips to extremities light foxing throughout else Near Very Good and sound. Text in Dutch.<br /> <br /> Organizing pamphlet issued by the Dutch Metalworkers Union the cover illustrated with a woodcut by the noted Dutch Socialist cartoonist and printmaker Jan Rot. Rot was an illustrator for the satirical magazine Notenkraker through the 1920s later becoming known during the Occupation as an underground printer co-founding the underground political daily Paraat in 1944. Of this pamphlet we find three copies in OCLC as of August 2021 none outside the Netherlands. Algem. Nederl. Metaalbewerkersbond unknown
19709003Seattle 1970. 5 charcoal sketches on 8.5x11" paper by Ray Jensen with a 41 page handwritten journal by his wife Gloria on loose sheets. Also included is a 10 page handmade card from an acquaintance. Some pinholes to upper edge of sketches few light marginal smudges or stains. Generally very good. <br /> <br /> Small archive of materials from the influential Seattle artist Ray Jensen 1929-2019. Jensen was most well-known for his sculptures and mixed-media assemblages which often explored themes of death and decay. He was also an art educator at Bellevue Community College and the Cornish College of the Arts. Jensen's work can be found in both public institutions and private collections including The Waiting Multitude at the University of Washington's Suzzallo Library; The Dance at Seattle's McCaw Hall; The Doorway at Bellevue Community College; The Pursuit of Knowledge a life-size bronze of leaping figures at the Rainier Branch of Seattle Public Library; and The Graduates at Bellevue High School. <br /> <br /> <br /> The journal from Gloria Jensen with whom Ray was married for 61 years from 1958 covers family activities including trips to Ashland and Hawaii and her feelings about Ray with dates ranging from 1977-1989. The included card is related to Gloria's work in Special Education. . unknown
9006Seattle 1970. 24 loose sketches from 6x4" to 12x11" approx. 16 smaller and 8 larger on various papers mostly torn from sketchbooks and one on a brown paper bag. Sketchbook 8x6" containing about 20 more. Several of the smaller loose sketches along with a few from the book are signed. Also included are 6 exhibition ads featuring Cumming's work 3 being broadsides of his design and 1 being a short booklet. Bit of moisture staining to upper edge of sketch book and a couple of the programs. Sketch paper toned and occasionally smudged. Generally very good. <br /> <br /> Tremendous assemblage of original sketches by William Cumming 1917-2010 of the Northwest School. Cumming was close with Morris Graves whom he met doing jobs for the WPA's Federal Art Project as well as Margaret Callahan Seattle Star and Seattle Times journalist and editor. She encouraged him to develop his own style which would become very figurative focusing on daily life and activities with use of light and shadow to create contrast. He was known for depicting people and animals with minimal facial details but with a focus on body language and posture which can be seen in these sketches. <br /> <br /> <br /> Cumming was also quite political and controversial being an outspoken Stalinist. He became a member of the Communist party in 1945 alienating him from the arts community he had become a part of. His career again took off in the late 1950s from when a few of the present sketches are dated after quitting the Communist party. This was the most productive time in his career. <br /> <br /> Cumming's works have been sold at auction as well as Northwest Galleries such as Woodside/Braseth and are held at the Seattle Art Museum Frye Art Museum Museum of Northwest Art and other institutions. . unknown
1931LFA011acUn ouvrage de 188 pages, format 160 x 240 mm, broché, publié en 1931, rare
1934LFA-126719520Un ouvrage de 197 pages, format 160 x 240 mm, broché, publié en 1934, rare
7178Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, 1978. In-8, broché.
1991152969Tokyo: Touko Museum of Contemporary Art 1991. First Edition. Trade softcover. First Edition. Exhibition catalog for a 1991 exhibit of work by Robert Gober Cady Noland Philip Taaffe Christopher Wool at the Touko Museum of Contemporary Art from June 29 - August 24 1991<br /> <br /> Fine in perfect-bound card wrappers and Fine full-color dust jacket. Touko Museum of Contemporary Art unknown
17-1381London: Waterlow & Sons 1940s - 1950s. Three 8 x 10 inch black & white glossy publicity prints. Very Good. These are reprints of publicity photographs originally distributed in 1936.Cast features Charles Chaplin Paulette Goddard Henry Bergman. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Screenplay by Charles Chaplin. London: Waterlow & Sons, [1940s - 1950s?] unknown
3795Genève, Musée Rath, 1976; petit-4°, 112p. Broché, couverture illustrée. Catalogue d'exposition tiré à 2000 exemplaires. 150 numéros décrits, et reproduits. Publié à l'occasion du centenaire
1986BB2228Paris: Maeght Editeur through 1992 1986. Three issues of Maeght Editeur's beautifully produced outsized contemporary art and literary journal Noise all Fine and profusely illustrated in color. Crown Folio 368 x 268mm: 56; 56; 80pp with numerous reproductions of original lithographs mostly double-page on card and included in pagination. Publisher's wraparound pictorial stiff-card perfect bindings. Text in French. One of 2000 standard copies 120 were issued on vellum. No. 5 with contributions by Mattia Bonetti Werner Büttner Graziella da Gioz André Derain Barry Flanagan Elizabeth Garouste Witold Gombrowicz Philippe Lacque-Labarthe Françoise Martin Pierre Moignard Frederic Paul Jacques Perry François Martin and Andrea Zanzotto. No. 6 with contributions by Edouard Pignon Stefano Benni Vincent Corpet Luis Mizón Antonio Saura Marc Le Bot Peter Chevalier Pascal Bonafoux Hélène Delprat and Juan Manuel Bonet. No. 15/16 double issue with contributions by Tristan Tzara Philippe Favier Robert Walser Rover Thomas Tahar Ben Jelloun Robinson Sophie Ristelhueber Jean-Patrick Maslier Yves Bresson Jean-Pierre Bibring Antoine Detlef Orlopp Guy de Maupassant Norbert Prangenberg Jean Oury Olivier Ouidette Lucette Desvignes Christophe Boutin and Alekseï Leonov. Editorial successor to Derrière le Miroir which published the works of such artists and authors as Pierre Alechinsky Georges Braque Alexander Calder Marc Chagall Alberto Giacometti Vassily Kandinsky Ellsworth Kelly Fernand Léger Henri Matisse Joan Miró Guillaume Apollinaire and André Breton and was created by French art dealer Aimé Maeght in October 1946. In October 1945 at the close of the Second World War when many exiled artists returned to France Maeght had opened his art gallery at 13 Rue de Téhéran in Paris. Following Maeght's death in September 1981 the final issue of Derrière le Miroir was published. Four years later Maeght's publishing house brought out the first issue of Noise which continued until issue 18/19 of 1992. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books and periodicals in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Maeght Editeur [through 1992] unknown
72520BeatDelle Arti Poetiche 2000. Broadside Poster. BEAT PERFORMANCE SIGNED: In Italian and English. Some of the participants have fully signed this full color poster including Ira Cohen and Martin Matz Ray McNiece et al. This gathering included Lawrence Ferlinghetti Martin Matz Ed Sanders Anne Waldman and other Italian artists. Very good full color 24.5 x 38 inches. Please: all print shipping is by Priority Mail and payment by Paypal or personal check. Please: all print broadside shipping is by Priority Mail which requires extra costs to be invoiced and/or payment by Paypal or personal check. Delle Arti Poetiche, 2000 unknown
19004432England 1900. Very good. Small 4to 250 x 194 mm. 20 pp. printed on glazed linen color printed text and illustrations throughout. Color printed wrappers backed with red cloth with text and illustrations on both sides affixed with three staples as issued. On front cover: a young child looking into or through an aquarium; on back cover: 4 children on the bank of a river one of whom is seated in a rowboat. Thumbing and signs of considerable use by small and large hands covers are soiled and worn SEE IMAGES. RARE CHILDREN'S BOOK PRINTED ON LINEN THE COVERS OF WHICH FEATURE UNSETTLING RENDERINGS OF CHILDREN'S FACES. WHILE THE PRESENT PUBLICATION IS LIKELY ENGLISH WE DRAW ATTENTION TO CERTAIN SIMILARITIES WITH THE STRANGE AND WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA BY THE IMMORTAL MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS. <br /> <br /> We suggest that the book dates from 1880 to 1900 and was published in England based on the illustrators who contributed to it and the selections of the rhymes one of which "On the Fence" mentions London four times. The names of the illustrators include: Ernest Griset d. London 1907; E.J. Walker English active 1878-1886 and the English wood engraver Paul Jonnard 1840-1902; unidentified monograms include "LL" "HJR" and "AH" are found on others. Some of the illustrations appear to have been inspired by or copied from Kate Greenaway's great work. <br /> <br /> Not in JISC Library Hub Discover. Worldcat locates just two copies worldwide: Univ. Kansas Kearney and Univ. Minn. although claiming "5" copies exist only two are actually identified. unknown
72522Blustudio Autumn n.d. Broadside Poster. BEAT PERFORMANCE: Large black and white photograph of unidentified contemplative individual. An event with poets from around the world including American poets Andy Clausen Janine Pommy Vega Agneta Falk plus musicians. Also including five musicians starting with Massimo Mollo and others. Other poets included are Izet Sarajlic and Marco Kravos. Highly attractive poster. Near fine 27 x 38 inches. Please: all print broadside shipping is by Priority Mail which requires extra costs to be invoiced and/or payment by Paypal or personal check. Blustudio Autumn, n.d. unknown
2001A181Japan: NHK 2001. Paperback. First Edition. 8.5 x 11.5in. 209pp. Publisher's printed pictorial wraps. VERY GOOD. Shows a light reading crease at the spine corners lightly shelf rubbed otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the covers remain bright and distinct. As pictured. NHK paperback
140938852Portland OR: Nazraeli Press 2017. First Edition. Fine. 124 Volumes 100 titles five multi-volume deluxe sets and duplicates of several titles several labeled AP for Artist's Proof. A complete run of the celebrated series which features 100 uniformly sized books of various colors giving each artist a 16-page canvas to exhibit a cohesive body of work. Each volume is limited to 500 copies and each contains one photographic print tipped in and signed by the artist--hence the name of the series. Conceived in 1998 as a way to make original art more affordable titles were originally released in groups of four generally twice a year beginning in 2000 and ending in 2017 with most copies reserved in advance for subscribers. Complete sets of the 100 titles are uncommon as many volumes are out of print; even more uncommon are those with the deluxe box sets as few were issued toward the beginning of the series. All volumes are Fine to Near Fine. Several volumes with light spine sunning or a slight shelf lean.<p><br /> <br /> The deluxe sets are by John Gossage Four American Photographs Todd Hido Taft Street Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gomez Four Sections of Time all marked as "AP" or artist's proofs Judy Gelles Beach Boxes and Emi Anrakuji e hakagi<br /> <p><br /> <br /> Comprised of 1. Terri Weifenbach Instruction Manual No. 1: 21. May 1995; 2. John Gossage Four American Photographs 4-volume set in slipcase; 3. Terri Weifenbach Instruction Manual No. 2: 21. April 1996 "Bee"; 4. Terri Weifenbach Instruction Manual No. 3: 25. June 1996 "Blue Sky"; 5. Chan Chao Letter from P.L.F. Burma; 6. Todd Hido Taft Street 4-volume set in slipcase; 7. Ron van Dongen Rosa Ferreus; 8. Susan Hornbeak-Ortiz True; 9. Bill Jay Bill Brandt 2 copies; one signed as usual on limitation line and there the other marked "print signed on verso"; 10. Julien Coulommier Soleil Cou Coupe; 11. Yuki Onodera How to Make a Pearl; 12. Robert Adams Alders; 13. Risaku Suzuki Fire: February 6; 14. Robert Heinecken studiesnineteenseventy; 15. Don Kirby You're not really initiated until your eyes are redder than your lips; 16. Masao Yamamoto The Path of Green Leaves; 17. Martin Parr 7 Communist Still Lifes; 18. Andreas Müller-Pohle Yumiko; 19. Sara Gilbert Cues; 20. Toshio Shibata Type 55; 21. Michael Kenna Boarding School; 22. Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gómez Four Sections of Time 4-volume set all marked as "AP" or artist's proofs; 23. Weng Fen Sitting on the Wall & Bird's Eye View; 24. Judy Gelles Beach Boxes 1 copy 4-volume set in slipcase; 25. Naoya Hatakeyama River Series / Shadow; 26. Boomoon Kwon On the Clouds; 27. Camille Solyagua Twenty-One Red-Crowned Cranes and One Black Crow; 28. Martin Parr 7 Colonial Still Lifes; 29. Jim Stone Why My Photographs are Good; 30. Stu Levy Cranial Czar Eh; 31. Ken Ohara One; 32. Steve Pyke: Post Partum; 33. Steve Pyke: Post Mortem; 34. Joseph Mills e mars Lilly's Waist; 35. Yuichi Hibi Robert Frank A Weekend with Mr. Frank; 36. Twinkako Ishiwata-Pichler Desperately Seeking Twinka; 37. Ron van Dongen A. angustatum; 38. Junko Takahashi The Receptionist; 39. Daido Moriyama Kuchibiru; 40. Emi Anrakuji e hagaki 7 volumes included with 6 unique prints; no slipcase present perhaps as issued; 41. Michael Kenna Montecito Garden; 42. Tanya Marcuse Fruitless; 43. Stephen Shore Merced River; 44. Jesse Diamond Drum Circle; 45. Nancy Honey Poodle Parlour; 46. Lars Schwander Manuel Ãlvarez Bravo: One Day in April 1999; 47. John Divola Seven Dogs; 48. Masao Yamamoto Fujisan; 49. David Maisel Cascade Effect; 50. Rob McDonald Birth Place; 51. Netta Madahar Sustenance; 52. David Tseklenis Julius Shulman Does His Own House; 53. Joe Deal Indian Bingo; 54. Raymond Meeks Doctrine of an Axe; 55. Mayumi Lake Ex Post Facto; 56. Michael Kenna Heiden Hotel; 57. Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gómez En Vista; 58. Edward Bateman Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny; 59. Todd Hido: Cracked Trees 2 copies one numbered the other labeled "AP" for Artist's Proof; 60. Todd Hido: Crooked Cracked Tree in Fog 2 copies one numbered the other marked "AP" for Artist's Proof; 61. David H. Gibson: Water Cascade: A Sequence; 62. Eiji Ina: Wacht; 63. Alec Soth: One Mississippi; 64. Mark Steinmetz: Italia: Cronaca di un Amore; 65. Pine & Woods: For Constance; 66. Hiroshi Watanabe: Love Point; 67. Terri Weifenbach: Some Insects; 68. Sally Mann Rob McDonald and Even Rogers: Cy's Rollei; 69. Corey Arnold: Fishing with My Dad 1978-1995; 70. Joni Harbeck & Neil Krug: Indian Girl; 71. Steve Fitch: Motel Signs; 72. Liz Steketee: Dystopia; 73. Stephen Shore: Pet Pictures; 74. Martin Parr: Seven Cups of Tea; 75. Stu Levy: Honk If You Love Stieglitz: Jerry Uelsmann A Grid-Portrait; 76. Leon Borensztein: Portraits ii; 77. Carol E. Richards: Birds Have Wings; 78. Melanie Pullen: Juliette; 79. Martin Usborne: Fox About Town; 80. Risaku Suzuki: Snow Letter; 81. John Divola: Supermarket; 82. Richard Misrach: iPhone Studies: Reverse Scrubs; 83. Dan Solomon: Witness; 84. Jim Goldberg: Polaroids from Haiti 2 copies one marked "AP" for Artist's Proof; 85. Roger Ballen: The Audience; 86. Doug Rickard: All Eyes on Me; 87. Aaron Ruell: Ten Years Too Late; 88. Alec Soth: Bogota Funsaver; 89. Steve Kahn: Corridors; 90. Daido Moriyama: Self 2 copies; 91. Katy Grannan: Lion King; 92. Michael Kenna: Kussharo Lake Tree; 93. Todd Hido: Season Road; 94. Elaine Ling: Habitacion Cubana; 95. Ed Templeton: Memories of the Salt.; 96. Ave Pildas: Bijou; 97. Javier Carrillo: Las Trocas Angelinas con sus Mercancia; 98. Gregori Maiofis: Taste for Russian Balet; 99. Tomoko Sawada: Face; 100. Gloria Katz: Souvenirs. Nazraeli Press unknown
193818999Berlin: Nationalsozialistiche Volkswohlfahrt 1938. Lithograph printed in black and brown on cream stock 42cm X 30cm ca.16.5" X 11.75". Folded vertically at center with marginal toning to extremities and a few small corner creases; Near Fine. Original advertising poster for the Winterhilfswerk or WHW a social relief program designed to provide food clothing coal and other items to needy German citizens during the winter months October-March. The program was instituted under the government of Heinrich Bruning in 1931 though Hitler would ultimately claim sole credit for the idea. Depending on whether an individual was single or married and how many children he or she had recipients were entitled to a weekly/monthly stipend and rations of food and coal to ensure they and their families would neither starve nor freeze. Indeed the program's motto was "None shall starve or freeze." Under Nazi rule all German citizens were required to give to the program - one of Hitler's ingenious ways of uniting the nation. Large donations to the fund were also a means of establishing ones loyalty to the Nazi Party without the commitment of joining it. <br /> <br /> The present example explains how to donate to the fund and provides a detailed chart showing exactly how much individual or family recipients could benefit from the program. An attractive survival showing the dynamics of German social welfare. [Nationalsozialistiche Volkswohlfahrt] unknown
7251Cooperativa Teatro Alkestis. Broadside Poster. BEAT PERFORMANCE:: Italian feature from City Lights Italia. 26.5 x 38.5 inches poster. Very good highly colorful poster featuring contributions as titled: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Alejandro Jodorowsky Jean Giorno Jack Hirschman Steve Lacy Janine Pommy Vega Ed Sanders Iran sic Cohen Ira Cohen and others. Very good with some gentle wear to edges which may be easily hidden in a frame. Please: all print broadside shipping is by Priority Mail which requires extra costs to be invoiced and/or payment by Paypal or personal check. Cooperativa Teatro Alkestis unknown
122938London Cassell & Company 1889-90-91. . First edition; 2 vols large 4to 33 x 26 cm; vol 1 with two title-pages two coloured frontispieces numerous black and white engraved illustrations throughout both volumes some in text and some full page inner hinges on volume 1 slightly cracked bookplates; publisher's lavishly gilt decorated cloth slightly worn and rubbed at edges; a very attractive copy.<br /> This work is compilation of travels in the Mediterranean by various artists and writers. These impressive tomes cover France Corsica Italy Egypt SpainTurkey Malta Greece and Algeria.<br /> London, Cassell & Company, 1889-90-91. hardcover
200051882Kontakt-Kultura Moscow 2000. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. POSTERS. The Russian Poster 20th-Century Masterpieces Moscow: Kontakt-Kultura 2000. Large folio 41x29cm pp. 14 152 double-sided color plates 169-174 wraps text in Russian with a one-page English-language introduction and captions in English and Russian. The editors have selected the best of all genres from art nouveau through constructivism and social realism and reproduced 152 masterpieces so large that you would probably have to own the originals to do better. Includes 3 by Rodchenko 4 each by the Stenbergs and V.B Koretskii 5 by V.S. Ivanov and Serov's famous portrait of Anna Pavlova. Condition of this book: Covers moderately worn with minor chipping. Leaves clean and tight images fine. Size: Large Folio bigger than A3. Text is in multiple languages. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Russia; Antiques & Collectibles. ISBN: 5938820014. ISBN/EAN: 9785938820012. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51882. . 9785938820012 Kontakt-Kultura paperback
409515From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Consisting of 188 autograph letters signed and one autograph postcard signed 336 pages 12mo and 8vo plus 25 related items. As below:. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1836-1912. 38 autograph letters signed 52 pages nearly all 12mo about half in French most signed "L Alma-Tadema" a few signed just with initials one letter with small ink sketch of Deschamps another letter with a fore-edge a bit chipped; docketed by Deschamps and a few with his penciled notes on versos. Written from London Naples and Menton 1872-1888. With six related items: three letters to Alma-Tadema from others regarding his paintings; two letters 1883 & 1910 from his wife and daughter also painters to Deschamps; and a pictorial invitation to an Alma-Tadema exhibition.<br /> <br /> Alma-Tadema writes about: sales of his paintings with some prices – payments for paintings – paintings mentioned are "Sappho" "The Audition" "La Cleopatra" – arranging meetings – portraits – arranging for paintings to go to exhibitions at Knoedler Birmingham Grosvenor Gallery – mentions four paintings leaving for America and their prospective buyers – social news – travels one letter is from Naples two are from Menton. <br /> <br /> <br /> Sir George Clausen 1852-1944. 81 autograph letters signed 158 pages 8vo one letter with two small drawings in the text 18 of the letters with condition problems because of the ink and the inferior dark stationery used fading some margins chipped all perhaps a dozen words lost; nearly all docketed by Deschamps on versos. Written from Cookham Dene in Berks St. Albans and possibly Paris 1881-1887. With eight signed receipts from Deschamps for sales of pictures and one printed Deschamps announcement.<br /> <br /> Clausen writes about: pricing pictures – exhibitions – discusses individual pictures he is working on and selling detailed – much on the Grosvenor Gallery – Royal Academy exhibition getting "The Gleaners" and other paintings ready for – thinking of moving from St. Albans to Cookham Dene – what he finds wrong with one of his pictures – which pictures should be sent to the Grosvenor or to the Royal Academy – going to Paris to paint for the winter Glow international exhibition – also Liverpool and Manchester exhibitions – framing – which pictures they are sending to each other – mentions Alma-Tadema – mentions other art dealers.<br /> <br /> Edward John Gregory 1850-1909. 30 autograph letters signed 50 pages 12mo-8vo a few letters a bit stained. Virtually all written from Maida Vale one letter from Florence 1881-1888. With two signed receipts from Deschamps. Gregory writes about: financial matters – collectors – exhibitions – sales of his pictures – prices for pictures – pictures and watercolors he is working on a few detailed – framing – travels in Italy a six-page letter giving his opinion of Florence – mentions Caldecott. <br /> <br /> John William North 1842-1024. 25 autograph letters signed and one autograph postcard signed 46 pages 8vo including one letter to Mr. Williams of Christie's one of the letters browned. Written from London and Taunton 1881-1888. With six signed receipts from Deschamps for pictures sold and an autograph note signed from the dealer making an offer on a painting with a reply from North on it. <br /> <br /> North writes about: the Grosvenor Gallery and its exhibitions – going to the New Gallery – selling a Gainsborough which Deschamps had on consignment – sales of pictures and prices he wants – other dealers – making arrangements – Deschamps getting involved with the Grosvenor Gallery – mentions the writer Richard Jefferies.<br /> <br /> William Stott of Oldham 1857-1900. 14 autograph letters signed 31 pages 8vo; almost all docketed by Deschamps a few with penciled notes by him. Written from London Cumberland and Paris 1884-1887. With a receipt from Deschamps for payment for a painting. <br /> <br /> Stott writes about: prices he wants for paintings and business dealings over his pictures in detail – names paintings he is working on – arranges appointments – mentions a Whistler painting at a Paris salon. unknown
1811910931811. Watanabe Nangaku 渡辺å—å²³ & Kawamura BumpÅ æ²³æ‘æ–‡é³³ artists. Nangaku BumpÅ KaidÅ SÅga å—丘文鳳 è¡—é“åŒç”». å…¨ Kawachiya Kihei and Yoshidaya Shimbei of Osaka and Kyoto respectively. Bunka 8 1811 26.2 x 17.9 cm. There is a preface by Bunya Shigetaka. Buff covers blindstamped with a geometric pattern of squares and octagons. Printed paper title label. Our copy of this bibliographically complex work appears to resemble most closely the copy at Ryerson 385 one of Mitchell's "B" examples. It would appear that the two volume edition Mitchell's "A" with a poetry volume is of extraordinary rarity. The KSSM only lists three examples and Mitchell lists his own and one other - a variant.<br /> <br /> What is clear in the midst of all the detail is that the impressions of this copy are fresh and beautiful. The juxtaposition of Nangaku and Bumpo designs is instructive and interesting. There is a bit of soiling and staining to the covers a very few internal spots and thumbing and a very mild internal waterstain - but overall still a pleasing copy of this uncommon and important book. unknown
189756093Cuba IL; Chicago IL Topeka KS & St. Louis MO: Raymond Whitnah Display Products Co. Kaye Whitnah Industrial Designs 1897-1970. Fifteen vols. sized 4to. 9.5 x 12 in. up to Folio. 14 x 17 in. Approx. 1414 pp nearly all unpaginated or unnumbered. including 295 silver gelatin & silver print photographs Polaroid and albumen images sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 13 x 15 in. hand-coloured silver prints the majority of the photographs are tipped-in 8 x 10 in. images into albums with thick black paper stock some linen-backed some are hand-coloured many of the silver print designs have been hand-painted or hand-coloured most on glossy photo stock 1 albumen photo mounted on studio card sized 6 x 12 in. many w/ annotations on versos some w/ captions in lettering below or dittoed and/or mimeographed explanatory texts on versos or mounted below the images; the majority of the silver print designs are mounted on beige or black linen hinges; with four of the photo albums still preserving all or at least have of the original binding covers 2 renewed 1 w/ hand-lettered title page and table of contents; many TLS ALS promotional inserts printed catalogues printed mimeographed and dittoed text several telegrams and all preserved in archival mylar sleeves together with the remainder of the archive. With 229 original designs paintings pen & ink pencil and water-coloured drawings artist’s renderings blueprints cyanotype blue-prints ranging in size from 6 x 8 in. up to 17 x 38 in. some framed by studio board others mounted on glossy paper stock and a significant portion on tinted paper stocks of gray brown taupe and tan some loose and others mounted with linen hinges most having either the Display Products Co. printed at lower fore-edges or printed in the explanatory texts below or on versos with some signed by artist at lower edge of the image occasional soiling creasing lifting & chipping to fore-edges of some renderings others with minor creasing or curling still nearly all bright and all preserved in post-binders or portfolio cases with stamping on covers. This incomparable archive of photographs and original advertising art was created by Ray Whitnah his company Display Products Co. and later his son Kaye Whitnah who were innovative commercial artists and industrial designers through the Jazz Age Great Depression World War II and the post-War era. Ray Whitnah’s displays incorporated life-like scenes wax models and often inventive display apparatus and mechanical elements incorporating stunning Art Deco graphics and story telling all heavily influenced by the displays of L. Frank Baum Ernst Goldsman and Gordon Selfridge pioneering window display artists at Marshall Field in Chicago at the beginning of the 20th century. The first volume includes prize-winning letters for displays across the Midwest for the Pugh Store Co. department stores and later for Crosby Bros. Co. department stores in Topeka KS incorporating photos documents announcements and trade journals. Photographs in the second volume reveal how Whitnah created striking sales tableaux for women’s furs hosiery girdles bathing suits Hoover Vacuums Motorola heaters and kitchen ware. Of special interest are the surrealist bathing suit windows superimposed behind a reverse painted clock face featuring undersea flower & shell arrangements and large sea snail. Other images show striking windows for Kotex Sanitary products DeFildiss Perfumizer Eline’s candies and apple bars Nemo-Flex Corsettes Phoenix Hosiery and others. Volume III entitled the “Championship Class†album provides a superb overview of Whitnah’s prize-winning displays including an elaborate Chinese rugs window with Chinese mah jong players; Pyrex ware window featuring four & 20 blackbirds flying from the pie; a mechanical bathing display; toy display featuring paraffin falls imitating frozen water; an elaborate Congoleum flooring display; and his tour-de-force mechanical Nemo Corset Display featuring a large turntable revolving with women’s figures representing seven ages appearing in order within four minutes per revolution and a ribbon to pull the layered photos to recreate the effect in the album. The fourth album incorporates inventive millinery and women’s fashions in minimalist vignettes for the Crosby Bros. Department store with some incorporating Moorish or Oriental inspired designs vivid Art Deco backdrops and historiated scenes reflective of the fashions in the opening years of the Roaring 20s. The fifth volume reflects the increasing creativity and daring of Whitnah including window displays showing flying Hoover vacuums increased storytelling and elaborate displays for Christmas Radiola record players an elaborate fairy tale scene for Hickock belts Maytag washers featuring backdrop of children dancing around the Maypole and series of Santa Fe RR windows celebrating travel on the Honeymoon. Of particular interest in this album is the large elaborate Kotex Sanitary Specialties window entitled “Kotex: A “Justice†to the World†featuring a lady justice on top of a globe Kotex packaging balanced in the scales and other products displayed around the window.The sixth & seventh albums mark the 1930 shift by Ray Whitnah to establish not only his own manufacturing company for window display fixtures and apparatus but also an Automotive Displays Inc. intending to target the burgeoning window display market with automobile dealers across the country producing lithograph posters newspaper camera ready ads catalogues along with flood lights backgrounds finished products no chassis and one-lithograph signs. The company was incorporated in Delaware in 1931 with Whitnah holding 51% of the voting stock. The sixth volume shows many different devices for displaying men’s clothes wooden shirt stands adjustable clothes stands and even their introduction into the Cohn-Storthz men’s shop in St. Louis MO. The famed St. Louis Mart and Terminal Warehouse was a massive Art Deco edifice later named the Robert A. Young Federal Building and designed by Preston Bradshaw who began with McKim Mead & White. Acquired by the U.S. Army in 1941. Volumes VIII thru XIII consist primarily of original artwork and renderings by Whitnah and his Display Products Co. team for a variety of companies and encompassing a broad range of stands risers product displays and mechanical devices to create stunning advertising displays. These include ocean liner stacks for swim togs Easter bunny displays stork displays for infant apparel as well as a striking 4 foot tall hat box display store unit which holds hatboxes. Also included are Art Deco streamline inspired Concert Rotors for Christmas merchandise a custom built beach shop toy & gift displays for toy departments and more. Volume IX & X include large vividly coloured Art Deco Christmas Box and North Pole holiday designs; decorations and metal filigree displays for handkerchiefs and windows; a large giraffe and a firework display unit for toys and of special interest a vivid “Bell-Hop Series’ display pieces of caricature Chinese-American and African-American display holders for Christmas wreaths. In addition Whitnah’s company had developed the “Horizons†display system which included Flexible Wood Panels that could be incorporated into window displays become the window display themselves and served as a kit system to attach other Display Products Co. fittings all executed with an Art Deco modernist aesthetic. The Horizon system also incorporated interchangeable forms to create arresting streamline floor and window displays that would enable the company to come into any department store client’s business and create an entire display system for them right down to the glue and lighting. Volume XI presents artwork of caricature cartoon and humor signs drawing from major cartoonist of the period and created exclusively for the Display Products Co. each mounted as enameled triangle and hanging from stanchions next to the Men’s Department or other Departments employing their display fixtures. Many of the original designs in the last couple volumes reflect an animated whimsey with stylized figurines cartoon-like characters some appearing to draw from Held while others from Pogo or other animators of the 1930s-1950s and many of the drawings with a decided Western inspired cowboy theme. Also appearing in these portfolios are many designs incorporating bamboo and bamboo shapes for stands displays shelving and backdrops. Many of the silver print blueprints and reproduced designs refer to the specific wood finishes on the wood carved and wooden stands created by the company. The final volume is devoted to the seat and interior designs by Kaye Whitnah for the Sabrejet 60 upgrade noted in this design proposal as the Sabre 70 and dated 1970 which would later become the Sabrejet 75 when it went into production at the end of the 1970s. Featuring 5 windows on the fuselage the Sabrejet Series 60A was over 3 feet longer than the original series 40 approved in 1963. The original drawings show window and and window frame assembly units as well as the interior cabin and seats designed by Whitnah along with manufacturing steps and Polaroid photos showing the process. Ray Whitnah 1893-1973 was the son of Arthur Whitnah a general store owner in Cuba IL and later Gardner KS where he worked as a sign painter and letterer until 1909 when he moved to Chicago to take a course in window display at the Chicago School of Window Decorating apprenticed with Jack Cameron -- famed commercial artist and designer at the Harris Emery Co. Department Store in Des Moines IA and later as the display manager for the 35 store Pugh Store Co. chain. After their bankruptcy in 1919 he became the prize-winning display manager for Crosby Bros. and by 1930 had set up his own successful display businesses in St. Louis MO where he would remain for the rest of his life. Kaye Lamoyne Whitnah 1918-1992 worked with father by World War II as an industrial designer and artist with Display Products Co. at 3944 1/2 Olive in St. Louis MO. Also an inventor he patents portable grids for Terrazzo Floor securing plates in displays in 1968 and later became the only manufacturer in the United States for the BMW Isetta parts with a customer list of 350 different Isettas. He was the owner of Whitnah’s Angler’s Isle Resort in Hay Lake MO and by 1989 had accumulated a collection of 13 1/2 Isettas manufacturing gas caps windshields and even hubcaps by creating molds and designs from the original parts. See: Appliances for Pillar Decorations Merchants Record & Show Window 1919 vol. XLV No. 5 p. 28-29. Who’s Who in the Profession R.T. Whitney Crosby Bros. Topeka KS Merchants Record & Show Window 1919 vol. 44 pp. 46-48; Designer Defies “Bubble Car†Parts Blight Pine River Journal Vol. 54 No. 17 July 13 1989. Raymond Whitnah, Display Products Co., Kaye Whitnah, Industrial Designs, hardcover