Stevens will henry (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. The "Young Naturalist" Series. 8vo. 32p. Profusely (!) Illustrated with full color drawings by Will. H. Stevens. Index and [List of] other titles in this series. Cream colored paper over boards with brown letters on the front cover and a vignette in brown on the front cover of two roses, rust colored spine. Just a couple of minor dings around the extremities, covers clean and bright, shadow transfer from dust jacket to endpapers, all color drawings in fine condition, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket somewhat soiled and rubbed along the spine and the edges of the turn-ins. Per the dust jacket, this book contains descriptions and color images of 101 of the most popular garden flowers. Will. H. Stevens (1881 - 1949) was an American modernist painter and naturalist who is known for his paintings and tonal pastels, which are held in several major American art museums. Just a beautifully illustrated book to identify common flowers. "With the help of Will. Stephens' beautiful drawings you should have no difficulty in recognizing the flowers as shown in this book. You'll learn that many of them have come to us from nearly all parts of the world and that is one reason why they do not all possess a common name, so easy to remember, like most of our wildflowers. With this book you can walk around the garden and, at the same time, almost travel the world and imagination." [from the Introduction]. Will H. Stevens [1881-1949]. (illustrator).…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. 84 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 21 through June 7, 1987 at Greenville County Museum of Art and the traveled to eight other locations. Features a long text by Jessie Poesch. Includes numerous color illustrations, chronology, and a checklist. A near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and edge wear.…

Softcover. Zustand: VG. Tri-fold white exhibition pamphlet with color and bw illustrations. From exhibition at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery in Asheville, NC.

Softcover. Zustand: VG. Tri-fold white exhibition pamphlet with color and bw illustrations. From exhibition at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery in Asheville, NC.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Oversize hardcover in brown illustrated boards. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

84 pages. Paperback H 27.75cm x L 21.5cm. Blue paper covers well rubbed with some scuffing and bumping at edges/corners. Ink ownership inscription of Mississippi State University art professor Thomas Brent Funderburk on front cover's verso along with lengthy handwritten essay. A few scattered stains and spots of slight soiling to interior pages. Binding is firm. Else a good+ copy. Color illustrations throughout; Preface (page 5) and concluding essay "Working in the Way" plus Works Cited and Letters (pages 69-78) by Thomas W. Styron; pages 7-67 feature Tulane University art professor Jessie Poesch's lengthy biographical essay "Will Henry Stevens (1881-1949)" plus Endnotes, Works Cited, and Letters; Chronology (pages 79-80); Works in the Exhibition (pages 81-82). Prepared as the accompanying catalog for an exhibit opening April 21 to June 7, 1987 at the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina and thereafter touring to Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Laurel, Mississippi), North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (Montgomery Alabama), Indianapolis Sate Museum (Indiana), Telfair Academy (Savannah, Georgia), The Fine Arts Center-Cheekwood (Nashville, Tennessee), Newcomb College-Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana), and Asheville Art Museum (North Carolina).…

Softcover. White stapled wraps with black text. 12 unnumbered pages. 1 Color illustration and many bw illustrations. "Will Henry Stevens was born in Vevay, Indiana, in 1881. Unlike many of his contemporaries who traveled and studied in the Art Centers of Europe, Stevens never felt the need to leave the United States. He began by painting the hills and valleys along the Ohio River near Vevay. As he moved South he painted the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. Later in New Orleans he painted the Bayou Country in Louisiana, but it was the mountains and their people that made the biggest impact and continued to dominate his work for his entire life." Good (some minor shelfwear, stain on back cover, continues onto inner page edges but is slight).…

Original wraps. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 14p octavo, illustrated A fine copy in white printed wraps. Tipped into the inside cover is a post humous gift from the estate of artist Peggy Polski Dodge 1911-1985.

Hardcover. Zustand: New.

Zustand: Good. 8vo. 10 pp. Softcovers. Very Good. Color Plates.