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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition 1972, Dover original. Large softcover without DJ as issued. Condition fine, square and tight book, spine not creased, corners not bumped, slightly worn along extremities, no markings of any kind, not a reminder. Folio, XVII + 99 pages.
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Verlag: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, N.Y., USA 1953
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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Art. This book is in good condition. The pages are yellowed and pages 3 and 5 are loose but the prints are in very good condition. This book contains 16 full color prints of Maurice Utrillo paintings. There is a text giving a history of Utrillo and commentary describing each painting. The pa…intings are mounted for easy removal to framed. The paintings include Windmills of Montmartre, Renoir's Garden, and Chartres Cathedral. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 200 pages, a very good, large (square) format hardback, publisher's original maroon cloth binding with bright gilt lettering to the spine and blind stamped with 'Max Weber' to the front cover. Minimal evidence that this is an ex-library book, although there is a scar on the lower part…of the spine where the sticker has been removed [081090540X]. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st American edition. Square quarto. B&W illustrations. Fine in fine DJ. 224 pages.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 1953
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Jennings Tofel
Jennings Tofel (drawings & paintings); Arthur Granick (text); Alfred Werner (introduction)
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Oblong quarto. Color plates and B&W illustrations. Fine in fine DJ. 237 pages.
Zvi Livni. Landscape And Man In Israel. Eight Lithographs.
Zvi Livni, Yosi Gamzu, Translation By I. M. Lask, Text By Alfred Werner And Dorothy Adlow
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Yavneh Publishing House, Tel Aviv 1967
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A Comprehensive Exhibition of Bronze Sculpture by Gerhard Marcks
New York. Leonard Hutton Galleries. Essay by Alfred Werner; introductory text by Gerhard Marcks
Verlag: Leonard Hutton Galleries 1967
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Softcover. First. 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. 28 pp, 44 b/w illustrations (including covers) + portrait frontispiece, bibliography, chronology, exhibition list. Exhibition, April - May, 1967, of 111 bronzes and 69 drawings and woodcuts. Very good except for light cover discoloration and soil.
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Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Oblong quarto, red cloth with gold lettering, tipped in frontispiece illustration, 200 pp., color and b/w illustrations, chronology, bibliography, index. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).
Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York 1985
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Cloth, 126 pages, illustrations (some colour), portrait; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Richly il…lustrated with colour plates. Size: Folio.
Verlag: Massadah Publishing, Tel Aviv , Israel 1959
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1959, no previous printings listed. Published by Massadah Publishing. Hardcover without DJ. Condition very good, square and tight book, cornerwear, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, remnants of address label on ffep, not a reminder. Folio, not paginated…, illustrated in b/w and color. ASIN : B000SHPW76.
Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York 1966
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Cloth, 158 pages, illustrations (some colour, tipped in), portraits; 34 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top right corners lightly bumped. Age toning. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested f…or international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Size: Folio.
Jennings Tofel
Tofel, Jennings (paintings & drawings); Granick, Arthur (text); Werner, Alfred (introduction)
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Oblong quarto. Color plates and B&W illustrations. Condition: fine in fine DJ. 237 pages.
Verlag: Massadah Publishing Ltd 1960
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Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good hardcover copy with d/j, first edition, 158 pp, 122 illustrations including 48 tipped-on colorplates. *Extra shipping charges will apply.
Jacques Lipchitz: the Artist at Work
Van Bork, Bert (text & photography); Werner, Dr. Alfred (critical evaluation)
Verlag: New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1966
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Verlag: SA Taronja Associacio Cultural, Andratx 2007
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Verlag: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. [c1969]. 1969
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Verlag: NY. January 1970. Harry N. Abrams / Library of Great Painters series 1970
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Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Illustrated Edition. large grey & gilt decorative full cloth hardcover ~ 2º (folio ~ 10"x13"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean.… edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. 1" tear on front at top edge, not price clipped (no price listed). publisher's postcard laid in. nice clean vintage copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (nap). glossy full color tipped~in frontis. 160p. 74 b&w photos & illustrations. 48 glossy full color tipped~in plates, all present and accounted for. biographical outline. select bibliography. biography. art history. art books. ~ Modigliani continues to become more popular as time goes on, while many artists whose names were prominent in modern art during the last fifty years have been obscured by the great revolutionary figures. Perhaps this is because his very individual vision tells us something of the pathos of human beings in a world growing progressively more complex and bewildering, and the wistful imaginings of an artist equally lost. Although influenced by Neo~Impressionism, Cubism, the primitive arts, and Brancusi, his work at the same time shows how much the fifteenth~century art of his own native Italy remained with him. His voluptuous nudes, so vibrant yet so delicate; his innocent, wide~eyed, trusting children; his portraits which, despite the mannerisms of his art, project an astonishing impact of personality (to judge by the photographs, the sitters could be easily identified)~all these show a refinement of line and an elegance of color and touch which do much to explain his solid place in modern art. Modigliani was a very romantic figure, tremendously popular with women. His great love, Jeanne Hebuterne, committed suicide on the morning after his death. Yet the legend of his dissipation and irregular life must have been exaggerated, as Dr. Alfred Werner, the author, points out, for the productivity of his pitifully short life makes it much more likely that it was illness that drove him to work and live at a frenzied pace~a man working against time and creating a body of immortal work. Dr. Werner is a prolific writer on modern art who has made a special study of the so~called School of Paris painters. He has consulted with family and friends of the artist and has examined a great deal of documentary material, some of which is reproduced here to make a kind of family album. Sculpture (perhaps Modigliani's greatest love in art), paintings, and drawings are included to round out a striking lifework. 122 illustrations, including 48 tipped~on colorplates.
Verlag: Massadah Publishing Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel 1960
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Edition not stated, no date, presumed first, 1960. Text in English. Published by Massadah Publishing Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel. Hardcover in grey patterned paper and blue cloth spine, no DJ. Condition as new, square, tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no markings of any kind,…no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners. Not a reminder. 4to, 58 pages, 43 illustrations including 4 in color, one double-page, pictorial endpapers. ASIN : B000SHPW76.
The Jews of Europe in the Middle Ages
Haverkamp, Alfred; Castano, Javier; Transier, Werner; et al (text)
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The book and jacket are in very good condition, some minor shelf rubbing present more-so to jacket, jacket inside flaps have folds, small scratch on back jacket cover, jacket has since been covered with brodart for preservation purposes. Text inside appears c…lean and clear throughout with images very likely as vivid as when they were first printed. 'Includes beautiful color plates and a text reviewing the brief life and artistic achievements of the Italian painter to better enjoy the contextual underpinnings of their art.' 160 pages. 10 x 13.1 inches. Photos available upon request. May require additional postage. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.
Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, New York
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[0-8109-0540-X] 1975. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 200pp. 4to. A full scope exploration of the incomparable Max Weber's art and life. Richly illustrated with full colour tipped in plates, as well as black and white reproductions, that display the diversity of Weber's artistic gifts. Clean, tight, bright, solid. Jacket i…n protective plastic. Frontispiece: Self Portrait (1928.
Verlag: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1961
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Zustand: Good. 16mo. Soft Cover, [ ca. 50 pp.] B&W and Color Plates. Very Good with Age Toning, Abrasions, CreasingProvenance: From the Collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr.,The Founder of Gale Research, Detroit.
Verlag: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1953
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Verlag: New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 1973 1973
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Hard Back. Near Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 168p, color and b/w plates; blue and white cloth HB w/gold; pictorial DJ; slightly rubbed edges; slightly rubbed edges on slightly foxed DJ.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harry Abrams
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Maurice Utrillo text by Alfred Werner Folio art book with all 16 colour plates an Abrams Art Book with dust jacketYellowing at edges of pages, some pages are loose from binding, see photos Tear at top and bottom of spine.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Raoul Dufy: text by Alfred Werner; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., publishers, New York, 1987. Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) once said every night I go to bed happy and exhausted, telling myself that I have worked to the limit of my resources and can die peacefully. Gertude Stein capt…ured the essence of his art when she proclaimed Dufy is pleasure! Pleasure, happiness, joy, beauty these are the words that come naturally to people when the subject is Dufy. Long the odd man out in modern French painting, precisely because of his optimistic and uncritical view of life, Dufy is an artist whose star is on the rise again. For, as this book makes clear, he was a great painter whose sensuous delight in life is rooted in a tradition that goes back to Watteau and Fragonard. Like many French painters of his day, Dufy in his early career orbited the great luminaries: Degas, Monet, Matisse, Cézanne. By the time he reached forty, he had evolved a style that was unmistakably his own, as he recorded the fashionable world around him of horse races and yachting scenes, sparkling views of the Riveria, chic parties and musical events. Alfred Werner describes the elements of Dufy s style: the seductiveness of the light, swift brushstrokes, the atmosphere of perfect calm arising from the complete harmony of the predominant colors; the decorative beauty of the dream-like patterns, often reminiscent of the Orient. So distinct was Dufy s mark on the visual arts that the word Dufyesque is often used to describe the style of work that is gay, light-hearted, and decorative. Alfred Werner brings Dufy to life, sketching his youth and apprenticeship in the arts; his years as a textile designer and art director, first for the French couturier Paul Poiret, and then for a silk firm in Lyons; and his years of triumph as an artist second only to Matisse in his power to evoke a perfect world of balance, purity, and serenity. Forty colorplates, with commentaries by Dr. Werner, reveal that the values embodied in Dufy s delightful paintings of the passing scene are deep and enduring. This large book is in fine condition in a fine dust jacket that is now in a protective mylar wrap. This large volume may require additional postage. There are 98 illustrations, including 40 plates in full color.
