THE LURE OF ITALY Rare & Massive Vintage Art Book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #679274

The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience 1760-1914. 1992. First Edition. Like New.

If you love Italy and/or 19th century American art, prepare to be enthralled by this brilliant and much-coveted work.
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Fine 1993 Edward Hopper Art Book Pub. by Taschen

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #678995

"Edward Hopper 1882 - 1967: Transformation of the Real" was issued in 1993 by the outstanding German publishing firm, Benedikt Taschen. Printed in Cologne, it features an enormous number of color plates fine enough to frame, a few black and white illustrations and an intelligent, comprehensive overview of the artist's work by Rolf Gunter Renner (translated by Michael Hulse). This appears to be the first English edition and was acquired in the U.K. The book is part of Taschen's Basic Art Serie... Click for details

1991 1st Ed. Toulouse-Lautrec - Nightlife of Paris

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #678992

If you love the sophisticated art of Henri de la Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), this delightful vintage book belongs in your library. It's an oversized hardback, beautifully designed and sumptuously illustrated with 28 fine color plates, decorated endpapers and other illustrations in both b/w and color. Some are actual photographs of people he painted.
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1994 Tate Exhibition Catalog - R B Kitaj Retrospective

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #678988

Any fan of R. B. Kitaj (1932 - present) will be thrilled to have this rare art volume. It's the first edition that accompanied his landmark exhibition when it opened at the Tate in London on June 16, 1994. Of truly impressive size and quality, this is the catalog printed by Tate Gallery Publications. (A later version by Rizzoli was distributed to the two American museums hosting the show in 1995.)
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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Ein Melancholiker des Films

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Contemporary: item #625867
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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Ein Melancholiker des Films
Hans H. Prinzler

Le cinema expressionniste allemand

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Contemporary: item #620064
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Le cinéma expressionniste allemand - Splendeurs d'une collection (German Expressionist Cinema : The jewels of a collection)

For its 70th birthday the Cinémathèque Française, founded by Henri Langlois in 1936, payed tribute to the magic of Expressionist cinema, the genius of its Filmarchitekte and the magnificent collecting work done by Lotte H. Eisner (1896–1983), author of the standard work of reference, The Haunte... Click for details

REVOLUTIONARY SOVIET FILM POSTERS [1974]

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 1980: item #614668
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Constantine, Mildred & Alan Fern
REVOLUTIONARY SOVIET FILM POSTERS

Baltimore Johns Hopkins 1974. First 4to, cloth. xi+97 pp, 89 illustrations (16 in color), bibliography, index. Near fine in protected DJ.

I Want To Spend The Rest Of My Life Everywhere,

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #614233
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Damien Hirst
I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now (Hardcover)

Booth-Clibborn/Monacelli Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1997. Hard Cover. First Edition. The book and dust jacket are AS NEW in their original shrinkwrap. Mint, as new. ... Click for details

Film Posters of the RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE (HC)

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #606734
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Susan Pack
FILM POSTERS OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE

Hardcover 10x13, 320pg, Taschen, 1995. As new in shrinkwrap.

This is a first class coffee-table art book on Russian film posters of the '20s and '30s. With the same influences of Modernism, Art Deco, and sup... Click for details

THE ARTIST'S TABLE: Cookbook & Art Book 1995 1st Ed.

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #604232

Great coffee table book for the art lover or gourmet!

Subtitled "A Cookbook by Master Chefs Inspired by Paintings in the National Gallery of Art," this is the 1995 first edition: a 144-page hardback featuring 65 gorgeous artworks and the recipes they led top chefs to create.... Click for details