Art (460 items)

[Inisfada / Genevieve Garvan Brady / William J. Babington Macaulay] American Art Association.

339. [Inisfada / Genevieve Garvan Brady / William J. Babington Macaulay] American Art Association.

Antique Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Other Art Property – Including four famous Gothic Tapestries and a Superb Sixteenth Century Ispahan Carpet – Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady [Mrs. William J. Babington Macaulay]. [This is not only the Full Catalogue but it also comes with a second Volume, a special, shorter version of an auction-sale-brochure, an excerpt of the full sale, designed for the majority of visitors on the day. This rather fragile pamphlet rarely survived; it included several images of artwork but also plenty of excellent photographs of the rooms at Inisfada]. The full, bound catalogue contained chapters on Linen and Lace / Porcelain / Japanese Carved Ivories / Tsuba and Lacquer Boxes / French, Spanish and Italian Renaissance Furniture and Decorations / Garden Furniture / Lists also famous artwork like James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s “Lady Archibald Campbell, as Orlando” / etc. etc. Public Sale on the Premises INISFADA – Manhasset – Long Island.

Manhasset, American Art Association, 1937. 20,5 x 29 cm. 555 pages – Illustrated throughout Plus: Special pamphlet for the sale with 4 pages of introductory text and 16 pages of photographs plus a loosely inserted sheet with “Sizes of The Four Gothic Tapestries”. Original Hardcover for the Catalogue / Original Softcover for the additional sales-prospect. The special sales-prospect which comes with the full catalogue, detached from wrapper, else excellent. The full catalogue in excellent, firm condition with minor signs of external wear. The full auction catalogue from this May 1937 sale of 2115 lots from the estate of Genevieve Garvan Brady (1879-1938), at one time married to Nicholas Frederic Brady (1878-1930) and then to Irish Diplomat William J. Babington Macaulay.

EUR 128,-- 

Show details   Add to cart

David Hockney - Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros [Together with an Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney

360. [David Hockney Collection] – Hockney, David.

David Hockney – Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. “Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros” / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. “The Blue Guitar” – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso – “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney – “A Retrospective” / 5. “Billboards” by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney – “Some very new Paintings” / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. “David Hockney” by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.

EUR 1.780,-- 

Show details   Add to cart

[Calder, Derrière Le Miroir N°190 - Février 1971 [With 5 lithographes originales

381. [Calder, Alexander] Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°190 – Février 1971 [With 5 lithographes originales of “Stabiles” et “Animobiles” (including front and rear cover) / One of these lithographs is a fantastic double-page colour-lithograph)]. Avec Essais: “Calder : La Liberté” / “Aux portes de L’Enfer” par Carlos Franqui (Traduction Jean-Franci Reille) / [Photos of Stabiles par Clovis Prévost]. [Calder’s Stabiles “Three Bollards” from 1970 look like possible inspirations for Heptapods “Abbott and Costello” in Denis Villeneuve’s Film “Arrival”].

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1971. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 28 pages including lithographed Cover. (In this edition the Text was paginated including the covers until page 26, with covers and front pastedown as well as rear paste-down and rear cover not paginated. Clearly; by the early 1970s, Aimé and Marguerite Maeght must have realized the lithographic covers were part of the appeal for collectors and they followed suit with the same pagination book-publications were paginated with this standard (first page after title is paginated as “3”). This Volume also includes a large section of black-and-white-photographs of Sculpture by Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Lower spine with minor damage. Slightly foxed in some locations only. Overall Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. All Lithographs in excellent condition.

Show details

Page: 1 2 3 4 5
: