Search Results: European Art (20th/21st Century) from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Milan: Edizioni Del Milione Milano, 1943. Book. Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. NB: Text is in Italian throughout. Buff colour card covers with tipped in label bearing title to front cover. Condition: Good, with general shelfwear to covers, and light sunning to cover edges. Previous owners name on front endpaper. This book consists of twelve colour tipped in plates of works by Mario Sironi together with an introductory essay by the artist. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Milan: Electa Editrice, 1983. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Dual text in Italian and English. Black hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, with light shelfwear, repaired 3cm. tear to top of spine. 94pp. Several colour and b/w illustrations. This book illustrates the use by designers of a fabric, Alcantara, invented in Japan in the early 1970s and produced in Europe by the Eni group (an Italian chemical company). The book was produced to accompany an exhibition in Milan which included designs by Emilio Ambasz, Michael Graves, Aldo Rossi and Ettore Sottsass..

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear. 440pp. 122 b/w illustrations. This book presents a variety of texts spannng the adult life of the Russian avant-garde artist Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956), including much previously unpublished material..

Geneva, Paris, London: Editions des Trois Collines/Horizon, 1947. Book. Fair. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Majority of text is in French. No dustjacket. Dark blue cloth with title in white on spine and in raised blue lettering (cover cloth) on the front cover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn with sunning to spine. Water splashmark to spine and immediate surrounding area. Hint of browning to text throughout. Twelve page two section introduction by Georges Limbour and M.Leiris translated from French to English by Douglas Cooper. The remainder of the text is in French. 242pp. plus 1pp. contents page and 4pp. list of illustrations to rear. Many b/w illustrations..

London: Museum Press Ltd., 1957. Book. Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Red buckram with title in silver on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Light foxing to endpapers. Small newspaper clipping relating to Annigoni pasted onto front endpaper. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Poor, generally shelfworn with some tears and missing chunks (see image). Loosely inserted with the book is a handwritten and signed postcard dated 1964 sent from Annigoni in Florence to the previous owner of the book, an art gallery owner named Olaf Barnett based in London. This book records the journey through Spain taken by Peitro Annigoni (1910-1988) and the photographer Alex Stirling where each recorded in his own particular medium the landscapes and the people..

London: Waddington Galleries, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover with dustjacket. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 41pp. 11 colour plates. This 11 item catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the Spanish artist Antoni Tapies (1923-2012) held at Waddington Galleries, London from October 18 to November 16, 1996..

London: The South Bank Centre, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 360pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, London from26 October 1995 to 21 January 1996, which then toured to Barcelona and Berlin. This book discusses the relationship between art and politics in the 1930s, in the Europe of the dictators. It provides a history of the plight of individual artists and architects under totalitarian rule, structured around the four capital cities of Paris, Rome, Moscow and Berlin. .

London: Marlborough Fine Art, 2013. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. This 51 item catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the Romanian-born French-Israeli artist Avigdor Arikha (1929-2010) held at Marlborough Fine Art, London, from 9 October to 2 November, 2013. The exhibition included a selection of paintings, pastels, prints, drawings and watercolours, several of which are illustrated in colour in the catalogue..

New York: RIzzoli, 1988. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 151pp. Many b/w and colour illustrations. This biography in images aims to reconstruct the artists work together with that of his circle of friends, including Umberto Boccioni and Gino Severini. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Christopher Helm, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to spine. 232pp. Many colour illustrations. This book is dedicated to the art of Lars Jonsson (born 1952 in Stockholm) a Swedish ornithological illustrator living in south of the Swedish island of Gotland. He is widely acclaimed for his interpretation and poetic renderings of birds and nature..

Clifton, New Jersey, USA: Boris Lurie Art Foundation, 2017. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: Dual text in Spanish and English. Black hardcover with title blindstamped on front cover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers including some light bumping to top right hand corner of front cover. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, essentially very good, with a small tear to the top right hand corner of the front cover of the jacket (where the book has been bumped as previously stated). 180pp. Many colour plates. This book was published to accompany the exhibition of work by the Russian-American artist Boris Lurie (1924-2008) held at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana in 2017. Included at the rear of the book is a DVD of the documentary "The Art of Boris Lurie" directed by Rudij Bergmann..

London: Adams Gallery, 1957. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: Text is in French. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Fair to good, covers are quite foxed and sunned to edges. Staples beginning to rust in centre. No inscriptions. This 20 item catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the French artist Andre Minaux (1923-86) held at the Adams Gallery, London from 6th November to 6th December 1957. It includes a 4 page preface by George Besson. 6 b/w plates. Scarce..

London: Sotheby & Co., 1968. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fair to good, covers have general shelfwear with some loss to the laminate at the edge of the front cover where it meets the spine. Internally contents clean and fresh. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 80 plates, several in colour, the majority in b/w. This spectacular sale of costumes and backdrops from the Diaghilev and de Basil ballets included designs by Leon Bakst, Giorgio di Chirico, Andre Derain and Pablo Picasso..

Milan: Data Arte, 1973. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Text in English and Italian throughout. Softcover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally lightly soiled and shelfworn, with some creasing to top left corner of the magazine. The paper at the very head of the spine is beginning to come away. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 112pp. Many b/w illustrations. Includes articles on Agnes Martin, Mario Nigro and Ad Reinhardt. .

Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1988. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Third impression. White hardcover with title in black on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and some light sunning to cover edges. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Some very light cockling to top edge of last few pages. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to spine. 255pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. The De Stijl movement is thoroughly documented in this book, which was originally published to accompany the first major exhibition of De Stijl art in nearly thirty years. Organised by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the exhibition toured to Washington, Amsterdam and Otterlo..

London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 335pp. 379 illustrations, 236 in colour. In this comprehensive study, the author, one of the foremost authorities on the work of the French artist Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), charts the path by which he arrived at his characteristic and entirely individual style. She also draws on Dufy's notes, correspondence and unpublished writings to give a full account of the artist and his life.A heavy book, will require extra postage if to be sent outside UK..

Munich, London, New York: Prestel-Verlag, 2014. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear. 296pp. Many colour illustrations. This book was produced to accompany the exhibition of portraits by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele (1890-1918) held at the Neue Galerie Museum for German and Austrian Art, New York from October 9 2014 to January 19, 2015..

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on black spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling. Not price-clipped. 271pp. 200 plates, the majority in b/w, a few in colour.A compelling study of the inter-relation between Egon Schiele's life and portraiture..

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Pale red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condiiton: Good, with general light shelfwear and light sunning to cover edges. Some ery light foxing to textblock edges. No inscriptions. 687pp. 3,075 illustrations, 94 in colour. This volume is the most complete study of Egon Schiele (1890-1918) ever published and combines a copiously illustrated biography with the first catalogue raisonne of Schiele's work in all media. A very heavy book, will require extra shipping charges if to be sent outside UK..

Barcelona, Spain: Ayma, 1980. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Text is in Spanish throughout. Brown hardcover with title in blue on spine and front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptioins. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and a one inch vertical repaired tear to base of front cover of dustjacket. 228pp. 244 illustrations, the majority in b/w. This book includes short descriptions. of many 19th and early 20th century Catalonian artists, architects, sculptors and ceramicists, including Joan Colom, Joaquim Sunyer and Antoni Puig i Gairalt. .