Search Results: Authors starting with W from Diatrope Books

Department of Psychology, University of Dundee, 1991. Staplebound Wraps. Good. Unmarked text. Handwritten note "Published in The Artful Eye OUP 1994, pp399-425). Crease on back cover. Portraits include George Seurat, Picasso, Duchamp, Escher, Vasarely, Descartes, and others.

Perception, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Signed by author to previous owner. Faces and summaries include John Locke, Leibniz, Goethe, Charles Wheatstone, Helmholtz, William James, Karl Pearson, Shinobu Ishihara, Jean Piaget, and others. 107p. Index.

Otis Art Institute Gallery, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Accompanied November 26, 1974-January 12, 1975 exhibition at the Otis Art Institute Gallery, Los Angeles. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Interview of Robert Motherwell with Richard Wagener, June 14, 1974, with additional comments by Melinda Wortz. Photograph of the artists. Unpaginated. Measures 7.25x10.5 inches.

Yale University Press, 2017. Hardcover. Like New/as new. Factory sealed. Exhibition catalog. An important reconsideration of landscape photography in 19th-century America, exploring crucial but neglected geographies, practitioners, and themes. Includes more than 180 photographs from 1839 to 1900 in a rich variety of media and formats--from daguerreotypes, salted paper prints, tintypes, cyanotypes, and albumen prints to stereo cards and photograph albums. Measures 8.5x11.5 inches. 288p. 222 illustrations.

Twin Palms Publishers, The San Jose Museum of Art and The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Large format catalog for Catherine Wagner's Cross Section exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art, 2001. The cross sections of objects are abstract and seem familiar, like X-rays or views of outer space. Their composition, digital reiteration, and detail are all marks of the artist's choices. Informative essays describe Wagner's earlier work and her progressive study of the relationship between art and science. Contributions by Glen Helfand, Cornelia Butler, F. David Peat and others. Dust jacket has a few bumps and a small indent.

Chilton, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated throughout, including a section of 14 large color plates. 173p. Measures 8.5x11.25 inches. Teaches the fine points of doing patchwork and quilting on a sewing machine, and includes instructions and patterns for practice blocks and projects.

Harper and Row, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket with scratch. Illustrated. A compendium of pop history. 224p. A Broadway smash hit starring Lily Tomlin.

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked. Text in German. 63p. Mit einem Nachwort zum Neudruck von Felix Karlinger. Reprografischer Nachdruck der Ausgabe Halle 1914. Max Leopold Wagner (1880-1962) was a German philologist and ethnologist, particularly known for his studies on the Sardinian language. He also carried out pioneering research on the Spanish language in Hispanic America.

New York and Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 2010. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Exhibition catalogue featuring David Klamen's works from the Painting Paintings series (2009-2010). Essay by Lisa Wainwright. Ten color reproductions, including a foldout and 19 thumbnails of the painted series. David Klamen (American, b.1961) is a contemporary painter whose work grows in conjunction with his interest in literature, theology, and philosophy, centralized around the questions, "How do I know things?" and "How do I know myself?

Rotorua: Dow Productions, nd. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Nicely illustrated. Map. Measures 7.5x5.25 inches. 32p. This booklet offers a glimpse of New Zealand

Oakland Museum, 1978. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Penciled notations on images of works that were destroyed. Catalog for December 12, 1978- February 4, 1979 exhibition at the Oakland Museum. Color plates. Introduction by George W. Neubert. Photo of the artist that appears to be signed by him. 24p. Measures 9.25x9.25 inches. Gerald Walburg (b. 1936) is an American sculptor known for his abstract metal sculptures.

Charta/Deitch Projects, 2009. Hardcover. Like New. Factory sealed. Color illustrations. 32p. Measures 12x8.5 inches. Three Rainbows began as three 60-foot long rainbow paintings--probably the largest watercolors ever made. The artist's affinity for watercolor derives in part from the medium's immediacy--an ideal vehicle for Allen Ginsberg's "first thought, best thought"--and these works betray his spontaneity and joy in making them.

National Museum of Wales, 1982. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Artists include Daumier, Millet, Manet, Degas, Cezanne, Derain, Signac, and others. 95 plates in color and B/W. 83p. Some edge wear

San Francisco: Artspace, 1987. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Features Pope Dracula to You, a critical essay by Gary Indiana. Conversations with Tony Labat, Izhar Patkin, Holly Solomon and Robert Mapplethorpe, Judy Pfaff and Thomas Schindler. Also reviews and calendar section. Special Art Cards insert attached.

National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Instutition, 1949. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. 205p. B/W illustrations. List of artists. Some shelf wear. Artists include Chardin, Giotto, Gaddi, Lippi and others.

Gallery Books, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 9x0x13. Unmarked text. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Includes 4-page gatefold. Beautifully illustrated. 128p. Measures 10x13 inches. In this book, photographs explore the natural beauty and scenic diversity of the Hawaiian islands and the multi-cultural composition of the state's population.

Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. A few closed tears on dust jacket. More than 1000 paintings reproduced in color, many printed with gold. Every full-page colorplate has a detailed commentary, and many are accompanied by groups of related works. Director Emeritus John Walker tells the story of the Gallery from its inception in the 1930s. Foreword by J. Carter Brown who discusses the special role of the Gallery as a national institution. 1,120 illustrations, including 1,028 plates in full color. 696p.

National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1950. Paperback. Good. A few random pencil marks in book and some pencil notes (related to the exhibition?) on the blank end pages. Faded spine and rough edges. Heavy card stock cover. 93p Exhibition curated by John Walker. 40 black and white plates. Artists include Corot, Degas, Guardi, Hals, Manet, Monet, Rembrant, Rubens, and others.

The New Academy Gallery and Business Art Galleries, 1996. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Small catalog/book for May 2nd through June 1st 1996 exhibition at The New Academy Gallery and Business Art Galleries. Artist statement. 7 color plates. Short bio. 9p. Richard Walker (b. 1954) is a British artist.

Meridian Gallery, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by artist. Unmarked text. Catalog for an exhibition of paintings, drawings and woodcuts curated by Theres Rohan, September 12-November 7, 2009. Essay by David Cohen. Artist statement. Illustrated in color and black/white. 50p. Measures 11x8.5 inches. Walker's presented works are inspired by experiences of landscape and offer an impressive vigor and variety.