Portrait photograph of Henri Matisse
New York: May 20, 1933. Variant of the portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten... Read More about Portrait photograph of Henri Matisse
Price: $3,500
Art, Architecture & Design
Rare books, prints and original works of art in the fields of performing arts, book illustration, gastronomy, decorative arts, and architecture. Featured works include original watercolors by Ludwig Bemelmans and works by the great masters of the Golden Age of book illustration. Also specializing in art works from America, Britain, France, and Japan.
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Collection des plus Beaux Numéros Comoedia Illustré et des Programmes consacrés aux Ballets & Galas Russes depuis le Début à...
Paris: M. de Brunoff, [1922?]. Bakst, Léon. An outstanding visual record of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Ida Rubinstein's Galas Russes in their most influential years, lavishly illustrated with the works of Bakst, Gontcharova, Larionov, Picasso, Matisse, Massine, Derain, and others. The collection is comprised of special issues of the theatrical..... Read More about Collection des plus Beaux Numéros Comoedia Illustré et des Programmes consacrés aux Ballets...
Price: $3,500
Self-portrait.
n.p: January 1975. Self-portrait of Balliett playing the drums, the kick labeled “Big Sid Catlett,” done at the request of collector Burt Britton. INSCRIBED “Dreams of glory don’t / ever really die. / Whitney Balliett / January 1975”. Read More about Self-portrait
Price: $300
Illustrated by Newell, Inscribed by Shakespeare
A House-Boat on the Styx. Being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Newell, Peter. First Edition. Illustrated by Newell, Inscribed by Shakespeare. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper, “To Col. J.H. Amman / with the best wishes of Wm. Shakespeare / per J.K.B. / May 3: 1896”, Shakespeare's signature being in his usual shaky hand. Read More about A House-Boat on the Styx. Being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades
Price: $150
Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian.
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. First Edition. Read More about Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian
Price: $300
L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui. Vol. 10. Le Verre.
Paris: Éditions Charles Moreau, [c. 1929]. Contains 50 photogravure plates of modernist and Art Deco stained glass, designs and installations, with work by Barillet, Chanson, Gruber, Jeannin, Puhl and Wagner, van Doesburg, et al. The series L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui was originally printed in 15 volumes, with the first two volumes..... Read More about L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui. Vol. 10. Le Verre
Price: $500
Collection of mostly Barker & Co., Auctioneers (13 catalogues, including Henry Prose Cooper Collection, James E. Vail. Jr. Collection, The...
New York: Barker Art Gallery 47 & 49 Liberty St, 1880s. Catalogues owned and annotated by E.F. Patchen of Patchen Bros. 51 New Street of NYC. Their firm was in mining One December,1883 catalogue has Georges Jules Victor Clairin's [misspelled Clarin in Barker catalogue](French, 1843-1919) painting Frou Frou which brought..... Read More about Collection of mostly Barker & Co., Auctioneers (13 catalogues, including Henry Prose Cooper...
Price: $500
The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water Colours.
London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, 1855. First edition in Book Form; published in parts the previous year. Ruari McLean, Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing, p.192: "On only one plate, no.4, with twenty five panels showing harmonious arrangments of colour, does there appear to be..... Read More about The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water Colours
Price: $500
Portait photograph of Albert C. Barnes.
October 20, 1937. Barnes, Albert C(oombs): Pharmaceutical manufacturer and art collector. He obtained a medical degree and later studied in Germany. In 1902 he made a fortune with his invention of the antiseptic Argyrol. After building a mansion in Merion, Pa., in 1905, he began to collect art seriously, amassing..... Read More about Portait photograph of Albert C. Barnes
Price: $750
Portrait photograph of Albert C. Barnes.
New York: 20 October 1937. Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951), self-made businessman, had a distaste for inherited privilege and a respect for the common man, which fed the fires of his interest in industrial relations, self-improvement, and equal rights for African Americans. His desire to provide nondiscriminatory access to art and..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Albert C. Barnes
Price: $750
Portrait Photograph of Albert C. Barnes.
Marion, PA: September 17, 1937. Barnes, Albert C(oombs): Pharmaceutical manufacturer and art collector. He obtained a medical degree and later studied in Germany. In 1902 he made a fortune with his invention of the antiseptic Argyrol. After building a mansion in Merion, Pa., in 1905, he began to collect art..... Read More about Portrait Photograph of Albert C. Barnes
Price: $750
Portrait photograph of Albert C. Barnes, New York.
October 20, 1937. Barnes, Albert C(oombs): Pharmaceutical manufacturer and art collector. He obtained a medical degree and later studied in Germany. In 1902 he made a fortune with his invention of the antiseptic Argyrol. After building a mansion in Merion, Pa., in 1905, he began to collect art seriously, amassing..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Albert C. Barnes, New York
Price: $750
![Item #345659 WULL YE COME IN EARLY SPRING. Song. Poem by William Barnes. [Music by] John Alden...](/pictures/thumb/345659.jpg?v=1669656695)
WULL YE COME IN EARLY SPRING. Song. Poem by William Barnes. [Music by] John Alden Carpenter. [From]: (John Alden Carpenter...
New York/ Boston: G. Schirmer, 1918. First edition, sheet music. Read More about WULL YE COME IN EARLY SPRING. Song. Poem by William Barnes. [Music by] John Alden Carpenter....
Price: $50
Autograph letter in the third person “Mr. Morris Barnett and Mr. John Barnett”.
London: Princes Theatre, St. James's Square, n.d [received 20 Nov. 1849]. Notifying the editor of Fraser's that he and a friend will be places on the Dramatic Free List of the Theatre and that they would appreciate his friendly support. Morris (1800-1856) was an actor and also wrote several comedies..... Read More about Autograph letter in the third person “Mr. Morris Barnett and Mr. John Barnett”
Price: $60
Burgess Meredith's Copy
Holland under Queen Wilhelmina. With a Forword by Edward W. Bok.
New York: Charles Scirbner's Sons, 1923. First edition. Burgess Meredith's Copy. Read More about Holland under Queen Wilhelmina. With a Forword by Edward W. Bok
Price: $200
Portrait photograph of Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud.
New York: Dec 24, 1952. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More about Portrait photograph of Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud
Price: $1,000
Portrait photograph of Jean-Louis Barrault.
New York: December 24, 1952. Barrault, 1910-94, French actor and director. A pupil of Charles Dullin, he joined the Comédie Française in 1940. After World War II he organized his own company at the Théâtre Marigny with his wife, actress Madeleine Renaud. Barrault's precise, imaginative physical style was influenced by..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Jean-Louis Barrault
Price: $750
Portrait photograph of Ethel Barrymore.
New York: 12 Dec., 1937. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More about Portrait photograph of Ethel Barrymore
Price: $1,250
Signed Limited
Memories: An Autobiography.
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1955]. First edition, Number 221 of 265 copies, Signed by the Author, on special paper. Signed Limited. Read More about Memories: An Autobiography
Price: $250
“For 'Doug' Jr”
Portrait photograph of John Barrymore, inscribed by Barrymore to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Hollywood: Spurr, [ca. 1926]. “For 'Doug' Jr”. Superb, large portrait of the great John Barrymore (1882-1942) by the well-known Hollywood photographer of the the silent era, Melbourne Spurr, inscribed lower right to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, (whose signature is on the verso), “For 'Doug' Jr with sincerest good wishes from his..... Read More about Portrait photograph of John Barrymore, inscribed by Barrymore to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Price: $3,500
Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess "Richard Barthelmess at Malibu"
New York: July 19, 1933. Richard Barthelmess, Born 9 May 1895 in New York, New York, USA, as Richard Semler Barthelmess. Died 17 August 1963 in Southampton, New York, USA, of throat cancer.Married actress Mary Hay 18 June 1920; divorced 1927. Married Jessica Stewart Sargent 1928,together until his death. Richard..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess "Richard Barthelmess at Malibu"
Price: $500
Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess, "Richard Barthelmess at Malibu"
New York: July 19, 1933. Richard Barthelmess, Born 9 May 1895 in New York, New York, USA, as Richard Semler Barthelmess. Died 17 August 1963 in Southampton, New York, USA, of throat cancer. Married actress Mary Hay 18 June 1920; divorced 1927. Married Jessica Stewart Sargent 1928,together until his death..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess, "Richard Barthelmess at Malibu"
Price: $500
Arcimboldo. an Essay by Achille Bonito Oliva.
Parma, Italy: Franco Maria Ricci, 1972. Number 2875 of 3000 copies signed by designer and publisher Franco Maria Ricci. "The Signs of Man. 7" Read More about Arcimboldo. an Essay by Achille Bonito Oliva
Price: $300
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). With an extract from Erté’s memoirs, translation by William Weaver.
Parma: Franco Maria Ricci publisher, 1972. No. 1509 of 2000 copies. Read More about Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). With an extract from Erté’s memoirs, translation by William Weaver
Price: $300
Minnesota Political Cartoon
One Cartoon Drawing signed and inscribed, 2 Autograph Letters Signed, and one Typed Letter signed, all to E.F. Strickland.
Minneapolis, Minn: February 3, March 5, and June 15, 1905; drawing undated but after 1905. Minnesota Political Cartoon. The three letters promise to comply with Strickland's request for a drawing; the cartoon itself - depicting Satan religious census-taker, is a good example of this Minnesota cartoonist's work. Read More about One Cartoon Drawing signed and inscribed, 2 Autograph Letters Signed, and one Typed Letter...
Price: $350