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Drancy.
London: Victoria Miro, 1989. Number 44 of 300 copies signed by Kitaj and Atik. Read More about Drancy
Price: $200
Jeff Koons: Highlights of 25 Years.
[New York: C&M Arts, 2004]. First edition. Catalogue accompanying a retrospective exhibition of the provocative neo-pop artist's work, featuring an essay by art historian Rainer Crone. Read More about Jeff Koons: Highlights of 25 Years
Price: $50
Typed Note, Signed (“Eliena”) to Martha’s Vineyard neighbor Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Chilmark, Mass: 1 October 1956. “Here you have rung the bell again, Eisie. … And where are the pictures of Max kissing Kathie?” Note from the Russian-born artist Eliena Krylenko, wife of Max Eastman to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Read More about Typed Note, Signed (“Eliena”) to Martha’s Vineyard neighbor Alfred Eisenstaedt
Price: $200
Fifty Paintings by Walt Kuhn.
New York: Studio, [1940]. First Edition. Inscibed on ffep "To Louis Saf--- Walt Kuhn 1946." With laid in The Story of the Armory Show by Walt Kuhn, 1938. Wrappers. Fine. Kuhn was one of the 3 organizers of the Armory Show. Read More about Fifty Paintings by Walt Kuhn
Price: $175
Autograph letter, signed (“W.K.”), illustrated with ink, pencil and watercolor drawings, about mosquitoes on Long Island.
[Long Island: summer 1920]. Witty caricatures of summer life at Canoe Place, Little Shinnecock Bay, Long Island, with a recurrent theme of mosquitoes, including a pointillist picture of the mosquitoes surrounding the artist’s dog and a small watercolor nocturne, “landscape of Canoe place, evening - sorry that the Darkness obscures..... Read More about Autograph letter, signed (“W.K.”), illustrated with ink, pencil and watercolor drawings,...
Price: $1,750
Card inscribed in ink, “For Harry Porter Kuhn Jr / with good wishes of / Jno La Farge”.
n.p: 1903. As an artist, John La Farge (1835-1910) was highly influential lin the development of American mural-painting, as well as stained glass design--in 1876 he was called upon to decorate Trinity Church, Boston, and among other important commissions did the altarpiece “The Ascension” for the Church of the Ascension..... Read More about Card inscribed in ink, “For Harry Porter Kuhn Jr / with good wishes of / Jno La Farge”
Price: $200
Corpus.
2010-11. One of 60 copies. "This book reproduces all 193 drawings from the album Corpus. Executed in 2010-11 as part of the ongoing project, Buildings Entered by Charles LaBelle." - back cover "Corpus contains drawings of buildings somehow related to the body—barbershops, nail salons, brothels, funeral homes, tattoo parlors—executed on..... Read More about Corpus
Price: $200
Copper engraving: "Penthouse Roof"
1953. One of 100 signed. Read More about Copper engraving: "Penthouse Roof"
Price: $850
Original New England Pencil Landscapes, Ca. 1870
Sketchbook of 28 full-page captioned pencil landscape renderings of New England locations.
Ca. 1870. Original New England Pencil Landscapes, Ca. 1870. An interesting scrapbook, annotated on front flyleaf: “Helen W. Avery / 19 Chester Park / Sketches from Nature”. A few of the drawings show buildings, but most depict the beauties of the landscape--mountains, lakes, woods, falls, a few distant villages. All..... Read More about Sketchbook of 28 full-page captioned pencil landscape renderings of New England locations
Price: $400
Perspectives USA subscription card mailed to the home of Langston Hughes
Perspectives USA subscription mailer addressed to Langston Hughes' home.
New York: Intercultural Publications Inc, 1952. Perspectives USA subscription card mailed to the home of Langston Hughes. Perspectives USA was a groundbreaking magazine for American arts and culture and during the course of its sixteen issue run (1952-1956) and featured artists and writers such as William Carlos Williams, Thornton Wilder..... Read More about Perspectives USA subscription mailer addressed to Langston Hughes' home
Price: $500
The First Book of Moses, called Genesis.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1989. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lawrence. This is number 341. Read More about The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
Price: $10,000
The Complete Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals...
Seattle: University of Washington Press in association with Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonne Project, 2000. First edition. Includes essays by Patricia Hills, Paul J. Karlstrom, Leslie King-Hammond, Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Richard J. Powell, Lowery Stokes Sims, Elizabeth Steele, and Elizabeth Hutton Turner. Read More about The Complete Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, Jacob Lawrence:...
Price: $200
Autograph Letter Signed "Jake" to Selden Rodman.
Seattle, Washington: September 13, 1993. ALS, from Jacob Lawrence, to noted author and art critic Selden Rodman. It states (in part): "Dear Selden; This is a reply to your letter of September 7th, 1993, in which is requested biographical data for a book that you are working on 'Geniuses and..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed "Jake" to Selden Rodman
Price: $650
A Picture Gallery. Paintings and Drawings by...with text by the artist.
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown, [1968]. First edition. Read More about A Picture Gallery. Paintings and Drawings by...with text by the artist
Price: $200
Western Beef Cattle. A Series of Eleven Paintings...Depicting the Origin and Development of the Western Range Animal.
[Austin]: The Encino Press, [1967]. From an edition limited to 850 numbered copies, this copy being number 113. With the pamphlet published for the original exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Fine Art in 1950. Read More about Western Beef Cattle. A Series of Eleven Paintings...Depicting the Origin and Development of the...
Price: $100
A Summer Sketchbook. Forerward by Peter A. Wick.
New York: Mitchell Press, [1963]. No. 115 of 1500 copies, signed by Levine. Inscribed on the ffep from Peter Wick, who wrote the Foreword, to his children. Read More about A Summer Sketchbook. Forerward by Peter A. Wick
Price: $200
A Summer Sketchbook. Forerward by Peter A. Wick.
New York: Mitchell Press, [1963]. No. 115 of 1500 copies, signed by Levine. Read More about A Summer Sketchbook. Forerward by Peter A. Wick
Price: $100
Abraham Lincoln by Samuel B. Waugh (1814-1885).
New York: Newhouse Galleries, [1941]. An elaborate brochure for the sale of this important portrait, offered to Kirby and Whitney just days before Pearl Harbor. Read More about Abraham Lincoln by Samuel B. Waugh (1814-1885
Price: $400
SIGNED BY LOUISE NEVELSON AND THE AUTHOR
Nevelson's World. Introduction by Hilton Kramer.
New York: Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, [1983]. First Edition. SIGNED BY LOUISE NEVELSON AND THE AUTHOR. Signed on ffep by Louise Nevelson and Lipman. Read More about Nevelson's World. Introduction by Hilton Kramer
Price: $500
ONE OF 25 COPIES
A Reproduction of a Statue by Boris Lovet-Lorski. Text by John Erskine.
[Paris: 1932]. Number 2 of 25 copies containing each a series of eight final proofs on Montval paper and eight final proofs on vert de jade specially made for this deluxe edition. Printed by Braun & Co, imprimeurs d'art, Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin). ONE OF 25 COPIES. Read More about A Reproduction of a Statue by Boris Lovet-Lorski. Text by John Erskine
Price: $950
Original Drawing by Orson Lowell
Original drawing of a tavern scene depicting seven men, an eighth just entering.
New York: c. 1910. Lowell, Orson. Original Drawing by Orson Lowell. Orson Byron Lowell [1871-1956], son of landscape artist Milton Lowell, entered classes of the Chicago Art Institute at age 16, remaining there as a student and instructor until 1893 when he moved to New York and became a professional..... Read More about Original drawing of a tavern scene depicting seven men, an eighth just entering
Price: $750
Adventures by Sea From Art of Old Time. Preface by John Masefield.
London: The Studio Limited, 1925. First edition, no. 868 of 1750 copies. Read More about Adventures by Sea From Art of Old Time. Preface by John Masefield
Price: $200
Oil by Clare Boothe Luce
Oil Painting: Still-Life of Rose in Vase.
nd. Oil by Clare Boothe Luce. Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), one of the most celebrated women of her time, had an early career in fashion magazine editing, then went on to write several successful plays, notably The Women (1936) and Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1938). She married Time co-founder Henry..... Read More about Oil Painting: Still-Life of Rose in Vase
Price: $1,000
Etching: “Two Silos”.
One of 250 copies. Luigi Lucioni created some of the most appealing images of Vermont in his oils and watercolors, and was named “painter lauriate” of Vermont by Life magazine. His etched images are sophisticated and complex executions consisting of multiple acid baths and micro tonal layering of textures and..... Read More about Etching: “Two Silos”
Price: $350