MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF COLLECTION CATALOGUESCIRCA 1940-1990Approximately fifty books.
Including:
The Hever Castle Collection of Arms and Armour, Sotheby's 1983, Vols. I & II
Die Sammlung der Markgrafen und Grossherzöge...
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CHURCHILL, THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 6 VOLS.,1948-54THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Winston Churchill, Vol. I-VI, published by Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, 1948-54. Hardcover octavos,...
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3 GEORGE CRESS ARTWORKS, NUDE DRAWINGS& PHOTOGRAPHThree (3) George Ayers Cress (American/Tennessee, 1921-2008) works on paper including two framed nude pencil on paper drawings and one photograph. 1st & 2nd items:...
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DAVID ROBERTS BOOKS, "THE HOLY LAND"VOLS I-VI (1855)Northern Europe, Scotland, ca. 1855 CE. A fascinating ensemble of 6 books containing volumes I through VI of "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt,...
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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851). THEBIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY J.J. AUDUBON AND J.B. CHEVALIER, 1840-1844.Audubon,...
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SELECTION OF BOOKS ON OLD MASTERS (9)vols. including: 1) Singular Vision: Haboldt & Co.'s Old Master Paintings and Drawings Since 1983; 2) Rowlands. The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger. David Godine, 1985;...
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GROUP OF BOOKS & OTHER ACADEMIC STUDIESWrightsmanCollection, Vol. I, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Furniture, Vol. II, Furniture, Gilt bronzes & Carpets; 15th and 16th Century Italian Drawings, 17th Century Italian Drawings,...
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[JAPANESE PRINTS & DRAWINGS--COLLECTIONS]
Agroup of multi-volumed works about Japanese Prints & Drawings in Private or Museum Collections, comprising:
— GUNSAULUS, Helen C. and GENTLES, Margaret O. The Clarence...
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[ART, DECORATIVE ART AND ILLUSTRATIVEBOOKS], 18 VOLUMES, INCLUDING: MCCRACKEN, GIBSON, BREWINGTON, MEIER-GRAEFE, JACKSON AND OTHERS[Art, Decorative Art and Illustrative Books], 18 vols., 8vo-folio, including:...
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[OLD MASTERS], MICHELANGELO, REMBRANDTAND GOYA, 3 VOLUMES, CONSISTING OF: BRAZILLER, VALENTINER AND CANTON[Old Masters], Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Goya, 3 vols., folio, including: 1 vol. George Braziller,...
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LARGE COLLECTION OF ASSORTED AMERICANART BOOKS ART BOOKS, includes Georgia O'Keefe One Hundred Flowers, Whistler, Modern Masters of Etching Whistler (second vol.), Whistler in Venice, Rockwellkentiana, Color...
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COLLECTION OF 14 BOOKS RELATED TO JAMESABBOTTMcNeill Whistler, to include: "The Life of Whistler", 2 vols, by E. R. and J. Pennell, Lippincott Co. , London, 1908, cloth bound boards, 8vo, hand cut pages, numerous...
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BINDINGS, CLASSICS LARGE PAPER EDITION,(20) VOLS. Houghton Mifflin, 1906, no. 147 of 650 sets, leather spines and corners, decorated sides and endpapers, top page edges gilt, ribbon markers, with frontispieces...
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FIVE ANTIQUE U.S. HISTORICAL AND NATURALHISTORY BOOKS: "HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THEIR FIRST SETTLEMENT AS COLONIES TO THE PERIOD OF THE FIFTH CENSUS, IN 1830," WILLIAM GRIMSHAW. 1"H X 4 1/2"W X 7 1/4"DFive...
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(5) VOLS. FRENCH ARTISTS INCL. CATALOGUESRAISONNE Includes (5) hardcovers: Brame and Reff, Degas et Son Oeuvre A Supplement, Garland Publishing, 1984; Friedlaender and Blunt, The Drawings of Nicolas Poussin Catalogue...
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VERVE NO. 8, 24, 25-26, ONE SIGNED MARCCHAGALL (4) issues: Vol. 2, No. 8 - two copies, one disbound, lithograph by Bonnard present in both; Vol. VI, No. 24 - Chagall issue, inscribed and signed "Marc Chagall" with...
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James Barry (Irish active in Italy andEngland 1741-1806) "A Group of Recumbent Figures Huddled Among Blankets" 1792 ink and wash on laid paper with all corners missing but made up on backing card dated in English...
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7 vols. (wrappers). Pennsylvania Academyof The Fine Arts: School Circular... Session of 1914-1915. Philadelphia, 1914. Photo frontis., other illus. * Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern...
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Attributed to Charles-Louis Clérisseau(French worked in Italy 1721-1820) "A Chimneypiece in the Neo-Classical Style" c. 1770s/1780s ink and two tones of gray wash on cream-colored laid paper (perhaps with an even...
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French School 18th c. "Male Nude Dragginga Fallen Figure by the Feet" red chalk or sanguine crayon on cream-colored paper fully watermarked and countermarked with untranslated French maker's marks (crowned shield...
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Francesco Borromini his Studio or aFollower (Italian 1599-1667) "Section of Spire for the Church of San Ivo della Sapienza Rome" 1642/1720 ink and gray wash on cream-colored laid paper with reddish sepia paint...
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Alexander Runciman (Scottish 1736-1785)"Sorrowing Mother with Two Children-A Babe and a Youth" c. late 1760s/early 1770s sepia ink and wash with white gouache on cream-colored wove paper without discernible watermark...
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British1812-1852) "The Eschenheim Tower City Gate of Frankfurt" c. 1833/34 graphite on light cream-colored laid paper very faintly signed "Aug. Pugin" (and possibly dated?) lower...
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Books: Fine art furniture decorativearts and travel guides Bernier Rosamond. MATISSE PICASSO MIRO: AS I KNEW THEM. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1991. Bridgman George B. BRIDGMAN'S LIFE-DRAWING. London: John Lane...
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4 portfolios. Architecture: D'Espouy,H. Fragments D'Architecture Antique. Paris: Ande, Daly Files; Charles Schmidt, [1905]. 2 portfolios, folio, orig. red pebbled cloth; worn & defective. With 195 (of 200) plates....
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Venetian or Central Italian School 19thc. "Angels Feeding Christ after the Temptation by the Devil" pen and blue-grey wash on cream-colored laid paper inscribed "Piranesi" in sepia ink and "n. 5" in black ink bottom...
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Sir John Edward Poynter P. R. A. (British1836-1919) Study for 'Thrown' Drapery probably for a painting of Andromeda of 1872 graphite with black and white chalk on green prepared wove paper unsigned but with studio...
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Attributed to Sir Peter Lely (Dutchworking in England 1618-1680) "Seated Male Figure Looking to His Right" 1666 black chalk with white highlights (the latter applied selectively to drapery modeling and anatomy)...
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Charles-André called Carle Van Loo(French 1705-1765) "A Sleeping Shepherd" probably c. early 1760s red chalk (and graphite sketches of a left hand and a head at top right) inscribed in umber ink by a mid-18th...
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Charles-André called Carle Van Loo(French 1705-1765) "A Sleeping Shepherd" probably c. early 1760s red chalk (and graphite sketches of a left hand and a head at top right) inscribed in umber ink by a mid-18th...
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Sir John Everett Millais P.R.A. (English1829-1896) "Reclining Female Nude" (recto) and "Standing Male Nude" (verso) two life studies c. 1845 black brown and white chalk on buff-colored wove paper signed with given-name...
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Gaston V. Leroux (French 1854-1942)"A Desert Tribesman (Guerrier Arabe)" 1880s-1890s bronze cast signature on base height 38 in. Note: Gaston Leroux was a member of the "second generation" of Orientalist...
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John Ruskin (British 1819-1900) "A CaveSeen in Sunlight" and "A Cave Seen in Shade": a pair of drawings probably c. 1830s graphite watercolor and gouache on light buff wove papers (both sheets laid down) unsigned...
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British1812-1852) "The Belfry Godenberg" perhaps 1840s traces of graphite under sepia watercolor on cream-colored wove paper titled at bottom center but unsigned 7 7/8 in. x 5 3/4...
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Lot. Fine Art & Illustrated Books:(Matisse, Henri, illustrator.) Ronsard, Pierre de. Florilege des Amours. Paris, 1948 [but later facsimile authorized by Skira]. 2 vols., orig. wrappers, loose as issued, in...
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Gabriel-Pierre-Martin Dumont (French1720-1791) "Section Drawing of a Church Project to be Built on a Greek-Cross Plan " c. 1750s/1760s ink gray and light rose washes on cream-colored laid paper unsigned 12 1/4...
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