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Lot 217

Lot of 15 American Art History Coffee Table Books

Estimate: $200 - $400
Starting Bid
$100

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Lot includes 15 books on various traditional American artists and collections. Publishers include various museums and institutions known for making comprehensive art books with detailed contexts and high resolution images. Books range in size from 13.5 in H x 11.5 in W x 1.25 in D to 11 in H x 8.5 in W x 1 in D. Total weight is approximately 64 lbs. Ships throughout the US as media mail.

From top to bottom:

  1. Sotheby's New York — sale catalogue (date partially visible: 1989)
  2. Art of the Real — Strand (Potter)
  3. The World from Here (UCLA / Grunwald / Hammer / Getty)
  4. Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana
  5. The Paintings of George Bellows (Amon Carter Museum / Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Abrams)
  6. The Index of American Design — Christensen (Macmillan)
  7. Sargent and Italy — Robertson (LACMA / Princeton)
  8. The Master Jewelers — Edited by A. Kenneth Snowman (Abrams)
  9. Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation — Rubin (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
  10. American Folk Painting — Black and Lipman (Bramhall House)
  11. Masterpieces from the Norton Simon Museum (NSM)
  12. American Art: Los Angeles County Museum of Art — Fort & Quick
  13. American Painting: From Its Beginnings to the Armory Show — Jules David Prown (Skira/Rizzoli)
  14. Art Treasures of Russia — Alpatov (Abrams)
  15. John Singer Sargent — Ratcliff (Abbeville)

Condition

Good condition. Scuffs and scratches throughout. Some books have cracked spines and some have foxing. Book jackets may have small tears and light water damage.

 

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Provenance

Private Estate, Los Angeles, California

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