Books
Speaking with Hands: Photographs from the Buhl Collection
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2004. With essays by Jennifer Blessing, Kirsten A. Hoving, and Ralph Rugoff. Previous owner's inscription and tracing of a hand on the contents page. 96 plates, 96 figures, and fully illustrated catalogue entries. 264 pages, black pictorial boards, dust wrapper. New York: Guggenheim Museum, (2004). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. "In the last ten years Henry M. Buhl has amassed a collection of more than one thousand photographs of hands."... More
The Armoury in the Moscow Kremlin.
Moscow: Sovietsky Khudozhnik Publishers, 1988. Text in Russian. Profusely illustrated in color. 430pp. Tall, thick 4to, brown cloth, slightly edge worn d.w. Moscow: Sovietsky Khudozhnik Publishers, 1988. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Includes: Russian Gold And Silver, 12th - Early 20th Centuries; Arms and Armour, 12th - 19th Centuries; Western European Gold and Silver, 13th - 19th Centuries; Precious Textiles and Decorative Embroidery, 14th - 19th Centuries; Wearing Apparel, 16th - Early 20th Centuries; Historical..... More
Durer and His Time; German prints and drawings c. 1420-1575 from the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 2000. Illustrated with b/w and color images throughout. 304 pages. 4to, pictorial wrappers. Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, (2000). A near fine copy. More
Art and Soul; The History of the Southern Vermont Arts Center
Manchester: Southern Vermont Arts Center, 2000. Color and b/w Illus. Square 4to, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled. Manchester: Southern Vermont Arts Center, 2000. More
American Silver: The Work of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Silversmiths Exhibited... June to November, 1906.
Boston: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1906. Photogravure frontispiece portrait, and 29 mounted photographic plates; text illustrations and rubrics throughout. 100pp. Short 4to, original gray printed wrappers (chipped and well-worn at corners and spine ends; internally clean). Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1906. First edition. A very good(-) copy of this uncommon book, lacking the slipcase. Printed in red and black and with elegant typography, this is the catalogue of the first exhibition devoted exclusively to American Silversmiths... More
Musee De L'Ermitage: Peinture, Dessins
Paris: Nouvelles Editions, 1964. 45 folded leaves, each with a tipped in color plate. 28 pages of text, loose as issued. 8vo, white cloth portfolio, red board slipcase; spine of portfolio slightly yellowed. Paris Nouvelles Editions Francaises, (1964). A very good (+) copy. More
Mille Peintures des Musees de France.
Paris: Gallimard, 1993. Profusely illustrated in color. 605 pages, tall thick 4to, black cloth, d.w., pictorial board slipcase. Paris: Gallimard, (1993). Fine. More
Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. Illustrated in b/w and color throughout. 381 pages. Folio, natural cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2014). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, light scuffing to spine ends. More
Le Louvre: Musee des Maitres.
Paris: Cercle d'Art, 1970. Illustrated with 85 mounted color plates and 58 well-printed b/w images in the text. 77pp of text plus captions, all in French. Thick square 4to, gilt-lettered burgundy cloth, d.w. Paris: Cercle d'Art, (1970). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The National Air And Space Museum.
New York: Abrams, 1982. Numerous llustrations mainly in full color, 504 pages. Thick 4to, blue cloth. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1982). Third Printing. A fine copy. More
The Paintings of the Prado
Boston: Bulfinch, 1994. 468 color illustrations. 652pp., large 4to, black cloth, d.w. Boston: A Bulfinch Press Book, (1994). First North American edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Text by Jose Manuel Cruz Valdovinos, Ismael Gutierrez Pastor, Jose Miguel Morales Folguera, Jose Luis Morales Y Marin, Wifredo Rincon Garcia. More
American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1972. 566 black & white photographic illustrations. 2 volumes, short 4to, gray cloth backed black boards, slipcase. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, (1972). First Edition. A fine copy. More
Palaces For The People: A Social History of the American Art Museum.
Boston: Little Brown, 1977. Illustrated. 446pp. 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994. 2 volumes: Volume 1: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815, Volume 2: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 628 and 670 pages. Thick 4to, cloth, edge-worn and slightly chipped d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994. A very good(+) set in very good dust wrapper. Published in association with Princeton University Press. Additional text by Dale T. Johnson..... More
The Guggengheim Collection
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2006. More than 175 illustrations. 343 pages, 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. New York: Guggenheim Museum, (2006). A fine copy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Guggenheim Collection. More
Treasures of the Vatican.
Skira, 1962. Introduction by Dioclecio Redig De Campos. Illustrated with mounted plates, many in color. Large 4to, red cloth, d.w. (frayed at head of spine), board slipcase, N.p.: Skira, (1962). Very good(+). More
Italian Medieval Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. Illustrated with color images throughout. 354 pages. 4to, maroon cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2010). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, scuffing to both panels. More
Technics and Creativity: Gemini Gel.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1971. The 108 page catalog is a short square 4to in pictorial wrappers, illustrated with photographs and plates in color & b/w., and includes the catalogue raisonne of the prints from Gemini. Housed in a white plastic clam-shell box with embossed logo and text. With an essay by Riva Castleman. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1971). First edition. A near fine copy with all pieces completely intact and attached. Frontispiece is a 2-color..... More
Stone Sculpture in the Prince of Wales Museum
Bombay: Prince of Wales Museum, 1974. Illustrated in black and white. xxvi, 168 pages. 4to, red cloth (very unevenly mottled), d.w. torn at rear flap and toned overall. Bombay: Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, 1974. A very good(-) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Les dessins de Paul Cezanne au Cabinet des Estampes du Musee des Beaux-Arts de Bale.
Olten et Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962. 2 volumes. Illustrated with 211 plates, and 96 other figures. Slim 4tos, gray cloth, edgeworn d.w. Olten et Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962. Near fine in very good dust wrappers. More
Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art -1979-2009
Minsheng Art Museum, 2010. Numerous illustrations, thick 4to, white cloth box with red lettering and a wrap around paper band, red edges. Minsheng Art Museum 2010. A fine copy, as new in the original shrinkwrap. Bi-lingual Chinese and English. More
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem
New York: Rizzoli, 2019. With color and some b/w images throughout. 231 pages. 4to, purple pictorial boards. New York: Rizzoli, (2019). A fine copy. More
Die Galerie Pitti in Florenz.
Munich: 1956. Profusely illus. in color and b/w. 4to, cloth, d.w. Munchen, (1956). More
The Smithsonian: 150 Years of Adventure, Discovery, and Wonder.
New York: Knopf, 1995. Profusely illustrated in color. 432pp., 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1995. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More