Beesch Ruth (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. 4to. 110 pages. SOFTCOVER bound in gray wrappers. The spine is a little sunned, and there is a tiny nick at the headcap of the spine. Otherwise a nice, clean copy. Illustrated in black and white.

paperback. Condition: Good. Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, N.C. [Published date: 1996]. Softcover, xiv, 115 pp; illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white reproductions of artwork, photographs, and portraits; 26 cm. In good+ condition. Cream and blue illustrated paper covers have bumping and creasing to the bottom corner of covers and the text block as well. Light overall scuffing to covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition "Figure, Form, Formula: The Art of Pinchas Cohen Gan," held at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery. Curated by Ruth K. Beesch and Kristine Stiles, with contributions by Peter Selz and the artist. Offers a comprehensive survey of Cohen Gan's work from 1968-1996, reflecting his use of linguistic theory, mathematical formulas, cybernetic systems, and information theory as tools for integrating art, science, and humanity. Contents include: Lenders to the Exhibition; Donors; Preface and Acknowledgments by Ruth K. Beesch; Foreword by Kristine Stiles; Biography, Nature, Mystery by Ruth K. Beesch; Orphan's Kaddish by Pinchas Cohen Gan; Rampman against a Portable Field by Kristine Stiles; Confessions by Pinchas Cohen Gan; Influences on the Art of Pinchas Cohen Gan by Peter Selz; Works 1968-1996: Jerusalem; London; Activities; Language of Art; Visual Mathematics; Language Trees; Non-Euclidean; Figure, Form, Formula; Atomic Art; Normal Art; Wars; Logic Furniture; The Remaking of History; Checklist; Artist's Biography; Biography of Creation by Pinchas Cohen Gan.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pages white, clean, unmarked. Binding solid. Moderately worn gray wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover, 117 pgs. Near fine.

Trade Paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. This is a fine, as new, paperback first edition copy, white spine.

Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Condition: Very Good. Unmarked. A few smudges on cover. Catalog for August 18--September 22, 1991 exhibition at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery. Artists includes pioneering 20th Century sculptures. Four color and six black-and-white plates showcasing work by Howard Gross, William Anatasi, Eva Hesse, Red Grooms, Sol Lewitt, Richard Serra, Siah Armajani, Michael Gitlin, Robert Smithson, Ted Rosenthat.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oblong Quarto. [12] pages. Soft cover bound in white and grey stapled wrappers. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. There are a couple of marks inside the front cover (the "Acknowledgments" page). Only 6 items are illustrated. About 75 items are listed. No date; circa 1990s.

Trade Paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. This is a fine, as new, paperback first edition copy, white spine.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Pinchas Cohen Gan on ffep, which is translucent vellum. Owner's name on half title. Wraps have minor edge rubbing. Illustrations of Gan's works included in the exhibit at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina Greensboro, in black & white, color. Contents: Ruth K. Beesch, "Preface and Acknowledgments"; Kristine Stile, "Foreword"; Beesch, "Biography, Nature, Mystery"; Stiles, "Rampman against a Portable Field," Peter Selz, "Influences on the Art of Pinchas Cohen Gan"; Pinchas Cohen Gan, "Works, 1968-1996"; checklist; artist's biography; Gan, "Biography of Creation." Gan's work is mixed media, conceptual, and often political in its message with focus on the modern Israeli state. 10" (25.4 cm) tall; 115 pages; Signed by Author. Signed.

Softbound. Condition: Fine. Wraps. 80 pp. 15 color, 37 bw repros. Artists included in this exhibition include Inness, Heade, Hunt, Hertzog, Tiffany, Hubbard, Benson, McCord, Sargent, Cope and others. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Gainesville, Fl: University Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Univ. of Florida, Feb. 19 to March 26, 1989.