Burt Chernow Harold Rosenberg (3 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. No Edition Stated. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., minor rubbing to back panel of dj. with minimal and minute instances of edge-wear to dj, truly minor. no other flaws. no writing or markings, no measurable tears or bumps. strong binding.; unpaginated., 49 illustrations, including 10 tipped-in color plates. if you could blend richard lindner with robert longo, you might end up with lester johnson, painting in the chronological middle - those 1970s - the neue-st sachlichkeit so to speak. Size: Square 8vo.

Hardcover. Siena cloth, cream & color illus. dust jacket, 72 pp., BW illus., tipped-in color plates. Considers the people-oriented paintings from the early 1970s rendered by American modernist Lester Johnson (1919-2010). "Johnson's work has always had an explosive vitality, however, the recent works signal a new direction in color and pattern. The kaleidoscopic and everchanging crowd appears and reappears in constantly changing guises. Alive with energy and movement these street scenes represent one of the most personal statements on the human condition in our times. John's men are joined by powerful and voluptuous women to create a view of today's world, a view as dynamic and exciting as any in the post World War II period." (dj) Includes 50 examples of the paintings, as well as a select bibliography. This copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet on the first page. G- (Moderately aged overall, with tanning DJ with wear to edges; pages are aging slightly in gutters; this copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet on the opening page.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (square). 67, [5] pages. Subtitle on jacket spine, cloth spine, half-title and bastard title: The Kaleidoscopic Crowd. Notable for the tipped-in color reproductions (over the b/w illustrations). Introduction by Chernow; short statement by Rosenberg; includes bibliography. A very good copy in very good dust jacket with slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight internal browning to edges.50 color & b/w Illustrations.