Essay John Bowlt (3 results)

200 pages. Large paperback: H 27.75cm x L 22.75cm. Red and black glossy paper covers, slender light crease near center fore-edge margin of front cover. Some foxing to top edge; past owner's ink signature and phone number at top of front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With color plates, Foreword by Genrikh P. Popov, Preface by Robert McC. Adams, Acknowledgements by James T. Demetrion, Introduction by E.V. Basner and A.P. Gusarova, essay "Between East and West: Russian Art of the Early Twentieth Century" by John E. Bowlt, and Select Bibliography. Pages 43-194 comprised of "Catalog of the Exhibition" by E.V. Basner, A.P. Gusarova, S.M. Ivanitskii, V.P. Kniazeva, G.K. Krechina, V.F. Kruglov, and O.N. Shikhireva. Published as the accompanying catalog for an exhibition held at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., from July 12 to September 25, 1988; exhibition organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, and the State Russian Museum, Leningrad. Please note that the ISBN for the hardcover and this paperback edition is the same. ISBN 0874744954.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 102 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Exhibition held October 16 to December 18, 1971. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small (cigarette?) burn/flyleaf. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. *** Includes an essay, "Artist of the World, Disunite" by John E. Bowlt. Size: Folio.…

Condition: Very Good. [1975]. First edition. Leonard Hutton Galleries. New York. [1975]. First edition. Paperback, quarto; illustrated wrappers. 36 pages. Illustrated in colour and b&w. English. 255x180mm. 0.2kg. Very good; light shelf wear to wrappers. An exhibition of marionettes created by Aleksandra Ekster, held at the Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York in 1975. In 1926, following on from several years of experience in painting and theatre design, Ekster created a series of puppets - three-dimensional moving sculptures. The marionettes are modernist, with cubist elements and motifs derived from the Commedia dell'Arte. The exhibition displayed twenty puppets. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.…