Gropper Wiliam (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Minor stains to pages 181, 211, 213, 215 without obstructing text or illustrations, moderate shelfwear and rubbing to cover, minor foxing to edge of book pages but otherwise good, presentable copy with clean, unmarked pages with illustrations throughout. Binding is slanted but still strong.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First German Edition. 60 Pp. + 48 Plates. 14 1/4" X 10 7/8". Parchment Spine, Red Boards, Gilt. #626 Of A Limited Edition Of 1000 Copies Of This First German Edition. Undated, Worldcat Assigns A Tentative 1923 Date. Wear And Dust, Some Fraying To Edges Of Boards. Hinges Tight. Ownership Signature Of American Social Artist William Gropper. B/W Plates (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 16 Pp + 140 Color And B/W Illustrations. Green Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Red. First Edition. Would Be Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket, But There Is A 1" X 1/8" Abrasion In The Lower Front Spine Edge Of Book And Dust Jacket. Inscribed By Konecky To "My Very Good Friend Bill Gropper". (From Wikipedia): Joseph Solman (1909 -2008) Was An American Painter, A Founder Of The Ten, A Group Of New York City Expressionist Painters In The 1930S. His Best Known Works Include His "Subway Gouaches" Depicting Travellers On The New York City Subway. Born In Vitebsk, Russian Empire, He Was Brought To America From The Russian Empire As A Child In 1912, Solman Was A Prodigious Draftsman And Knew, In His Earliest Teens, That He Would Be An Artist. He Went Straight From High School To The National Academy Of Design, Though He Says He Learned More By Sketching In The Subway On The Way Back From School Late At Night: People "Pose Perfectly When They're Asleep." In 1934, Solman Had His First One-Man Show, Much Influenced By The French Modern Artist Georges Rouault. Joseph Solman Was, With Mark Rothko, The Unofficial Co-Leader Of The Ten, A Group Of Expressionist Painters Including Louis Schanker, Adolph Gottlieb And Ilya Bolotowsky, Who Exhibited As The "Whitney Dissenters" At The Mercury Galleries In New York City In 1938. A Champion Of Modernism, Solman Was Elected An Editor Of Art Front Magazine When Its Other Editors, Art Historian Meyer Schapiro And Critic Harold Rosenberg, Were Still Partial To Social Realism. But Solman Never Believed In Abstraction For Abstraction's Sake. "I Have Long Discovered For Myself," Solman Has Said, "That What We Call The Subject Yields More Pattern, More Poetry, More Drama, Greater Abstract Design And Tension Than Any Shapes We May Invent." In 1964, The Times, Discussing His Well-Known Subway Gouaches (Done While Commuting To His Some-Time Job As A Racetrack Pari-Mutuel Clerk), Called Him A "Pari-Mutuel Picasso." William Gropper Was An Active Socil Artist From The Nineteen=Teens Into The 1960'S. Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 16 Pp. Including Covers, Abt. 12" X 9 1/4", Seal On Cover But No Illustrations, Unopened (Pages Attached Along Top Or Fore Edges). Apparently A Proof Or An Advance Copy Of The Introduction To The Illustrated Work, Which Was Published In Soft Cover In 224 Pp. But We Have Located Only One Institutional Copy, At The Getty Research Institute. Ownership Signature And Address Of American Social Artist William Gropper, Who Received Many Russian Publications Circa 1923-1933, And Some Relating To Caricatures Thereafter.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xxii, 378 Pp; Xii, 387 Pp + Plates At End. First Printing (193) And First Printing Of Revised Edition (1940), Two Volumes. Light Wear. The 1940 Edition Is Inscribed At Length To Social Artist William Gropper, Who Is Discussed On Several Pages Of This Book And Also In The 1934 Edition. Further Inscribed By Bob Parsons, And Inscribed Again By Gropper, With Another Inscription Back To Gropper Below. Thomas Craven (1888 -1969) Was An American Author, Critic And Lecturer, Who Promoted The Work Of American Regionalist Painters, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry And Grant Wood, Among Others. He Was Known For His Caustic Comments And Being The "Leading Decrier Of The School Of Paris. He Was Friends With Numerous Artists Of His Day Including George Grosz And Thomas Hart Benton. He Wrote Numerous Books, Several Were Very Popular Including, Men Of Art And Modern Art: The Men, The Movements, The Meaning; Another Of His Books, A Treasury Of Art Masterpieces: From The Renaissance To The Present Day Reached The Bestseller List And Was Re-Issued Several Times. In Addition He Contributed Essays, Articles And Criticisms To Numerous Periodicals Including, Scribners, Harpers, The Dial, The Nation, The New Republic, The American Mercury, And The Forum. At One Time He Was The Art Critic For The New York American. However, Despite The Fact That He Could Be Caustic, He Was Equally Capable Of Providing Praise. Thomas Craven'S Impact On The Art World Was Significant. Any Literature Discussing The Regionalist Painters Makes Reference To Craven'S Work. His Influence Is Best Described By The Time Magazine'S Review Of His Book, Men Of Art: "Today The Entire U. S. Art World Pays Attention To Him.". Inscribed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 36 Pp. Including Covers, Staple-Bound. Union Promotional Piece. Well Preserved Except For Two Small Chips At Top Of Front Cover. No Marks Or Stains. Photographs Throughout (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. US orders ship with signature confirmation. 1927 1st edition inscribed (which always means to a particular person) by the author on the ffep. Staining (including a cup stain) and rubbing/slight fraying on cover, back corners bumped, separation starting 3/4 of the way down the back ep, light tanning, else text clean, binding still good. Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).…