Gropper William: First Edition (104 results)
Language: English
Published by Citadel, New York, NY 1961
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, U.S.A.Don's Book Store
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book is clean with a tight binding and off white pages. Book has a previous owner's name on half title page, creases to both covers and spine and minor wear on the edges and covers that is difficult to see in the scans. George Bernard Shaw was better known for his biting social satire, b…ut he was also a political activist, very much concerned with the effects of imprisonment on man. We are donsbookstore in Albuquerque New Mexico. The book you see in the image is the actual book we have for sale. When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock. Gropper, William (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Charles Boni Paper Books, New York 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. William Gropper (illustrator).
Published by Forum Publishers, New York 1943
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Manuscript
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerPamphlet. 29p., 5x7 inches, illustrations, staples rusted else very good in stapled brown printed wraps, first printing. "An attack on Reader's Digest as dishonest, profascist, and anti-Soviet. It is accused of catering to anti-Semitic, anti-Negro, and antilabor sentiments. The author demands that this defeatist magazine be forc…ed to cease publication." *Seidman G35.
More imagesPublished by Macaulay, New York 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 158 pages; 1933 Macaulay. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original orange cloth with pictorial titles design to cover and spine in black. Cloth a bit sunned and toned at spine; trace fray to cloth at spine ends. Light toning and mild soiling to endpage…s. Illustrated with carciature drawings by Gropper. VG-.
Published by Viking, New York 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First printing. A good copy in a good dust jacket with the price of $2.00 intact on the front flap. Gropper, William (illustrator). Book.
Published by Philosophical Library, New York 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, U.S.A.Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. Dust jacket shows a bit of light wear to extremes, black & white illustrations; 125pp. A decent first edition of an unusual Shaw title. GROPPER, William (illustrator).
Published by Viking,/1938, 1st; grey covers with blue decorated endpapers; 8vo; 188 pp., New York 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, U.S.A.Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks
Contact seller2-star sellerCONDITION: Good without jacket; faded spine with half inch tear in upper corner, clean, flat pages. Juvenile hardback. Like his pal, Pecos Bill, Bowleg was a true cowboy and son of the Old West. But Bowleg roped tuna and pumped bilgewater, and his destiny was to ride the seas, six-shooters, cowboy hat and all. ABE Heritage Selle…r; keyword: oldchildrensbooks. Graded to AB standards: /William Gropper, illustrator. /William Gropper, illustrator (illustrator).
Published by New York Harper & Brothers 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 98 pages. Illustrated by William Gropper. Several corners and spine ends starting to fray, else very good condition. A tight and bright copy. (P5).
Published by Published by the author, New York 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, U.S.A.David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. First Edition. [277]pp [complete joint separation inside front cover, so covers detached from binding; edge wear to dust jacket] ---- Inscribed and signed by Sam Liptzin on front free endpaper ---- Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Gropper (illustrator). Inscribed and Signed By the…Author. Book.
Published by Citadel Press, New York 1961
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketOriginal Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback edition. William Gropper (illustrator).
Published by Charles Boni Paper Books, New York 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 218+2 pp. Original pictorial wraps, moderately soiled w/ mild edge wear. Small creases to corners. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents nice. William Gropper (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Robert M. McBride & Co., New York 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketBrown Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 364 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Impression, September 1927, Kalki Edition Stated. Light Usage, Spie Git Weak, Name Stamp Of Social Artist William Gropper, With His Croton-On-Hudson Address, On Front Endpaper. Dust Jacket Priced $2.50, Worn And Chipped And Browned, With Some Loss… Of Text At Top And Bottom Of Spine. Cabell Was Fabulously Popular Amongst Many Book Collectors In The 1920'S, And His First Editions Were Often Worth More Then, Even Unadjusted For Inflation, Than They Are Now.
Published by Long Beach Museum of Art 1972
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, U.S.A.W. Lamm
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Tight and clean. A hint of age-toning with minor foxing spots to cover, otherwise in Very Good condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. ; Six full page reproductions in black and white. Essay by Wahneta T. Robinson. Published on the occasion o…f the exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art November 5 - December 3, 1972.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Vanity Fair: The Kaleidoscopic Review Of Modern Life Vol 42 No 3 May 1934, With Paper Dolll #7 Cut-Out Page Intact
Cover By Alajalov; Joseph Hergesheimer, Jay Franklin, Edmund Pearson, Bruehl, Thomas Beer, Steichen, George Jean Nathan, Ccil Beaton, Patsy Ruth Miller, Corey Ford, William Gropper, William Steig, Paul Gallico, Margaret Bourke-White, Remie Lohse
Language: English
Published by The Conde Nast Publications, New York 1934
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 88 Pp. Original Magazine. Wear, Spine Perished And Covers Held Together By 8 Clear Tape Strips, Contents Clean.
'47 The Magazine Of The Year. June 1947
Robinson Jeffers, S.J. Perelmen, George Biddle, William Gropper, Philip Evergood and others
Published by Associated Magazine Cobtributors Inc. 1947
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, U.S.A.Tacoma Book Center
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Staplebound Trade Paperback Periodical. June 1947 issue. Articles of note are a five page photo pictorial on Point Lobos accompanied with Robinson Jeffers poetry, a 7 page article called Folklore On Canvas illustrated with artwork by George Biddle and William…Gropper, and a six page article on the artist Philip Evergood with 4 color examples of his work. Very Good to Near Fine condition. Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. No Signature.
Published by Art Gallery Publications, New York 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketStapled Wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. Assumed first edition. Good in stapled wraps. Wraps show some tanning, split to top of spine, some light edge-wear with a ffew shallow chips. Interior pages show some mild browning. This is a catalogue from a 1940 art opening in NYC. Pictures in interior remain crisp. An unusual pie…ce of memorobilia.
Published by Citadel, New York 1961
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. 125p., foreword, illustrated with cartoons by Gropper, very good first trade paperback edition stated in pictorial wraps. Originally published in 1825.
Language: English
Published by American Federation of Arts, Washington 1937
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers. Gropper's "Sketch for Interior Deparrtment Mural" is on the cover of this issue. The color insert is not present in this issue.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Charles Boni, NewYork 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Charles Boni Paper Books. Introduction by H.M. Kallen. No DJ; initial sales price (50?) provided. Cover and endpapers probably designed by Rockwell KENT. Rear cover has small tear and some creasing. Some age-commensurate browning of the pages; otherwise, un…marked pages. Illustrated in black-and-white by William GROPPER. Includes, as ephemera, a mail-in subscription to the Boni Paper Books series. This classic work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in an early original state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good. Rockwell KENT; William GROPPER (illustrator).
Published by Viking, New York 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, U.S.A.David Gaines
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Boards in art-stamped blue cloth, near fine, in very good dj w/ bit of handling, slight wear to one edge, one corner. 188p., risible tales of fishing off Cape Cod w/ charming drawings. This was the result of WPA funding during the Roosevelt administration,… valorizing work and celebrating mythology of common man. Gropper, William (illustrator).
The Arts, September 1926. Peter Bruegel The Elder: A Study Of His Paintings
Forbes Watson, Editor; Virgil Barker; Ownership Signature Of William Gropper
Language: English
Published by Arts Publishing Corporation, New York City Ny 1926
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Vi, 125-185. Entire Issue Is Devoted To Barker's Articles On Bruegel. Ownership Signature Of Social Artist William Gropper, A Real Fan, Who Had Many Books About Bruegel.
More imagesPublished by The Viking Press, New York 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, U.S.A.Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. [10], 11-188. Chapter heads by William Gropper. Decorated endpapers. Bound in blue cloth with illustration stamped in white on front board, white lettering on spine. Light age-toning-soiling to edges of cloth, else quite… sharp. Former owner name of Paul Jordan Smith on the half-title. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows spine a tad faded, and a bit of edge-wear, notably to head and tail of spine. Price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Withal, a bright, presentable copy. Former owner Jordan-Smith was the American lecturer and scholar of English literature whose art movement, "Disumbrationism," was eventually revealed as a hoax. Wilbur Jordan Smith, his son, ran UCLA Special Collections from 1950s-1970 or so. The William Gropper dust jacket illustration conveys the tone of Digges' Cape Cod guide, depicting eponymous Bill astride an unhappy dolphin while waving his cowboy hat in glee. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. . William Gropper (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Time Inc., New York 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
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Add to basketIllustrated Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 136 Pp. Soft Cover, 14" X 11 1/2". Near Fine, Small Surface Losses Along Spine (Only). International Shipment Requires Considerable Additional Charge, But Note That 4-6 Magazines Fit Into A Single Usps Large Flat Rate Priority Mail Box, Insured.
Language: English
Published by University Of Chicago Press, Chicago Il 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 168 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Lightly Used, Gilt Bright. Name Stamp Of American Social Artist William Gropper With His Croton-On-Hudson Stamp. Color Plates (illustrator).
Published by ACA Galleries, New York 1959
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: ACA Galleries, 1959. Very Good condition but for 1 short closed tear and some finger soil on the cover. Internally clean and unmarked. NO foxing. 8" wide by 10.25" tall. Art exhibition catalogue which marks the 27th anniversary of the ACA Galleries. Includes a 7…-page account of the Gallery's history, 1932-1959, by Herman Baron. Among the 31 artist's profiled here are David Burliuk, Nicolai Cikovsky, Philip Evergood, William Gropper, Robert Gwathmey, Joseph Hirsch, Alton Pickens, Anton Refregier, Joseph Solman, Moses Soyer, Harry Sternberg and Charles White. There is a photographic portrait of each artist, along with their biographical profile and a full-page reproduction of each artist's work. Bound in the original buff wrappers, stamped in red and black. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Burliuk, David, & Nicolai Cikovsky, Philip Evergood, William Gropper, Robert Gwathmey, Joseph Hirsch, Alton Pickens, Anton Refregier, Joseph Solman, Moses Soyer, Harry Sternberg, Charles White. Unpaginated (but about 84 pages). Burliuk, David, & Nicolai Cikovsky, Philip Evergood, William Gropper, Robert Gwathmey, Joseph Hirsch, Alton Pickens, Anton R (illustrator).
Bilder Un Geshtaltn Fun Soroki (Scenes And Images Of Soroki)
Seltzer, David (1904-1994); Illustrated With 25 Drawings By William Gropper
Language: Yiddish
Published by Waldhaim / David Seltzer, New York City, Ny 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 285 Pp. Red-Black Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Near Fine. The Illustrator William Gropper's Copy, Although Not Marked As Such. Dovid / David Seltzer Was Born In Soroki, Bessarabia; In 1920 He Came With His Family To The United States, Where He Worked For A Printer. He Grad…uated In 1928 From The Leftist "Jewish Labor University" In New York, And That Year He Became The Cultural Director Of The Leftist Labor Clubs. In 1931 He Became A Writer For Morgn-Frayhayt (Morning Freedom) In New York. In 1932 He Was The News Editor There. In 1933 He Was Sent To Detroit Where He Was The Commercial Representative For The Newspaper And Its Correspondent. In 1935 He Returned To New York And Went Back To Working In A Print Shop. Aside From His Journalistic And Community Activities, He Had Already In 1921 Published In Der Amerikaner (The American) A Series Of Children Poems. He Later Published Poems In The Journals: Yung-Kuznye (Young Smithy), Di Feder (The Pen), And Oyfkum (Arise). The Majority Of His Songs And Children'S Stories Were Published In Such Leftist Publications As: Frayhayt (Freedom), Der Hamer (The Hammer), And Signal (Signal), Among Others. In 1936 He Was Editor Of The Monthly Funken (Sparks) Of The Jewish Labor Clubs. In 1939 He Edited The Monthly Nyu Yorker Shriftn (New York Writings), A Journal Of Literature And Criticism (Only One Issue Appeared). His Books Include: Besaraber Lider (Bessarabian Poems), With Designs By Zuni Maud (New York: Soroki, 1937), 95 Pp.; Bronzviler Gezang (Brownsville Chant), With Woodcuts By Helen West Heller (New York: Bronzvil, 1942), 96 Pp.; Di Oysgebenkte Sho (The Longed For Hour) (New York: Landslayt, 1947), 128 Pp.; Bilder Un Geshtaltn Fun Soroki (Scenes And Images Of Soroki), With Twenty-Five Drawing By William Gropper (New York: Valdheym, 1961), 286 Pp.; Gezangen Far Sholem Un Freyd, Gezamlte Tsayt-Lider Fun Fir Dekades (Songs For Peace And Freedom, Collected Songs Of The Day Over Four Decades) (New York, 1964), 190 Pp.; Yidishe Folks-Motivn In Der Kunst Fun Moyshe Kish (Jewish Folk Motifs In The Art Of Moyshe Kish) (New York, 1972), 14 Pp.
Language: English
Published by Contemporary Play Publications, New York City, Ny 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 133 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Near Fine, Gilt Bright. Dust Jacket Worn, Small Chips And Tears. Inscribed By The Author To Social Artist William Gropper And His Wife. Emjo Basshe (Born Emmanuel Iode Abarbanel Basshe Or Emanuel Joseph Jochelman (1…898 -1939) Was A Lithuanian-Born Jewish American Playwright Of Spanish Descent, A Recipient Of A 1931 Guggenheim Fellowship, And One Of The Initial Members In 1935 Of The Communist Party-Founded League Of American Writers. He Immigrated To The United States In 1912, Graduating From Columbia University In 1919. He Began His Theatrical Career With The Provincetown Playhouse And, In 1920, Went To Massachusetts, Working With Boston's Peabody Playhouse, Then Chelsea Arts Theatre And Cambridge's Castle Square Players, All During 1920-22. Returning To Provincetown Playhouse, He Remained Until The Premiere In 1925 Of His Play, Adam Solitaire, Directed By Stanley Howlett, And Featuring 19-Year-Old John Huston. Basshe Then Moved To Pennsylvania, Becoming Director Of The Stage Repertory Of Philadelphia, Where His Three Short Plays, The Bitter Fantasy, The Star And Soil Were Presented. Again Returning To New York, Basshe Co-Founded, With Four Others, The New Playwrights Theatre, Initially Finding A Temporary Home At The 52Nd Street Theatre, Where It Premiered, On March 9, 1927, His New Play, Earth, Directed By Russell Wright And Hemsley Winfield. On November 29, 1927, Basshe's New Play, Centuries, Set Among Jewish Residents Of A New York City Tenement House, Had Its Premiere. Directed By The Author, The Production Had A Cast Of 27, Including Future Film Star Franchot Tone, And Lasted For 39 Performances. Continuing As A Director, Basshe Next Helmed The Playhouse's Production Of Upton Sinclair's Prison-Based Drama, Singing Jailbirds, Which Featured Future Character Star, Lionel Stander, As One Of The Prisoners. Premiering On December 6, 1928, The Play Lasted 79 Performances. Provincetown Playhouse Dissolved In April 1929 And Basshe Pursued His Career As A Broadway Director At Other Venues, Co-Supervising North Carolina Playwright Paul Green's Musical Drama, Roll, Sweet Chariot, Set, According To Its Description, In "A Negro Village Somewhere In The South". The Production Premiered At The Cort Theatre On October 2, 1934 And Lasted 7 Performances. Another Green Play Directed By Basshe, Turpentine, Opened June 26, 1936 And Closed In August, Following 62 Performances. On May 13, A Month Before The Premiere Of Turpentine, Basshe's Anti-War Satire, The Snickering Horses, With A Cast Of 34, Was Staged At Daly's 63Rd Street Theatre As The Concluding Presentation Of Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project Experimental Theatre Three-Performance Cycle Of Three One-Act Plays, With The Other Two Being George Bernard Shaw's Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores And, Condensed Into One Act By Alfred Saxe, Molière's The Miser. In January 1939, Basshe Staged A Production Of Three One-Act Plays: Paul Vincent Carroll's The Coggerers (Later Renamed The Conspirators), Jean Giraudoux's Mr. Banks Of Birmingham And Josephinna Niggli's The Red Velvet Goat, Which Opened At The Hudson Theatre On January 20, 1939 And Closed The Following Day. The Sf Encuclopedia Says That In General His Plays Can Be Understood As Agitprop, And Seem To Have Been Particular Successful At The Heart Of The Great Depression, Before The New Deal Began To Rescue America From The Effects Of Unmonitored Capitalism. Of Sf Interest Is Doomsday Circus: A Dramatic Chronicle (1938), Seemingly Unproduced During His Lifetime, An Expressionist, Hortatory Burlesque With Some Similarities To Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine, In Which The Coming Near Future Ownership Of The World By A Single Multi-Tentacled Corporation Is Rendered As A Circus. Inscribed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by New York 1921
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with edgewear that is pronounced on the rear panel.
Rockwell Kent, 1882-1971
Kent, Rockwell; William Howard Melish; Albert E. Kahn; Jessica Smith; A. D. Chegodaev; Richard Morford; John E. Middleton; Leonard B. Boudin; Carl Zigrosser; Joseph North; Sally Kent (Mrs. Rockwell Kent)Richard V. West, Corliss Lamont, Philip Evergood, William Gropper, Anton Refriger, Ernest Crichlow, Harry Gottlieb, Raphael Soyer, Robert Gwathmey, Jacob Lawrence, Alice Neel, David Siqueros
Language: English
Published by National Council Of American-Soviet Friendship. Inc., New Yor City, Ny 1971
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Portfolio. 1st Edition. (32) Pp. Booklet, Staple-Bound, Illustrated, In Card Covers. 27 Loose Plates. In Portfolio With $7.50 Price. Booklet And Plates Fine, Portfolio Dusty And With Many Small Chips Right Along Fore Edge And Upper Folds. The American Social Artist William Grop…per's Copy Although Not Marked As Such; He Furnished One Of The Tributes In The Booklet. 27 Plates (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Artbook Museum, New York City Ny 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 56 Pp. + 1 Pp Ad At Rear. White Spine Lettered In Green, Green Covers Lettered In Yellow. First Printing Indicated, January 1936. Ownership Signature Of Social Artist William Gropper. Dust Jacket Priced $1.00, Wear A Few Short Tears And Minute Losses, Dus…ty. Per Wikipedia, Walter Pach (1883 - 1958) Was An Artist, Critic, Lecturer, Art Adviser, And Art Historian Who Wrote Extensively About Modern Art And Championed Its Cause. Through His Numerous Books, Articles, And Translations Of European Art Texts Pach Brought The Emerging Modernist Viewpoint To The American Public. He Studied With Robert Henri At The New York School Of Art And Went Abroad To Paint With William Merritt Chase In The Summers Of 1903 And 1904. In 1907, Pach Moved To France And Became Part Of The Gertrude And Leo Stein Circle, And Moved Among The Parisian Avant-Garde, Exhibiting With Them And Writing About Their Work And New Artistic Vision. In 1908 He Wrote The First Article On Cézanne To Be Published In The U.S., Which Appeared In Scribner's Magazine. He Also Interviewed Claude Monet That Year And Published An Article About Him In The Same Periodical. He Helped Manage And Teach In Several Of William Merritt Chase's Summer Art Schools In Various European Locales. Pach Was The Only American Artist To Be Closely Affiliated With The Section D'or Group Of Artists, Including Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Duchamp Brothers Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Jacques Villon And Others. Pach Was Responsible For Securing Loans From These Painters For The 1913 Armory Show. Most Of The Artists In Paris Who Sent Works To The Armory Show Knew Pach Personally And Entrusted Their Works To Him.[2] Pach Married Artist Magdalene Frohberg In 1914, And Their Son Raymond Was Born At The End Of That Year. He Began Advising Walter And Louise Arensberg On Their Art Collecting And Introduced Them To Marcel Duchamp In 1915. The Following Year, With Duchamp And The Arensbergs, He Was A Major Force In The Creation Of The Society Of Independent Artists. In The Summer Of 1918 Pach Taught Two Classes, Including One On Modern Art, At The University Of California At Berkeley. In The Summer Of 1922 He Taught At The National Autonomous University Of Mexico, Where He Lectured And Wrote About Native American Art. He Helped Organize Exhibitions And Raised Money For A Museum To Be Dedicated To The Indigenous Arts Of The Americas. He Was Also A Friend Of José Clemente Orozco And Diego Rivera And Helped Organize The Mexican Chapter Of The Society Of Independent Artists. In 1923 He Began An Affiliation With New York University, Where He Taught Periodically. His Writings Include Monographs On A Wide Range Of Subjects, Social Commentary On The Art World, And A Book On Museum Structures. His First Publications Included Brochures For The 1913 Armory Show, Including Odilon Redon, And A Book About The Work Of His Close Friend Raymond Duchamp-Villon Titled A Sculptor's Architecture. Pach Considered Vincent Van Gogh A Seminal Figure In The Development Of Modern Art And Was The First Historian To Lecture On Him In America. He Published His Well-Received Monograph, Vincent Van Gogh, In 1936, And Translated The Journals Of Eugène Delacroix In 1937. His Recollections Of A Life Spent In Art, Queer Thing, Painting, Appeared In 1938. Ingres Was Published In 1939, As Well As Masterpieces Of Art, Written For The 1939 New York World's Fair, For Which He Was The Exhibition Director. His 1948 The Art Museum In America Called Into Question The Relevance, Responsibility, And Future Of The American Art Museum. He Long Championed The Artists Of Mexico And Published An Essay On Diego Rivera In 1951 For The National Museum Of Fine Arts, Mexico, For Its 50-Year Retrospective Exhibition On The Artist. His Last Book, The Classical Tradition In Modern Art, Was Published Posthumously In 1959. 30 Reproductions, 6 Plates In Full Color (illustrator).
