John E Reinhardt (9 results)

1983. Africa, art. National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Tall pamphlet 16p.

1982. Africa, art. National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Small pamphlet with listing 12p.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Exhibition held at the National Museum of African Art, October 1982-April 1983. Description: 20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. + 1 folded leaf.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. II ed. della raccolta (I ed.: 1965 (?). A Theory of Pictorial Perception by James J. Gibson is reprinted from Audio-visual Communication Review, I:1, Winter, 1954 - The Painter's Handwriting by J. P. Hodin is reprinted from The Journal of Aesthetiscs and Art Criticism, VII:3, March, 1949). Vision + Value Series. Testo in inglese. VIII grande/ (6)+282/ crat./ sovraccoperta in carta liscia con grafica in b/malva/salvia/n e con titoli in nero. Illustrazioni in b/n nel testo e f.t. Stato buono (usura della sovraccoperta, in particolare ai margini - sovraccoperta, fogli di guardia e pagine brunite e con qualche piccola fioritura). Contents: Lawrence K. Frank: The World as a Communication Network-Signs, Images and Symbols - Heinz Von Foerster; From Stimulus to Symbol: The Economy of Biological Computation - Rudolf Arnheim; Image and Thought - S. Giedion; Symbolic Expression in Prehistory and in the First High Civilizations - James J. Gibson; A Theory of Pictorial Perception - Rudolf Modley; Graphic Symbols for World-Wide Communication - Henry Dreyfuss; Case Study: Symbols for Industrial Use - Abraham H. Maslow; Isomorphic Interrelationships between Knower and Known - Charles Morris and Frank Sciadini; Paintings, Ways to Live, and Values - J. P. Hodin; The Painter's Handwriting - Werner Schmalenbach; The Problem of Reality in Mid-Century Painting - Ad Reinhardt; Art in Art is Art as Art - Robert Osborn; The Hangover - Saul Bass; Movement, Film, Communication - Edmund Carpenter; Image Making in Arctic Art - Paul Riesman; The Eskimo Discovery of Man's Place in the Universe - John E. Burchard; The City as Symbol - Ernesto N. Rogers; The Image: The Architect's Inalienable Vision - P. A. Michelis; Form in Architecture: Imitation and Abstraction - Ludwig von Bertalanffy; The Tree of Knowledge - Biographical Notes on the Autors.…

64 pp.; 28.8 x 22.9 cm.; glue bound; other special feature[s]; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; First issue of six issues published of "It Is: A Magazine for Abstract Art." Director and collator: Sebastian Gallo. Contents include: "Recent Attacks on Abstract Art," by Hubert Crehan; "The Canvas Plane, or Onwards and Upwards," by Michael Goldberg; "Drawing the Figure," by Nicholas Marsicano; "Ambiance and Abstract Sculpture," by E.A. Navaretta; "44 Titles for Artists Under 45," by Ad Reinhardt; "The Literary Style in Art Writings Today," by Ruthven Todd; "A Manifesto-in-Progress," by P.G. Pavia and "Polemics," by P.G. Pavia. Artists include Landis Lewitin, Michael Lakakis, Reubin Nakian, Philip Guston, William de Kooning, Ad Reinholt, Ernie Briggs, Enrico Donati, John Ferren, Robert Goodnough, Raoul Hague, David Hare, Carl Holty, Angelo Ippolito, Franz Kline, Elaine de Kooning, Al Kotin, Ibram Lassaw, Mercedes Matter, Constantino Nivola, Ray Parker, Milton Resnick, James Rosati, Ludwig Sander, David Slivka, George Spaventa, Estaban Vincente, Alfred Duhrssen, Ray Parker, Jack Tworkov and Wilfred Zogbaum. Includes a statement and cahier section from various artists. Front cover: Landis Lewitin. Back cover: Michael Lekakis and Reuben Nakian. Reference : "Artists' Magazines : An Alternative Space for Art" by Gwen Allen. Cambridge / London, MA / United Kingdom : The MIT Press, 2011, pp. 269. Fair / Good. Repaired and moisture damaged copy. 12.2 cm. area of yellow soiling to top edge and right side edge of recto. Removed cloth binding tape along spine edge and recto and verso at spine. Two 2 cm. tears to top edge of spine. Intact cloth binding tape to interior along inside front cover and title page and last page and inside back cover. 6 cm. of water staining to top corner of pages. 9 cm. business card from previous owners adhered to inside of back cover. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Sold "as-is.".…